We went to see Molly's Game a few days ago and really like the movie - It's a true story about a Olympic hopeful who had a freakish bit of bad luck when a tiny stick unlocked her ski's on a jump. The ski departed her ankle and she landed . . . . badly, but that was just the beginning of her true to life story.
She went from being a low paid waitress to running the worlds biggest poker games (million dollar pots). If you like poker and true stories this is a great show but it's not actually all about "poker". It's a true story about Molly Bloom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu4UPet8Nyc
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What are we looking at? A submarine the Tourist Commission is bringing to Columbus? No - this is an artist mock up of the railing that will go in front of The Cage so they will not break their legs when they exit the bar at 1 in the morning (or 9 in the morning).
There are some tweaks and this is only the first iteration - HOWEVER - the most wonderful feature is the vertical object on the left.
This is a the Miniature Northern Hydrostatic Standpipe tree.
This unique tree will ease citizens concerns about DPW having to spend more money watering trees as it NEVER NEEDS WATER. It comes with it's own water. An amazing tree that has no leaves to rake which makes this a perfect downtown tree.
The city will be offering trees to the residents of James Street who lost trees with 10 trees on the list.
European Hornbeam
Ginko - Princeton Sentry
Honey Locust - Shademaster
Bur Oak
Little Leaf Linden
Lacebark Elm
Japanese Tree Lilac
Black Bum
Hackberry
Swamp White Oak
and everybody gets a Red Bud - you get a Red Bud and you get a Red Bud and you get a Red Bud.
Sadly a community is only allowed to have one Miniature Northern Hydrostatic Standpipe.
With that said you might have seen the new snow plow the city spent a few hundred thousand dollar on. We could not afford the big rig because too many people were complaining about taxes so we got the one we could afford.
If you see this on the road please offer some hot chocolate to the drivers as it does not have heat yet (maybe next year)
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| This is a joke people!!!! NOT REAL |
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There was a special election up north in the red territory of the north woods. The Wisconsin Senate seat has been controlled by the GOP for 16 years and all 5 counties voted for Trump. The Democrat won by 9 points even with the GOP and it's Conservative groups Americans for a White America and the Republican State Leadership Committee pumping money for ad's. The Blue Wave continues.
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BTW - I REALLY am going to miss being on City Council - REALLY! What a fantastic experience and I won't be disappearing (insert evil laugh). I just know when I'm not good at something. I'm not very eloquent when it comes to speaking what is rattling around in my head.
With that said VOTE FOR Jason Theilen. Fantastic guy, a lot of energy, a downtown business owner.
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There was a news article about how they are teaching crows to pick up cig butts and other garbage and take them to a collection device. The crow drops it into the device that looks at it and gives the crow a treat.
pfffffft - Gus does this already. He picks up all sorts of garbage and we yell at hit to DROP DROP and when he does he gets a treat.
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Want to know who saw the ending to the Viking game? EVERYBODY. The last play was watched by 46 million people.
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I have never gone through a basement finishing project but it's nothing like I imagined. I THOUGHT we would have people in the basement working away day in day out for months . . . but nay!
Framers come in - work for 1 day and are done.
A few weeks later electricians come in for 6 hours - electrify the place and are done.
Next is wiring for a sound system, then HVAC, Plumbers, insulation, cabinets . . .it's like a 2 month project done random days at a time. Plus Friday we are getting the floor under are crappy Frigidaire refrig (long gone) fixed and I have to remove a cabinet in the kitchen because of dry rot. Never buy a Frigidaire.
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The number of Americans who do not have insurance rose by 3.2 million last year and new employee hires for last year was a 7 year low.
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$108 BILLION was spent online during the holiday season. It is truly is amazing what online can do now. Order something Monday afternoon, it arrives Tuesday and if you don't like it send it back for free with a full refund. I think we should have ordered DPWs REAL new trucks online. Would have saved a lot of time.
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Saudi Arabia opened it's first movie theater in 35 years last weekend. What was the movie? An American classic "The Emoji Movie". No really, it was.
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I follow Chuck Todd, the political analyst (CBS I think) on Twitter and he is a big sports fan AND a huge Packer fan and he tweeted (and I paraphrase) . . Trey Burton of the Philadelphia Eagles has the most similar height/weight to Donald Trump. Well, there ya go. Twitter in all it's glory.
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Looks like a royal mess coming Sunday night into Monday/ Rain, freezing rain turning to snow - ANOTHER long duration event last 24+ hours. This COULD start Sunday morning and last until Tuesday morning when the front goes through. - yea. YUCK
See ya
