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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

FB - Jan 21 thru 31st, 2010


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 Friends

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 Friends

"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 Friends

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 Friends

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 Friends

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 Friends

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 Friends

@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 Friends

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 Friends

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 Friends

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 Friends

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 Friends

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 Friends

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 Friends

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 Friends

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 Friends


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 Friends

  

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 Friends

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 Friends
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 Friends

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 Friends

[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 Friends

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 Friends

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 Friends

"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 Friends

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 Friends
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 Friends

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 Friends

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 Friends
[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 Friends

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 Friends
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 Friends

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 Friends

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 Friends
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 Friends

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 Friends

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 Friends

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 Friends

Lousy day, lousy mood. Among other things our oven now refuses to heat up. Sha-it.
January 31, 2010 at 10:07 pm Friends

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 Friends

150 Years Ago

I almost forgot one of the most important anniversaries in all of history: today is the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. Yes, yes, it was the 13th amendment that ended slavery forever, but only the harshest revisionist would argue that the Proclamation was anything less than the nail in the coffin for that 'peculiar institution'.

Looper

I watched Looper today. 5 second review: Good movie, but not as good as the hype. It wasn't even Bruce Willis' best time-travel movie.

Monday, December 31, 2012

40 Years Ago Today

40 years ago today Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash while delivering aid to earthquake victims. RIP.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

FB - December 2009


"Family Ties" actress Meredith Baxter made the media rounds Wednesday confirming the rumors that she is a lesbian.
December 2, 2009 at 12:42 pm Friends

No apology needed. Where he chooses to put his, er . . club . . is a private matter between him and his wife. The public and press can STFU and go deal with their own baggage.

Golfer Tiger Woods apologized Wednesday for "transgressions" that let his family down -- the same day a gossip magazine published a report alleging he had an affair.
December 2, 2009 at 12:58 pm Friends

On the phone, on hold, for 51 minutes now . . but thank God "my call is important to [them]".
December 2, 2009 at 12:59 pm Friends

I bought Smiley a gumball from a quarter machine. He rejected it when I brought it home, pointing to his teeth and starting a fit. Ten minutes later I asked if we were cool. "na-uh," he said, patting his breast. "ooo bwoke my [h]eart". Jeez, what a momma's boy lol
December 2, 2009 at 5:47 pm Friends

If you read today's Journal-Sentinel, you'll know that three of the 4 teens in this video were killed just hours later in an East Troy car accident; the fourth, the Andy mentioned in the title, is hospitalized with severe head injuries. RIP.


December 5, 2009 at 2:49 pm

An unusually quiet and Hallmark-y morning, with Lisa sitting with the two oldest girls in the living room, teaching them to sew so they can make their own costumes from some old sheets they found. Oh, and 'Bama crushed Florida. What a nice weekend so far.
December 6, 2009 at 1:18 pm Friends

Took the kids to school, went to Mass (Feast of the Immaculate Conception), shoveled my walk, now writing and working up the nerve to hit the road to get some things done. Or, I may nap. Either/or.
December 8, 2009 at 12:15 pm Friends

No. No. No! ATWT is a classic and an icon of my childhood ;(
is reporting that As The World Turns, Procter and Gamble's lone soap opera in production has been cancelled! According to Newcomb, the soap will cease production in June and last airin Sept. 2010.Damn. Just damn.
December 8, 2009 at 4:47 pm Friends

Just gave a hitchiker a ride, which would be a first for me. He came begging for a lift at a gas station, drunk and stranded at 7 at night. Gotta love the South Side.
December 8, 2009 at 8:31 pm Friends

Lisa broke her glasses, I lost five pages of newly written text due to gremlins in the computer, it's snowing, and As The World Turns was cancelled. :(
December 9, 2009 at 1:22 am Friends

Spent all evening getting the house ready for a visit from Smiley's speech therapist, only to have her cxl this morning because of illness. Good luck keeping this house clean until the rescheduled appt.
December 11, 2009 at 10:08 am Friends

