Chuck at ComicCon

I got hooked on this show LATE into the run last season and was wise enough to TiVo the whole season on a recommendation from my sister and caught up on it during the strike.

15 Year College Reunion Recollections

This last weekend was my 15 year college reunion at Marquette in Milwaukee, WI.

Random Thoughts:

• I know how my kids feel when we have guests come to the house. They're so excited and don't know how to process it, so they'll yell "HIDE!!!" even when people are coming to see them. THAT'S how I felt when Rob and Matt were en route to pick me up on Friday.
• Rob needs to shave that hair under his lip. He's got a handsome face and he shouldn't hide it, unless he has his heart set on playing Cyndi Lauper's dad (Captain Lou Albano) in her next video.
• Matt has a great sense of humor and has balls the size of church bells. His brown eye was winking at that lady by the statue.
• I closed Wolski's (pretty much).
• I didn't think it was possible, but Devin and Jen are even more fun to be around now than when we were in college.
• I can't drink like I used to, and that's OK and no I'm not angry about it (or anything else).
• Trinity in Milwaukee rocks. Their Bailey's Battered French Toast was fantastic!
• Amber is quite the dish (no wonder the girls wanted to try her cherry chapstick). She and Jeff are great together.
• I realized I dress like an old man when a 50 year old complemented me on my shirt (he was wearing the same one).
• Pete Berzins was great to talk to and he and Nicole are great couple.
• Lakefront Brewery has the best tours, even if you don't get into one.
• My RA from Sophomore year at Mashuda is a State Representative in Michigan. If you live in the "Fightin' 79th" District of Michigan, vote for John Proos. http://johnproos.com/index.php
• Jeff is A LOT of fun to hang with at the bar. He takes tremendous pride in making sure all his friends are taken care of.
• The bartender who put on "Beat It" at around 12:30 AM at Murph's deserves a raise.
• I married very well. Much like my relationship with my family, I'm pretty sure my friends like Brooke better than me and I'm fine with that because they LOVE her.
• Rob's blanket apology to anyone he may have offended the night before with his actions.
• Skipping out at Real Chili never gets old. No, not me, but someone I know did.
• Water Street Brewery has the coolest chef in town because he hates the Red Wings and bought me a beer because of my Blackhawks shirt.
• I'm so very lucky to have such wonderful people let me hang out with them and call them my friends.

Peace!

Sometimes the Best Answer is the Simplest

True

The Brave Democrats in Congress...Working for YOU!!!

It's no wonder these clowns have an approval rating smaller than my shoe size.

I guess if they don't think they can win a debate, they'll make sure they can't HAVE a debate.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121685595088379073.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks

There Isn't ONE Mirror He Doesn't Like

I saw this on the Opinion Pages of the Chicago Tribune today at lunch. He pretty much hits the nail on the head with Barack. I love Irwin Stelzer's parallel with Moses...tee hee!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0721krauthammerjul21,0,687996,print.story

Article 62 of the Bro Code

"How I Met Your Mother" is one of my favorite shows, and Barney is one of my favorite characters. To the right is a jpeg of two pages of his "Bro Code" and I'd LOVE to read the rest of it.

Is the Starbucks Near YOU Closing????

Find Out!

I didn’t see Fortuna on there (my beautiful bride's home town), but I don’t know if their “Fortuna” location is actually IN Fortuna or in a neighboring suburb of that burgeoning megalopolis (there are THREE stoplights there now).

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-STARBUCKS_080718.html

I saw some ink on this over the weekend in the Chicago Tribune. When Starbucks announced they were shuttering some stores, a NUMBER of leftist elites laughed and said it couldn’t happen to a better corporation (even though they provide valuable medical benefits to part time employees), NOW they’re screaming because Starbucks is pulling out of their less profitable locales and MANY of them are in towns/cities that are undergoing redevelopment and re-gentrification.