Music Friday: "Joy to the World"

For the past week, our family has been in Fort Dodge-Humboldt for Mrs. Nasty's family's family reunion. Today after driving from Fort Dodge to Waterloo where we'll stay for a couple of days, this song was the last song on my iPod. My kids love this song.

I'm also an admirer of men who have fine mustaches, and the lead singer has a robust 'stache.  

If I ever grow one, I'll become a member of this fine institution.

Anyway, here's Three Dog Night circa 1975. 

Badasses Galore

In the course of everyday events, one comes across websites that tickle the intellect while catering to lowbrow humor.

With the help of someone today, I discovered a website some of you readers might enjoy. It's called Badass of the Week.

The author of the website, Ben Thompson, describes himself as "a full-time corporate wage slave" who has written two books about badasses and has written other articles for such esteemed publications as "Cracked, Fangoria, Penthouse, and the American Mustache Institute." I think the latter two on that list are jokes, but I highly recommend checking out AMI's website.

I'm nowhere near reading the whole list of badasses that have been featured, aptly named the "The Hall of Badassitude," but ones I've enjoyed so far are these:

• Beef Jerky
• Hannibal
• Han Solo
• Moby Dick
• Simon Bolivar
• Crazy Horse
• Cincinnatus
• The Punisher
• Hector of Troy
• El Cid
• John Henry
• Osceola
• Zachary Taylor
• Blenda
• Nikola Tesla
• Harriet Tubman
• Knut the Great
• Marie Curie

And I've just gotten started.