Friday February 26th

Another rough week for Rowan! This winter has been a tough one in her getting sick, and she had a doozy this week. As of tonight, she's doing much better and we can only hope this is the last one for the season. That's her enjoying dinner with Nana and Poppa tonight at Casa Grande. She had a great day visiting with them. It'd been a while since her last Poppa visit.

Olympics are almost done and it's been a good one for the USA. We're still enjoying the festivities and staying up too late most nights. They sure pack it in for the two weeks. NBC gets middling grades from me for their coverage. I think if there's an event that's going on right now, as in live, then put it on TV! Tape delay just doesn't work in the land of Twitter and instantaneous coverage via Internet or mobile phone. They should have carried the US/Canada hockey game on the main channel Sunday instead of MSNBC. Great game but not in HD. I think there'll be a rematch this Sunday afternoon for the gold medal, and of course NBC will carry that. [NPR Blog]

Here's a cool story of the oldest and youngest Olympians in the same race. [Miami Herald]

News Quiz and more after the jump...



This week's News Quiz, some toughies in there. [Chicago Tribune]

Chicago building won an architecture award this week. That's a pretty neat design. [Chicago Tribune]

Some potentially great news for peanut allergy sufferers like our little Rowan. Let's hope something amazing comes of this! [BBC]

Winter hit us again tonight with a nice snow storm. Can I hope this is the last of the season as well? March is right around the corner and March is when Spring starts. Also March Madness! NCAA Square Board opens Monday.

Stay warm!

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