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I was never really into comics but hot diggity damn I am going to check out the Marvel/Stephen King collaboration on the Dark Tower Comic!!!!!

Local Stories

This story had me laughing. Now, I don't wish harm on people. But when you are out robbing people at gunpoint, sometimes you get what you have coming. Immediately!

Here is a local story that got national attention. I could see my cat Morri getting into some mischief like this. I'd imagine the cat used up some of its 9 lives.

Finally, a figure from Milwaukee passed on. I remember watching the Crusher battle the Road Warriors and other wrestlers way back in the day.

PHB3—Preserve our Historic Buildings, Bluff and Bike Path

A local coalition PHB3—Preserve our Historic Buildings, Bluff and Bike Path has been formed in response to a local Milwaukee developer's attempt to some how incorporate the Goll House on Prospect Avenue into a new high rise condo. The Goll Mansion is one the last historic homes left on Prospect Avenue. PHB3's goal is to block the construction of this project which threatens the not only the home; but the bluff on which the building would sit and the bike path at the bottom of the bluff. The bike bath runs on the west side of Lincoln Memorial Drive on Milwaukee's lakefront.

I being a former downtowner ran on that path quite regularly and there were no shortage of others that used it as well. It was already closed for a number of months to accommodate the rebuilding of the Brady Street foot bridge (a public improvement project) and another closing or rerouting would be a disservice to the people that use it.

Lakefront/downtown development is good for the city, but should not come at the expense of the natural resources of the area and the people who enjoy them. There are plenty of sites in the city on which condos can be developed without using a part of the city's history as a door mat.

If you share the same views, or just want to learn more, feel free to visit the site and find out what they are about.

Spin Spin Sugar

Wow, long time no post eh?

So weekend before last was Kohl's friends and family day at Great America. Rachel and I met Jmack and Lisa at the park. It was about the best day you could wish for. Mid to upper 70s all sun and we had the whole park to ourselves. The longest wait for a ride way maybe, maybe 29 minutes. So needless to say we hit about 6 big rides within the first two hours. First, the bumper cars where we took some road rage out on children. Next the real rides. King Creole, where you do some back flips. Next in no particular order was Vertial Velocity, Deja Vu, Batman, Superman, Demon. By the time we went through all of those my eggs where most definetly scrambled. I did the backwards/reverse rides like Vertical Velocity and Deja Vu but Rachel isnt into those. Feeling dizzy after all the rides I suggested a break. Rachel had some pizza and demanded more rides. We met up with her co-worker Dan and his gf Elizabeth. She and he rode Raging Bull while Liz and I discussed our Motorola V551 mobile phones. Rachel then had a hankerin' for the Tea Cups, which met with some resistance from me because I had finally lost that spinning feeling. After questioning my manhoon I rode the Tea Cups. That was a loooooooong 60 seconds. The more you think about not tossing your cookies the faster it happens. So I thought about nothing. Not about how I was going round and round and round and back and forth and to and fro. After the ride thankfully came to a stop a lesser man than me ejected his lunch before our eyes. We met up with Dan and Liz so the two dare devils could go on one more whirl with Superman. The highlight for me personally was Deja Vu. That ride can rattle one's cage!

After we got home we were thoroughly exhausted. Rachel slept 12 hours and I eleven to recover.