Photo by ep_jhu

We just have one question for you this morning: Are you ready for some football?

>>Streets closings surrounding McPherson Square are:
-I Street between 14th and 16th streets NW

-15th Street from I to L streets NW

-Vermont Avenue between K and L streets NW

-15th Street between H Street and Vermont Avenue NW

>>D.C. public schools are making a concerted effort to educate students about families with same-sex parents and to promote tolerance of gay classmates. The children learning these lessons are as young as pre-kindergarteners, who are being taught a curriculum that promotes open discussion about the way families are as diverse as individuals.

>>Piggy-backing off Strathmore’s month-long tribute to Edward “Duke” Ellington, one of D.C.’s most revered artistic progeny, the Washington Post curated a walking tour of the jazz legend’s former homes and haunts.

>>Mitt Romney won the Nevada primary last night. The New York Times has a piece about humor on the campaign trail featuring a few of the Republican presidential candidate’s “punny” jokes.

>>TBD has a put together a list of 11 diverse places to take in the Super Bowl this evening.

>> In a speech at the Hay literary festival in Cartagena, Spain, Jonathan Franzen contended that the e-reader and its representation of the loss of permanence of the printed word is a threat to democracy. The Observer says he’s wrong.