No no no I'm not going to say that Captain Kangaroo was texting anybody. But I do see that it is an urban legend that Captain Kangaroo (Bob Keeshan) was a war hero. He actually never saw combat. The legend was that Lee Marvin, on the Tonight Show, said he served alongside Keeshan at the Battle of Iwo Jima. Except not only did he never actually say that but Marvin was in the hospital from wounds received in the Battle of Saipan at that time. Keeshan was a Marine but never saw action. Keeshan was the original "Clarabell the Clown" on the Howdy...
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
How many dogs do you have to kill to get to go to the Pro Bowl. Micheal Vick get's in and Rogers is an alternate? COME ON MAN! So now that the Vikings kicked the Keystone cop lookalike Eagles last night the Packers probably won't have to play the Bears twice in a row. HOWEVER - now that might have to play the Eagles which scares the bejesus out of me. Yea - the Eagles looked pitiful last night but I think it was a case of overconfidence. Of course they DID have to have a miracle comeback against the Giants. ---------------------------------Every...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
It would be a lie if I said I was not disappointed in the Packers. I mean they can't even get a coach fired anymore! Why even bother playing. YEA - I'm BACK and cranky!! Reason is that I got the call of doom last night. My worthless piece of crap laptop has to be "restored" which means I lose all of my photo programs. I can get most of them back but Photoshop CS3 was sort of a gift and now I actually have to purchase it. Having my laptop restored to factory settings is something like losing your wallet. It's not the end of the world but it's...
Friday, December 24, 2010
It was the Night before the Night Before Christmasand all through the housenot a creature was stirring except for eight large dirty yellow oxygen breathing firefighters from Columbus. One of them looking a lot like Josh.I heard the fire siren and though, there goes Josh somewhere as he answers ALL fire calls no matter how trivial and about 15 minutes later DJ gets a text saying there is a house fire about a block away from us. Then I hear more...
Monday, December 20, 2010
I remember in the Packer exhibition games Fuzzy Thurston was talking about Matt Flynn and he commented that among people that would know such things, they considered Matt Flynn "the best back-up Quarterback in the NFL". Well - of course I sort of took this with a grain of salt because we all know that the truth tends to stretch a little with homey announcers. Such as JJ Hardy being one the the best fielding Shortstops in the majors (more on that...
Friday, December 17, 2010
I was on a Home Brew Forum yesterday talking about my being a home brew consultant at Cannery Wine and Spirits when a guy from Indiana responds that he will be in Columbus next week to spend a week doing something at American Packaging!I tell him that the only place to get craft beer is either at Bobs Liqueur or the BP Station has a few. Then I see that American Packaging is expanding. They received a $350,000 grant from Wisc Commerce to help implement a $17 million plant expansion which will create 47 new jobs! SWEET! Who says the American economy...
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Larry King will have his last broadcast tonight which is fine since I rarely watched him. However how will people know what the terrorist threat level is if we can not see his suspenders. Speaking of terrorism - remember after 911 and all the weirdness that went on. We were at JJand C's house and they had a Furby on their TV. There were 40 million Furby's sold with speaking capabilities that were translated into 24 languages. I remember when Furby's were being linked to terrorism because they could remember secrets and it was thought that the...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
There is a new Computer Fix It Store opening in Columbus on 131 E. James Street called "Diversified Utility and Communications". Pretty catchy name! ------------The Fire department had a pretty busy day yesterday! I wonder if any of the "volunteers" showed up! That's all I'm going to say! ---------------Charlie Shortino, was at Cbus Elementary the other day for their shout out! While I like Charlie as a person . . .he is one of the . ....
Monday, December 13, 2010
Well - I place 100% blame on yesterdays Packer game squarely on McCarthy's head. Seems The Packers are RIPE for not getting up for easy games and even though they were not UP, McCarthy managed to find so many ways to grasp defeat out of the jaws of victory.Let's see - how about NOT throwing a red flag on Jennings non-TD catch. He saw exactly what we saw on TV and what WE was was inclusive. However - the Packers were in desprit need for...
Friday, December 10, 2010
OK - I'm looking for ANY review of The Tourist that does not say this is one of the worst movies of 2010. The 2nd review I read today says this is the worst performance of Johnny Depp EVER in a movie and Jolie is basically a mannequin.On TV last night was Brew Masters and watching my man crush Sam Calagione agonize over having to dump $500,000 of his signature 120 IPA made me cry inside. If you have never watched Brew Masters it's now on Thursday nights and is very very entertaining. Even DJ loves the show and she is not a beer drinker. If you...
Thursday, December 9, 2010
So Governor Elect Walker said yesterday that if State Employees to now bow and take MORE involuntary pay cuts he will just absorb all of them into his body! "GET IN MY BELLY!" he was heard saying after the press conference. On Keith Olbermann's Countdown - Walker has been "The Worst Person in the World" twice!-------------------------------------------------Drive safely tonight going home, 2-4 inches at drive time and 3-6 inches Saturday before...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
When I was younger I would see "old" people with their tray of pills and vowed never to be one of THOSE kind of old people. Now that I'm nearing "old" I see that before bedtime I have my little tray of pills. Nothing dramatic, a couple pills to boost my lack of GOOD cholesterol and one pill to raise (or lower) my triglycerides and an aspirin and then I see I have a Vitimin E and if I remember I take a Ginko for my memory . . . if I remember. I think that once you hit a certain age you realize that if you have not been killed by a bone head blunder...
