AUGUST 2014

AUGUST 2014

Saturday, January 04, 2014

SATURDAY JANUARY 4: WARNING: COLD AND GETTING COLDER

I've said it before and I'll say it again:
Anything north of the Texas Gulf coast is TOO DAMN FAR NORTH.

What next??


I'm really sick to hear of the death R.I.P. PHIL
Like Elvis, the Everly Brothers were the act that every aspiring artist studied and looked up to.  No act will ever replace them.


Carl said he's happy to be here because the forecast high for Superior today is 18 below.  Apparently he hasn't seen our forecast for Monday.  Our high in La Crosse will be 16 BELOW MONDAY.

You know what they say, wherever you go, there you are....FREEZING YOUR ASS OFF!

A new weather warning has been issued by the National Weather Service:

FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST  MINNESOTA INTO SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION.

A LIGHT GLAZE IS POSSIBLE ON UNTREATED ROADS BEFORE NOON WHEN THE FREEZING DRIZZLE EITHER ENDS OR CHANGES OVER TO SNOW.

LATER TODAY A DANGEROUS COLD OUTBREAK BEGINS TO FLOW INTO THE REGION. BY SUN NIGHT THE MERCURY WILL PLUMMET INTO THE 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE.WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF 35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO.

THE WORST WIND CHILLS LOOK TO OCCUR MON MORNING WHEN WIND CHILL READINGS COULD BOTTOM OUT AT A FRIGID 60 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES.

THE DANGEROUS COLD IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH TUES MORNING. THIS WILL BE THE COLDEST AIR SEEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE FEBRUARY 1996.

This is National Spaghetti Day which reminds me of a joke.


A wealthy man was having an affair with an Italian woman for several years. One night, during one of their rendezvous, she confided in him that she was pregnant.

Not wanting to ruin his reputation or his marriage, he paid her a large sum of money, if she would go to Italy to secretly have the child. If she stayed in Italy to raise the child, he would also provide child support until the child turned 18.

She agreed, but asked how he would know when the baby was born. To keep it discrete, he told her to simply mail him a post card and write "Spaghetti" on the back. He would then arrange for child support payments to begin.

One day, about 9 months later, he came home to his confused wife. "Honey," she said. "You received a very strange post card today." "Oh, just give it to me and I'll explain it," he said.

The wife obeyed and watched as her husband read the card, turned white and fainted. On the card was written: "Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti. Two with meatballs, one without."

You'll never know how many times I've asked this question:
They've expanded the warming center at the First Baptist Church at 1209 West Main for those who need a warm place during this dangerous cold spell.
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All the years I lived in Houston and I didn't know Anheuser-Busch had a brewery there.  It's a big one and they've been there since 1966.  That's the brewery where the new 25 ounce Budweiser cans of beer will be produced.
 
Bud is big in Texas and nobody will turn down an extra ounce.  At least, nobody I know.
 

HE'S OLD.....VERY OLD.


TIME TO GET UP, PEOPLE!

 



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HE LOOKS IMPORTANT
PERHAPS THE CHAIRMAN
OF A THINK TANK.
 
NOW, HERE'S SOME
REALLY GREAT
NEWS!

WEATHER WARNING
STAY OUT OF THE COLD!
ONE WEATHERMAN SAYS
"If you're under 40 you've never seen it this cold."
From 6 PM tonight through Tuesday morning, LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO.  FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES.
 
TOMORROW NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING, WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED.
 
With wind chills that cold FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN 10 MINUTES OR LESS.
 
Or, you could put it another way.  If you get out on a country road and the car breaks down you're, more than likely, going to die so STAY HOME!!! 
 
Of course, there's always the idiot who says, "it won't be that bad and it can't happen to me".  Then we'll read about their death in the paper.
 
I got all the ingredients I need for chicken soup and chili.  I'll be making both in the crock pot the next couple of days and I'm not going out, again, until this miserable cold is gone!
I SEE
WINDCHILL WARNINGS
POSTED THIS MORNING FOR
LA CROSSE
ROCHESTER
SIOUX FALLS
RAPID CITY
JANESVILLE
JOHNSON CREEK

 
THIS IS HOW COLD
THAT COLD IS
COMING OUT OF CANADA!
 
 
 
HERE'S A WOMAN WHO NEEDS HELP.

