IS THERE NO END TO JANUARY?

FAMILY LIVING

Did you see MSN Living lists the best cities, in the country, for families.  Interesting to see Austin, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Madison and Sioux Falls on the list.  CHECK IT OUT HERE

NEAT PHOTO

"Lightning strikes Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil last night." (Photo: Antonio Lacerda/EPA) pic.twitter.com/G6xsNQ3SVs
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) January 17, 2014

CORN
Just what this world needs; more CORN POWER!

We hope you can join us tomorrow for our annual meeting. http://t.co/3dcN0EBLdN #SDCGA28 pic.twitter.com/n8GKtyLLHk
— South Dakota Corn (@sdcorn) January 17, 2014

COLD
Miserable damn weather in this miserable damn part of the planet.

Wind chills are 15 to 20 below zero in parts of northeast Iowa and Southeast Minnesota.  They're about 5 below around here.

In addition to the never ending cold, the folks at the weather bureau say we can look for 3 to 4 inches of snow late tonight and tomorrow mainly west of the river.  The "west of the river" part is good.  Let Paul and Dorothy deal with it.  That's what they get for living in Minnesota.

And, just in case you haven't had enough ice and snow, check this out.

DON'T MISS! Rare -#Wisconsin's Icy Sea Caves are OPEN! @Bayfield_WI Details http://t.co/WJZyhsOXbc PH:715-779-3397 X3 pic.twitter.com/NoPha5zmB3
— TravelWisconsin (@TravelWisconsin) January 16, 2014

JOBS
There's an opening at Gunderson.

LOCAL AREA JOBS: #JobSearch Residential Treatment Therapist at Gundersen Lutheran (La Crosse,... Find this Job&More: http://t.co/7bd697ZQnc
— La Crosse Wisconsin (@LaCrosse_Buzz) January 17, 2014

BETTY WHITE
Happy Birthday to Betty White.  She's 92 today!

PROGRESS

BLOOD CELLS
This is neat.  Now you know what your blood cells look like.

Microscopic - red blood cells pic.twitter.com/PqNMsUhWLP
— Microscopic Images (@MicroPicx) January 13, 2014

HANGIN' OUT

 WINE: ARGENTINA

 

 

The best thing about Argentina http://t.co/O8UQR4YCQy http://t.co/AS10PB9UhR
— Andean Treks (@AndeanTreksNow) January 17, 2014

COULEE REGION ADVENTURES

Have you ever watched "Coulee Region Adventures" on YouTube?  You might learn something.  After watching this I know why the fish aren't biting.  I didn't have my jig in the horizontal position.  Who knew?

 

 

DOGS

 

 

NUMBERS

154,889 people are spending their last day on earth today.  Yup!  That's about how many folks kick the bucket every day around the globe.  I've noticed that the older I get the more those death stories catch my eye.

 

 

FISH

I got into the fish tank thing when I was living in Texas.  It didn't take long to discover that it's expensive and a lot of work but it is a beautiful and relaxing thing to sit and watch.

 

I thought I had it looking pretty good at the time.  Then I ran across this website that shows the real art of aquascaping.  These tanks are real works of art.  CLICK HERE AND TAKE A LOOK

 

 

WILDLIFE

Donnie and Linda had a visitor yesterday.

 

 

 THE PROFESSOR

Sorry to hear the professor from "Gilligan's Island" is gone but he sure had a nice long life.  89 when he passed away.  Here he talks about some of his memories of the show.