Monday, December 6, 2010
Trivia Question.Who caught Brett Favre's last TD catch in Lambeau Field- answer at the end. -----------------------------Josh and Jenny went to a symposium about Ginko and how it has shown to help kids with Down Syndrome. Something about how it get's rid of plaque which causes Alzheimer's. Seems one of the odd things about kids with Down Syndrome is that they all get Alzheimer's at a very early age (like teens or something and I'm sure...
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Here we go - the winter of 2010-11 is about to hit us with both fists! POW - right in the kisser! I'm thinking in Columbus we will be in the 5 inch range and Madison an inch or two more! Mostly coming on Saturday and THEN C C C Cold and sunny! For our house sunny is the key word. We have so much passive solar heating that our heating bills are directly related to how much sun we get. ----------------------In other news the Packers will be...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Last night as I was driving to Cannery Wine and Spirits to go to work (part time - I owe them so much money I needed another job) there were Police cars EVERYWHERE. I guess they pulled over a car for some tiny thing and three juveniles ran out of the car and scattered with money bags in hand. hmmmmmm! --------------------------------------------That house explosion in Sun Prairie? There are rumors about a meth lab which would make sense. Nothing confirmed!----------------------------------------------In Columbus a couple weeks ago...
Monday, November 29, 2010
The Wisconsin Film School is doing a fundraiser and I was contacted for some help. They would like some help in identifying scenes in Public Enemies which people would recognize as Wisconsin. One is the inside and outside of the State Capitol. Can anyone spot any other blatantly Wisconsiny scenes?------------------------------------------Hey - I had an Obama loan when we refinanced. Seems many people wanted to refinance but...
Monday, November 22, 2010
Well - I typed in public enemies .blogspot . com and found a totally different website this morning. Forgot to add Columbus. OOPS----------------------------------------I'm off all this week and today I woke up to the tiny pitter patter of hail stones on my window! It's going to be a very warm day today getting to near 60 and getting C C C C COLD later this week!!I might come to Madison later today near sundown if the streets will be went as...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Now I know why Walker is trying to get all Wisconsin retiree's back to Wisconsin - he is trying to save us! Randy has been on the waiting list for a heart transplant for years because of cardiomyopathy, his heart muscle is deteriorating. The condition is the result of rheumatic fever he had as a child (exactly like what I had in the 3rd grade).Because a heart transplant costs $997,000 his insurance would not cover the entire amount but in Arizona a State Agency would cover the extra cost for low-income people (like Badger Care in Wisconsin)....
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
There is a food cart on the square who's owner used to be a big advertising dude in Chicago. He really loves my photography and is making a new food cart. This will be a vegetarian solar green cart and he would love to have an image by me that go onto his cart (like a mural). If anybody has any ideas what would look good on a veggie/solar/green food cart I would love to hear them. Plus - remember IT'S WINTER, not like I can run outside and take photos of lush green crops or anything. On the same subject I was reading the Art Fair forum and they...
Monday, November 15, 2010
The last meaningful game in Farves career is next Sunday. There is no line yet as the linemakers are waiting for the Brett Farve injury of the week announcement, or whether Chilly will be fired or maybe the entire team quits leaving only Chilly (who hates Brett) and Brett (who hates Chilly) to play the game by themselves. The Bears are in 1st place over the Packers because of the tie breaker but even though the Bears have 6 wins they will end up...
Friday, November 12, 2010
Here is a trivia question. Who was the first man to pee his pants on the moon! -----------------------------------What a day for Scott Walker our Governor elect! This is going to be an awesome 4 years! First he sends out a very very arrogant letter telling Doyle what he should do and tells the Unions to STOP negotiating immediately if the Unions want to have a working relationship with the new administration. Then tells DOA how to do business...
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Next time you think you are having a bad day . . . . . . turn up the volume and listen to the voices! Why do I chuckle inside when I watch this !! LOL So Scott Walker found out that the money he thought he would have when he nixed High Speed Rail is not really going to flow into Wisconsin. Illinois wants it if we don't want it.At least his next plan - to rescind the smoking ban and create toll ways are moving forward! I can already see this administration will have all sorts of brilliant ideas! Of course I suppose many of you think I'm just...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
I have to laugh at Walker. I guess he wrote a rather aggressive note to the Fed explaining how stupid it was to make Wisconsin use their free 300 million for High Speed Rail and we should use the free money to fix roads. The Fed comes back and says - it's our money and we will give you 300 million for high speed rail, if you don't want it - screw you! The Fed's vision is to have High Speed Rail all across the U.S. like forward thinking Europe. And this is a way to get it started. Walker said he has the backing of other States that do not want...
Monday, November 8, 2010
Looks like the Packers will cut Al Harris - here is the thing - his knee was OK but there are other options and they can save $2 million!. Remember - good teams cut aging veterans a year early while bad teams keep then a year too long. Packers are a good team and it is a business remember! ---------------------------------Contrats to Columbus - 65% voter turnout!! WOW - excellent job. I'm also proud to know that Columbus is a progressive town as Barrett beat out Mr. Shifty Pants and Feingold BLASTED Mr Milk Toast Johnson, while Tammy Baldwin...
Friday, November 5, 2010
So Scott Walker ( Mr. Shifty Pants) says he will fix Wisconsin by penalizing government employees. How did Wisconsin get into this mess? Simple. During the years of massive profits everybody was making money including the State Government. So instead of saving money for bleak times, the people in charge said this is the perfect time to create all sorts of new programs such as Badger Care, we finally have the money. All sorts of things were made to help the people of Wisconsin and nobody complained. The education system reaped huge benefits...
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