Jerry Hinkle delivered quite a shock to himself last night. He scored 66% Republican in a quiz that is spreading like wildfire to all of the better blogs in the South Dakota 123 Network. Mary Hinkle was not exactly shocked to here that her oldest son scored so high, after all, she is a registered Republican herself. Then she scored 26% on the quiz. At which time she said, "It doesn't mean a thing!"

Jerry decided to sleep on it (something Democrats are good at, just ask Bill Clinton) and redo the quiz in the morning. He then scored a 57%. After an e-mail flogging from honorary Hinkle, Mary Jo Nemec, he decided to take the quiz a third time. After he scored a respectable 43%, he decided to quit. No use in scoring too low now, is there.

There has been G-mail on both sides of this coin. So much that we are storing 42 MB of it now. And while it's safe to say Jerry will never be welcome at a Stephanie Herseth function, we are still holding out hope that Bernie Hunhoff will not hold anything against him.

The bright side of all of this is that SD Blog Watch is back. From what we've seen, they are better than ever.

Mary Jo Nemec has reported going to McGovern day in Vermillion. She saw at least two people that she felt needed mentioning. The first was Stephanie Herseth (She just gotta rub that in), the second was Jay Davis. It seems that Mr. Davis was surprised to hear that E.E. Hinkle was still alive and almost 103. E.E. On the other hand can't quite place him. Harold Hinkle seems to think he is a cousin of E.E.'s cousin, Vernon Hosbrook. Don Hinkle may remember him better. Harold says he will have to check on that tonight when he calls his favorite uncle.

Tomorrow morning, bright and early, Darrel and Kristi Hinkle will get up and motor on over to get the flowers and other plants to fill up Kristi's Greenhouse. Only the very best will do, and that's what they are going to get for Kristi's Greenhouse.

Kristi dropped Shelby and Justin Hinkle off at the Ponderosa. When George and Mavis Kennedy get there tonight, maybe they'll help babysit. After School, Brittany Hinkle will be an overnight guest of Jim and Ruby Hoffman. Nobody has to help out with her, because Brit can take care of herself pretty good.