I finally got around to watching Glee's fall finale. GREAT episode - I literally had a smile on my face beginning to end.
December 11, 2009 at 10:18 am Friends

Anyone live/work in Menominee Falls? I have a Xmas present to pick up but I'm not relishing a 60 minute round trip in my car . . .
December 15, 2009 at 12:16 pm Friends

RIP

Evangelist Oral Roberts, founder of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Oral Roberts University, died Tuesday from complications of pneumonia in Newport Beach, California, his spokeswoman said. He was 91.
December 15, 2009 at 4:22 pm Friends

So Smiley is wrapping presents with Lisa at the dining room table, and he spots the Zuzu pets we've kept hidden. Speech problems? Not today "Zuhzu Pets!" he yells, inspiring his two year old sister to run around the house repeating news of the sighting.
December 15, 2009 at 8:02 pm Friends

RIP Roy Disney, age 79. December 16, 2009 at 3:06 pm Friends
Just received word I'll be in the Journal again on Christmas Day. You've got plenty of notice, so no excuses for not buying a paper that day :) That'll be the 13th or 14th column of the year for me. Kinda neat it's happened so often I've lost count.
December 17, 2009 at 3:29 pm Friends

Barnes and Noble has at least OK'd "Merry Christmas", after what I'm told were a few years of PC "Happy Holidays!". But note that while their current gift card selection rightly includes a menorah for Hannukah none - not one of the cards I've seen - includes anything but secular depictions of Christmas. Santa, snowflake, nutcracker, odd Christmas rabbit, winter scene. Baby in a manger? Naw - but after all, who thinks of Jesus at this time of year? December 20, 2009 at 1:09 pm Friends

I'm loving the coverage in Minnesota! Childress tried to bench Favre in last nights game, Favre refused (!) and words have been exchanged in the press. The Star-Tribune is abuzzin'. Hillbilly done gone prima donna again. Sit back and enjoy folks, sit back and enjoy!
December 21, 2009 at 10:53 am Friends

(Dec. 21) -- Days before Christmas, archaeologists on Monday unveiled what they said were the remains of the first dwelling in Nazareth that can be dated back to the time of Jesus — a find that could ...
December 21, 2009 at 3:25 pm Friends

The newly divorced mom of eight told talk-show host Jay Leno on Friday night that she would be interested shake her groove thing as a contestant on ABC's hit dance competition show, "Dancing With The Stars."
December 21, 2009 at 11:33 pm Friends
[she would appear, do horribly and come off as a mean spirited woman, and essentially tank her career]

So a businessman books into a travel lodge and says to the desk clerk "I hope the porn Channel is disabled". The clerk looks disgusted and replies "No, its ordinary porn you sick bastard!"
December 22, 2009 at 12:21 am Friends

Publicist Billy Laurence says Reed-Amini died Thursday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica after a two-year battle with breast cancer.
December 22, 2009 at 9:46 am Friends

I think it's appalling that 'legitimate' media outlets like CNN and CBS are using gossip sites like TMZ as official sources and then running pieces with no legitimacy . . do I think Brittany Murphy died of drugs? Probably. But I wouldn't write a headline piece about it just because a quack on TMZ (who didn't know her or work on the case) said it "must have been drugs".
December 22, 2009 at 1:52 pm Friends
[she didn’t; it was pneumonia]

In the midst of our first family fun night . . . homemade tacos, now getting ready to play Topple and Go Fish
December 22, 2009 at 6:24 pm Friends

Mike Leach was the best thing to happen to Lubbock since Buddy Holly. Now, thanks to a Daddy who works for ESPN and isn't happy that his son is nothing more than a mediocre, part time college player, the man is out of a job. Ugh.

Texas Tech has fired football coach Mike Leach.
December 30, 2009 at 2:21 pm Friends

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December 31, 2009 at 10:15 am Friends

Odd question: does anyone on FB have an old police scanner you're willing to part with?
December 31, 2009 at 12:13 pm Friends