A lady to doctor: My husband has a habit of talking
in his sleep! What should I give him to cure it?
Dr: Give him an opportunity to speak when he is awake.
AUGUST 2014
Saturday, March 16, 2013
LOVE IT
"I love you, too." means I'm tired of talking to you.
— IntoxicaTweeted (@IntoxicaTweeted) February 21, 2013
COLD AND WET HERE. HOT AND DRY IN TEXAS.
DONNIE REPORTS
The drought seems here to stay, regardless of traditional indicators.
Monday we may see a record 89 degrees, which would break the heat record set...when?...just two years ago in 2011, the hottest and driest year on record.
So, 2013 is already shaping up to be another disastrous drought year.
The drought seems here to stay, regardless of traditional indicators.
Monday we may see a record 89 degrees, which would break the heat record set...when?...just two years ago in 2011, the hottest and driest year on record.
So, 2013 is already shaping up to be another disastrous drought year.
SO LONG GREG JENNINGS!
HOW HAVE I MISSED GRUMPY CAT FOR ALL THESE MONTHS?
Even my "exclusive reporter" in Austin (TX) didn't tell me about Grumpy Cats appearance there.
Well no matter. I will, from this day forward, be a devoted fan of Grumpy Cat.
Well no matter. I will, from this day forward, be a devoted fan of Grumpy Cat.
"FINANCIAL TIMES" HAS AN INTERESTING ARTICLE ON THE 12 WORST SUPERMARKETS IN THE USA
Most of the supermarket chains were regional but some national chains made the list and why am I not surprised that Wal-Mart was rated as having the second worst supermarkets in the country. While CONSUMER REPORTS, who did the study, agreed that Wal-Mart was cheap....in every other category, from service to quality, Wal-Mart was in the toilet. READ THE ARTICLE HERE.
Almost spring on the calendar with snow on the ground.
Another miserable storm system is heading our way and will roar in Monday with as much as 4 inches of snow.
In the meantime, lots of clouds and cold weather will be the story today with a high around 30.
Tomorrow will bring sun but colder temps with a high of 29 and wind chills of 3 below.
In the meantime, lots of clouds and cold weather will be the story today with a high around 30.
Tomorrow will bring sun but colder temps with a high of 29 and wind chills of 3 below.
Friday, March 15, 2013
NEWS FROM RITA
Bert just called. The surgery on Eric ran across some problems with a hernia so he had a longer surgery and is a bit more sore than Bert was. But he now is doing well walking, etc. Hopefully he will go home this afternoon yet.
What was the year without a summer?
1816 in the Northeast. In May, most of the crops, that had been planted, froze. It snowed in Albany, New York on June 6 and there was ice on the rivers and lakes in July and August in Pennsylvania.
I could just cry...I mean it. I could just cry!
Skiing in 50 degree weather doesn't happen often. Gotta love it when it does. #SkiSundance #Spring instagr.am/p/W425A5AClz/
— Sundance Resort (@SundanceResort) March 15, 2013
Nasty night ahead.
Our Friday night will be more of the same, snow and freezing drizzle. That will continue into the early morning hours, tomorrow, and then flurries the rest of Saturday with temperatures around 30.
Will there be a summer???
Wednesday is the first day of spring and they're forecasting a high of 28 degrees for that day!
WHAT A DIFFERENCE 600 MILES CAN MAKE
While we're getting rain, ice and snow today, the Black Hills are under an EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX due to the dry conditions. Don't think we have to worry about that around here. If we have any grass left, it's all under a lot of snow.
Let's hope everyone gets into town safely for this weekend for the Wisconsin State 7th Grade Invitational Championship Basketball Tournament.
They estimate the tournament will bring about 5,000 people into La Crosse for the week-end. The hotels are full and the games begin tomorrow morning on 16 courts around the city.
WE DO GET AROUND
During the past week we've had visitors from Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, Sweden, Latvia, Poland, South Korea, France and Ireland in addition to our friends in the USA.
