BOTTOMS UP: IT'S NATIONAL LAGER DAY

This has now gotten downright ridiculous.

The National Weather Service says another arctic high pressure system will move in tonight and hang around through Wednesday.

Lows tonight and tomorrow will range from zero to 15 below.  Highs tomorrow won't get warmer than 5 above.

Combine those awful temps with the winds and it will feel like its 20 to 30 below zero.

That's too severe for old people.  I won't go out tomorrow.

If this will make you feel any better, contrary to popular opinion, La Crosse is not the coldest place on earth.  This photo above shows the spot that is the coldest which is 135 below zero.

That doesn't make you feel any better?  Well, I tried.

You know it's cold outside when you go outside and it's cold..... #winter
— Carl (@AirForce_Carl) December 10, 2013

 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ANDY WILLIAMS



MISERABLE DAMN WEATHER Snow, blowing snow, below zero wind chills.  There's only one thing I hate more than December and that's January.

Here's a photo of Donnie tripping over his dingy.

The first lager, brewed in America, was in 1840 and we haven't stopped drinking it since then.

Want to try a new treat for the holidays?  This is a cookie recipe that comes from South America but I have a feeling Wisconsinites would love it because it's a cookie with BRANDY in it!

1 3/4 cup corn starch
1 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 to 2 tablespoons brandy
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup condensed milk
1/2 cup coconut, finely chopped

Pre-heat oven to 350

Mix cornstarch, flower, baking powder and salt.

Cut butter into small pieces.  Add to flour and mix.

Add powdered sugar, vanilla and brandy and mix with your hands until the dough is smooth.

Rest dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Roll out the dough and cut into 2 inch circles with cookie cutter.

Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake 10 to 15 minutes until golden brown.  Let the cookies sit for 5 minutes.

Transfer to a rack to cool.
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Spread one cookie with condensed milk and top with coconut.  Add another cookie on top to make a sandwich.

Let me know when their ready, put the coffee pot on and I'll be over in five minutes

 

Rod Blagojevich is celebrating his 57th birthday in the slammer today.





 

Well, it's official.  The American and U.S. AIR merger is now a fact meaning there are now four giant airlines controlling 80% of the air traffic in the USA.

 

This takes us right back to where we were before the whole "de-regulation" nightmare began.  A plan that ended up costing the airlines and traveling public billions of dollars and accomplishing absolutely nothing.

 

She died in 1996 but she's still alive in the movies and Dorothy Lamour was born 99 years ago today.