nodak in the news

once again, i've been saving articles and various things about my homestate. as such, here they are:

• audio (and transcript of audio, actually) on npr about the oil boom in western north dakota - fracking, the lack of housing, etc.
• audio (and transcript, again) on npr about honey bees and nodak
• america's 25 coldest cities - as a side note, i was in ohio last week and it was in the 20s.  i FROZE.  i was sooo cold.  it was soo embarrassing.  i felt like i was an imposter.  a non-north dakotan.  maybe i shouldnt be living in boston anymore.  its taken my edge away.
• the first article about a guy cycling through nodak
• article number two he's in medora or so
• another article by the same cyclist in more eastern nodak.
• i dont know what to say about this ad... i wouldnt' have looked twice but a lot of people think its dorky.  thats sad.  a friend in boston tweeted me and it at the same time.  someone from ENGLAND sent it to me.  how did they see it??
• another sad/weird thing: a lot of people were talking to me months ago about nodak not being a state.  how weird is that?? i'm from no country!!!
• et... finalement... le piece de resistance!  nodak is the best place to live!!