One cooked goose equals one happy duck

We have a new Aflac voice, ladies and gentlemen. Now normally I wouldn’t care about such things as this is advertising, and I watch very little tv. I still think this story is important. One man showed his true colors, and that action made room for another man to shine. I think it’s a pretty [...]

Teen safe in the ocean

Excuse me while I adjust my soapbox. In the meantime, in case you’ve been under the magic covers, take a moment to read this article about teen Abby Sunderland, 16, and her quest to sail around the world solo. Then come back here and prepare for an earful. — Very few things put me out [...]

Good grief. Can we end the animosity with the town?

new multi-family development

It looks like a lot of poop went down at last night’s Water and Sewer board. (Oh, goodness, that was awful, but I really, really, couldn’t resist.) The City, or rather the City’s Water and Sewer board, is digging in their heels about a development going in that needs services. (Make no mistake: Mayor Steve [...]

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 [...]

Oh Mr. President

Why no questions? A girlfriend and I were talking this morning and she mentioned – and yes, perhaps this was a Fox talking point – how Obama is everywhere but hasn’t taken questions in a press conference in ages. I found this article from February, 2010. Has there been any change from these dates? Here’s [...]