Bridget, my lovely wife, has added some new recipes to “Bridget's Cooking Corner.” Check it out.

Bridget's Cooking Corner

Beef ‘n’ Broccoli (4 servings)

½ c. A.1. Steak Sauce
¼ c. soy sauce
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 lb. top round steak, thinly sliced
1 (16oz) bag frozen broccoli, red bell peppers, bamboo shoots and mushrooms, thawed
Hot cooked rice (optional)

In a small pour combine steak sauce, soy sauce and garlic. Pour over steak in nonmetal dish. Cover: refrigerate 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

Remove steak from marinade; reserve marinade. In large lightly oiled skillet, over medium-high heat, stir-fry steak 3-4 minutes or until steak is no longer pink. Remove steak with slotted spoon; keep warm.

In same skillet, heat vegetables and reserved marinade to a boil; reduce heat to low. Cover; simmer for 2-3 min. Stir in steak. Serve over rice if desired.

Taco Chicken Rolls (6 servings)

1 c. finely crushed cheese-flavored crackers
1 envelope taco seasoning
6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
2 oz. Monterey Jack cheese, cut into sex 2-inch x ½ inch sticks
1 can (4 oz) chopped green chilies (optional)

In a shallow dish, combine cracker crumbs and taco seasoning; set aside. Flatten chicken between two sheets of waxed paper to ¼ in. thickness. Place a cheese stick and about 1 T. of chilies on each piece of chicken. Tuck ends of chicken in and roll up; secure with toothpick.

Coat chicken with crumb mixture. Place in a greased 13×9 baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 35-40 min. or until chicken juices run clear. Remove toothpicks.

I came up with this great little yard sign for your enjoyment:

Garrett O'Reilly dives in to the Brewers sale in this week's edition of O'Reilly on Sports.

O'Reilly on Sports

I would like to welcome Mr. Mark L. Attanasio to Milwaukee. Thank you for buying our beloved Brewers. I have seen a lot of “letters to the new owner” in the local papers and websites. They all have one thing in common. Every one of them asks you to spend money. That is one way to look at our problems. But I think I have another solution.
We need a curse!

Think about it, the Red Sox and Cubs have curses. How has that panned out for them? Neither has won a World Series since Woodrow Wilson was in the White House, but where are they today? Perennially, they are both in the playoff hunt. So the teams were cursed by a Babe and a billy goat 85 years ago, Who cares? They seem to be all right now. So Mr. Attanasio, as a P.R. move we should make up a curse. We have a few things to work with on this topic. Here are my suggestions.
1) 12 straight losing seasons- “The curse of Franklin Stubbs”?
2) Last Milwaukee World Series win: The 1957-Milwaukee Braves. When did we let them go to Atlanta? “Braves Curse”
3) Can we just blame it on Gary Sheffield? “The curse of the A-hole” (editor's note: OOS was flipped off by Mr. Sheffield while the jerk was with the Dodgers. True Story, ask anybody)
4) 1992-last winning season and Brett Favre arrives. Coincidence? I think not. The sports gods don't want Wisconsin fans to have it all. “The curse of Favre”
5) The Milwaukee Wave have won 6 or 7 championships since 1992. Those championships were meant for the Brewers. “Michael King Curse”
6) Cryptosporidium-enough said. “Flushing Curse”

Those are just some of my ideas to improve the Brewers. I have a couple more, like a cleanup hitter and some more pitching. Please keep Ned Yost and Bob Melvin around. Despite our second half debacle, these men have started to point us in the right direction. We had more than 2 million fans at home this season. In 1992 we had 200,000 less fans, and that year Robin Yount got his 3,000th hit in a 92 win season. So in case you are wondering, I am not upset that they took your bid for the team over mine. I figure I was only about $200 million short of the winning bid. Congratulations! I wish you the best of luck and hope you can inject new life into this downtrodden franchise.
Sincerely-the staff at OOS

P.S. Keep Ben Sheets too.

I admit it. Last week my picks were terrible. I am sorry. So this week I am going to preview every game and let you decide for yourself who should breakout.

Packers vs Colts
Brett Favre has started 1,246 straight games. Peyton Manning has started 98 straight. I haven't even worked 98 straight days without calling in “sick”. With a TD pass sunday Favre will tie Steve Deberg for 3rd on the all time list with 27 straight games with a TD pass. There goes another Steve Deberg record. If Edgerrin James plays sunday he will set the record for most starts at RB with a platinum tooth.

Cardinals vs Falcons
The Cardinals were excited to hear that they clinched the NL Central Title this week. Atlanta has entered into an agreement with Clonex Labs to attempt to clone Mike Vick so they could have him play WR and have a legitimate downfield threat. Rumor around the NFL is that Arizona is trying to sign Nick Lachey “Mr. Jessica Simpson” because he dominated the MTY Rock and Jock game.

