THAT is why we like Daytona

And THAT, is why DJ and I love the Daytona 500. WOW! Just like 100% of the announcers said " In have never seen anything like THAT happen before ". I case you missed it, with 40 laps to go there was a caution flag and all the cars were slowing down to a crawl (like 100 mph or something) and way in the back, all alone were two trucks on the top outside of the track, trailing jet engines that were drying off the track and one lone car . . . . that...

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This and that - waiting

The Daytona 500 was postponed for a day and I think that is awesome!! I love watching the Daytona, the Superbowl of racing. I don't watch many races during the year, maybe 3 or 4  but today I can sit back and relax and watch it . . . if it does not get rained out.   Actually I'll work on Art stuff . . multi tasking you know. ---------------------------------------Just a random thought here. The Wisconsin State Government agencies...

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Brew Day, Braun, Snow,

WOW - the trees are magnificent today. Officially (since I'm the NOAA Columbus official) Columbus had 2.0 inches of snow and 0.2 inches of precipitation which seems weird because that is the default amount for water/snow. Another observer in Lake Mills sent a photo to me of their 8 inches!! NOT ONE OF THOSE PHOTOS! dirty minds! ---------------------------------The BIG news in Wisconsin is Ryan Braun getting a NOT GUILTY vote in his PED case and I think ESPN is going to catch a lot of shit for leaking the whole mess. Remember when the MLB union...

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Small World

I slept too well last night and don't feel like writing. I didn't wake up 3 times with pets and when I sleep well I wake up groggy.---------------------------------I invited some friends up to Hydro Street Brewing for our monthly get together of old softball players last month. We had a team that played in the #2 league in Madison for a little over 20 years. We started playing every Saturday at Tenny Park in Madison, just pick up games but there was a core of about 30 guys and a few woman that would play 2 and 3 games every single Saturday there...

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NO - not politics, DUC Computers and the Auditorium

Is it just me? Seems I would take Rick Santorum MORE seriously if he had those big clown shoes and a big red rubber clown nose on when he made a speech. And Newt says Obama WANTS higher gas prices! Yea - I believe every politician wants higher gas prices during election years. Makes perfect sense. I was watching the 4 hours PBS (that liberal socialist station) special on Clinton last night until I had two things recording at once and had to miss...

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I got nothin!

WELL - I sold a nice large canvas this morning so I;m feeling cocky but then I call my high school friend The Gambling Barber and I find he is in the Islands this week! sigh! bastard! So here I am forced to do paper work today getting ready for Art Fair season. However I was asked if I ever do family photos or portraits which normally I refer people to Michael Martin  Michael Martin Photography  BUT - once people see that I get weird...

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The Columbus Pioneer

Yet another image of the Columbus Auditorium.  I'm looking for so good info on the Audi that I'll be able to hang on the wall in Hydro Street Brewery. I'm sure there will be a lot of interest when customers see the images on the walls and it would be nice to have contact information and so forth.   Lets get this ball rolling AGAIN.Yea - I know people are worn out from the constant struggle but  this is just a REMEMBER? thing -...

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Police/Beer/Survivor Men vs. Woman!

Busy day already this morning. From calls from the Police which show up as BLOCKED on my cell phone to making a huge yeast starter for my One Putt Twelve IPA which as luck would have it boiled over on BOTH burners (lovely). The police called saying that they contacted DUC and I can go pick up my computer today and we will discuss a refund. Man!!! I gotta deal with Mr. Twitchy again. crap! You know I try to put money back into the community but...

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Outing Diversified Utility & Communications E James St Columbus Wi

--------------------------------------------Some people say I can be taken advantage off because I'm so kind hearted and wonderful but so far in life paying it forward seems to be working.    That is why when I was "working with" Diversified Utility & Communications (formally from Watertown)in Columbus I was fine with the guys incompetence. I felt I was doing the right thing and wanted to help out Columbus Businesses.But things spiraled out of control and buy the time I tried to put a STOP order on a check I wrote ONE HOUR EARLIER,...

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Is that you Whitney??

I have these two songs going through my head for some reason. On one side is this Adele song and on the other side is Whitney Houston screaming at me, you know the song. HELP!!!!! But you know what blew me away last night at the Grammys (besides Nicki Minaj's performance which scared me) was The Civil Wars. WOW - BLOW ME AWAY!! I was doing search's this morning and one thing that keeps coming up is "Who are The Civil Wars". Of course their...

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What? Winter?? Cold?? Quoting Batman

Has anybody seen my winter gloves? It's been so long since I wore my WARM gloves that I can't find them. HMMMMMMMM And for anybody that cares southern Wisconsin is actually ABOVE average in precipitation this winter . . . AS PREDICTED!!! We will just forget about the prediction of slightly colder then average. ----------------------------------------------The Republicans are trying to pass a bill that would make it legal to take home brew off...

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The Auditorium

Locked up and closed to the world for 60 years, no heat, no electricity. The last performance on stage was 1934 before the city government, who wanted a new high school, condemned the building before it's time. Now to expensive to renovate for today's standards and to beautiful to demolish it sits empty and quiet in Columbus Wisconsin.I've started working on a new set of images for Hydro Street Brewing (HSB) and this set will be of the inside of...

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Finition de l'eau

What if Santorum won three States and nobody really cared! What of M.I.A gave the finger to 100 million people and . . . everybody yawned!What if the government bailed out the auto industry and then Republicans blamed the Democrats when ACTUALLY - the Republicans were the ones that started the auto bail out. So now we have Obama taking credit AND the blame for the bail out.I was called a liberal on Facebook by a friend - I suppose I could be that but seriously, if Republicans actually had their act together I might lean more there way but WOW -...

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Columbus Water for brewers.

For brewers. The water in Columbus has never gotten very high ratings from the water drinkers in Columbus and since I've been obsessing on the water of late I've found some interesting things! For one thing the concerns about the high amount of chlorine in our water are unfounded! Yes there is chlorine but not that much, only 0.29ppm. When compared to Tucson AZ which has between 1.00 and 1.25ppm. You know like the BAD Chlorine where you can smell...

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Chlorine is evil and creates Chlorophenols

I just gotta post this.Friday night as I was swilling down campfire Porter like there was no tomorrow at Hydro Street Brewery a "shall remain nameless" individual whispered into my ear that I should drive north of town and check out a pro-Walker sign.   I don't want to get all like political or anything but I find it interesting that Walker is lawyering up with big name lawyers and "voluntarily" meeting with the Milwaukee County DA in charge...

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JIMMY THE STICK - YEAR 17

No earth Quacks recently.Jimmy the Stick - Year 17Seventeen Years ago my buddy Steve McDowell and I were talking about groundhog day and how we felt that PROPERLY the groundhog did not have a clue about the sun.  Why not save money and have an inanimate object observe the sun instead.  Less upkeep. So I went out looking for an appropriate inanimate object and found.   JIMMY THE STICK.Unlike Jimmy the Ground hog which is actually...

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