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Lip balm worth talking about!
This is nacho mama's chapstick! This is Wisconsin, and we need more cheese products. From our cheese-coated lips to God's ear.... this is what we've been waiting for.
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Is This Really A Big Deal?
I don't mean to be insensitive to Farrah Fawcett, her family or any teen boy whose ever got "romantic" with her pin up, but is all this protest really necessary?Some seem to be up in arms that Farrah was not included in the "In Memoriam" section of the Oscars on Sunday.So the question is: did [...]
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Recipe for Fletch (and you)
     Although Fletch did not give up meat for Lent, members of his family did.  So he's kind of a vegetarian by default these days.  And he's run through his repertoire of veggie-only dishes.  Enter my Spicy Pepper Potato Soup to save dinner tonight!  Here's the list of ingredients for a two person serving (just [...]
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Dear Mom: I did something...
... you might have warned me not to do as a kid. Or maybe not.On Saturday, the day of sunshine and 40 degrees, I was itching to get my bike out of the garage and to go for a ride. So, out it came with a flat tire I swear it didn't have the last time I [...]
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Alice In Wonderland
Rated PG – 1h48 -It looks like Alice, but it’ missing some of the heart and some of the wonder. The film tries to make up for a lesser story with great visuals. This didn’t feel like Alice In Wonderland should have felt.In Tim Burton’s version, Alice is a teenager. Faced with [...]
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Brooklyn's Finest
Rated R – 2h3 -At the beginning of Brooklyn’s Finest, we have a snitch talking to a dirty undercover cop about truth and justice. He talks about how even the law recognizes that in some cases, committing a crime can be forgiven if it’s done for a greater good. Think of the man [...]
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Non-scandalous sex tape?
What would it take-no, who would it take to have a sex tape leaked on the internet that would not cause a scandal?Yeah, this would be it.Don't worry- it IS safe for work viewing.
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Bloomin' flowers
Got spring on the brain with today's awesome weather...
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Adam's Oscar Picks
Really, other than one category this year, the picks are pretty clear to me.I think it's a toss up in the Best Actress category between Sandra Bullock for "The Blind Side" and Meryl Streep in "Julie and Julia."Here's the link to the Oscar ballot if you wanna play at home and below are my picks [...]
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On the Oscars
     I'll just take Adam's word for it.  Of the ten movies nominated for best picture this year, I've seen two.  The Quentin Tarantino one, because I'm a huge fan of his (heck, my last dog was named Jackie Brown after his flick of the same name).  And I saw Up, the only animated nominee.  [...]
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Leave a Comment | Posted by Adam Elliott on July 30, 2009

beerWith all the talk about beer summits, which guy is drinking which beer and the politics inbetween, my thoughts stay focused on beer.

I think the Constitution should have said we have the right to bear beer instead of arms.  I love the idea of a beer summit, in fact, I may have come up with the idea during my college days.  Then again, those memories are a little fuzzy, so I won’t officially lay claim to the idea.

That reminds me.  How can you win Jimmy Buffett tickets and sample the coldest beer in Madison?  Easy.

Stop on by the grand opening of Legends Sports Bar on Saturday from 4-6pm.  Say hello (to my little friend), and register to win a pair of tickets to see Buffett at Alpine Valley on August 29th.  Legends also boasts the coldest beer in Madison.  Its from thier new Draft Pro System.  Not sure how it works, but I’m heading over there today for some research.

See you there.

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Leave a Comment | Posted by Heather Moore on

     Took Sam up to Noah’s Ark in the Dells yesterday, kind of an early birthday thing (he turns 7 Saturday).  He’d never been to a waterpark and it’s been years since I have.  Hit the wavepool several times, took The Plunge twice, watched that Spongebob 4-D movie (big hit with the boy) and we rode lots of raft rides as well. 

     All told, we were there for almost four hours but, boy, did time fly.  I actually think we could have gone round and round for a few more hours!  I only resisted the deep-fried Twinkies because the line was so long…next time those Twinkies are MINE.

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Leave a Comment | Posted by Fletcher Keyes on

noeyebrows400On the show this morning Heather, our resident fashionista, confirmed what this story portrays as the latest quizzical fashion trend- going eyebrow-less.

While the impact and lasting power of this new, expressionless look won’t be fully understood until some time in the future, I will gladly take credit for having been on the first wave of it. See the shocking photo for proof.

While there is no debate about this photo’s legitimacy, there is only the vaguest recollection of why I shaved my eyebrows back in September.

Isn’t that how all trends and fads begin, for no apparent reason other than whimsy or fun? I’ll take credit for that.

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Leave a Comment | Posted by Fletcher Keyes on July 29, 2009

max-grad-smallMy wife and I took our oldest child, Max, for college orientation yesterday;  he willl be a freshman in just a few weeks. Also in a few weeks, we might get an answer… the answer to the Big Unspoken Question of Parenthood.

Or, maybe,  we already have gotten the answer.

