Sunday Links: News and stuff (relaxed-fit edition)

Good morning!  Busy day here in Ramseyland. I have a big speech this afternoon to the Madison County Republican Women and hope to sell a few books.  I’m also about to work on a drawing that I’m giving to as a thank  you to someone who really helped my family out in a time of need this year.  That and I’m watching my trees do the hula as the wind blows.

Now for something completely different: Watch as a tornado blows a train off the tracks (from the train’s point of view).

Weather: It’s as cold as, well, it’s just cold. And windy.  It’ll be 19 tonight. I am afraid what will it be when it is winter.

Mother Nature helps Brett Favre keep his streak alive: Blizzard causes Minneapolis Metrodome to collapse. Vikings-Giants game postponed.

I felt like I was back in Los Angeles when I saw this: Graffiti on I-55 road signs expensive and perplexing.  And crazy.  No way in Hades would I climb up over the road and paint motivational sayings on road signs. Twitter is much safer way to get the word out.

Auburn Quarterback Cam Newton won the Heisman and should have. All controversy aside, he was a man among boys out on the playing field.

Elizabeth Edwards laid to rest. Scumbags’ protest did not not mar the funeral.  She was remembered rightly for her wit and courage.