So it's
official, Leno will resume The Tonight Show in March. Yawn. Make no mistake,
he'll still have a sizable audience, even after being (re)outed as a douche.
It'll be an ancient, gray haired audience that is the bane of advertisers, but
they'll still tune in.
January
21, 2010 at 7:13 pm 
Anyone
from St. Adalbert's remember Gilly? Until a few minutes ago I hadn't thought of
him in (easily) 20 years.
January
21, 2010 at 7:27 pm
"The
children? I don't care about the children. I just care about their parents
money." - Mr. Krabbs
January
21, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Bragan
managed the Milwaukee Braves from '63-'65. RIP
Bobby
Bragan led the Braves to winning seasons in each of their final three years in
Milwaukee. Bragan died Thursday at age 92.
January 23, 2010 at 2:09 pm
FYI: a
short bio of me (under 100 words) should be appearing in Sunday's Crossroads
section of the Journal-Sentinel. Feel free to add it to your Danny scrapbooks.
I'll even autograph it if you send me a SASE and $1.99 for processing and
handling (no COD's).
January
23, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Desme was
a 2nd round draft pick in 2007, won MVP honors in the minors, and was a 30/30
player (30 homers/30 steals) in 2009. Now, he's decided to quit baseball and
enter a Catholic seminary. Good for him. I wouldn't do it, but good for him for
doing what he feels is right.
Top
Baseball Prospect Retires to Enter Priesthood, As a top prospect for the
Oakland Athletics, outfielder Grant Desme might've gotten the call every minor
leaguer wants this spring.
January 23, 2010 at 9:13 pm
I'm
sitting here listening to Lisa play Uno with the girls . . giggles and singing
galore. A great moment.
January
24, 2010 at 12:55 pm
@2am last
night I sat on my front porch listening to the corner house across the street.
Wickedly loud, but it's hard to get angry at a party that's blasting the
Eurythmics and Culture Club.
January
24, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Sure, I'm
with Coco, but the best, funniest talk show host out there: Graham Norton.
Laugh-out-loud, pee your pants hilarious.
January
24, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Congrats
to Indy and the best QB of this (or any??) era on their victory over the Jets.
Now, it's time to root on the Saints.
January
24, 2010 at 6:11 pm
YaYa is
seven boxes shy of her Girl Scout cookie goal. If anyone is interested in
closing that gap, let me know.
January
24, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Again w/
the prepared script. Brett does something stupid on the field and IMMEDIATELY
he's in pain, wincing and carrying on. But hark! Moments later, after the TV
crew has time to laud his injury and gloss over the INT, he's fine. Imagine
that.
January
24, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Hey Joe
Buck - get over your man crush on the Vikings and pretend to be objective,
Mkay? I cannot believe Troy Aikman is the voice of reason in that booth. My
word.
January
24, 2010 at 10:16 pm
Booyah!
Once again Brett chokes in the post-season and goes home empty handed. My phone
is ringing with friends calling to bask in the gloat - - and I've already
called my traitorous sister to rub it in! Whoo-hoo! Enjoy your one and ONLY
ring!
January
24, 2010 at 10:23 pm
From a FB
friend: "Last two NFC Championship games Favre played in, his last pass
was an interception....it was bitter the first time, it's sweet the second
time." Amen!
January
24, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Iraq on
Monday executed Ali Hassan al-Majeed, the Saddam Hussein cousin and henchman
widely known as "Chemical Ali," for crimes against humanity.
January 25, 2010 at 2:16 pm
What
lousy, lousy news. True (albeit dorky and lol) story: in high school typing
class we were instructed to type out a letter to someone of our choosing. I
wrote a fan letter to Pernell Roberts.
Actor
Pernell Roberts, who played the eldest Cartwright brother in TV's
"Bonanza," died at his Malibu, California, home Sunday at 81, his
lawyer said.
January 25, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Father
Gene Jakubek, a beloved Milwaukee figure who left the city in 1989 after
admitting to an affair with a woman, has passed away. He was 87. Among other
things, Jakubek was the founder of Father Gene's HELP (Happiness for the
elderly, lonely and poor). I still remember going with my Dadto donate clothing
to that organization. He did a lot of good in this town. RIP Father.
Once one
of Milwaukee's best known Catholic priests, Father Gene Jakubek was known both
as a man of God and a man who fell from grace. He also was a man who picked
himself up and went on with his life, still devoted to serving those in need.
January 26, 2010 at 3:18 am
Here's a
rule of life as true as any in physics. No matter how long your ride - 10 min,
30, eight hours- you can count on a radio station playing a great 7 or 8 minute
opus when - and ONLY WHEN - you are 2 min or less from your destination. I
haven't heard the end to Bohemian Rhapsody or LA Woman in years.
January
26, 2010 at 12:15 pm
I finally
(!) found a new tank for the turtle, dang near a month after his old one
shattered. It's as big as his old tank/smaller than his temp. digs, but he
seems happy. Smiley and I found it at Goodwill for $5, and stopped to get
Franklin a 'welcome home' meal of live crickets as a treat.
January
26, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Plans for
Family Night: BBQ chicken with a baked potato bar (salsa, sour cream, bacon
bits, etc), followed by either a card game or door-to-door for Girl Scouts.
Later, AI. Right now tho' Lisa is volunteering at YaYa's play practice for the
1st time, and I expect some rookie hazing. I give YaYa a 50/50 chance of NOT
forcing Lisa to give her up for adoption.