ANOTHER SAD STATISTIC
The Monarch's make their home in Mexico in the winter time and in the USA and Canada in the summer months.
ISN'T THIS A NEAT CABIN?
Had to share this because I think it looks like a great place to stay. It's Candlewood Cabins at Richland Center, Wisconsin.
In #Wisconsin, we fight cabin fever with actual cabins >> bit.ly/UiWss6 twitter.com/TravelWI/statu…
— Travel Wisconsin (@TravelWI) March 12, 2013
ISN'T THIS JUST THE KIND OF WEATHER YOU WOULD EXPECT ON THE IDES OF MARCH?
Now look, kids. This is getting downright ridiculous.
We have, not one but, TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS moving through La Crosse, today, with just five days to go before spring.
Round #1 will arrive this morning with a mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow. Then we'll get a break before the next round of the same stuff moves in tonight. This combo of crud will cause travel hazards with icy roads and streets and limited visibility. We'll, probably, get one to two inches of snow and up to one tenth of an inch of icing.
We have, not one but, TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS moving through La Crosse, today, with just five days to go before spring.
Round #1 will arrive this morning with a mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow. Then we'll get a break before the next round of the same stuff moves in tonight. This combo of crud will cause travel hazards with icy roads and streets and limited visibility. We'll, probably, get one to two inches of snow and up to one tenth of an inch of icing.
AND THAT'S NOT ALL
We're looking at a wintry mix of snow and ice tomorrow, and a chance of more snow tomorrow night, Monday and Monday night.
NOTE TO CARL AND KATHY: Don't even think of returning to Wisconsin from Arizona until early July.
NOTE TO CARL AND KATHY: Don't even think of returning to Wisconsin from Arizona until early July.
CAN THIS BE RIGHT?
A house on Juniper Street is for sale and the ad says it has two bedrooms and four bathrooms. Does that make sense to you? Shouldn't that be the other way around? How the hell many people are sleeping in those two bedrooms that they need four bathrooms?
Thursday, March 14, 2013
PICTURES FROM DONNIE
"My customary seat, and view out the window, at one of Drippin' Springs coffee shops.
"The view is of an old-fashioned (still operating) feed mill with the smells of Bobby's old place in Holmen."
THE BEST NEWS OF THE DAY CAME FROM MY ONCOLOGIST
His office called to tell me all of my latest blood work tests look very good. I like good news from the doctor!
THIS IS IT! I'VE HAD ENOUGH!
I'm going to get on the train, go down to Texas and when it hits 80 you call me and I'll come back.
This is the weather map for the La Crosse area for the weekend just issued by the National Weather Service.
This is the weather map for the La Crosse area for the weekend just issued by the National Weather Service.
THIS IS ONE OF MY TWEETS TODAY
The gentleman who is intereviewed in this clip is the author of the book I recently read about the North Korean prison camps.
No Exit: Inside Look at a Prison Camp in North Korea | Around the World - Yahoo! News news.yahoo.com/blogs/around-t… via @yahoonews
— Doug Terpstra (@FDTerp) March 14, 2013
TWEET TIME
Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die…
— Designooze (@designooze) March 14, 2013
EVERYWHERE I WENT, THIS MORNING, PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SNOW
It came down pretty hard for most of the morning. I haven't seen any totals yet but it was more than an inch. It has ended now and, every once in a while, it looks like the sun is trying to come out but it can't quite break through the clouds.
ST. PATRICKS DAY IS ALMOST HERE AND THIS IS THE PERFECT CAKE TO GO WITH IT
It's got beer in the batter and irish booze in the frosting. You know that's gotta be GOOD CAKE!
Does your chewing gum lose its flavor?
Aunt Wilda was telling us that Mother was always chewing gum when they were kids.
With that fresh in my mind, an article caught my eye, this morning, that says chewing gum can raise your metabolic rate by about 20%. I wasn't even sure I had a metabolic rate so I looked it up.
