Tuesday, September 8, 2026

I'm a machine gunner not a sharp shooter when it comes to sports wagering.

 When it comes to gambling 
1. Know Yourself
2. Handicap YOURSELF
3. - TOMORROW Kalshi BE CAREFULL!!!


Most gamblers dislike my systems EVEN THOUGH - they win.  Weird.  It's because they have been taught to dread losing. I dread not winning.  Most gamblers play 1 or 2 BIG games and hope they hit100% for a big win.  Meanwhile I play 6-8 games and hope I win 60% for many many small wins. 

And I look at all of these facebook pages for sports gamblers and see records and I go back and look and them and #2 happens  HANDICAPP THE HANDICAPER.

Example - one guy was doing GREAT last year - great record and crushing it. I started tracking him - he was GREAT . . . WAS . . .  in his last 20 games he had won like FIVE  and lost Fifteen yet still had a good over all record. 

When you are 5-15  WHY are you still putting plays out and losing!!  THUS - my MLB system I handicap MYSELF.  Why would I put losing plays out.  I'm like 3-13 (as seen on the graph) but with a pretty good record over all. 

This is why the system has won 46+ units in the last year and two months and not 18 units - because I handicap my own system. 

SO - since currently I have 10 teams on my watch list. (When the Main System picks a team I track how that team is doing when its picked. That is how you get on the play list).  It has sucked lately (see chart). 

BUT - today could be big with eight games picked (Brewers are a pick - Miz will give up HRs but Brewers win ) - I WANT to bet but I won't. Let's hope I win all eight and I can start wagering again (of course only for peanuts and toothpicks) 

 As a reminder - this is the wagering system since its inception.


 
      

Saturday, September 5, 2026

First time all year - zero picks - SO - Coleman Sports Grill experiment

WELL WELL WELL - not much today 

1. No Picks
Colman sports grill 

WOW - for the very first time this year - zero picks in the Main system.   There are now 8 teams on the watch list and not one of them I have winning today. 

The thing is this system is all about HOW MUCH you win when you win.  Dodgers were -335 last night which is crazy.  The Brewers are starting to get this way.  The are -163 today with May? pitching and his 6.30 ERA? 

SO - we wait. 

MEANWHILE - When at a Brewer game I saw a cool tailgating grill and decided I needed something like that as opposed to my Charcoal grill.  Not EXACTLY the same model but this ROCKS!!! Takes 10 minutes to get to grilling temp AND NOW - I'm obsessed with wood chips.   

The PROBLEM was everything I cook came out well done. SO I bought one of those $6 1 pound packs of burger and made four 1/4 patties all the same size and cooked each one for a different amount of time. 

Minutes on each side 
2 and 2
2 and 3
3 and 3
3 and 4  


3 and 3 was medium and 2 and 3 was medium rare.    I've been using Hickory and a small amount of Apple chips.   More Apple chips with chicken and Oak is always good  Mesquite is rather strong. 

HOPEFULLY more tomorrow Cheers 




Friday, September 4, 2026

The Golden Shoe

1. Hiatus 
2. The Golden Shoe
3. teaser - new Colman Grill experiment 

Best way to see if there is a new blog is just click on 

https://publicenemiescolumbus.blogspot.com/  
    OR - there is a subscribe button somewhere on the right side.  Again - I get nothing from this - Google says I have controversial topics on my 2000+ blogs but they won't share where they are - WHAT?  ME? CONTROVERSIAL?  It's how I was elected to city council for gosh sakes. DID I MENTION Columbus Water and Light have a spotlight shining on my house 8 months a year?    

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Thinking out loud as I work on the NAMELESS System  -   Maybe I should bet ALL the games?  If it is winning at 4.6% ROI am I missing games to bet on?  I'll have to do some number crunching.  Probably not but . . with so much data collecting I'm always looking for patterns 

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Went 3-1 last night on the Main non-wagering system so its looking better SLIGHTLY. You can see a very small uptick at the very end.  Things can happen quickly though.  NOTE -I do have Brewers winning tonight and Bauers has a great night - we shall see  


This is what The System looks like at the stop wagering point.  

The ISSUE is I go camping every so often for a few days and can't do The System.  OH - I can recreate every thing once I get home so no data is lost.  I always hope I'm camping on a hiatus.  

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The Golden Shoe- DJ and I took a road trip to check out 13 casinos in Minnesota and Wisconsin. I was in my card counting days.  Long Story shorter  - - we were nearing the end and on the way back to Madison was Hole In The Wall casino. 

DJ had had enough so I said - "I'm just going in for ONE shoe just to check it off the list - be back in 15 minutes". 

I buy in for $40 and sit down at a $5 table betting $5.  There was one other player and a couple hands in the count started to turn positive as many small cards were being delt.  After about 5 hands of winning I raised my bet to $10. 

About that time some big LOUD Texan kind of guy with that little string tie thing around his neck with a suit coat sits next to me and slams a green chip ($25) on the table and off we go.  WIN WIN WIN and this guy is LOUD I mean LOUD. 

The count keeps getting better and Tex is annoying me a little as EVERYBODY is now watching our table of screamers and high fivers. NO - I want to be quiet and incognito. 

WIN WIN WIN and pretty soon I'm betting $25 and Tex is betting $75 and then he shoving out $100 WIN WIN WIN.  THIS GUY is SCREAMING with every win and casino suits are starting inch closer to us to pay more attention . . . . TO HIM!! I'm the little guy next to him - shhhhhhh.   

Meanwhile my stack of chips is growing and growing but nobody notices ME as I went from a quiet $5 to betting $40 a hand. And this is a $5 table.  People come and go at the table and they keep losing and I feel bad FOR THEM.  US?   WIN WIN WIN   

The 4? deck shoe comes to an end and Tex has a shit load of chips and I have maybe $500? in front of me.  he Maybe has $1000?  

They change dealers and a more adult person steps in and now I see there are a more then a few Casino suits watching closely. 

WELL - new deck the count is back to zero.  Tex pushes out $100 and I take one tiny red chip from my huge stack and push out $5. I KNOW this raises eyebrows but its my last shoe - I gotta get out of here. 

That last shoe of $5 wagers I lost $30 and Tex?  he lost almost all of his stack. Maybe $700? 

THATS enough for me and they bring a bucket to put all my chips in.   I walk to the cashier and TRY to cash out.  The lady adds it all up and then says "I'll be right back"  BEFORE she gives me my money. 

And I wait . . and wait  . . and wait.   I KNOW the Eye In The Sky is looking for any tells, going through all the hands of both Tex and I.    We had one of our team banned from the Miss Marquette Riverboat Casino a year earlier so I was waiting for the boot. (you really can have your lips move when counting cards LOL)   

BUT - was it me? was it me and Tex?  I was good at counting but the count was SO high I didn't even bother counting any more. I was just high fiving Tex. 

10 minutes later she comes back and hands me $450.  I walk out to DJ in the car and apologize for taking so long and then toss $450 onto her lap!!  The GOLDEN SHOE!    

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Tomorrow  - What happens when you cook 4 burgers on a new Coleman Sports Grill using 4 different times to flip.

Gus the Weather Dog was SO confused.





Thursday, September 3, 2026

Hiatus - and card counting in Black Jack

this address will always have the NEWEST blog 

https://publicenemiescolumbus.blogspot.com/

this blog
1. Hiatus
2. Online Black Jack and where Grinder came from
3. Teaser of The GOLDEN SHOE 

NOTE - 1 unit is one standard bet and it never fluctuates - its a way of tracking.
ROI - return on investment example  10% ROI = for every $1 wagered you get 10 cents back. 5% is really good. 

0–3%Solid; typical for many sharp bettors
3–7%Very good; sustainable for strong models
7–12%Great; top-tier territory
12–16%Excellent; rare and hard to sustain
16%+Extremely rare; often short-term variance


And as always smash that LIKE button and subscri . . . . what?  This isn't YOUTUBE? My Bad
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WELL - this is where we are now - below the red line which means zero wagers - HOWEVER - I do have the Brewers winning tonight in a very low scoring affair.  BUT - trust the system, when it says step back .. do it  


SERIOUSLY - seeing how this system fluctuates is/was a game changer.  

I WISH the NHL puckline system did that BUT NOOOOO - the puck line system last year had 331 wagers 6.36 ROI and 21.05 units won. But no sine curve like this system.

The MAIN system has 549 picks this year and a 4.0% Return on Investment (ROI) and 21.70 units won (not bad at all) while the WAGERING system that stops when we drop below the red line has 362 wagers at 11.3% ROI and 40.87 units won. 

OH - if anyone wants to get a hold of me "Grinder12000 at yahoo dot com"   The "Grinder" part came from blackjack when Stanford Wong on his site called me that,  I was a Grinder at black jack.  

In about 1999 and 2000 when online casinos were just starting they would have a bonus. Give us $100 we will double it to $200 and all you have to do is play 1000 hands.  AND - they would give this bonus ONCE A MONTH!!  

I had 14 casino accounts and would play perfect BJ. I would play about 2000 hands a week of perfect BJ and bring in the $$ - only ONCE did I lose all $200. In fact TYPICALLY I would win $120 PLUS the $100 and cash out that casino until NEXT month. EASLEY clearing $1000 a month. 

