'sconsin stuff

Duluth

Published on August 22 2007

I've linked to this page before, but it's fun to see where I'm headed bright and early tomorrow morning. Precious is going to get a workout, assuming I don't wake up to the usual pouring rain! I'll be dragging the camera along of course, but I can only...

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When the smoke cleared

Published on July 5 2007

"....My house Out of the ordinary Thats right Don't want to hurt nobody Some things sure can sweep me off my feet Burning down the house..." Yeah, yeah, I know... What's really bad is that I was *singing* it while scrubbing soot this afternoon. Me. Singing....

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Flames

Published on July 5 2007

My house caught fire this morning. What a fun vacation this is turning out to be. Sitting on the hood of a pickup truck down the street, watching firetrucks and firemen in SCBA, dragging hoses into my house, all I could think was "I am so blogging this"!!...

.... you stink. Even though I can't see you, I know you're there.

Wis. festival sells deep-fried testicles Around here, it may be tough to pass up anything deep-fried. Wisconsinites have deep-fried cheese curds, candy bars and Twinkies. They now have deep-fried livestock testicles, too. More than 300 people paid $5...

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gifts

Published on May 13 2007

Bleary-eyed and shuffling about in my jammies, I opened my 'fridge this morning in a desperate hunt for half 'n half for my coffee, the elixir of life, the bringer of all good things before 8 am. To find my Mothers' Day gift: Oooooh yeah. No, I did not...

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Slow news day in Cheese-land

Published on May 11 2007

Wis. farmer finds new calf has two noses MERRILL, Wis. - Mark Krombholz had to look twice at his new calf, Lucy — one time for each nose. "I didn't notice anything too different about her until I got her in the barn," Krombholz said, "and all of a sudden...

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Promises kept

Published on May 9 2007

Yeah, yeah... I know I promised an update on the thing that nobody could figure out. So I'm a little slow. But first..... the eagles are nesting!! Isn't this a cool pic?! Beautiful birds, aren't they? Looks like one of them caught a fish. Although I've...

Although I'm betting it isn't Jameson's. Guinness. Chocolate. Ice cream. Whiskey. This may just be the perfect drink. Sacrilegious or not, this looks goooooooood. Breakfast booze Wisconsin Cow Bomb 1 pint Guinness 1 scoop vanilla ice cream 2 tablespoons...

Setting the Stage: The Republicans First Debate - The Fix Tommy Thompson: Like Huckabee, Thompson remains virtually unknown in national politics but has a compelling story to tell. During his time as governor of Wisconsin -- 1987 to 2001 -- Thompson was...