Leckband Cornhusker State Blog

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

ANOTHER LECKBAND TEMP CHALLENGE

Here it is only JAN 5, & I'm already publishing another Leckband Temp Challenge. Ratings based on wunderground.com at 7:40a.

#1, Norfolk, NE, 1/-14, wind chill advisory

#2, Venture, IA, 4/4, wc advisory

#3, Lincoln, NE, 6/6, wc advisory

$4, Beatrice, NE, 8/8, wc advisory

#5, BALMIEST LECKBANDS, Eagan, MN, 14/14, winter weather advisory

BONUS TEMP CHALLENGE

I don't know that I want to make this a habit, but on a whim I decided to publish a Hill Temp Challenge this morning. Ratings also based on wundergound.com at 7:40a.

#1, Lois' brother John, Fayetteville, NC, 38

#2, Lois' brother David, Wichita Falls, TX, 39

#3, Lois' sister Wanda, Kingsburg, CA, 47

#4, Lois' sister Anita, Ft. Walton Beach, FL, 49

#5, BALMIEST HILL, Lois' sister Kathy, St. Petersburg, FL, 64

MAN'S BEST FRIEND

Our dog Sammy has decided that he doesn't want to sleep in his kennel at night, so after Lois locks him up, he starts woofing until we let him out. He spends the night in our bedroom, which isn't too much of a hindrance unless I step on him when I get up to use the bathroom. He's undergoing a surgical procedure this morning to drain a hematoma in his ear. He has to be sedated, which is risky for a dog his age, bur apparently it's still a better option than a lobotomy.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

"Girl Scouts' new brownie cookie to debut January 2022. Girl Scout cookie fans who have been waiting for the youth group's latest cookie addition can rest easy because it's going to become available next week. Adventurefuls, the organization's new salted caramel brownie cookie will become available starting TUE JAN 11 . . . Virginia Girl Scouts are using a drone delivery service to dispatch cookies." Fox News Online

"KFC to launch plant-based fried chicken." Drudge Report

THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE . . . TEXAS

"Fish fall from sky in Texas. A rare phenomenon that occurred in Texarkana, a city on the northeast border of TX & Arkansas, has it's residents saying, 'What the--fish?' Multiple Texarkana residents reported finding small fish that had fallen from the sky during a storm." Omaha World Herald, 1/4

"Texas annexes Oklahoma, turns entire state into one giant Buccee's." Babylon Bee

LIKE . . . HAWAII

"Crater Horror: Man, 75, dies after plunging 100' into Hawaii's Kilauea volcano & body is found 8 hrs after he was reported missing." Drudge Report, 1/4

LIKE . . . CHICAGO

"It’s springtime for scolds. With the help of the Covid-19 pandemic, politicians and pundits have enjoyed an unprecedented bounty of opportunities to police the personal behavior of private citizens.

"And it’s not just masks. The Illinois Policy Institute is out with a new study finding that Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot’s reduced threshold for the issuance of automatic speeding tickets by street cameras landed the city’s residents one speeding ticket every eleven seconds . . .

"The Chicago father driving his kids to soccer practice is under constant surveillance, sure to be fined for the most minor of traffic infractions. On the other hand, 55 percent of murders committed in Chicago went unsolved in 2020. That’s a theme in the contemporary American city: More public energy is devoted to ensuring that kindergarteners wear masks than that violent crime is punished." Daniel Tenreiro, National Review Online, 1/4

AOC

"'You're just mad you can't date me!' shouts AOC to confused drive-thru worker at Arby's." Babylon Bee