It’s another impossibly cold day in Michigan at the Lear house as the temperature has been below zero for most of the last several days. However, my heart is a little happier and warmer now.

This evening's music features blues and boogie woogie piano player and singer from Louisiana, The Swamp Boogie Queen Katie Webster.

2015 Westminster Kennel Club Best In Show, 15-Inch Beagle, 'Miss P'

Photo Credit: William Alexander poses with 'Tashtins Lookin for Trouble' [Call Name: 'Miss P,' which stands for Peyton] a 15-inch beagle, after winning the 'Best In Show' competition title at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Good morning 99percenters!
Some news and Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks

The Great SIM Heist
How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle

Hi,

I just got the email about this symposium on Feb 28 to March 1 in NYC

The registration of $60 to get lunch ends today.

I posted a diary on it.

If you are in the NYC area and can make it, it looks like a great event.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/20/1365798/-Symposium-Dynamics-of-...

This evening's music features a musician with a really diverse career in rockabilly, r&b, soul, disco and country music, singer and piano player Big Al Downing.

Good morning 99percenters!

Today is the day we hear one of the most beautiful phrases in the English language: Pitchers and Catchers Report! It’s the official start to baseball spring training and the surest sign that spring is around the corner.

Grand Opening Special: Freshly Baked Bread

This evening's music features Chicago bluesman and slide guitar wizard Tampa Red.

From the WSJ Obama names Joseph Clancy to lead Secret Service.

President Obama named Joseph Clancy to lead the Secret Service, elevating the agency's interim chief to become its permanent director as the organization continues to grapple with the fallout from a series of high-profile security breaches and missteps.