LOTS OF HELP!

 
 
 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
BARBARA RUSH
SHE'S 87 TODAY

Friday, January 03, 2014

FRIDAY JANUARY 3, 2014: NO RELIEF FROM THE COLD

NO SCHOOL
IN MINNESOTA ON MONDAY!


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IT'S NOW OR NEVER
 
 


YOU SURE GOT THAT RIGHT!


THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO OF THE DAY IS A CLASSIC:
 

WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD
A CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRY?

I FINALLY KNOW WHY I'VE BEEN SO UNHAPPY:  All along I've been comparing myself to Brad Pitt.
 

I was just reading the list of last years baby names from Mayo:
I mentioned the Gunderson names the other day and now, I see, Mayo had some interesting baby names for 2013 too.
 
On the girls list there was Ella, Olivia and Madison and the boys list includes Owen, Liam and Geronimo.
 
Yes, that's right.  Geronimo.  I'm wondering if the kid will have a nick-name and what will it be? 

Thursday, January 02, 2014

THURSDAY JANUARY 2, 2014: WEATHER THE WEATHER BE COLD, WEATHER THE WEATHER BE HOT, WE'LL WEATHER THE WEATHER, WHATEVER THE WEATHER, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT!

MOTHER WAS BORN
99 YEARS AGO TODAY
SHE COULD HAVE BEEN A STAR
And she was to us.
 
WE'RE NOT THE ONLY PLACE WITH COLD WEATHER.
Some areas around Houston could see temperatures below freezing for 9 to 12 hours tonight.  That's a killer freeze down there.

OK! NOW I'M JUST PLAIN PISSED!


THE SUNSHINE DIDN'T WARM US UP TODAY
And the clear sky tonight will drop our temperatures down to 15 below, or so.  Have I mentioned how thankful I am for a warm bed?  There are far too many that don't have that.
AND THIS REALLY MAKES ME SICK:
At 2:00 A.M. it was 6 degrees in La Crosse and 18 degrees in Nome, Alaska.

When does the next bus leave for Nome?
 SNOW, SNOW AND MORE SNOW


YOUR MORNING COULD BE MORE MISERABLE
THAN IT ALREADY IS:



 


THIS YEAR FEATURES A HISTORIC CALENDAR:
 
This is the only time in your life you will see this phenomenon:

Calendar August 2014
 
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August, this year, will have 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays.  This happens only once every 823 years.  The Chinese call it silver pockets full. 
 

GUNDERSON HOSPITAL HAS RELEASED THE LIST OF THE MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES FOR 2012
I'm still shaking my head.

The most popular name for boys was JACKSON followed by LIAM at #2 and OWN at #3.  Own??? Where did that come from?  That comes dangerously close to Owner doesn't it?  Wonder what Grandpa would have thought of that.  Again, like they say, what goes around comes around and the kids, today, think they've come up with something "new"!
 
Now, for the girls.  #1 was AVA followed by BROOKLYN. Brooklyn???  Why did they have to go all the way to New York to come up with a name?  And, if it had to be New York why not Manhattan?  That's a much more exciting borough to be named after.  And, #3 was Emma.  Hey!  Emma!  I know a dog up at the R & R Ranch that's struttin' around this morning!
 
You won't find a Douglas around any more and the only Rita's are meter maids.
 
It's just another reminder that we're very much out of date.

Speaking of Gunderson Health System, they've got a recipe on Twitter, this morning, that sure sounds good.  Check it out here and see what you think.
 
 
 I'm all for this, 100%!
 

THUNDER WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS!


There's an interesting article, from PBS, on Alzheimers and Vitamin E
THAT YOU MAY WANT TO READ HERE


If it ever warms up, I'd like to invite this guy to La Crosse to spend a day on the street!

Wednesday, January 01, 2014

NEW YEARS DAY: Christmas is done. The New Year is here. I'm ready to move on to spring.


WHAT A MESS!


DID YOU SEE THIS?


A NEW YEAR GREETING FROM NASA


TODAY IS A MILESTONE FOR THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY:

This is the 100th anniversary of the first commercial flight!  It was a scheduled flight from Tampa to St. Petersburg.  It took 23 minutes across Tampa Bay and had room for only one passenger who sat next to the pilot.  Just like today, there wasn't much leg room and no free food service.