ONCE - I was so pissed off at losing I said FUCK it and used the last $20 in online video poker to have fun -  ROYAL FLUSH!!!!    taught those guys for cheating. 

The Golden Age of online BlackJack.  And of course I had a Black jack counting team when we went to Ho-Chunk. Three of us learned to count cards.  I had 15 decks of cards EVERYWHERE and would practice anytime I sat for more then 5 minutes.  I used the Red 7 system which was great for 4 deck shoes. 

It got to a point that at a stoplight I would see 4 people walking left to right and 2 right to left and my BRAIN would say  +2    4-2=2  

TOMORROW - The GOLDEN SHOE at The Hole In The Wall casino in N Wisconsin. The eye in the sky REALLY checked me over before they cashed my bucket of chips. It was our 13th casino on a trip around Minnesota and Wisconsin on a little excursion with DJ. 

And there is ALWAYS SHGoddess to talk about when we sold picks.    

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Day Two of the new ERA - We are officially in the LATE 2020s and MICE!!! MANY!!

This blog 

1. System Hiatus 
2. Where I started my first system - early 1980s? 
3. personal issues  MICE!!  
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WOW - That blew up in my face - last time "I" brag.  2-5 down 2.9 units AND OF COURSE the main system is now on a small hiatus.  I will explain 


This is a 20 game moving average of the MAIN system (not the wagering system).  Above the red line is money making time and below is waiting to get back above that line. WELL - we are below. The arrows just shows a weird anomaly. Don't those two spikes look almost the same?  I think that last one is giving me the finger.

HOWEVER - I have a system inside the system that is inside the original system LOL IF you need action 

Houston  +5.46 units this year
Milwaukee +7.07 units
Kansas City +6.91 units
NYYankees +6.88 units 


 I call these undocumented success games for small amounts (as it is undocumented).   
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My first system in my life (wagering) was parlay cards. A friend of mine (Elweed) and I would collect 5 NFL parlay cards from 5 bars and compare. The cards were always printed on Mondays and on Thursday we would get the cards and look at the CURRENT lines. Then we would look for changes. 

Example if all the cards had a game a favorite of -3 but ONE card had -2,5 and the REAL line NOW was -4 we would circle that game on every card with a -2.5.  Then look for more games. If  a Dog of +6 was now a dog of +4 in real life,  circle the +6.  And so on. 

When we found a card with or 2 or3 games circled - THAT was a wager.  It worked. Customers that would see us would ask what games we were playing and we would get free drinks. 

Only once did we have an issue with these illegal bookies.  Once 10 guys all put $10 on a 10 team parley AND WON  $64.000  of course these small time bookies did not have $64,000 - had to wait a couple weeks for OUR money.   

This was before I found online black jack and was making $1K a month and THAT was before I found online Texas Hold'm which started a blog which started my writing for a poker magazine ALL with a little dyslexia which has been a problem all my life (except with numbers). More on that at some point.   

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Sophie getting her bum tickled on a sub woofer
Our house is 20 years old (2.1% mortgage) and we have never had a nice problem until a couple weeks ago. 

 I'm in the basement and DJ is SCREAMING - A MOUSE IN THE HOUSE.  Our cats had it cornered. 

3 days later Sophie is staring at the frig day and night.  Again - I'm working in the basement and calmly walk upstairs and both cats have a mouse cornered in the middle of the kitchen staring at it. I capture it and take it to the open field 50 yards away. That's two. 

Yesterday Sophie is sleeping on my chest in the afternoon as I watch TV. She JUMPS up and runs to the kitchen and has a mouse cornered.  I collect and take it to the OTHER side of the fairway into the weeds.  That's three. 


LAST NIGHT.  Sophie is again on watch. 1:00 in the morning, Iggy (the non-mouser) JUMPS up and runs to the kitchen, Sophie is standing over ANOTHER mouse.  I take care of it go back to bed that's four.  BUT WAIT !!

I woke up this morning and 2 dead mice are in the kitchen. That' six.  2 larger ones and 4 babies. I THINK that is all of them.  The family?  I saved three that are 50 yards away in a field across the fairway.  I THINK that's it! 

and that is my story. 


Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Is this a new direction for Grinders Island - back to the beginning??

9/1/2026 It's Sports handicapping time and from what CoPilot says . . . . . the rest of the story below Copilot ****************************************** Copilot = 14% ROI over 481 MLB moneyline wagers is extremely significant — far above what almost any long‑term MLB bettor or model produces. It’s not just “good”; it’s elite, and statistically rare.
A 14% ROI at 481 bets is excellent and strongly suggests your system has a real, durable edge. Most credible benchmarks place long‑term MLB ROI in the 2–5% range for sharp bettors.