Of course, I couldn't understand what they were talking about but it has to do with your body while its at rest. If that's the case, my body has has a lot of it because it's "at rest" most of the time.
I'll bet you didn't know that people have been chewing gum since the stone age. Prehistoric people chewed tree resin and folks have been chewing ever since.
American Indians chewed tree sap and when the early European settlers arrived they mixed beeswax with the tree sap to make an easier chew. That sounds like a tasty bit of goo.
The first commercial chewing gum was not introduced by the Wrigley's. It was presented to the world by John B. Curtis in 1848. It was called "State of Maine Spruce Gum".
Try writing a jingle for a product with a name like that!
With that fresh in my mind, an article caught my eye, this morning, that says chewing gum can raise your metabolic rate by about 20%. I wasn't even sure I had a metabolic rate so I looked it up.
Of course, I couldn't understand what they were talking about but it has to do with your body while its at rest. If that's the case, my body has has a lot of it because it's "at rest" most of the time.
I'll bet you didn't know that people have been chewing gum since the stone age. Prehistoric people chewed tree resin and folks have been chewing ever since.
American Indians chewed tree sap and when the early European settlers arrived they mixed beeswax with the tree sap to make an easier chew. That sounds like a tasty bit of goo.
The first commercial chewing gum was not introduced by the Wrigley's. It was presented to the world by John B. Curtis in 1848. It was called "State of Maine Spruce Gum".
Try writing a jingle for a product with a name like that!
Interesting fact.....
Bergoglio is first non-European pope in about 1,200 years | bloom.bg/15NSytI
— Bloomberg News (@BloombergNews) March 14, 2013
OLD WISCONSIN CHEESE MAKERS SAYING.....
A good wine starts with a good grapevine.
A good cheese starts with a good bovine.
The world now knows that the best cheese comes from Wisconsin
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
WE STOPPED IN CASHTON ON THE WAY HOME FROM VISITING AUNT WILDA
No. I didn't have a drink. I always look like this.
No! I really didn't have a drink.
I just look goofy in a hat.
I noticed a post, on Twitter, for wienerfest.
This intrigued me so I clicked on it. I should have known it's celebrated in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The celebration is held in early May and one tweet wondered what this years T-shirt should look like. A Wienerfest T-shirt! I think I need one of those!
WHERE DO THE MOST PEOPLE BELLY UP TO THE BAR?
The Bloomberg Report says more people smoke and drink in Europe than anyplace else. Smoking, maybe, but drinking? Are you sure they included Wisconsin in that survey?
A little chilly in Dripping Springs, this morning, too.
I noticed, at 5 A.M., it was 46 degrees. That's the kind of weather that creates "frosty Texans".
The National Weather Service says we could get some snowshowers this afternoon and tonight.
Due to the recent rainfall and and snow melt there could be some flooding and ponding of water today. The snow showers may drop another half inch of snow on top of the dirty stuff.
We're off to Viroqua this morning.
Roger has a doctor appointment to have his knee checked so Uncle Bob and I will go along, with them, and we'll visit Aunt Wilda. That's two days in a row we'll be together. The party never stops.
Yo mama. Still around.
Yo mama is so fat when she passes the tv you miss the whole episode. #JOKE
— Phuti Khomo (@PhutiKhomo) March 13, 2013
We have a couple of snowbirds in the family.
It's a one day break from bad weather.
The weatherman says we're going to see some SUN TODAY. I wish it could last but, alas, it's just a one day thing. Tomorrow we'll be back to snow and freezing drizzle.
The jokes just keep getting better and better.
BANK ROBBERY IN MINNESOTA
A hooded robber burst into a Minnesota bank and forced the tellers to load a sack full of cash. On his way out the door, a brave Minnesota customer grabbed the hood and pulled it off, revealing the robbers face. The robber shot the customer without a moment’s hesitation.
