The most anticipated At Bat of Spring Training happened yesterday between Prince Fielder and any default San Francisco Giant pitcher with the result of Prince being hit with a 30 mph fast ball.
What got these two clubs (well, one club actually) all frenzied up was a walk off Home Run Prince had last year.
Here is what started the brew-ha-ha.
I think most people will think that was pretty funny and I bet most Giants, while they lost the game thought it was a little amusing also.
One thing I like about the Brewers is that they have a lot of fun and it shows up looking like they are being cocky.
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Some of you are surprised I have a blog today. ME TOO!
So I call my mom yesterday to make sure we are on the same page and I say "I'll be coming down tomorrow about 9:30" She says "That will be WONDERFUL, I'm looking forward to it, but remember we have my Doctors appointment on Monday" . . . . . . what? Monday?
sigh!
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I'm looking deeper and deeper into Art Fairs and this whole Credit Card processing thing is stressing me out. So many to choose from! It's like a kid with 5000 marbles but they all look pretty alike and he can only choose ONE!
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And then there is koobadog - sure - keep quiet for YEARS until just the right moment and . . .WRONG!! It seems I said something yesterday that was not completely accurate. I'm pretty sure it was the first time I was not 100% accurate but I'm not sure.
The inaccuracy was with Old Abe. That is not the original bird. When I was doing my deep deep research there was a passing sentence saying "the perch was destroyed in the fire". it said nothing of the bird. So I ASSUMED since the PERCH was destroyed the bird was saved. I was wrong. Old Abe went up like a sparkler on 4th of July and she now has a stand in (I will call her Conan the Eagle).
I guess there are lurkers out there just waiting to pounce on my NEXT mistake.
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HEY - It's March . . hmmmmmm what happened in March about TWO years ago, hmmmmmm
Yesterday was the Anniversary of the first real blog of this blog with Why Columbus and When and there have been 473,063 pages read as if 4 seconds ago.Good Grief people, get a life!!
I think we should have some sort of reunion at some point at the Kurth. Any ideas for a date? Should we wait for warmer weather for a reunion of our first Kurth Event? Let me know.
Anyone out there that did not make it to the Kurth you are all invited!!! We're all a big crazy family and linked for life.
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OH - we were talking about water bills and wondering how much water we actually used. It always says cubic feet of water. Well, a cubic foot is ABOUT 7.5 gallons of water. so multiply your cubic foot by 7.5 and you will see how much water you use.
Rod
Friday, March 5, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Day 63 of 2010 and Old Abe
I've often called Google the 8th Wonder of the World and here is yet another reason. According to Google Maps API the below map shows, in RED, what counties have more bars then grocery stores.
YEA - Go Wisconsin!!!!
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My whole day has been thrown into a tizzy as I find out my dentist appointment is NOT today but NEXT Thursday. I was looking forward to this one. No really, I was.
My teeth are or were like limestone. I would brush regularly but it was a half hearted attempt until I got an Oral B electric toothbrush and then there was a HUGE difference in my teeth. It was astounding. BUT - like most people flossing was something that while I did it, again, it was a half hearted procedure.
YEA YEA - the dentist said that if I did not floss I could get heart disease. Come on - do you think I'm stupid? My heart is no where near my mouth. Nice try Gummy Bear!
But then I purchased those things on the right. You get like 10,000 for $3 and they are WONDERFUL. No more little strings cutting your fingers and what I love about them are the poker ends. Not only do they poke the crap out of those crevices between the teeth but they massage your gums and NO MORE BLEEDING! IT'S A MIRACLE!
Speaking of not being stupid . . . I have to get blood work done tomorrow for cholesterol and PSA. Yea - they can look for butt cancer in my blood! COME ON MAN? They take blood from my arm looking for butt cancer! NICE TRY ASS MAN! I got a bridge you can buy also!!!
No worries, my cholesterol is fine. 155 overall. I have very low BAD cholesterol but also very low GOOD cholesterol and my troglodytes are a little high or low (which ever is worse). I was told to take fish oil.
Did you know you really CAN get fish oil out of sucking on a fish? There are easier ways though. Most fish oil comes from herring and sardines which are low on the food chain (I'm thinking humans are near the top . . in most cultures) and Peru, Denmark, Chile, Iceland and Norway are the main producers.
BUT I Digress ,where was I . . .I don't know . . . let us move on.
