Nebraska Motor Vehicles Director Beverly Neth now admits that the winning votes of the new Nebraska license plate were indeed hijacked.  Investigation took place after the media asked for a review of the raw data of the survey. Turns out that CollegeHumor.com did the skew the results to make the black/white/red design the winner. After disqualifying the humor site votes, a […]Read More

Yesterday, Gov. Dave Heineman unveiled the new license plates for the State of Nebraska… Submissions were voted on, but were the votes hijacked? Kevin Corrigan of CollegeHumor.com had posted a Ruin a Poll to get people to vote for the boring gray design, and that particular design won! This isn’t a victory for Collegehumor. This is a victory for all of […]Read More

To think I was impressed when Hasbro created a Mrs. Potato Head to give Mr. Potato Head some companionship.  Now they make several renditions from Star Wars Potato Head to Indiana Jones Potato Head.  I was updating a list of Sport Mr. Potato Heads and saw they now make NCAA Mr Potato Heads! So, of course, I […]Read More

Anyone else take the What State Should I Live In? Quiz on Facebook?  I think everyone got Nebraska for their answer! Maybe the application developer had an inside track on this news… Nebraska ranked #1 in MainStreet.com’s Happiness Index! We were awarded the top ranking for best weathering the current economic storm, with 2nd overall in […]Read More

I apologize for the lack of updates.  Let’s see what I’ve missed since I last posted… I won Husker tickets to the Nebraska vs. Colorado football in Lincoln, but ended up selling them on eBay as I made prior commitments. And I obviously missed a great game as we came back and won 40-31!  Nicer weather […]Read More