Leckband Temp Challenge
Based on the NOAA web site, readings @ 7:35a (CST):- #1, Norfolk, NE, 4/wind chill -12
- #2, Ventura, IA, 6/-13
- #3, Eagan, MN, 7/-9
- #4, Lincoln, NE, 16/-1
- #5, Garrison, IA, 19/5
- #6, Beatrice, NE, 17/0
NOTES: I hadn't intended on doing a Temp Challenge this morning, but after checking the weather in Norfolk, my competitive nature suggested that we might have a chance at #1. By the slimmest of margins, after employing the highly technical LTCDE *, Norfolk did, in fact, edge out Ventura. Matt & Carolyn, I hope you're not offended, but I'm in Lincoln, my crack team of temp consultants are back home in Norfolk, & even though Beatrice finished #6, your temp readings are just not indicative--in my opinion--of a BALMIEST LECKBAND recognition this morning. Feel free to appeal my decision.
* Leckband Temp Challenge Differential Equation
Reflections on my 63rd Birthday
. . . which I "celebrated on THU 1/7. I was amazed at all the "Happy Birthdays" I received via Facebook, & I appreciated every one of them. Thank you! Most of them were kind. As for those that weren't? Well, like it says in the Bible *, "What goes around, comes around."
It was a pretty uneventful birthday. Lois insisted that I open BOTH of her birthday cards as soon as I got up. They were appropriately heart-felt yet . . . appropriately heart-felt. Although she begged & begged to let her make me breakfast, I demurred **, but I did let her help me make the bed.
The gang @ Orphan Grain Train *** has a tradition of gathering together at morning break time to enjoy birthday camaraderie, fellowship, & treats. It was my turn to be feted that morning. The birthday cards were appropriately heart felt yet . . . appropriately heart-felt. [NOTE previous comment.] I treated the group to a delicious assortment of donut holes, catered by Hy-Vee & there was much jocularity. ****
After I packing, I took off for Lincoln, where I will spend a "long" weekend helping take care of my grand-daughters. ***** I ran into fairly heavy snow showers & correspondingly treacherous driving conditions a little north of Seward & between Seward & Lincoln but made it safely to the Worley's in time for supper. I was treated to a birthday cake & ice cream. I did think it was a little tacky for someone to take the 6 from the 63-candles & turn it upside down. ******
* If it doesn't, it should.
** Because that's just the kind of guy I am.
*** I am the official, voluntary correspondent of OGT. It looks good on my resume'.
**** To quote Father Mulcahy(sp?). Anybody else remember that episode on M*A*S*H*?
*****My son-in-law Craig left early Friday morning for four weeks of National Guard training in Salt Lake City. I'll be helping out the next few "long" weekends. See footnote above.
****** Wait . . . that was me.
There was good news & bad news on Jan. 7. First the bad news.
Excerpt from Omaha World Herald (1/7/15): "Michael Weatherly leaving 'NCIS' after 13 seasons. 'NCIS' star Michael Weatherly says he's leaving the long-running CBS drama. Weatherly, who plays Special Agent Tony DiNozzo, has been w/'NCIS' since it debuted in 2003. In postings on his Twitter account TUE, Weatherly thanked the show's fans worldwide & said 'NCIS' was a 'fantastic ride.' He called DiNozzo a wonderful character, one who was fun to play. In a statement, CBS said Weatherly will leave 'NCIS' at the end of the season." [NCIS might be Lois' & my favorite TV show. We watch it on Netflix, so we are always one season behind; then we "binge" watch it. Hopefully the writers come up with a really nifty * closure for his character & leave the door open for him to return.]
* Who says that anymore? **
** Answer: People who are 63-years-old.
Now the good news!
Excerpt from Omaha World Herald (1/7/15): "The loyal treatment. Forever Loyal. These things don't happen in sports anymore. There is no forever. Not with one team. Not with one fan base. A generation of sports fans doesn't know what it's like to embrace a player without him slipping out the back door in the dark & quiet of an offseason.
Alex Gordon & the Royals were a wonderful exception to that rule on WED: Gordon signed a 4-year-deal worth $72 million that is being called the largest contract in Royals' history. [Although Alex Gordon doesn't rank in my pantheon of heroes the way George Brett does, as a long-time * & long-suffering Royals' fan, I was hoping that they would find a way to bring him back. Too bad loyalty comes w/a $72,000,000 price tag, huh?]
* Still waiting for that congratulatory text or message, Teresa.
Whimsical WED . . . Special SAT edition
Excerpt from Norfolk Daily News (1/6/15): "Winter bison culling. Government agencies aim to kill or remove up to 900 wild bison from Yellowstone National Park this winter as part of an ongoing effort to reduce the animals' annual migration into Montana by driving down their population." [My request for a small herd of bison to let loose in our backyard & take care of my lawn-mowing needs has of yet gone unanswered.]
There Is No Place Like . . .
Russia?
Also from OWH (1/7): "How to smell like Putin. Moscow shoppers wrinkled their noses & laughed at the first whiff of 'Leaders #1,' a new perfume inspired by Russians President Vladimir Putin. The fragrance, in a sleek black bottle w/Putin's profile on the front, is the brainchild of perfumer Vladislav Rekundov. It's for sale in a luxury Moscow store for the equivalent of $95 for 3.3 oz. What does it smell like? Like cheap perfume, said a pair of Moscow shoppers * interviewed by Reuters. ["A rose by any other name . . . "]
* Said a pair of Moscow shoppers who were soon to receive a special prize of two 1-way tickets to Siberia.
Criminal Minds
Also from NDN (12/30): "Video leads to arrest. Authorities said an Ohio man took cellphone video of himself drinking while driving & posted it on Facebook, leading to his arrest hours later. The Franklin County sheriff's office said someone tipped off deputies about the video after it was posted Monday, & the vehicle was stopped that afternoon in Hamilton Township. The driver . . . faces 5 misdemeanor charges, including operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs & having an open container in a vehicle. [In a cruel twist of timing, the award for DUI-Facebook post of 2015 had already been announced, & this driver was just a day or two short of qualifying for the 2016 award.]
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