This Buzzfeed list was written by our governor: "26 More Reasons To Love Minnesota"

[geardaddy]

Lakes. Bob Dylan. Post-its. It’s no wonder we Minnesotans are proud to call the North Star State home.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/markdayton/26-more-reasons-to-love-minnesota-q53m

[hifiguy]

1. Even with horrendous winters like the last one.

I will try to remember all this the next time I am at a bus stop in January and can no longer feel my toes.

Honestly, I'd never lived outside the state until I toddled off to law school in Boston back in 1985. Garrison Keillor kept me sane for three years. Two hours a week it was like going home.

[progressoid]

2. Wait a doggone minute.

23. Butter Sculptures and the State Fair.

I love Minnesota but I would wager that when one thinks of butter sculpture and state fairs, one thinks of your friends to the south...




I'll be up there in a couple weeks to visit friends. We'll have to have a little chat about this butter sculpture business.

[geardaddy]

3. Yes, you are correct

They do have bigger ones.

Did you ever see that movie "Butter" with Jennifer Garner?

[progressoid]

4. No, but thanks for reminding me about it.

Will put that on my winter watch list. Olivia Wilde!

I haven't been to the IA state fair in about 7 years. Of course, when we were there, we stood in line to see the butter cow. They also had a butter Harry Potter.