šŸ“Œ How good is 14% ROI at 481 wagers?

To evaluate ROI, two things matter:

  1. ROI level

  2. Sample size

You’re strong on both.

Realistic ROI benchmarks (MLB moneylines)

ROIMeaning
0–3%Solid; typical for many sharp bettors
3–7%Very good; sustainable for strong models
7–12%Great; top-tier territory
12–16%Excellent; rare and hard to sustain
16%+Extremely rare; often short-term variance

These benchmarks align with industry analysis showing most profitable bettors land in the 2–5% range long-term.

Your 14% sits in the excellent / rare tier.

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WELL - I suspect nobody will believe this but 2 years ago I had an idea for wagering money lines in MLB (been trying to create one for 55 years LOL) . LAST year I back tested for 4 months and then real time started betting a small amount, $5 a wager, on a untested REAL TIME wagers.
It worked - maybe too well - it was TOO good and unbelievable - THIS year I shit you not, 355 wagers at 12.3% ROI FULL TIME NOW 486 wagers 14% ROI
This wagering system is INSIDE my original system which has 537 picks and a 4.9% ROI just this year (26.65 units) - I have 3 moving averages for each team and when the MAIN system goes minus units for a certain amount of time I STOP and wait for an average of 7-10 days (30ish non- bets) and when it turns positive again - BAM - I'm BASICALLY handicapping my own system - the WAGERING system is up 43.87 units.
SADLY this year is coming to an end HOWEVER - I have a real time NHL Puck line system 524 wagers (2 years) and a boring (I laugh 6.7% ROI) which I was REALLY happy with ( until MLB system started doing its thing).
SO - today day #1 Sept 9-1-26 of this new blog (I started blogging doing exactly this 10+ years ago) and the picks - I'll figure out how to formant better as I go Baltimore -140
ChiSox -106 Milwaukee +110
Kansas city -117
NY M M Mets +119 (1st time all year I have the Mets)
Arizona +118
Boston -120
NOTE - I'm not doing this to gain attention even though I'M ELETE!! (insert evil laugh). Just want to document. NHL is coming and MLB is slowly coming to an end :-( In the coming months (days?) I'll put in some stories from the past - Island vacations from playing online poker and black jack and all sorts of weirdness from 50 years of profitable wagering (I seem to be good at this). ALTHOUGH - This MLB system is more like investing and its the long run with SO MANY games - just win a small amount every day - you get rich slowly - day by day as my dad always said. Cheers


Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Columbus is using AI to track your movements & Hans the Clever Horse.

Found a photo

I mentioned last time the Columbus dump nobody knew about and how they want to build houses on it now  - here is a shot of it from 16 years ago.  When I contacted the city they did not really care to hear about it -not their problem.  This was 16 years ago before it became Enerpac hill and buried it all underneath and in front the hill.  

This next part is Information only - not passing judgement . you are on your own journey. 

Columbus is using AI to track your movements from AI-powered cameras that capture and analyze images of all passing vehicles, storing details like your car's location, date, and time.

They also capture your car's make, model, color, and identifying features such as dents, roof racks, and
bumper stickers, often turning these into searchable data points.  

10+ years ago Columbus squad cars had these in all their cars and would watch you as you drove by but now every time someone drives into Columbus you are tracked, cataloged and put into a database. 

These cameras collect data on millions of vehicles regardless of whether the driver is suspected of a crime or not.

I just thought I would inform people what THESE new little cameras were doing.  If you don't mind big brother always watching your coming and goings you are fine. But seriously, it's not Big Brother I worry about, it's the millions of Little Brothers. NOT THAT I'M ACTUALLY WORRIED!   I'm sure the excuse will be "just being proactive" as it always is.  My ass! 

HOWEVER - on the other side of the coin - Nancy Guthrie's killer would probably be in jail by now if their AI cameras would have been functioning - so there is that.

Many MANY cities around the U.S  have rejected Big Brother watching them - in Wisconsin . . . . . 

Appleton, WI Contract Canceled
Dane County, WI Contract Canceled
Oshkosh, WI Contract Canceled
Verona, WI Contract Rejected
Sturgeon Bay, WI Contract Canceled

SO - if you don't mind having everything about your car put into giant database tracking you  - it's fine.  

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CHEM TRAILS?  Seriously?  COME ON - did you miss that decade of education? 

