Free-for-All Friday

Northern Consortium Triumphs Again

The Northern Tier of the Leckband Temp Challenge came through again this morning. I take some solace in the fact that Norfolk distinguished itself with an honor that it is rarely accorded. And congratulations to Iowanians.

Results based on accuweather.com @ 6:43a.

#1  Ventura Iowa, -5/-32 WC [brrrr]
#2  Garrison, Iowa, -2/-22 [Go Iowa!]
#3  Eagan, MN, -1/-19
#4  Beatrice, NE, 12/-5
#5  Lincoln, NE, 10/-2
#6  BALMIEST LECKBANDS, Norfolk, NE, 12/3

Food for Thought

"Vegans strike deal with abbatoir to give cows 'last rites'" [Drudge Report, 2/14]

Free for All

"Smoking cannabis in teens linked to depression" [Drudge Report, 2/14]

There Is No Place Like . . . Maryland

"Mom overzealous. It's almost Valentine's Day, & at Towson University in Maryland a mother has been trying so hard to find a date for her son that police are concerned. The Baltimore Sun reported that a woman in her 50s wearing a multicolored scarf approached students in two campus buildings last week, showing them a picture on her cell phone & asking if they would date her son . . . University officials say the woman isn't being sought for a criminal investigation, but they do want the third-party propositioning to stop. [Norfolk Daily News 2/12]

Political Potpourri

"An investigation conducted by an independent firm found 'no evidence' that the Covington High School students involved in the viral confrontation with an elderly Native American man near the Lincoln Memorial last month used 'offensive or racist' statements." ["Covington H.S. Investigation Finds No evidence students Made 'Offensive or Racist Statements,'" Jack Crowe, National Review Online 1/14]