He then looked around the bank and noticed one of the tellers looking straight at him. The robber instantly shot him also.
Everyone in the bank, by now very scared, looked intently down at the floor in silence. The robber yelled, "Well, did anyone else see my face?" There are a few moments of utter silence in which everyone was plainly to afraid to speak. Then, one old Norwegian named Ole (of course) tentatively raised his hand without looking up said, "My wife got a pretty good look at ya."
A hooded robber burst into a Minnesota bank and forced the tellers to load a sack full of cash. On his way out the door, a brave Minnesota customer grabbed the hood and pulled it off, revealing the robbers face. The robber shot the customer without a moment’s hesitation.
He then looked around the bank and noticed one of the tellers looking straight at him. The robber instantly shot him also.
Everyone in the bank, by now very scared, looked intently down at the floor in silence. The robber yelled, "Well, did anyone else see my face?" There are a few moments of utter silence in which everyone was plainly to afraid to speak. Then, one old Norwegian named Ole (of course) tentatively raised his hand without looking up said, "My wife got a pretty good look at ya."
In regards to the lunch photo that was on the blog yesterday.....
Donnie said, "Best photo ever. You must have had a good waiter."
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
This is four of the best looking people I've ever seen.
We had such a nice lunch today. Sorry you missed it.
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What's it like to be an old prince?
In all the Fairy Tales, the prince is always young. Not so with Charles. He says the thought of becoming a grandfather makes him "feel" old.
How do you tell a prince it isn't the expected baby that's doing it. The reason you "feel old", your Highness, is because you ARE old. Old, old, old, old, OLD!
Deal with it.
How do you tell a prince it isn't the expected baby that's doing it. The reason you "feel old", your Highness, is because you ARE old. Old, old, old, old, OLD!
Deal with it.
Who said it takes an education?
Sheldon Adelson, the "big guy" at Sands Las Vegas, among other things, made $2.5 BILLION in 2012 to bring his total fortune to $24.6 BILLION.
He did make it through high school but he was a college drop-out. Who has time to study when there's so much money to be made?
Will this hideous weather never end?????
Have you seen the story about the woman with the longest legs in the world?
WOW! This is really something....and how would you like to be that Ping Ping guy?
Hey! We're only a week away from spring!
Forget the snow and cold. It will soon be gone and we'll be rid of the white and welcoming the green. Simon's Cat is getting an early start on SPRING!
TODAY IS "LUNCH DAY"
Today is the highlight of the spring social season. It's the day Uncle Bob gets his taxes done and then he, Rita, Roger and I go to lunch. We've been doing this for years.
You may have watched "Miami Social Season" on Bravo. Well, that show is based on this lunch we're having today.
You may have watched "Miami Social Season" on Bravo. Well, that show is based on this lunch we're having today.
THEY DON'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS, KEMOSABE!
Lone Ranger and Tonto walked into a saloon and sat down to drink a Beer.
After a few minutes, a big tall cowboy walked in and said "Who Owns the Big white horse outside?"
The Lone Ranger stood up, hitched up his belt, and said, "I do....Why?"
The cowboy looked at the Lone Ranger and said, "I just thought You'd like to know that your horse is about dead outside!"
The Lone Ranger and Tonto rushed outside and sure enough Silver was ready To die from heat exhaustion.
The Lone Ranger got the horse water and soon Silver was starting to feel a little better.
The Lone Ranger turned to Tonto and said, "Tonto, I want you to Run around Silver and see if you can create enough of a breeze to make him Start to feel better."
Tonto said, "Sure, Kemosabe" and took off running circles around Silver.
Not able to do anything else but wait, the Lone Ranger returned to The saloon to finish his drink.
A few minutes later, another cowboy Struts into the bar and asks, "Who owns that big white horse outside?"
The Lone Ranger stands again, and claims, "I do, what's wrong with him This time?"
The cowboy looks him in the eye and says, (...I JUST LOVE THIS PART....)
"Nothing, but you left your injun runnin".
