Man the news loves Nebraska these days

USA today article

OMAHA (AP) — Weather forecasters predict Nebraska will receive a treacherous mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow this weekend, so it’s understandable that events may get canceled.

But one of the first cancellations announced Friday afternoon came from an unexpected source: organizers of the Polar Bear Plunge.

The chilling swim in Omaha’s Zorinsky Lake raises money for the Special Olympics, but organizers decided to postpone the event because of the weather.

“We were kind of worried about the ice coming and people driving to the event,” said Wendy Jackson, with Special Olympics of Nebraska. “We don’t want anybody hurting themselves.”

So, the annual Polar Bear Plunge has been rescheduled for Dec. 8 at 11 a.m.

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Would be awesome to blast some bluegrass out in wilderness. I don’t need no stinking bell

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New York Times makes Nebraksa look like we are all…, oh wait many of us are…, oh well you know what I mean.

A Rural Dance Tradition in Twilight

Polka came to Nebraska in the 1850s, when Czechs fled worsening economic conditions in Bohemia and Moravia, drawn by the promise of large tracts of American farmland. In the beginning polka meant just one thing: a specific, two-beat couples dance. But now it describes a range of dances and rhythms usually achieved with an accordion, a tuba and sentimental lyrics about family, food, love and rural memories.

I tried a sesame chicken on her. Figured go with the simplest and safest first. Used this recipe and it was meh even to me. Lowered the sugar and vinegar but the vinegar was there and was too sweet. She put a little on her rice and ate the chicken plain. She is now frightened to try anything else.

She is not much of a vegetable eater. And strange sauces scare her a bit. She loves garlic, chicken, and rice.

Was thinking about trying an egg roll very heavy on the chicken, but she is a bit afraid of cabbage.

Do any of have any suggestions on something I could look into making that might be safe on her delicate palate?
I have heard some say leave oriental food to the people who make it for ya, but I wanna make it myself and expand our recipe stash.

discussion going on over in the forum

I dare you to try this and not look like you need your mittens pinned to your coat when you board the little yellow bus. Dig that music, too.

Sorta NSFW, but not really. Mostly just some hilariousness.

I so want an Air Supply burger. An REO Speedwagon burger would be cool as well