It was a quiet weekend. I liked that. Hope you had a good one, too. — I cut about a dozen peony stems this morning and arranged them. It turned out to be a bit of a biology lesson. I can’t believe all the critters, including a very large grub, that fell out of those [...]

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We have a new Economic Development coordinator. We might as well all drive down Calhoun Road and throw a $20 at city hall. Will someone please explain to me why this position is necessary? The Development office costs Brookfield a lot of money every year, but there’s not much work to take up their time. [...]

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I’m not kidding. I’ve noticed a huge change in the last couple of months with regard to the IP tagging that’s coming through. Take for instance this reader: Not much left to the imagination, huh?

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I’m sorry to hear that. It’s not just bad news for John Flanner, it’s really bad news for Brookfield as well. That pocket of Bluemound Road has been heavily hit. See also: Flanners Home Entertainment is Closed and My Experience with Flanners Home Entertainment.

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A New Berlin developer is trying to put “workforce” housing (lovely euphemism, don’t you think?) in the center of the city. From what I’ve read, the zoning is already multi-family. They can pretty much build whatever they want as long as it conforms to the zoning. (Check out the comments from today’s MJS article. You’ll see [...]

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That was on a t-shirt my folks gave to Son #2. I’m thinking of digging through his closet to see if it’s still there and making it my new motto. I could accomplish a lot today, really, if I had some kind of labor force who wouldn’t question me. Let’s see… First I had the [...]

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I had to snicker at this. Dean Marquardt was a city EMPLOYEE, I don’t care what he tried to argue otherwise. Looks like he snookered the press, though. Can’t say that’s hard to do in these parts. All that matters in my book is that Marquardt is gone. Go ahead. Pat your wallets. I’ve told [...]

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I guess I better at least check in this morning. — I had a brief e-mail from someone about the new mosque expected in Brookfield. Am I tickled? No. I don’t care if you worship little pink men with green polka dots. I do care that a religious facility at this location will be a [...]

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My goodness things have stacked up out there. I’m taking it a few feet at a time right now. It’s kind of fun to be under the crabapple with the petals falling like snow. It is a beautiful morning. — I was chatting with someone who indicated there are five applicants for the 4th district [...]

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Really, nothing thrills me more than to be content in my own surroundings. This morning Brookfield delivered everything a world traveler would want. There was very fine weather. The market had an accordion. And a place to buy eggs and chickens And the big splurge: Banana and Nutella Crepes. (Can you believe I actually got [...]

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