Being retired and not wanting to just sit in the dark all day doing nothing (as when I was young I assumed retired people did all day) we tend to sit on the deck with a beer on nice days and with an app we try to guess where the planes are coming from and going too as they fly over Columbus. Normally West coast to NYC.  We're getting good-ish on the west to east flights but - the BIG ones are North to South and vice versa that fly RIGHT OVER Columbus . . . and THEN there was this one that I posted on Wisconsin in Pictures.

Singapore to JFK at 44,000 feet taken with an iPhone 17Pro.  

One comment was "Any given blue sky day these f*ckers flying around spreading those chem trails.. believe it or not I counted 8 yesterday in manitowoc county!! Please tell me whats so important that they have all the money for fuel to fly back and forth making trails? Killing us slowly. " 

Another one I need to stop following this group as stupid Fu*** continue to post pics of chem trails and talk about how beautiful the sky is. Open your frickin eyes.

SIGH!!  

I had to respond  “Those lines behind airplanes are contrails, not ‘chemtrails.’ They form when hot jet exhaust hits cold, humid air and instantly creates ice crystals—basically man‑made cirrus clouds. Their appearance changes with temperature and humidity, not because anything is being sprayed. There’s no evidence of any chemical‑spraying program; it’s just normal physics and atmospheric science.”

FUN FACT - the first documented appearance of Chemtrails was in the cover of a 1990 Air Force Academy introductory chemistry textbook titled Chemistry 131. It had nothing to do with spraying, conspiracies, or aircraft — it was literally just a pun combining “chemistry” and “trails” for a course title.

HOWEVER -  Richard Finke and William Thomas pushed the idea in Art Bell’s ( a  paranormal-themed radio program ) late‑night radio show amplified it starting in 1999.

ANYWAY - If you see a large jet flying N to S it's probably from Asia and ALWAYS landing in Dallas.  

We did see a HUGE plane fly over a few weeks ago, an Antonov An‑124 “Ruslan.  The largest
Russian‑built cargo aircraft currently flying for Ukraine. The An‑225 Mriya was the absolute largest built but Russia destroyed it in the early part of the war.  The one we saw had no departure and unknow destination. SECRET! 

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Clever Hans the Horse and a True Story

In the late 1800's Wilhelm Von Osten was riding his horse and mulling over scientific stuff in his brain. He was into phrenology  the now discredited theory that a persons intelligence, character, and personality can be derived based of the shape of his or her head.

But he had other thoughts. He was interested in animals and how smart they were. He started testing cats, a bear and his horse in the skills of numbers. The cat did not care (surprise) the bear just got angry but the horse was different.

Wilhelm taught the horse to tap his hoof 3 times when he wrote the number 3 on a black board. In fact the horse could go all the way to 10 and repeat this many many times.

Then he started doing simple addition and subtraction and after a while the horse was able to give the correct answer. In fact it got to a point where his horse could do fractions and basic square roots.

He started showing the horse off and the horse kept learning more and more. "If the first day of the month is a Wednesday," Von Osten would ask Hans, who had learned to respond to verbal questions, "what is the date of the following Monday?" Six hoof-taps would follow.

"What is the square root of sixteen" 4 taps would follow. Hans even learned the alphabet, 1 tap for A, 2 taps for B and so forth. He made mistakes but was 89% right.

The New York Times had an article about Hans and scientists from around the world flocked to test Hans. They tested with and without Wilhelm in the room.

Following extensive testing which finished in 1904 it was concluded that there was no trickery, Hans was for real.

Then they noticed something, when Wilhelm asked a question and was far away Hans had problems, and when Wilhelm was behind a curtain Hans rate went to 0%.

So instead of watching Hans they started watching Wilhelm or whoever was asking the question.

IT SEEMS that Hans could tell stress levels and would tap his foot until he noticed that the stress had passed. Even when the questioner KNEW this was what Hans was watching and would try to trick Hans. Hans was perfect. This proved that while Hans was not the math genius we thought, he was pretty smart in ways we could not see. He could tell exactly when stress left a human through body language that no one else could see. Hans was smart in other ways.

Hans and Wilhelm continued to tour Europe and lived a happy life.

Hans would have been a GREAT poker player.

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My first post card from the making of Public Enemies the movie.  I was literally the first to photo Johnnie Depp and sold it to Japan's largest Movie magazine 


Remember when the entire downtown was closed? 



Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Columbus Water Tower ground cover (FREE) and Mullins

Couple things need to be clarified about The Columbus Police and the 200ish pullovers - this was a combined city/County effort and they did this in a few cities not just Columbus. Pull'm over look for drugs and let them go.  At the time the CPD refused to give City Council any real data on this so the actual number is  ????  . 