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One of the canvas prints I have hanging on the 6th floor of Health Services is the the Assembly Chamber.
And if you will look, just between the flags is a bird. That bird is Old Abe.
This is the real Old Abe, not some poser and SHE has an interesting story and YES , my goal is now to get a better photo of her.
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1n 1861 an eagle was captured by Chief Sky (not fond of that name . . no flow to it, could be Chief Crazy Sky or Chief Blue Sky or Chief Sky Cow or something) near a small town called Jim Falls (and what kind of name is that for a town - what the hell was going on up dare in Wisconsins). She (the eagle) was traded to a farmer for a bushel of corn who sold her to the 8th Wisconsin Company C from Madison for $2.50 ($58 and a jail term in today's money).
She was named after Abraham Lincoln and a special perch was made on which she was carried into battle in the First American Civil War.
Old Abe participated in the Second Battle of Corinth along with 38 other battles in the war.
She became Legendary in the war as she would scream and spread her wings in defiance (typical woman . . .what? . . . did I say that out loud?) in battles. The enemy called her "Yankee Buzzard" and made many attempts to capture her with no success. She lost feathers from bullets and a number of times her handlers were shot from under her.
Generals Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, and William Rosecrans were seen removing their hats and bowing slightly when they passed her in the field of battle.
She retired from the war in 1864 and lived a comfy life and was invited to the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and in 1880 she attended the Grand Army of the Republic National Convention.
When not at public events, her caretaker kept her in the Wisconsin State Capitol where she is now.
The 101st Airborne Division, the Screaming Eagles has Old Abe depicted on their shoulder patch. You might be wondering why the 101 used Old Abe and this is because Wisconsin was the territory of the original 101st Division.
Little things you never knew.
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BASEBALL IS HERE!!
The Brewers first spring game is today. Number 1 of a possible 211 games. SWEET! No more wrestling in the news papers.
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Finally - you might have noticed this if you have a DVR that did not record correctly.
The earthquake in Chile seems to has messed up the earths rotation and the days are actually shorter. YUP - reset your DVRs as we lost 1.26 milliseconds - DAMN YOU EARTH. Now LOST is really messed up!
Check this out. An amateur astronomer was taking photos of the Andes east of Santiago when the earthquake happens. Check out the stars. The earthquake was SO powerful the stars moved! WOW
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For the 1st time since 1947 there were no tornadoes in The U.S in February.
I will have no blog tomorrow as I'm on the road with mom going back and forth to the Doctors and Brewery's (well, she will not go to the brewery, it's on the way home though).
(ROD - STEP AWAY FROM THE PARENTHESIS KEY!! )
So have a great warm and slightly wet weekend, say good buy to the 30's.A warm air mass out west is slowly moving our way, Canada is much warmer then average so there is "warm" surrounding us on all sides (well . . .who cares about the east's weather, been there, done that).
Looking 10 days out there is nothing out there that says anything about returning to the 30s and every day NOT 30 is a day closer to NEVER having a high in the 30ss. The last day we had a high in the 40s was December 25.
Cheers
Rod
YEA - Go Wisconsin!!!!
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My whole day has been thrown into a tizzy as I find out my dentist appointment is NOT today but NEXT Thursday. I was looking forward to this one. No really, I was. My teeth are or were like limestone. I would brush regularly but it was a half hearted attempt until I got an Oral B electric toothbrush and then there was a HUGE difference in my teeth. It was astounding. BUT - like most people flossing was something that while I did it, again, it was a half hearted procedure.
YEA YEA - the dentist said that if I did not floss I could get heart disease. Come on - do you think I'm stupid? My heart is no where near my mouth. Nice try Gummy Bear!
But then I purchased those things on the right. You get like 10,000 for $3 and they are WONDERFUL. No more little strings cutting your fingers and what I love about them are the poker ends. Not only do they poke the crap out of those crevices between the teeth but they massage your gums and NO MORE BLEEDING! IT'S A MIRACLE!
Speaking of not being stupid . . . I have to get blood work done tomorrow for cholesterol and PSA. Yea - they can look for butt cancer in my blood! COME ON MAN? They take blood from my arm looking for butt cancer! NICE TRY ASS MAN! I got a bridge you can buy also!!!
No worries, my cholesterol is fine. 155 overall. I have very low BAD cholesterol but also very low GOOD cholesterol and my troglodytes are a little high or low (which ever is worse). I was told to take fish oil.
