I have no idea why the New York Times would make a map like this….but you have to love it.

So my first trip to the ESRI Users Conference in Palm Springs I snuck out of the conference and went to a park next to Palm Springs. So I’m out walking through the desert enjoying the  springs under the palm trees. I top a small rise and there is a group of Minnesotans….or is it Minnesoda-uns….Anyway, I digress, I top the rise and run into a group of people. They are three shades of sunburned and sound funny – kinda like the movie Fargo (that had yet to arrive in theaters).  I say “Howdy” and they launch into a tirade about how funny I sound and check to see if I was wearing shoes and if I had married my cousin. I launched into a tirade about hockey, tooks, and Minnesota in general.

So I say all that to say this – I can marry my cousin. In North Carolina there are conditions. What conditions? Who knows.  I’m not surprised that Alasaka was on the list….was surprised Mississippi and Arkansas were not.