This was also the time when the police had the demerit point system for bars and they were the accuser, judge AND jury for closing a bar and it was also when they gave out MANY Easter Day tickets because of Winter Parking rules (we changed the rules after that) and it was over 50 degrees outside.  

They are fine now in my book - this was a decade ago. 

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First off - From Wisconsin Road Trips page.  SADLY #9 Mullins Short Stop was posted on a Wisconsin page with the WRONG city name. 

Up in Cumberland at 1398 2nd Avenue, (in the REAL world it would say Up dare in Columbus at 641 N Ludington St) Mullins Short Stop Drive In represents everything great about small-town Wisconsin dining. This isn’t a place trying to be hip or trendy, it’s a straightforward, honest drive-in that’s been serving the community with pride and consistency for years.

The building looks like it could have been here since the golden age of drive-ins, with that classic architecture and signage that immediately tells you what kind of experience you’re about to have.

The burgers at Mullins are hefty and satisfying, made with quality beef that gets cooked just right every single time. They don’t skimp on the patties, giving you substantial portions that actually fill you up instead of leaving you hungry an hour later.

The toppings are fresh and plentiful, with crisp lettuce, ripe tomatoes, and tangy pickles adding layers of flavor and texture. Everything gets assembled with care, wrapped up tight, and handed over still hot from the grill.

Their milkshake game is strong, with thick, creamy versions of all the classics that taste like they were made in someone’s kitchen rather than a restaurant. The vanilla lets you appreciate the quality of the ice cream without any distractions, while the chocolate satisfies those deeper cravings for something rich and indulgent.

The strawberry strikes a nice balance between fruit flavor and creaminess. French fries come golden and crispy, perfect for eating alongside your burger or saving to dip in your shake if you’re feeling adventurous with your food combinations.


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It's that time of decade again when I remind everyone that the Columbus Utilities Water Tower has the best ground cover EVER and its free for your pickings.

Blooming sedum at the tower.

 Blooming sedum at the tower.

Ten years ago when I was a Columbus Water and Light Commissioner I decided the hideous looking  water tower needed beautification. There were beer cans, cig butts Frito packages and garbage and a lot of weeds. Nobody was taking care of it. 


 WELL - it seemed that after the 20 volunteers I rounded up to paint the inside of the Amtrak Station it was time for this monstrosity to be fixed. 

I asked Erik the Commissioner at the time if he could supply a friend and I two cubic yards of dirt we would fix it up. 

I was a HOT HOT day when we started in the morning.  First clearing out the junk.  My noon we were at this point.    


Erik delivered a backhoe of dirt - not good dirt - this ground cover does not like GOOD dirt, and we started filling all he crevices.  SO SO many crevasses - more then we anticipated. 

Then over the next few weeks we harvested sprigs from my house and repurposed them to the tower.  

Here is how to do it.

Put your hand into the sedum and pick a sprig at the base  



Then the easy part.  Put a scratch in your dirt 


Lay the sedum in it


And cover 


That's it. You CAN water it but its not needed. We have NEVER watered the tower.  It will not allow weeds to grow. We have it in shade as well as full 100% sunlight. 

We have NEVER weeded it, watered it and have basically ignored it for 10+ years.  Someone (Columbus Utilities? the City?) used to kill the weeds on top and below but never in the rocks.  

And seriously - each crevice had ONE sprig, it grows and fills out but it's very shallow and if you HAVE too - just pick it and discard. ZERO problems.  

When not flowering it looks like this from my house  


Name?  Sedum kamtschaticum, commonly known as Kamchatka sedum or Kamchatka stonecrop if you are wondering. 

I want to thank Columbus Water and Light for allowing us to beautify the the ignored Water Tower.  

NEXT week - why is Wild Tomato in Door County suing Wild Man Pizza 20 miles away.  You can't have the word WILD in a restaurant?  HEY - Columbus attorney (love you man) want to chime in? 
and other mindless drivel.    

Where ya all coming from? 






Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Columbus Police and Why canceling a national election is basically impossible and ME!

DJ told me I had to start my blog again to get all that shit out of my brain and I'm also a little more alert to my dyslexia and spelling. I'm a numbers guy with a head full of words.  

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SO to start the blog off with a smile - this is what I wake up to every morning for about 9 years.  A 26 pound dog on my chest waking me with a smile and dog breath.  

 

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FUN FACT - In 2026 Wisconsin has gotten 283 sever Thunderstorms and Tornado warnings then the last 14 years COMBINED!!  

NOT - sorry about formatting - still relearning this ancient software. 

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What is wrong with the National media - Trump has lost a war faster then ANY President in history and they ignore it.

The question has been brought up  SO! who can cancel or postpone a national election? here ya go 

Congress sets the date for federal elections

Changing that date requires: A bill passed by the House - simple majority A bill passed by the Senate - simple majority The President’s signature NOTE - I firmly believe there are enough adults on Congress to foil any MAGA attempt.

Even then, Congress cannot delay elections indefinitely because the Constitution fixes the end of terms. Presidential term ends January 20 and Congressional terms end January 3

The President -Has zero legal authority to cancel, postpone, or suspend a federal election and emergency powers do not include altering election dates

The Supreme Court,
can rule on disputes, but cannot cancel or postpone elections.

State Governors or Legislatures can delay state or local elections in emergencies. HOWEVER they cannot cancel or indefinitely postpone the selection of presidential electors.

Martial law does not give power to stop a presidential election. Even during the Civil War and WWII, elections happened on schedule

Canceling a national election is basically impossible because the Constitution locks in the end of presidential and congressional terms. If no election were held, the President’s term still ends on January 20.

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5 minute interlude (optional) 

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Columbus Police Department

I won't get into my dealings between the former Chief of Police and I when I was an alderman.  OK - just a wee bit. While in his office he was reading my blog (which is fine) on City time (not fine) and he posted shit about me as a alderperson to all that would listen including the Fire and Police Commission. And yea - he was forced to give a public apology to me.

WHY? because when a department literally pulls over 200+ vehicles in 3+ hours  (some multiple times) right in the middle of downtown for no real reason it REALLY REALLY gives Columbus a bad bad look. And I said ENOUGH!!!  and voiced my opinion.    

 I am fine now with the newest iteration of the Columbus Police and they have helped me a few times getting $$ back from Bitcoin being stolen from Coinbase.  The last chief and I had issues.  My laptop (and 10 other citizens) were LITERALLY stolen by a Columbus computer company and the police department refused to do ANYTHING - "out of our jurisdiction" was the explanation.  The company moved to a different town a year later with our computers and he ended up in jail in another town..     

BUT - they are fine in my book now! Chief Dennis Weiner seems to be a good one. HOWEVER since Columbus seems to be the center of white collar crime in the tri county area - this iswhat happened a few doors down from my house.  

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MISAPPROPRATION INVESTIGATION LEADS TO SEARCH WARRANT, ARREST


NOTE - the real name will be "XXXXXXX" just because I won't be the one spreading hate. 

In December 2025 the Columbus Police Department was contacted by members of the Columbus Baseball Organization (CBO). CBO board members reported financial irregularities and a possible misappropriation of funds by the former Treasurer, whose term had recently ended. He had been the treasurer from 2021-2025.

An initial review confirmed misappropriated monies and a formal comprehensive investigation began. During the last 5 months the department wrote numerous subpoenas for financial records, business records, purchases, etc. A substantial amount of paper and digital records were reviewed during the course of this investigation.

On Wednesday May 13, 2026 the Columbus Police Department executed a search warrant at a residence on Vista Circle in the City of Columbus.  XXXXXXX 50, of Columbus was arrested. Over 60 items from the residence were seized as part of the search warrant.

This afternoon, XXXXXX was charged with in Columbia County Circuit Court with Theft in a Business Setting, $10,000-$100,000 and Theft-Movable Property, $2500-$5000. Both are felonies.

The investigation revealed CBO monies being misappropriated multiple ways. They include, but are not limited to, a significant amount of Amazon purchases for personal use. A number of CBO checks were written to an LLC (limited liability corporation) that is registered to XXXXXX. They were deposited in the LLC’s account, then transferred to a personal bank account(s) belonging to XXXXXX. Additionally, CBO monies were identified going to 2 other, non-CBO baseball teams that he had an affiliation with.

The total amount at this time is approximately $49,000. The investigation continues.

Chief Dennis Weiner

Columbus Police Department

THANK YOU COLUMBUS PD!!  
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A little short blog this week as we were up in northern door County last week.  NEXT WEEK - how Columbus has REALLY changed for the better in the last 20 years and other mindless drivel.

Example - remember when I ran for alderman? 10 years ago - and you wonder why the Police Department got WHATEVER they ask for every year.   

Sitting - not running
Bomcamp Dist 2 -  Auxiliary Police Officer 

Running District 1
Davidson  - Auxiliary Police Officer
Rick Royem - NOT Auxiliary Police Officer

Running District 2
Larry Herzog  Auxiliary Police Officer
Rod Melotte NOT Auxiliary Police Officer

Cheers 

Fun blog coming nest week for landscapers 


Wednesday, May 20, 2026

The assumed problem with the new Columbus TIF - information ONLY! And Mink River

Hi all - I'm TRYING to put out a blog once a week now on Mondays or Tuesdays but a trip to Door County to the cabin nixed that idea this last week.  Door County called. 