Ravens vs Bengals
Is anybody else sick of Deion Sanders? He was great back in the 90's. At least he isn't on a pregame show. On Monday, Ray Lewis stole Kyle Boller's lunch money at practice. Boller crawled into a corner and cried, kind of like being in the huddle. A word of advice for Carson Palmer: Throw it to Chad Johnson!

Bears vs Vikings
The Vikings can't seem to keep a tight end healthy enough to play, losing their starter each of the past two weeks. They called Mark Bavaro this week but apparently it was “nap time” at the Old Tight Ends Home. The Bears are coming off a miracle upset of the Packers. Lovie Smith accomplished his one goal this year and beat the Packers. Next year it is to beat the Lions at home!

Browns vs Giants
Cleveland TE Kellen Winslow II broke his leg last week. (editor's note- He was my starting fantasy tight end. Never pick a Miami TE for fantasy football)
Kurt Warner and the Giants actually won last week, barely beating the Redskins and their 7 turnovers. If the Browns turn it over less than 7 times they will win this game.

Texans vs Chiefs
The Chiefs are overrated. David Carr will torch their little league secondary. If Priest Holmes doesn't play this is a guaranteed loss for KC.

Jaguars vs Titans
The Jaguars are 2-0 despite scoring only 20 points in 2 games. The Titans lost to the Colts last week after leading 10-3 at halftime. This one will be close unless Dominick Davis keeps fumbling like Ahman Green. When did running backs start using PAM on their gloves instead of stickum.

Saints vs Rams
Who cares? Next game.

Eagles vs Lions
This game will tell the world if the Lions are for real or pretenders. I am going with pretenders. Someone should give Lions WR Charles Rogers a glass of milk or some citro-cal to stop his bones from breaking at the sight of a defensive back. The Eagles should send the officials a Christmas card early this year for their “gift” calls last week against the Vikings.

Steelers vs Dolphins
The only negative about seeing the Dolphins this bad is that Marino isn't still playing. I would love to see him lose with this team. Lamar Gordon, acquired in a trade with the Rams, is averaging about .05 yards per carry. The Steelers are starting rookie QB Ben Roethlisberger, the first rookie to start for the Steelers since Terry Bradshaw. Does that mean Ben has to be an annoying pre-game host too?

Chargers vs Broncos
How is it that Doug Flutie is still this good at the age of 68? Is it just me or does Jake Plummer look a lot like Ryan Leaf without the crazy? Somebody needs to tell Quentin Griffin that you cannot fumble with one minute left and you are running out the clock. He must have watched too many Ahman Green highlights.

49ers vs Seahawks
I will talk about this game in Haiku form.

Forty-Niners versus Seahawks
This is a national broadcast?
Packers, Colts on Fox!
(so I took some liberties with the Haiku form? Sue me)

Buccaneers vs Raiders
This is a rematch of the 2003 Super Bowl. Both teams have fallen greatly since then. The Buccaneers haven't even scored an offensive touchdown this year. The average age of Raider's starting lineup is 43. Nine local reporters have started a boycott against interviewing Warren Sapp. They say he is too condescending and will only speak to national reporters like ESPN. I would have to agree with the nine local reporters. I will also join this boycott. No Warren Sapp on OOS.

Cowboys vs Redskins
I have a bocce ball game on Monday so unfortunately I will miss this game. If you are a fan of watching great coaches, and who isn't, this game is for you. Otherwise watch Las Vegas, it is much better.

Last week I asked for your NHL stories and I predicted that I would get none. I was right. Nobody cares about the NHL. For my buddy Dog, Peter Forsberg has signed to play with a club team in Sweden for the entire season and has said he will not return to the Colorado Avalanche even if the lockout ends.

This entry from buddy, and new FuzzMartin.com writier, Claude:

- Claude is a new media designer, he currently lives in Madison, WI

Crappy websites.

The bane of my existence. For every 1 decent site, there are scores of horrible compilations of man's interpretation of a “website”.

My plan:
To publicly ridicule terrible websites (and their owners) for your enjoyment.

You may be asking yourself, “who is this guy to play judge, jury and executioner?”

1) An 8 year seasoned web designer (that makes me the judge)
2) A web portfolio involving work for clients from Motorola to Monstermoving.com (that gives me the street cred..to play jury)
3) I spend an average of 4 hours a day on the internet (that means I'm a moderate shut-in..and a heartless executioner)

Not satisfied? Click here

Remember, I'm pulling the strings around here.

Now that we are all on the same page, let's move on to the rating system.

Websites will be rated on the following:

1) Aesthetics (it's a big word, I know): Of or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste.
If your site looks like crap, you're gonna get it.
2) Functionality: Designed for or adapted to a particular function or use.
If I can't get anywhere on your site, or you have links that go nowhere, you're gonna get it.
3) Purpose: The object toward which one strives or for which something exists; an aim or a goal.
If your site is a random collection of thoughts and stupid pictures, you're gonna get it.
4) My Expert Opinion (MEO): My belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof utilizing my high degree of skill in or knowledge of this subject. