I will say one good thing about Paul TenHaken: at least he’s following my lead in bringing manly stubble to the mainstream in South Dakota politics.
Thank you, Paul, for helping me bring No-Shave November to our elections.
TenHaken and Heidelberger—Brothers in Stubble!
You look great, Cory. Get some new eyeglass frames. Those are from what? 1990? Get some Clark Kent’s. They project humble power. 😎
I’ve always believed that the ability to grow facial hair is the trademark of a great leader. 😄
Elect Oakes and me, and we’ll form the Whisker Caucus.
Porter, the frames in that photo are actually antiques, from the 1930s, by the optometrist’s best guess.
So? Save ’em for a Christmas photo. They give a first impression that could be modernized. You want people to listen to what you say not wonder about your antique eyewear. Get some rectangle, black plastic frames and rotate each pair for a week and notice what happens.
Not that he’s not a hero of mine but you look like John Lennon forty years ago. You need to look more like Paul Giamatti.
I started growing windbreak in 1973 and have never been a leader. I still have the majority of the brush. It has aged naturally. I haven’t.
Cory is a natural born leader, with or without whiskers.
Whisker Caucus: Oakes and Heidelberger, co-chairs.
We must stand together to get our fellow beard & glasses brother, Daryl Root, elected in D4! Think we can get Bartels, Haugaard, Mills, Nesiba, Herm Otten, Pischke and Wiik on board?
Also, should we sacrifice our morals for the strength in numbers by joining with the Mustache Mafia? Beal, Brunner, Cammack, Clark, Ewing, Glanzer, Kevin Jensen, Kolbeck, Lesmeister, Livermont, Marty, Rusch and Steinhauer.
Memo to self: Must… convert… Klumb.
Just heard that that the Minnehaha County Sheriff and the FBI are investigating the hacking of Jolene’s campaign.
Maybe they can call the DSU crew to look into it. Oh, wait….
Right, Roger. And, I just heard Jackley wants to turn Dakota State into the anti-hacking center of USA. Well, there’s plenty of Russian influence going on in Sioux Falls. Maybe Jackley can get Marina Butina to teach in Madison. She already has an office at Bridge.
Porter, I had rectangular glasses once. I hated them. I was glad when they broke.
Cory. What did your wife and daughter think of them. You look at yourself in glasses maybe 1% of the time, while others judge your appearance in them maybe 99% of the time.
In conclusion … I know, Cory. Change is hard, mein Herr. You like what you like, so why change? Here’s a test to see what shape frames are most complimentary to each of the four facial shapes. Your’s is oval, obviously. Rectangle frames are what is recommended. If it gets you a couple hundred female votes, that’s not phony? You’re better looking than Thune, way smarter and better informed than the Senator and destined for his job, so what the heck? Next time you need an eye exam, think about it.
https://www.lenscrafters.com/lc-us/how-to-find-your-face-shape
Latterell’s beard this Session was studly. But a caucus with him, Pischke, Wiik, Root, Haugaard, Nesiba, and me could result in another Johnson/DiSanto eruption. Can whisker solidarity prevail amidst such deep philosophical divides?
Porter, I reject your recommendation. Eyes are spherical. Irises and pupils are circular. It is illogical that their extensions should be rectangular.
“Rectangular frames are… recommended”—by whom? By what criteria? (I’ll reject them, as surely and conservatively as I have since I picked out my first frames in 1986, but I’m curious whether those recommenders recommend circular lenses for anyone.)
With all do respect to your intellect, you don’t have an artistic bone in your body. Logic is for words. Contrast is for art. What’s pleasant to the ear isn’t pleasure to the eye.
For your curiosity and for the sake of humor and irony … round frames are for people with square faces, like Al Novstrup. 😁
Square Faces by Lens Crafters
Square faces have well-defined angles that are complemented and softened by round and oval shapes. Work those angles with thin, curved frames, and don’t be afraid to experiment with cat-eye and semi-rimless styles.
*due respect
Why Art Is Important to Leaders ~
If a non artistic person looks at a candidate whose glasses don’t compliment their face, they see only the candidate and judge the candidate upon merit.
If an artistic person looks at a candidate whose glasses don’t compliment their face, they subconsciously perceive, “Something’s wrong with this person.” The candidate is thus at a disadvantage immediately.
*thanks, Dicta I should have known that.
Had I cash for polling, and if I met fifty other campaign finance priorities first, I would love to identify a large sample of artistic voters, hand them nothing but photos of myself and Al Novstrup, and ask them for whom they would vote.
Since you and Al both wear unflattering frames (his square head is adorned with rectangle frames) that poll might be invalid for comparing eyewear (although I’m sure you’d win that one). If you were to assemble a large sample of “arties” you might show them a computer generated image of your noggin with rectangular frames and then the current image above and ask which is easier on the eye.
PS … whiskers are a very good look on you. IMHO