One thing I learned from the the owners of Mink River an amazing bar in Ellison Bay was I might have helped bring people to the bar. You see I mentioned their AMAZING burger (literally the best I have ever had) on Madison Foodie and the bar has been getting lots of new tourists/customers since. And Cory blamed ME!!  Then I guess there was a secret contest and Mink River in Ellison Bay won the BEST BURGER in Door County. 

SO Monday we tried their Smash Burgers - WOW 

Literally one of the most amazing flavored? burgers I’ve ever had. #MinkRiver was voted the best burger in Door County. This the Drew Smash burger with Cajun seasoning, pepper Jack cheese, caramelized onions, jalapeƱos and garlic aloai is INSANELY good. OMG


If you get to Northern Door - you MUST go to Mink River a "dive bar" (are there any actual dive bars around?) with a real chef - a hidden gem with a game room and outdoor patio for dogs we talked to Tony Shaloub and family last year as they were eating on the patio. DJ had a good conversation with his sister about their dogs.
DJ had the Mink Mac Smash Burger - like a Big Mac but for ADULTS - she thought it was fantastic!!!




A few years ago I was asked to take a glamor photo of Club Le Mark, a square gray wooden building and also the inside of the CC Rider Clubhouse - no photos of the outside and NO photos of The Wall.  Now I need one of The Mink - it's coming.  This one is from Terry Hickman so you can all find the place.

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This is a “get it off my chest (2)” post. Informational only not complaining (do I ever complain)?

OH One thing - I LOVE this little town. The people are friendly, it's quiet, there is not REAL violence - OH we're the center of white collar crime it seems (Midwest Horse Fair, a church lady, the Travel Center and now a baseball organization).  But every alderperson loves this town - it's a lot of work being an alderperson.  I KNOW.  BUT - always remember - these are not politicians - they are normal people like you and I trying to do the best they can trying to compromise what is good for the city and good for the residents. 

ANYWAY! 
                                      The new TIF

We all know this has been planned for 20 or more years so it’s not a surprise, in fact many home owners are welcoming new housing on section 17.  The reason we want houses is that those houses will help absorb the large seismic shaking from the large explosions that Westphal Quarry lights off without a REAL warning every month. 

We have small cracked foundations, albums on turntables skip and small cracks in drywall from the 8-10 explosion that are 550 yards away from my house. The new houses will be in the 350 yards area so they will slow down the land shaking by 200 yards.

Plus, since the quarry starts grinding at 5:30-6:00 in the morning maybe the new housing will absorb some of the VERY LOUD grinding that forces our windows to be closed on summer mornings. 

This is from my house


And from the proposed new housing 



How close can you build a house to a working quarry.  And since realtors never tell ANYBODY on Vista that there is working quarry 500 yards away . . . I’m sure new home owners will be surprised also.  I won't speak of the dust we collect inside the house.   

NEXT issue The Enerpac hill.

Before Enerpac there was a deep/ old quarry crevice about 20 feet deep full of old TVs, refrigerators and garbage that people dumped into it.  If you walk around, you can still see pieces of appliances and TVs. This was all covered up by dirt that was dumped from the Enerpac hole and is now a 30 foot high 250 yard hill.  Enerpac Hill.  I had mentioned this a few times before I was on council but since it was not in city limits nobody cared it was an uncontrolled dump for appliances. 

The ISSUE is rain


The hill has created some pretty heavy flooding onto hole #11 at Kestrel Ridge that was not there before the hill.  What used to be a 3 inch stream next to the course on heavy storms is now literally a 2 feet high torrent rushing water that floods the entire fairway of hole #11.

As you can see rain flows down the normal slant of land from the west hits the torrent of water falling from Enerpac Hill and shoves it onto the golf course, LITERALLY making a waterfall over that sand trap (now new grass as if  . . . . now).

NOW! – if you add cement from a presumed road next to the hill and more housing it’s going to be VERY wet at times.  I HOPE there are plans for a major re-direction of all that water or those houses will be on a flood plain.   Unintended consequence.

Those are my concerns and could you forward this to City Engineer Jason?
Thanks – I got that off my chest – the city has been informed  LOL

Rod Melotte – my weather station

https://www.wunderground.com/weather/us/wi/columbus/KWICOLUM2

See ya next week - when I 
 give the thumbs up (in a good way) to the Columbus Police Department

Warm weather IS coming - Gus the Weather Dog says so