HH the Dalai Lama

Bill Murray as Carl Spackler in the movie Caddyshack:

Bill as Carl claims to have caddied for the 12th Dalai Lama.

"Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice."

But in real life for those interested Macalester College welcomes His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama for a speech to the Macalester community on Sunday, March 2, 2014. A live video stream will be provided here. The video stream will begin about 1:30pm CST with the event start time at approximately 2:00pm.

Worst winter ever.

The most recent event produced about 10 inches of snow which apparently is the largest single snow fall of the season.

The morning newspaper reports a current snow depth of 24 inches.  This is the greatest depth of snow actually on the ground since January 26, 1982.  I think Reagan was president.

The view out through our patio door pretty much confirms what the newspaper is reporting.

Then of course there is the cold.  Highs for today and tomorrow are predicted in the mid-teens, only about 15 degrees below average for these dates.  For at least three days thereafter the highs are predicted to be only in the single digits.

Daylight savings time kicks off in just 15 days and as everyone knows the bicycle season arrives with DST.  But maybe not this year.

Worst winter ever.

Anticipation

I don't watch much men's hockey so I missed this.  Apparently Gopher men's hockey in arena video staff have followed the lead of plenty of other arenas in plenty of other sports and instituted a "kiss cam" with images projected on the score board video screen for the amusement of game patrons.

This guy came prepared.