It looks like Flanner’s is gone for good.

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.

Watching the fireworks in New Berlin

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 [...]

I’m a superhero, but with no powers or motivation.

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 [...]

Marquardt promoted to “official”

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 [...]

Work? Play? Work? Play?

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 [...]