Our local team of snow carvers extraordinaire – the Starving Carvists – have been at it again, recently competing down in Chicago. Above you can see their entry, "Lady of the Lotus." Their goal was to create a realistic nude. Here’s a current photo of the extremely low-key team. In case you’ve never heard of the Starving Carvists, here they are in a fancy-pants country called Italy, winning awards and stuff.

It sure would be nice to have some sort of winter festival up around these parts so people like Bateman and crew could carve at home. Hint, hint, wink, wink, nudge, nudge, clear suggestion.