Golf Brewers - Sophie for $1.2 million

So for my 8th year (20 years total?)  I participated in the And Winn Memorial He Ain't Dead Yet Golf Outing where we play 18 holes of golf and then go to the Brewer game in the afternoon.

It's a LONG day but worth it.  And as normal I was golfing well until the last 5 holes where I seem to just get tired or lose focus and I think I had a 103 or something.  SAD.

We get done with golf and all change into dry clothes. A number of years ago after golfing at Western Lakes in 95 degrees we have learned a few things.

One one thing is, JUST IN CASE - bring a change of underwear as that year Balderdash did not and IN MILLER PARK - he went commando

Notice the BLACK car.  Think what 4 sets of wet sweaty clothing does in a black, closed car for 4 hours at 120 degrees.

I believe Andy sold the car 3 months later.

But the big story this time was on the way home.

Last year we were all tired and I suggested some ABBA on the radio AS A JOKE to wake us up.  Somehow all of a sudden we are listening to ABBAs greatest hits for the next 45 minutes.

So this year we stop at a bar in Delafield on the lake for a final beer . . . like we need ONE MORE. We are watching the line of storms coming near us on radar and decide it's time to go.

We leave the parking lot and it's BLACK.  I'm looking at the best radar (RadarScope) and see 1/2 inch hail warnings.  Andy turns around to hide under some trees AND as a bonus has turned on ABBA again and "Mama Mia" is playing.

The wind is kicking up to what I'm assuming is 40mph and tree limbs are falling all around us so we decide to get out of that area before a tree falls on us.  The wind is howling, branches and twigs are hitting the car which is rocking back and forth from wind and "Mama Mia" is playing loudly in the radio.

Balderdash is next to me and comments loudly " THIS IS SO SURREAL"   We should have been live Facebook Streaming.  A lost chance.

SO - now tonight I'm going back to Miller Park for game two with different people.  Concerned with thunderstorms and tailgating as a "cold" front will go through about game time.

this "cold" front is more of an air mass front with no real "cold" attached.  Just different hot air.  What it will do is NOT bring thunderstorms over the weekend - HOWEVER all next week is a threat of thunderstorms every day.  Very unstable hot air all week. Sunday and Monday will be the warmest with heat indices near 95. Cooling off after Monday to normal summer heat.

GREAT for sweet corn!

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Canada is not selling as much cannabis as they originally thought. Not because people don't want it.  It's a logistical issue with not enough locations to sell it.

It's like if Wisconsin all of a sudden made beer legal but there were only 10 liqueur stores in the State.  I think Ontario only has 5 stores at the moment.

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Final June stats are in and my SOM team is tied with the best record at 50-31   

 Yelich continues to struggle hitting .290 and 11 home runs but the team leads in almost all offensive categories and is just about middle of the road pitching even though in 40 of the 81 games I have help the opponents at 2 runs or less AND have 11 shutouts and a team 3.34 ERA.

Seems to be a very pitching dominate year. 

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Man with this rain it's hard to believe it will get to 86 today . . and MUGGY I have to think LOL

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ART - is it really an investment?  Only of you talk to people that sell art.  2.3 million pieces of art were tracked and of those 2.3 million only 32,000 were sole more then once wit h69,000 repeat sales.  Pretty poor numbers of an investment.

a painting drop 8.7% a year after sold and after all the additional overcharges you need a work of art to increase in value 80% to break even.

Sophie - $1.2 Million   anyone anyone?

  Have a great day!

Door County and Portello's

If humans evolved from monkeys . . . . why are there still monkeys.

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Took a trip to Door County last week and while everyone down here was cool and wet it was sunny and very warm up there. 

Lake Michigan and Green Bay are both at record levels.  Cana Island is actually an island again.  When my parents took us there in the late 60s it was an island and then for 3 or 4 decades you could walk to it and I got many images of the lighthouse.  BUT - once again . . it's an island.

While up there we checked out the Anderson Dock which has a fair amount of tagging on it.

It's now an art gallery in Ephriam (which is now NOT a dry town). 

In Fish Creek (actually Gilbralter is the REAL name) behind Pelletiers (fish boil place) are some of the original buildings and one of them had this beautiful flowers.  But what got me was the actual wood on the building and the contrast. 

So that was the first part of last week. 

Once we got home we had Balderdash birthday extravaganza.

Every year Balderdash and all his buddies play 36 holes of golf.  This year they played 18 at The Oaks and then 18 at The Oaks North (Kestrel Ridge) and then the plan was to stop at our house for some food and beer. 

All went well and I got a bunch of food from Portella's in Madison and figured out why there Italian sandwiches were so "good".  not GREAT but satisfying.

They figured out how to combine 4 ingredients that are all rather common into one sandwich that is really good. 

1. the beef - not that wonderful tasting by itself but it's sliced just above falling apart. 

2. the gravy - more like an au jus actually.  They have instructions on exactly how to combine the two.  The gravy has all the flavor.  Unlike Fast Lanes where they give you a 1/4 cup of au jus.

3. the buns.  PERFECT for this style of sandwich. Firm on the outside and a little spongy inside.  This sandwich is made for being wet and sloppy.

4. peppers.  The peppers give you that bit of flavor that is not just meat and gravy.  I've tried it both ways.  without peppers - it's boring.

So that is my critique on Portellos.

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Why is there a "d" in fridge but no "d" in refrigerator.

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While in Door County I spotted a wild Yellow Swallow tail.  Handheld 105 1:2.8 Macro lens

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This week Thursday we have The Andy Winn Memorial He's Not Dead Yet Tournament where we tee off in Milwaukee BEFORE 7:00  and then catch the  afternoon Brewer game and Friday we're going BACK to Milwaukee with Elweed to see the Crew again. 

Should be in first place by then.

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OH - and a shout out to Columbus Chamber of Commerce.  I normally am anti Chamber as they donate to the Republican Party but they are out there FINALLY promoting Columbus and actually pulling their weight. 

The only think holding back Cbus now is the school system. 

have a Laurel and Hardy week. 

Not dead yet.

Just a place holder so people don't think I dropped off the end of the earth. 

We were in Door County for a bunch of days and now I'm just freaking busy with morning dentist appointments and yada yada. 

Back to normal next week.  In the meantime this is a shot of DJ on the Anderson peer in Ephraim 

and before we left I was looking at the temperatures of other personal weather stations and noticed that I thought  think someones house was on fire,

 
And of course

But they are no longer the real problem.  The Wag the Dog War with Iran is coming. Sadly I tend to believe Iran government over the American Government.  and I actually hate saying that. 

After driving a few hundred miles home and then another 40 to pick up Gus and then another 20 to get to golf JUST IN TIME.  We were delayed for about an hour.  

I went to the driving range and was CRUSHING the ball I was so juiced up. NO REALLY - I was pumped from driving. Then I went to the putting green and was CRUSHING the putts . . . .10 feet past the hole.  

And then word came - "we're about an hour behind". stand down.  sigh.   this was like calling a guy in from the bullpen with bases loaded and then saying.  "Just stand there for an hour and THEN pitch". 

Until later