Milwaukee

Milwaukee was a blast! Went down to visit Jeremy's brother Basil, who now lives in Milwaukee after falling in love with it after going to school there. The drive down was mired in traffic after Gary Indiana, but we ended up getting in just before 7pm, in time to catch the Penguins beat the Wings. Watching from a local bar was another treat.

Basil ordered up some Jalapeno poppers for appetizers. Ordered in Toronto, you might get 4.. maybe 6. In Milwaukee, the standard Jalapeno app will net you well over 40 poppers! Awesome. After a few wings and burgers, Basil got us playing some darts... I lament not bringing the camera out that night; fantastic. The local scene still has smoking in bars (changing as of July 1st next year). Ashtrays beside the urinals was funny to see. Gambling machines throughout, as well as children sitting at the bar. The baseball game was on every tv; we had to ask to get game 7 on. Everyone there is super friendly, and we ended the night playing some Wii in Bas' basement... great night.

Next day we went to the Brewer's - Sox game, starting our tailgating experience at noon. There was a line-up to get into the parking lot three hours before the first pitch. White, mid-west America.





Setting up the tailgate. Aaron and Bas were amazing hosts, and they've clearly got this tailgating thing down.


Some bean-bag playing.


Wisconsin!








We were set up in the parking lot across the highway... there's a tunnel which allows a five minute walk to the park. Here the roof starts to open...






Aaron, who's good friends with Basil, thought of everything.






Tons of people in the parking lot.


That's Aaron there, bbqing.






Mmmm... bacon cheeseburgers and beans.


After lunch...


Basil shows us his 'wave' dance.






Porto-potty, on the back of a pick up...






Hank Aaron.




Miller Park. Retractable roof fans opens about 80 degrees from just behind home plate.




The old beer slide has been replaced.




Scoring the game!




Jeremy falls asleep; mistake.








Ahhh, Aaron and his masturbating beer bottle.






Can you guess which one is the Polish sausage?












So, after the game, while waiting for the boys' wives to pick us up (oh yeah.), we started the tailgate back up...


... and made some friends.








Here's Jer playing some parking lot football.






Basil gets Aaron into the wave dance.


Aaron gets rejected trying to masturbate his bottle once again.






Aficionado. That night we all ended up passing out at home just after 9pm. What a great day. And yes, that is Triple X beer, straight from duty free, as specially requested by Bas.


Next day, time to head back up to Canada.




Breakfast along the Chicago waterfront.










New Comiskey (U.S. Cellular Field).








And, of course, dinner at Arby's.

ROAST!


BEEF!





Fantastic time and road trip (I love road trips!), made especially great by our hosts. Thanks again, Basil, Nicky, and of course, Aaron.

I swear I haven't killed this blog!

I'm off to Milwaukee with a friend for the weekend; looking forward to getting back in a groove on this thing when I get back!

For now;



Talk soon!

Going offline... kinda

So I put my cell phone through the washing machine last night. Great.

I'm gonna take it as a sign for now, and go off-line for a week, until the end of the lsats. Also, not entirely either... I think without a phone, I'll still check my email once or twice a day... kinda cheating, but almost necessary.

Talk with you soon!

Wedding Photos!

These are unedited photos straight from the camera... will do touch-ups and cropping later.

What a fantastic wedding! Thanks Donna and Chris, and see you soon!




Larger pictures here:

Donna and Chris' Wedding

If you want print sized pics let me know and I'll forward you originals!

Chris Osgood; Hall of Fame Goaltender?

Discussed a bit...

http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/16472-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-Osgood-for-the-Hall-of-Fame.html

"The fact is Chris Osgood, 35, will amass more than 400 regular season wins in his career. The only other netminders who have surpassed that total and aren't honored members are still active – Ed Belfour and Curtis Joseph. Belfour is a shoo-in for induction; Cujo is more of a longshot.

...

As another colleague asked: "Other than Ken Dryden’s brilliant run in 1971-72, what’s the difference between Osgood and Dryden? Dryden won all those Cups, but was only facing 18 shots a night.”

One difference is perception and Osgood - whose career wins total (363 and counting) and GAA of 2.43 is better than a good handful of his masked brethren who’ve already been inducted - can't shake a reputation forged around a few memorable, soft goals.

...

Maybe this is where he gets the Mike Gartner treatment. Gartner, a fabulously consistent player over the course of his career, was inducted in 2001 having never won a major individual award."

http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/psh/comments/osgoods_hall_of_fame_case/

"10. Is he the best player at his position who is eligible for the Hall of Fame but not in?

No. In the comments of one thread I once listed ten goalies better than Osgood who are Hall of Fame eligible. There are other goalies that could have made the list as well. Players like Vachon, Barrasso, Moog and Mike Richter are definitely better goalies who are Hall of Fame eligible and are not there. "


http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?s=326c5f94584a28d2c88e2a152e22df4e&p=19713010#post19713010



What happens if Detroit wins this year, again, and he comes out with 4 Stanley Cup rings (three as a starter)? Give him another season or two of playing, and by pure numbers he's in top 5 ever... but, that's probably not enough to go on... I'm 70-30 he gets in eventually if he wins again this year. 50-50 if not... 3 rings as a starter, with all the numbers where they should be is hard to ignore.

This is not happening youtube. : Song of the Day 2: Looper - Mondo 77!

Looper:

Looper are a Scottish indie-pop band, fronted by Stuart David, former Belle and Sebastian bassist... After touring the US for three months with The Flaming Lips in 2000 they signed to Mute Records for five albums... Since then, Looper have been releasing their music free to the public at their Looperama website, funding this experiment by licensing the use of their songs in high-profile Hollywood films and ad campaigns, including the film Vanilla Sky and a Xerox campaign... (!)

Download the awesome original here!

Song of the Day!: Plumtree - Scott Pilgrim

ARE YOU KIDDING ME! I LOVE THESE LADIES!

Wow. What a great song. What a perfect video. Perfect for the song.. the chorus circuses around, as the red and yellow do! And the hare!.. ughhh...

I've like you for a thousand years! - Plumtree : Song of the day.

Download without distortion and enjoy! You can hear the round on the mp3 version!


I've liked you for a thousand years
I can't wait until I see you

WOW~!