The annual Red-White Spring Game, also known as the final Spring practice for the Nebraska football team was held on April 18th. You see the faces of the coaches and players from media covering the post-game press conferences.  But, oftentimes you won't see the other side of the cameras so I took a few pics to give you a little insight. I also threw in one pic from last fall.   

     Chances are you've heard a lot about green energy and renewable energy  in the media the past year or two.   I can almost guarantee you will be hearing much more in the future as the both the political push and grassroots support continues to swell.  Wind generators have garnered much of the attention.   There seems to be many synonyms for it including wind turbine, wind power, wind energy converter, aeorgenerator and of course windmill.  

     They are becoming more visible on the plains.   Below are some pics of windfarms along I-80 between Des Moines and Omaha and I-70 in west-central Kansas.   Of course the Lincoln Electric turbines have been visible northeast of Lincoln for a number of years.    

     This Sunday has probably been on the minds of NASCAR fans since the last race of 2008.  The Daytona 500 is the first of 36 races that make up the 9 month Sprint Cup season.  There's a lot of storylines with this year's season including the 18-year-old driving in his first full season, the changes in drivers and racing teams and the Car of Tomorrow.  The racing industry hasn't been immune to a slumping economy faced with it's own share of lay-offs and lagging sponsorships.  Whether you enjoy NASCAR racing or not, you can't deny that there will  be a large number of die hard fans ready for the drop of the green flag on Sunday afternoon.

     Here's hoping you have a good year ahead of you.   Around this time, people tend to make small promises to do better in the coming year or to improve themselves.  More commonly you hear them called "resolutions".  Probably the most common one is to lose weight.  Others are saving money, getting exercise and quit smoking.  I may not be the best person to reccomend how to go about keeping them, so I'll refer you to some helpful information from a federal agency known as the Federal Citizen Information Center.

     Just before the start of fine arts concerts there's always some brief introductions and remarks.  Then the speaker gets to the part of..."And please turn your cell phones and pagers off or silence them".  Admittedly it is a little irksome to me that people even need to be reminded to respect the performers and the people around them by not disturbing their enjoyment of the concert.  But, it went to a new level the other evening at a Middle School/ High School band concert I attended.  Besides the reminder about cell phones and pagers the introduction included a request to not text.  What?!  Yes, it seems there are some people who just can't seem to put the phone down long enough.  So for the record, whenever you take in a fine arts performance...please turn off or silence your cell phones or pagers AND no texting!   

     By the way it was an excellent concert.  Both the students and teachers alike deserve the credit for a great evening of musical enjoyment!