I am laughing much more at Channing Tatum than I thought I would (or than I did during Haywire earlier today). Although anyone who can do an acceptable McConaughey impression is awesome in my book. #crosstalk
My middle brother cracked his head open so many times as a kid that when he got a high-and-tight after enlisting his scalp looked like a needlepoint sampler. After a while you get used to how much the head wounds bleed, but the first couple, oh, man.
Nobody'd heard of Palin until the convention at the end of August. At this point, I think the field was McCain, Romney, maybe Huckabee? Some others, but the Snowbilly Express hadn't pulled into the station yet.