 
NEW LAWS GOING INTO EFFECT TODAY:  Here's a good one, the Minimum wage goes up in 14 states. 

Here's a goofy one, beginning today in Texas, all architects must be fingerprinted.  What the hell is that all about?

And, on a mellow note, beginning today you can buy marijuana, in Colorado, for recreational purposes.  What other purpose could there be?
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HOPE DANIEL AND JON CAN STAY HOME TODAY: Up to 8 inches of snow in Chicago before the day ends.  What a way to start the year.  Traffic will be a nightmare.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING THE NEW YEAR FOR THE PAST 4,000 YEARS!  That is one LONG party, baby!

As far as we know, the first celebration of the New Year was in Babylon which they set on the first new moon of the vernal equinox.  That was in the SPRING when the new year SHOULD start.  Celebrating in this cold weather sucks.  Who came up with that lame brain idea?

The same goes for Christmas.  The Bible says the Shepard's were tending their flocks by night when Jesus was born.  The only time they do that, in the Holy Land, is during lambing time in the spring of the year.  NOT in the middle of the winter.

It ain't gonna get any warmer any time soon:  I've just about given up hope of getting through the winter without frostbite.

Wind chills will be 15 to 20 below again today and it will be just as cold tomorrow and Friday morning.

To make matters even worse (if they can get worse)  another arctic front will drop into the area Sunday night and Monday morning.  Wind chills could be as low as 40 below.  That's downright brutal.  It's worse than brutal.....(what comes after brutal?)

Did you make a resolution?



Great news:  Donations to the Rotary's Christmas Lights at Riverside Park went over $90,000 this year. 

No hangover here!  My beverage of choice was a glass of Sprite.  If you had told me, when I was 21, that I would spend a future New Years Eve with Sprite I would have thought you were nuts!
 
To you young kids; party while you can.  Old age will come soon enough and it will let you know when the party is over.
 
Another great display this year! As usual, the fireworks atop Grandad Bluff woke me at midnight.  As usual, I rolled over and watched them from my bedroom without even getting out of bed.  The show gets more spectacular every year.

I did not know this:

AN UNDERNOTE FROM DONNIE:
"Underwear and the New Year seem to go together in many places.

In Turkey it is a custom for women to withdraw just before midnight to put on red undies, in which to greet the New Year…or whoever they may favor on that eve of tipsy judgement.

Once I was at an Istanbul New Year party and, indeed, shortly before 12:00, all the girls disappeared into the bathroom for a few minutes.  Unfortunately, I was unable to confirm the tradition."

"What I expect from the New Year, one more wrinkle on the forehead, one less wrinkle in the soul."
Greek Poet Odysseus Elytis


DONNIE STARTS A NEW YEAR:
"I'm starting the new year with a bottle of Colombian "Ron Caldas"....and snacks from Wisconsin.".

HERE'S YOUR NEW YEARS BABY!
 

 

Murphy's and 15 other laws:
1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

2. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

3. He, who laughs last, thinks slowest.

4. A day without sunshine is like, well, night.

5. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

6. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

7. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

8. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

9. It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end-to-end, someone from California would be stupid enough to try to pass them.

10. If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.

11. The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those, who got there first.

12. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

13. Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries.

14. God gave you toes as a device for finding furniture in the dark.

15. When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of twelve people, none of whom were smart enough to get out of jury duty.

WHY DO PEOPLE DO THINGS LIKE THIS?
Probably for the same reason that, in my younger Rapid City days, I rode in a pickup that did a 50 foot ramp to ramp jump over the back of a full-grown elephant.
 
Freefall Magic from Michael on Vimeo.
 
I was never a big fan of the airline but I love this commercial!
 

ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE FROM AP the Apple iPhone 55 has the very best all around camera for the new year.
THIS IS JUST TOO GOOD.  I HAVE TO SHARE IT.  Some of you may think it's a bit too raunchy.  All of you might think it's a bit too raunchy.  But, HEY!  "Raunchy" is my middle name!


Tuesday, December 31, 2013

NEW YEARS EVE: Have a great night but please take care!



It was another New Years Eve, many years ago, 1985 to be exact, that Rick Nelson was flying aboard a DC-3 bound for Dallas, to play a New Years Eve concert.  Along the way, a fire broke out.  The plane crashed.  All aboard were killed.