So what’s the Question? What is so Big and Unspoken that it needs Capital Letters?

At one of the many helpful sessions we attended, crafted just for parents of soon-to-be-freshmen, a wise and experienced campus psychologist suggested that the one question most parents ask, or at least wonder, is “will he be ok?” Or, “will it all turn out well for her?”

This question, however, is not the Big Unspoken Question of Parenthood. Rather, according to the wise psychologist, the real question, the underlying question that generates the “will he be ok?” question is this, the BIG UNSPOKEN QUESTION OF PARENTHOOD:

(drum roll)

“Have I done a good enough job as a parent?”

(crickets)

Yes, it is heavy, right?

The question is “have I done all the things I thought I should do and that I hoped I would do and that my mother and Dr. Spock and Oprah said I should  do so that my child becomes a well-adjusted, friendly, educated, sensitive, caring, productive person?!?

The psychologist said “this question should not be so BIG, and does not need to be UNSPOKEN, because there are only two possible answers: NO, and if that’s the answer well, we’re not going to go there, and YES, which of course you know is the answer.”

He went on to add assurances that there’s no way a kid could have made it through the college selection and admission process, with all the parental hair-pulling that accompanies it, without having been parented well.

And we saw how Max stepped into each of the orientation activities on his own,  at first with some hestitation but later with gusto, but always on his own- no push from mom or dad. And we knew the Big Unspoken Answer of Parenthood.

He’ll be ok.

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Leave a Comment | Posted by Adam Elliott on

planeticketOK, what if somebody offered to buy you a free airplane ticket?

Doesn’t sound bad.  But what if they bought you the ticket so you would leave?

That’s the offer that New York City is offering homeless families, saying its cheaper to buy them a ticket out of town instead paying for assisting them for a year.  New York says they would have to have a host family where ever they are going, so its not quite like they’re sending them to Timbuktu.  Not quite.

I understand there’s a lot of work to be done in the area, but doesn’t that sound a little harsh.  Sounds like “don’t let the plane door hit you on the way out.”

Whatever happened to send us your tired, weary masses?

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Leave a Comment | Posted by Heather Moore on July 27, 2009

     Finally.  We’ve hounded Sam all summer long about two-wheel bike riding.  We’ve cojoled; we’ve threatened.  We’ve tried everything under the sun.  Yesterday, something snapped and he got it.  He really got it.  A friend suggested riding downhill, another said to try riding on grass first.  Those tips together led to one happy, bike-riding, almost-seven-year-old! 

     I don’t remember learning to ride my bike.  I do remember summers of riding with my friends, from house to house and place to place.  That’s why I wanted Sam to learn to ride so very badly…I know the kind of memories he’ll make in the coming years, on his bike with his friends.

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Leave a Comment | Posted by Fletcher Keyes on

Sunday I was enjoying a lovely bike ride on the Capital City Trail.  And while the scenery and the weather and the exercise was all good, I did reach a point where I felt the need to multi-task, so I decided to shoot some action video of myself.

Little did I realize the potential danger. Thankfully it all worked out, but maybe I should leave the phone at home next time…

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Leave a Comment | Posted by Adam Elliott on July 26, 2009

Here I am at the Duck Pond on Friday night. Pictured is My Brother, Jeff “The Dude” Dowd and myself (throwing up the bull horns).  He was pretty cool.  He signed my “Big Lebowski” DVD, and seemed quite glad to quote lines from it.

Seemed like a guy who has had adoring fans buy him drinks and give him high fives wherever he goes.  Not a bad life.

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Leave a Comment | Posted by Adam Elliott on

gforceRated PG- 1h29 -

Think Mission: Impossible for kids, except that it’s boring, with hamsters as the stars.

G-Force is about a government team of specially trained spy guinea pigs (I know, not hamsters…but none of the characters are interesting enough for me to care enough to make the distinction.) Their branch gets shutdown, but it’s only after the rodents learn of a plot to take over the world, the three guinea pigs and a mole go rogue trying to prove their worth.

There are some Oscar winners (Nicholas Cage, Penelope Cruz) and other quality performers (John Favreau, Steve Buscemi) who voiced the animals, yet still the movie is bland and lacking depth.

The action is lacking, the dialogue is boring and human’s interactions with the CGI animals made me feel sad for the actors involved.

Bottom line is that kids MAY like this because producer Jerry Bruckheimer throws in those flashy effects you see while watching CSI. My guess is that most kids will get a chuckle or two, then forget about the film as soon as they walk out of the theater.

(Out of Four)
Overall Rating:
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Leave a Comment | Posted by Fletcher Keyes on July 24, 2009

Here’s a new rip-off video from the perfect-for-ripoff movie,  Downfall. Somebody seems to do a new one every few months. This one’s pretty good, but please note that there are some not-safe-for-work subtitles in this one.

After you watch, check out the one we did last fall after Halloween…

What other topics of today would make for a good new ripoff idea?

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