Feel The Burn

Other than his visit to the Kentucky Derby, the day before the race to support his supporter -- Jerry Crawford, what has the Big Lug Nut done athletically since his triathlon?

He missed a big opportunity to join those in his office participating in Live Healthy Iowa.

Without the BLN, his staff won the traveling award for highest percentage of employees participating in Live Healthy Iowa among state agencies.

With him, the total poundage lost (901,042) could have easily topped a million and the scientific community is united in that fact.

I guess he got quite a workout by wielding 14 pens, having just figured which end of the pen to use, to put his Chester J. Culver on bills.

He's also been burning brain cell by thinking Iowa needs more study of merit pay for teachers, despite nearly a decade of studying the idea.