Did you know you really CAN get fish oil out of sucking on a fish? There are easier ways though. Most fish oil comes from herring and sardines which are low on the food chain (I'm thinking humans are near the top . . in most cultures) and Peru, Denmark, Chile, Iceland and Norway are the main producers.
BUT I Digress ,where was I . . .I don't know . . . let us move on.
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One of the canvas prints I have hanging on the 6th floor of Health Services is the the Assembly Chamber.
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1n 1861 an eagle was captured by Chief Sky (not fond of that name . . no flow to it, could be Chief Crazy Sky or Chief Blue Sky or Chief Sky Cow or something) near a small town called Jim Falls (and what kind of name is that for a town - what the hell was going on up dare in Wisconsins). She (the eagle) was traded to a farmer for a bushel of corn who sold her to the 8th Wisconsin Company C from Madison for $2.50 ($58 and a jail term in today's money).
She was named after Abraham Lincoln and a special perch was made on which she was carried into battle in the First American Civil War.
Old Abe participated in the Second Battle of Corinth along with 38 other battles in the war.
She became Legendary in the war as she would scream and spread her wings in defiance (typical woman . . .what? . . . did I say that out loud?) in battles. The enemy called her "Yankee Buzzard" and made many attempts to capture her with no success. She lost feathers from bullets and a number of times her handlers were shot from under her.
Generals Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, and William Rosecrans were seen removing their hats and bowing slightly when they passed her in the field of battle.
She retired from the war in 1864 and lived a comfy life and was invited to the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and in 1880 she attended the Grand Army of the Republic National Convention.
When not at public events, her caretaker kept her in the Wisconsin State Capitol where she is now.
The 101st Airborne Division, the Screaming Eagles has Old Abe depicted on their shoulder patch. You might be wondering why the 101 used Old Abe and this is because Wisconsin was the territory of the original 101st Division.
Little things you never knew.
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BASEBALL IS HERE!!
The Brewers first spring game is today. Number 1 of a possible 211 games. SWEET! No more wrestling in the news papers.
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Finally - you might have noticed this if you have a DVR that did not record correctly.
The earthquake in Chile seems to has messed up the earths rotation and the days are actually shorter. YUP - reset your DVRs as we lost 1.26 milliseconds - DAMN YOU EARTH. Now LOST is really messed up!
Check this out. An amateur astronomer was taking photos of the Andes east of Santiago when the earthquake happens. Check out the stars. The earthquake was SO powerful the stars moved! WOW
For the 1st time since 1947 there were no tornadoes in The U.S in February.
I will have no blog tomorrow as I'm on the road with mom going back and forth to the Doctors and Brewery's (well, she will not go to the brewery, it's on the way home though).
(ROD - STEP AWAY FROM THE PARENTHESIS KEY!! )
So have a great warm and slightly wet weekend, say good buy to the 30's.A warm air mass out west is slowly moving our way, Canada is much warmer then average so there is "warm" surrounding us on all sides (well . . .who cares about the east's weather, been there, done that).
Looking 10 days out there is nothing out there that says anything about returning to the 30s and every day NOT 30 is a day closer to NEVER having a high in the 30ss. The last day we had a high in the 40s was December 25.
Cheers
Rod
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Top of the Cat
Balderdash is going to Las Vegas next week and he mentioned renting a car and going Zion National Park for hiking. I mentioned the Grand Canyon which is unworldy in beauty but he said that walking on a 3 foot wide trail with a mile drop was not a comfortable thing to do.
So - I said instead of that he could get a thrill out of this at the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas. I love the audio of this video (insert evil laughter).
OR - as DJ says - why not just get a guy and have him grab your ankles and dangle you over the edge - that would be cheaper and also pretty thrilling!
That actually happened to my buddy Elweed when we were in High School. We were walking across the Fort Atkinson railroad bridge over the deadly (seriously) Rock River and 3 bullys were walking across from the other direction.
I could care less but my buddy showed fear and crossed to the other side. Well - geez - next thing you know he is being hung over the the bridge by his ankles. I laughed pretty hard this morning when I remember that.
I was beat up by that same guy later in life just for being me. I'm sure I got cocky with him at some point. I'm never one to back down even with an impending pounding looming on the horizon. I think my nickname should have been "the glass hammer". While I was getting the tar beat out of me I did manage to get a right hook and gave him a black eye. I think I surprised him some.
