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  • Sunday news

    04 December 2005 ( #'Sconsin stuff )

    "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!! Packers choke in the second half!!" ....sigh...to da Bears........sigh On another note---yep, it's Wisconsin vs. Auburn in the CapOne bowl Wisconsin accepts bid to Capital One Bowl Madison - The Wisconsin Badgers will...

  • Thanksgiving Horror Stories

    28 November 2005 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Roadfood.com Forums - Thanksgiving Horror Stories I will never think my lumpy gravy is a disaster, ever again..... Well, there was the year Mom tried to stab me, and the horrible second-degree burns I got from our napalm-like Scalloped Corn casserole...but...

  • What? They might get WORSE??!!!

    15 November 2005 ( #'Sconsin stuff )

    Winter Road Conditions Listing for interstates and major highways for the date of: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:00 PM Due to current weather conditions, motorists should remain alert for changing road conditions. I39 Portage to Wausau SNOW COVERED AND...

  • what your car says about you

    09 November 2005 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    CNN.com - Did you know your car was impacting your love life? - Nov 7, 2005 When asked to recall their "most embarrassing car date moment," 22 percent of respondents said it was being told by their date that they were a bad driver. Far more women suffered...

  • paycheck survey

    28 December 2005 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Survey says baby boomers lag seniors in direct deposit usage - Dec. 27, 2005 NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Unlike today's seniors, the next generation of retirees is old-fashioned about direct deposit of paychecks and other payouts -- according to a survey...

  • Times article on Gays in the Methodist church

    01 November 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

    Methodist Court Removes Openly Lesbian Minister - New York Times Although United Methodism prohibits openly gay people in the pulpit, it welcomes all to worship. Mr. Johnson did not forbid the gay man to attend his church but said he would not allow him...

  • Weekly horrorscope

    11 December 2005 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    This week December 12 through December 18 Libra All the obstacles that had been affecting your financial situation have disappeared. You should find that things quickly get back to normal now. The money flows in and flows out just as it is supposed to....

  • Tomorrow's Eclipse

    28 March 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    CNN.com - World prepares for total solar eclipse - Mar 28, 2006 ACCRA, Ghana (AP) -- Tourists and scientists were gathering at spots around the world for a solar show -- the first total eclipse in years, which will sweep northeast from Brazil to Mongolia,...

  • think I'm going to go lie down now...

    10 March 2006 ( #'Sconsin stuff )

    but WooHOOOOO!!! the first bike of the year!!! It got up to 46 degrees this afternoon and I just HAD to go try it! I don't care how many miles I put in on the stationary bike at the club. It doesn't matter how many mountains I climbed on the elliptical....

  • Huh?????

    25 October 2005 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Now, I realize that this little blog thing is for *my* entertainment, and that I'm not going to have an enormous readership, even if I were to get an Instalanche. But finding this referral in my visitor logs was only a little weird. This visitor cam to...

  • Oh well, at least we still have the Badgers......

    26 December 2005 ( #'Sconsin stuff )

    Bears Win North, Completing Packers' Fall - New York Times As the crowd filed in before the game, many fans wearing orange hunting overalls on the 28-degree night, it could muster only a few boos for the Bears, the Packers' longtime rivals.For years,...

  • Oy!! What a country!!!

    27 September 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

    Man Takes Citizenship Oath, Wins Lottery - Yahoo! News DES MOINES, Iowa - A man who immigrated from Kenya to the United States found prosperity beyond his expectations on the day he became a U.S. citizen. Shortly after Moses Bittok, of West Des Moines,...

  • OFFICE WISDOM

    18 March 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    I've found, over the years, that most of these apply to paper-making as well as paper-pushing. Go figure. --It doesn't matter what you do, it only matters what you say you've done and what you're going to do. --After any pay raise, you will have less...

  • Found poetry

    04 February 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Some Most of the spam that comes to this account is just plain annoying. It's usually vIaGrA ads, offers to refinance my real estate--and why do all these spammers think I live in Menagha, Minnesota? Did I lie about my zip code on a website once? Anyway,...

  • Dems, listen up!!!

    28 January 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Vodkapundit - Late Night Rambling I just don't know what to do with the Democrats. Look at me.* I'm pro-choice. I support gay marriage. I think porn is OK and that drugs (which aren't OK) ought to be legal. My tastes in music and movies and entertainers...

  • To keep in mind before my next speech

    27 January 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Sex calms nerves before public speaking - study - Yahoo! News LONDON (Reuters) - Forget pretending you are talking to one person or concentrating on a single point in the audience -- having sex is good way to calm nerves before giving a speech or presentation....

  • Man who shot pope fails to report to police

    14 January 2006 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    Gee, now who would have EVER guessed that this would happen? ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- The Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II failed to report to a police station Friday -- the day after his release from prison -- and authorities said the military...

  • Freedom of thought, however dumb it may be

    20 February 2006 ( #Current Affairs )

    Looks like that doesn't exitst in Europe these days. Holocaust Denier Gets Three Years in Jail -- Newsday.com VIENNA, Austria -- Right-wing British historian David Irving was sentenced to three years in prison Monday after admitting to an Austrian court...

  • Remembering Challenger

    28 January 2006 ( #Timelines )

    CNN.com - Remembering Challenger - Jan 28, 2006 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) -- Twenty years ago, space shuttle Challenger blew apart in jets of fire and plumes of smoke, a terrifying sight witnessed by the families of the seven astronauts and by those...

  • almost heard everything now....

    29 October 2005 ( #'Sconsin stuff )

    United Press International - NewsTrack - Wisconsin may open private spaceport MADISON, Wis., Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Wisconsin legislators are promoting a plan to create a spaceport in the country's top cheese-making state. The proposal would set up a nine-member...

  • PC gone awry

    24 December 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

    The Religious Policeman ..the Presidency of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Riyadh has been more active in preventing shops catering to these non-Islamic occasions. It has been more and more difficult in finding Christmas decorations and...

  • CoffeeCoke!!!!

    07 December 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

    Coke to launch coffee-infused Coke Blak The new drink, a combination of Coca-Cola Classic and coffee extracts, will be first launched in France in January before being rolled out in the United States and other markets during 2006. A Coke spokesperson...

  • The Vikings still suck, lol

    09 December 2005 ( #'Sconsin stuff )

    After the Shame, Vikings Pursue Virtue in Victory - New York Times Minnesota's loyalty has been tested many times before. Starting in the mid-1980's, the Vikings began cultivating their renegade image as the Raiders of the N.F.C. In one five-year period,...

  • Book review: "Rebels Without a Clue"

    30 November 2005 ( #Pics and Babbling )

    The Claremont Institute: Rebels Without a Clue Heath and Potter criticize such theorists as Michel Foucault and Theodore Roszak. Under their influence, "Traditional leftist concerns, such as poverty, living standards and access to medical care, came to...

  • Fun times at the UN

    17 October 2005 ( #Current Affairs )

    Mugabe compares Bush, Blair to Hitler at UN event ROME (Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Monday railed against U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, calling them "international terrorists" bent on world domination...