Flakes: Soccer, Eclipse, and What Is Happiness

Good Wednesday everyone! We had a little event in Nebraska earlier this week. I can’t quite remember....oh yeah, the eclipse.

We took the boys out of school and drove down to Dannebrog so we could be in the path of totality. It did not disappoint as the experience was much different than anywhere outside of that path.

We headed west as well as south so that we could avoid the crowded roads expected in the southeast part of the state. For the most part, we succeeded in avoiding bumper-to-bumper traffic.

I was a little concerned that we’d end up with more crowds once the clouds moved into the southeast part of the state, but it didn’t seem to make a difference. We saw license plates from all over and talked to people from a few different places. The boys even got to try their hand at throwing tomahawks and shooting muzzle-loading rifles.

It was also a really fun experience for this wanna-be photographer. Once we got near totality, the boys and I took turns at the tripod for three minutes. The shutter only stopped clicking long enough to change a few settings here and there. We normally have a system for keeping track of who takes a photo - we take a picture of the person we are handing the camera off to and then they do the same before they give it to the next person. We didn’t have the time or enough light to do that, so we’ll make our best guess who took which pictures when it comes time to divide them up for 4-H exhibits next year.

The boys were also fascinated with a person who was nearby and was watching the partial phase by projecting the light through a colander onto a white piece of paper. Every hole in the colander projected the event, so there were hundreds of mini-eclipses showing on the paper.

What was the most fascinating part of the day for you? (whether you were in the path of the eclipse or not)

Corn Flakes

The women’s soccer team is off to a good start.

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The Nebraska women’s soccer team barely started its fall campaign but already gave a promising first impression for the regular season. Ranked 22nd in the United Soccer Coaches’ ranking, the

The volleyball team may be without their floor leader when they open the season against two ranked teams this weekend.

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Slideshow -- 12 players to watch during 2017 NCAA volleyball season
Setting up the season

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A trio of former Nebraska softball players celebrated a professional championship Sunday.

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The starter could return by the start of the regular season, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed.

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Our Big Ten site, Off Tackle Empire, sees an 8-4 season for the Huskers.

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Dumb article is dumb. On the flip side, I can’t really argue that Nebraska fans are fairly unhappy...

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Introducing the Fan Happiness Index, which uses data to gauge the fan sentiment at 128 FBS programs.

Maybe we should be more like Northwestern...

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Happiness=job security for everybody!

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Then There’s This

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Image recognition software showed a tendency to associate women with shopping and men with shooting.