 
It was so good to read this morning that, according to the Coulee Region Humane Society, 930 animals moved into new homes this year rather than face euthanasia.  That's a 3% increase over last year.  3% is surely not enough but it's moving in the right direction.

Ohhhhhh....to be young again!

No doubt about it.  2014 will be off to a cold start.  Today's high will be around 5, tonight's low near 0 and tomorrows high about 10.  Wind chills, over the period will run around 20 below today and 10 below tonight and tomorrow.  It won't amount to much but we'll see some show showers through tomorrow to top off the cold air.

Such as it is, the light at the end of the tunnel is a high of 16 by Friday and 26 on Saturday.

You may not believe this but it is possible to party TOO MUCH!
 
 
HAVE FUN TONIGHT BUT DRIVE CAREFULLY!
This photo is not of me but nothing is a secret with me so I have to tell you that this very same thing happened to me, many years ago, in Rapid City.  The worst part of the whole episode was that I lost a contact lens.
 
The best part of the whole episode was that the cop knew me.
 
This was back in the good old days when we were a bit more "relaxed" about these sorts of situations.
 
Oh, yes...I could tell you stories.......
There's going to be something very special in the sky to issue in the new year:

How about spending New Years Eve at TGI Friday's?  No.  Not the one here.  I'm talking about the TGI Friday's in Times Square where the big ball will drop ringing in the New Year.

The TGI Friday's special will be a Couples Champagne VIP Package for....are you ready for this?????......$1,095.00. Hey, baby, this ain't no "Dairyland Friday's".  This is New York!  Even TGI Friday's is pricey in New York on New Years Eve!
 I see a couple of state senators want to pass a law requiring drivers, 75 and older, to get a drivers test every 4 instead of every 8 years.

If you tested some of the old drivers, I see, every 4 months it wouldn't be enough.

They say their eyesight should be checked.  Hey, guys.  Better add hearing to that, check the heart to make sure they're still alive and, for the love of God, take that the damn phone away from them!  They can call when they get home....if they live long enough to get home.

Better yet, I'm close enough to 75 to know.  If you're 75 or older you're better off STAYING home.  The only place you really need to get to is the doctor and the bathroom.

What does the Bible really say about marriage?




 

Monday, December 30, 2013

THERE AREN'T ENOUGH CLOTHES IN THE WORLD TO KEEP ME WARM THIS MORNING


 
BROKEN OR TIED RECORDS TODAY
LocationNew RecordPrevious Record
Theilman, MN
-22
-21 (1983)
Byron, MN
-20
-17 (1998)
Preson, MN
-20
-19 (1976)
Winona, MN
-15
-8 (1998)
Cresco, IA
-19*
-19 (1976)
La Crosse, WI
-17*
-17 (1976)
Lancaster, WI
-16
-14 (1909)
Owen, WI
-31
-29 (1963)
Friendship, WI
-22*
-22 (1946)
* ties record  


A pioneer of Rock & Roll and the man that every rock artist that followed looked up to, Bo Diddley was born on this date in 1928.  He was the best!
 


Oh, my God!  I didn't think of that....There are people who have to go to the barn in this cold!!



Got a note from Carl.  He and Kathy are in Superior.  He said, "It's 9:30 and 21 below.  Wanna Trade?"
 
 




Some damn cold weather reports:


Besides the cold we'll get an inch of new snow today.
When is the last time your dog took you fishing?

I seem to have developed a cold.  Non-stop sneezing and blowing. Head and ears all stuffed up.  Don't come anywhere near me!
 
 
Noel Paul Stookey turns 75 today.  You, probably don't know that name but you know the voice.  He's the Paul in Peter, Paul and Mary.  This was one of their biggest hits, written by Bob Dylan.
 

Why do we need a "Glow in the Dark Pig"?  You think you've heard everything and then you read something like this.



Cats and dogs can get along--why can't humans?
 

Would you say Aaron Rogers got back just in the nick of time?
 
 
I slept a couple of hours last night.
The rest of the night I was blowing, sniffing and dripping.  We are in a very foul mood this morning and this "brisk" Wisconsin weather isn't helping.
 
How cold was it??


This will give you a better idea where all the cold weather is.
 

What a cute photo!  It makes me think of you know who.


LA CROSSE WEATHER