...as they would say in the Department of Redundancy Department (found in most universities).

Snowdrops, poking up through grass, not snow.

Snow once again mostly gone. Long bike ride (Whitewater circumnavigation) in prep for some Texas riding. Going east a breeze. Going west a real struggle, with a huge wind on the nose.

Plenty of wind for iceboating, but up at Battle Lake, Minnesota, Sunday's races were called off due to snow. That left Tony with two seconds and a "Did Not Start" (DNS) score of 14 (there were 14 Nites on the line). Total score then of 18 (14+4), which gave him a fifth place. If he'd got even a 5th in the race he missed he could have won the regatta—once again a reminder that the early bird gets the worm.

I'm trying to decide if Tony's success on the ice is a matter of excellent training and coaching, or some other factor.

More of these signs popping up around town. Actually, if you look at it, the slogan is a poem (at least in English). Brief, but good. Five syllables, so pentameter, with five monosyllabic feet, all equally stressed. Nice alliteration. Fun to say: wham, wham, wham, wham, wham. Emphatic. My only suggestion would be to change "Has" to "Hath." That would give the poem a suggestion of having been around for a long time, and the "H" sound (voiceless glottal fricative) rather the the "S" sound would contribute to the alliteration, or so it seems to me.