January
26, 2010 at 4:35 pm
[wipes
tear from eye] You did us proud little robot guy. Now rest in peace.
NASA's
Spirit rover looks stuck for good in "a golfer's worst nightmare,"
say mission managers, an inescapable sand trap. "Spirit's driving days are
likely over," says NASA's Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars
Exploration Program. Spirit and its still-roaming twin,...
January 26, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Quoting
Lisa's FB: [YaYa]has reached her goal of selling 150 boxes of Girlscout
cookies! I feel redeemed for a pitiful showing last year (we didn't sell any!).
She told the last house "I only have 3 more to sell and then I can go
home!"....and the lady bought it! (it was the truth, but part of me
thought, why didn't we think about that line earlier!)
January
26, 2010 at 8:24 pm
Family
Night went as planned (for once!) and all was well. My take on AI: Avril was an
immature brat and a waste of airtime, Katy Perry was stunning, headstrong, and
should be invited back, and this show is doomed once Simon leaves. BTW,
"This isn't a Lifetime movie" (Perry) was one of the best lines I've
ever heard from an AI judge not named Simon.
January
27, 2010 at 2:10 am
"Not
ironic?? This is like O. Henry and Alanis Morissette had a baby and named it
This Exact Situation!” - Archer
January
27, 2010 at 11:06 am
Apple CEO
Steve Jobs on Wednesday confirmed weeks of speculation about a new tablet
computer as he unveiled the company's latest creation the iPad.
January 27, 2010 at 4:42 pm
J.D.
Salinger has passed away at age 91. RIP. Still, let me be honest: I'm one of
those readers who felt Catcher in the Rye was vastly over-rated, and that
Holden Caulfield was a spoiled brat.
January
28, 2010 at 4:25 pm
How to be
a Bad Parent to an 8 yr old: After school, YaYa was ecstatic. "Dad, I got
a hundred on my math test!" she said. To which I immediately responded:
"How?? Did you cheat?!"
January
28, 2010 at 4:27 pm
From the
piece: The measure would put the national debt @ $14.3 trillion — more than
$45,000 for every person in the United States. And the debt is increasingly
held by foreign nations such as China. The measure passed 60-39 under ground
rules insisted upon by Republicans that required 60 votes to pass it.
Senate
Democrats needed all the 60 votes at their disposal Thursday to muscle through
legislation allowing the government to go $1.9 trillion deeper in debt.
January 28, 2010 at 4:37 pm
[the debt would be +$16 trillion by the time of the 2012
election]
My sister
just called to say Jay Leno's on Oprah, doing an "aw shucks, I didn't mean
to screw over anyone" schtick, perfected circa 1992. Never fear Jay, your
AARP audience will stand by you. I thanked her for the info, but I've got no
interest in boosting Oprah's ratings.
January
28, 2010 at 5:18 pm
That's
it folks. MPTV will no longer be featuring daily episodes of Mr. Rogers. By the
time of my grandchildren it will known only through second-hand recollections.
RIP Neighborhood of Make Believe. January 28, 2010 at 11:54 pm
Today's
random, taken out of context, overheard conversation, this time at a local
restaurant: "Just shut up and put your meat in the hole".
January
29, 2010 at 9:05 pm
This being
Doppelganger week, I asked Lisa what celebrity I resembled. "Dante from
Clerks," she said. Duh - I was even called Dante for a bit when the movie
was big, and neither one of us has a chin. "That, or a really, really fat
Ben Affleck."
January
29, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Lisa took
the girls to their Mardi Gras dance last night, coming home at 10:30 on an
adrenaline high. L and I then watched 'This is It'. Commercialization of MJ's
death? U betcha. But seeing his obsession to detail and the pure grace of his
moves was worth it. And his voice . . . Sh*t. If MJ's voice wasn't a gift from
God nothing is.
January
30, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Open Pit
on Ramen Noodles - heaven.
January
30, 2010 at 2:03 pm
I stand by
a belief in never letting the urgent crowd out the important, but this is
neither. There's bigger things to worry about in Washington than whether or not
Boise State has the opportunity to win a NCAA championship. Seriously, Mr.
President - speaking not as a Republican but as a citizen - why is this even on
the radar?
WASHINGTON
(AP) -- The Obama administration is considering several steps that would review
the legality of the controversial Bowl Championship Series, the Justice
Department said in a letter Friday to a senator who had asked for an antitrust
review.
January 30, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Came home
from work and watched 'Ghost of Girlfriends Past' w/ Matthew McConaughey,
Jennifer Garner, Lacey Chabert and Michael Douglas. MUCH better than I feared.
It's a fun romantic comedy and very enjoyable. Well worth the rental.
January
31, 2010 at 1:17 am
SALISBURY,
Conn. (AP) -- Actor Elmore "Rip" Torn has been charged with breaking
into a Connecticut bank and carrying a loaded handgun while intoxicated.
January 31, 2010 at 1:43 am
Just
finished polishing a piece I wrote, went to send it and the word processor
crashed. Now, no trace of the file remains - no file, no anything. It's like
someone took an eraser to it. Ugh.
January
31, 2010 at 11:48 am
Lousy day,
lousy mood. Among other things our oven now refuses to heat up. Sha-it.
January
31, 2010 at 10:07 pm
Watching the
season premiere of the Duggars on "19 Kids and Counting" and juggling
my DVR schedule to accommodate the return of Lost.
January
31, 2010 at 11:47 pm
