'Kitch' wins out in Salina, Kansas

I'm back from the Midwest.  And I think it's only fair that I share some of the awesome feats of design that I found returning to my home town of Salina, Kansas.  Take this house for instance.  I drove around the block, parked, dodged the traffic on Crawford Street to take this photo.  I've tried to analyze and understand this and it is still baffling to me.
This...this is something that perhaps would win an AIA award in a town like, say Seattle, where avant-garde stuff done by 'playful' and 'kitchy' architecture firms get the nod of approval from their narcissistic friends in high places.
So - Miller Hull...Mithun...you oh so very cool designers, eat your hearts out.  And start copying your next design award material.