"Finally, Iowa's big day"

So claimed the alert that arrived on my phone this morning flogging a NewYork Times podcast…but it's not. It's not Iowa's big day, it's the media's. The press has been slavering for a Presidential campaign year since, well, about three years ago. Or so.

So what is it in Iowa, really? It's cold. As we speak, the weather service reports -12ºF in Des Moines. 

Also the Republicans are staging a race for second place (according to every pundit alive, first place has already been claimed). The Democrats are not even showing up.

The rest of us are planning to watch football. (One of the games will be in Buffalo, NY, where it is also expected to be cold.) Or most of us, at least.

It is theoretically possible a few of us are planning to watch something called "The Emmy's," although there is hardly any more reason to do that than there is to vote in Iowa. TV writers and actors were on strike for more or less ever during the last year (justifiably so, but still): This year's awards show will center on (justifiably) nostalgia.

"So Many Casts, Including ‘The Sopranos’ Gang, Are About To Reunite At The Emmys," reports an entertainment web site called UPROXX.