Just over half of the teams still in the race have finished at Nome.

Cindy Abbott (60) has scratched at Kaltag. She pulled a muscle [probably slinging hay bales or food bags, and didn’t feel she could take care of her puppies. Update: Cindy’s problem might have been related to an earlier injury to her leg in the Burn.

Speaking of puppies, Luan Ramos Marques (47) and Mikhail Telpin (63) still have have not had to drop a dog. Mikhail only uses 12 dogs, as he did on the Quest, but Luan is caring for 16.

Finished At Nome
11 Aaron Burmeister (24)
12 Ken Anderson (6)
13 Peter Kaiser (10)
14 Josh Cadzow (55)^Q
15 Cim Smyth (51)
16 Paul Gebhardt (11)
17 Martin Buser (2)
18 Jessie Royer (30)
19 Lance Mackey (5)
20 Ramey Smyth (38)
21 John Baker (13)
22 Brent Sass (62)
23 Michael Williams Jr (46)
24 Michelle Phillips (7)
25 Jessica Hendricks (54)
26 Kelley Griffin (9)
27 Curt Perano (45)
28 Matt Failor (61)
29 Linwood Fiedler (42)
30 Mike Ellis (50)
31 Kelly Maixner (25)
32 Wade Marrs (57)
33 Allen Moore (48)
34 Paige Drobny (14)^Q
35 Jim Lanier (59)
36 Richie Diehl (65)^R
37 Travis Beals (22)^R
38 Justin Savidis (34)
39 Matt Giblin (64)
40 Karin Hendrickson (29)
41 Aaron Peck (58) [Read more →]

3/14 is Albert’s birthday and

Π Day.

I assume you have all shopped for the perfect gift.

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Another Florida public official has resigned to spend more time with their lawyers.

The Miami Herald reports:

Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll abruptly resigned Tuesday after law enforcement officials questioned her about ties to a purported veterans charity organization at the center of a $300 million multi-state racketeering investigation.

Ms Carroll was the female version of Allen West – retired military officer and a Tea Party conservative, who was ‘poised for great things’ in the Republican Party.

Elections and laws keep preventing people like this from achieving their full potential.