After a few minutes, a big tall cowboy walked in and said "Who Owns the Big white horse outside?"
The Lone Ranger stood up, hitched up his belt, and said, "I do....Why?"
The cowboy looked at the Lone Ranger and said, "I just thought You'd like to know that your horse is about dead outside!"
The Lone Ranger and Tonto rushed outside and sure enough Silver was ready To die from heat exhaustion.
The Lone Ranger got the horse water and soon Silver was starting to feel a little better.
The Lone Ranger turned to Tonto and said, "Tonto, I want you to Run around Silver and see if you can create enough of a breeze to make him Start to feel better."
Tonto said, "Sure, Kemosabe" and took off running circles around Silver.
Not able to do anything else but wait, the Lone Ranger returned to The saloon to finish his drink.
A few minutes later, another cowboy Struts into the bar and asks, "Who owns that big white horse outside?"
The Lone Ranger stands again, and claims, "I do, what's wrong with him This time?"
The cowboy looks him in the eye and says, (...I JUST LOVE THIS PART....)
"Nothing, but you left your injun runnin".
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
I was looking at the calendar and noticed it was 23 years ago, today, that I started working for Continental Airlines. And, it was a year ago, on this date, that I had a colonoscopy.
I think I had more fun on my first day with Continental than I did on this date last year.
I think I had more fun on my first day with Continental than I did on this date last year.
Monday, March 11, 2013
THE REPORT IS IN FROM THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
Hard to believe it, considering the last week or so, but NOAA say this has been a warmer and wetter than average winter across the USA. As a matter of fact, the weather was warmer in every state east of the Rockies.
PRETTY AS A PICTURE BUT IT SUCKS IN MARCH
There's one good thing about it. Roger won't have to mow the lawn today.
WHO KNEW THEY HAD BIZARRE FOOD IN MINDORO?
You might want to watch the TRAVEL CHANNEL tonight. Andrew Zimmer, host of Bizarre Foods, will visit Craig's Meats in Mindoro to take taste of Emu.
The show is on at 8:00 PM (CDT) tonight.
The show is on at 8:00 PM (CDT) tonight.
ANY FIESTA FANS, BESIDES RITA, OUT THERE?
Willard sent a photo of the new "Lapis" color for 2013. I like it.
CONGRATULATIONS TO LA CROSSE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL'S WIN IN SIOUX FALLS
The Grand Central Station Show Choir won their third Grand Championship at the big contest in Sioux Falls this past weekend. The Central High Choir ranks #19 in the National Show Choir ratings.
A NEW RECORD HAS BEEN SET AT LAMBEAU FIELD AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FOOTBALL
The famous football field is filled with CHEESE this week. The U.S. Championship Cheese Contest is in full swing and they have a record setting number of entries this year....1,700 cheeses are in the running. The judging to find the grand champion will be tomorrow and Wednesday.
You know what they say. Nothing says "Wisconsin" like cheese. (Have you heard that before or did I just make it up?)
You know what they say. Nothing says "Wisconsin" like cheese. (Have you heard that before or did I just make it up?)
SCREW ARTWORK
No. I don't mean "screw artwork", I mean this is artwork made with screws. It's amazing to me that there are people who actually have the patience to do stuff like this. TAKE A LOOK HERE AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
OUR WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED
Looking out the window, this morning, it doesn't look like we have too much new snow on the ground. The National Weather Service says the biggest snowfall has been around 6 inches north of a line from Charles City, Iowa to Black River Falls in Wisconsin. I think we missed the big one they were forecasting which is fine with me.
Today's forecast says we could get another inch but the worst of the day will be blustery north winds up to 17 MPH and with a high temperature of only 31 degrees it's going to me a miserable day to be outside....especially when you consider we're only 9 days away from spring.
Today's forecast says we could get another inch but the worst of the day will be blustery north winds up to 17 MPH and with a high temperature of only 31 degrees it's going to me a miserable day to be outside....especially when you consider we're only 9 days away from spring.
