Politics e2000 Iowa Capitol Insights Kate Thompson reports from the Iowa state capitol and beyond. The mark of a newspaper approved classified. Terms of use agreement Best viewed with Netscape Communicator . It gives us time to think that this year the lights will come out better. Putting up the lights is a male domain.
Men are taller, stronger and have a much better selection of swear words to choose from.
The lights look like an unwrapped box of Ramen noodles. Christmas lights rival clothes hangers for their ability to tangle themselves in the dark. It doesn't matter how neatly you put them away, when you need them, they look like 37 eels making a porno film. I pull a handful of lights from the box. They all come out in a lump the exact size and shape of the box.