My status as a buzzed out hippy was elevated to . . . . buzzed out hippy with a right hook I guess.
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Columbus Block Party! Seems there are plans just beginning for a BIG block Party June 20th (the Columbus Carriage Classic Weekend) Weekend next to the former City Hall on the Boulevard. We're looking for bands and so forth. IF anybody knows of any good bands that would fit into Columbus let me know. A few we have checked have been booked.
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It's always fun to sort of embarrass yourself and Saturday I did just that.. I was in Papa Murphy's in Sun Prairie waiting for a pizza to be made and there were about 4 or 5 others. I could not really tell exactly because you really don't look at people in that situation. You avert your eyes in sort of a elevator style environment. All in your "space", keep a distance and mind your own business, you are here for a pizza and you stand uncomfortably waiting.
At least that is how it was how it started.
So I'm standing there and I see The Onion sitting on the counter and I boldly walk over and grab one. Of course with movement everybody looks to see who has upset the routine. The first thing I see is.
Latest Sarah Palin Speech Opens Sixth Seal.
and it reads . . .
Speaking unto an audience of anti-immigration advocates, global-warming deniers and members of the Tea Party Nation former governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin gave forth utterances Monday that reportedly opened the sixth seal of the Book of the Apocalypse*.
Well - for some reason I read that and it seems EXTREMELY funny and I actually LOLed but quickly contained the damage and regained my composure. The others in the store gave nervous shuffles and I sensed a heightened alertness.
I stopped reading this as it might tickle my funny bone again and turned the page.
Paleontologists: "We've Been Looking At Dinosaurs Upside Down".
. . . definitive proof that for the past 175 years , everyone has been looking at dinosaur fossils upside down."How they moved ,what their appendages were for, we were wrong on everything"
Basically they scooted around by grabbing nearby vines with their mouths and pulling their bodies. Almost like a snake. What we used to think were legs were actually big flappers and flapped about in the air, driving them forward . .
at which point . . . I lost it. Thank goodness I was not drinking anything as it would have come out my nose. Also as luck would have it my pizza was ready seconds later and I exited quickly without looking back and ran to the safety of my car.
NOTE - I don't actually believe there is The Book of the Apocalypse - it's actually the Book of the Revelation of John - OR - the Apocalypse of John and it's the last book of the New Testament. (Apocalypse comes from the Greek's, is a synonym for "Revelation")
And if you are interested- here are the other seals
First Seal: One who is both a king and a conqueror rides forth on a white horse.
Second Seal: A rider on a red horse brings war.
Third Seal: A rider on a black horse brings famine.
Fourth Seal: A rider on a pale horse brings death.
Fifth Seal: The martyrs in heaven cry out for vengeance.
Sixth Seal: There are earthquakes and natural disasters.
Seventh Seal: The breaking of the seventh seal begins another series: the seven trumpets.
The first four seals sound like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse so this confuses me. Were they riding horses of seals! The Four Sealriders of the Apocalypse just does not sound that scary to me.
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I see the Jay Leno Tonight Show is back (I guess I missed it) it's not a pretty site. The one review said that the funniest things were actually Sarah Palins one liners and there is an "air of desperation to this whole, sad project". WELL DONE NBC!!!
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I entered my first beer competition, The Drunkin Monk in Chicago. I entered my Wooden Indian Brown. It's a little "extreme" actually for class 10C (American Brown) but I'm hoping for a Top of the Cat(igory) medal.
I'm not big on entering homebrew competitions because if the Top of the Cat phenomenon where the judges taste buds get so compromised only the big brews have a chance of winning. Of course when it is I that has the big brew . . . need I say more .
I'm running low on this so it'll be my next brew. I just bottled my Heidi-weizen which is a great beer also and balderdash who gives me painfully honest appraisals of my brew said and I quote "The Heidi Weisen was the best I have ever tasted." unquote.
The pipeline is running strong again - winter is tough because I can not ferment at the correct temperatures. after the Indian Brown I have a label I have to brew. Yea - you read that right. I have a label I've been sitting on for 6 months but I need a brew to go with it. LOL
remember my American Amber? Let's just say Amber as a sister.
Have a great Wednesday and enjoy the 30's as they will not be with us very long.
Rod
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