HERE'S AN OLD CHINESE PROVERB
"Before the beginning of great brilliance there must be chaos."
I'm still in the chaos stage.
I'm still in the chaos stage.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
BANG BANG
A new survey in the NEW YORK TIMES, this morning, shows that gun ownership has dropped from 50% in the 1970's to 35% today. Another indication of how a small group of loud mouths and a ratings and entertainment driven media and some big contributions to a few politicians campaigns can blow a story totally out of proportion.
LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO WORRY ABOUT.
The CDC says there's a new virus on the loose. The virus arrived in Britain with an elderly man who had come from visiting Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
The virus is in the same family as SARS and the common cold.
The virus is in the same family as SARS and the common cold.
TIME AND DAYLIGHT
7 A.M. AND STILL DARK AS MIDNIGHT. THIS IS WHY MORNING PEOPLE HATE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.
LOOKS AREN'T EVERYTHING
An old man goes to answer a knock at the door one evening.... to find two sheriff deputy's standing there.
"Sir, are you married?" One deputy asked.
"Why yes," the old man replied "for 48 years."
"Do you have a photograph of your wife sir?" the second deputy questioned.
The old man pulled a picture out his wallet and handed to the officers.
They looked it over and handed it back to him.
"Sir, I'm sorry but it looks like your wife has been hit by a truck."
The old man says, "I know sir, but she's got a wonderful personality and she's a great cook."
"Sir, are you married?" One deputy asked.
"Why yes," the old man replied "for 48 years."
"Do you have a photograph of your wife sir?" the second deputy questioned.
The old man pulled a picture out his wallet and handed to the officers.
They looked it over and handed it back to him.
"Sir, I'm sorry but it looks like your wife has been hit by a truck."
The old man says, "I know sir, but she's got a wonderful personality and she's a great cook."
MY FAVORITE TWEET OF THE DAY
I do that too twitter.com/ComedyPics/sta…
— Funny Pictures! (@ComedyPics) March 9, 2013
POLITICIANS RUNNING THE CIRCUS??? I DON'T THINK SO BIMBO
Interesting article in the WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL today. The Governor thinks the state should take over the running of the CIRCUS WORLD MUSEUM in Baraboo.
We already have more than enough clowns in Madison. Lets keep the circus clowns in the hands of the circus people who know how to run "the greatest show on earth".
If the politicians want to "join the circus" let them walk behind the elephants and clean up the crap. Nobody in the world can throw crap like a politician.
We already have more than enough clowns in Madison. Lets keep the circus clowns in the hands of the circus people who know how to run "the greatest show on earth".
If the politicians want to "join the circus" let them walk behind the elephants and clean up the crap. Nobody in the world can throw crap like a politician.
THE PINE RIDGE STORY
PBS is featuring a film festival, during the month of March, with some beautifully done short films worth watching. One of them is a film about the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Many summers ago, our news director and I made several trips to Pine Ridge doing a series of radio interviews with the people there.
Those visits totally changed my life. It changed my view of our government, our country and our beliefs. Like the gentleman who made this film, I am on the side of the American Indian and, until my dying day, I will be on the side of the American Indian.
I remember talking to one of the last medicine men born in the late 1800's. I asked him what he thought about all the changes to the land he had seen in his life time. He said, "We were here thousands of years before you came. We'll still be here thousands of years after you'e gone."
Many summers ago, our news director and I made several trips to Pine Ridge doing a series of radio interviews with the people there.
Those visits totally changed my life. It changed my view of our government, our country and our beliefs. Like the gentleman who made this film, I am on the side of the American Indian and, until my dying day, I will be on the side of the American Indian.
I remember talking to one of the last medicine men born in the late 1800's. I asked him what he thought about all the changes to the land he had seen in his life time. He said, "We were here thousands of years before you came. We'll still be here thousands of years after you'e gone."
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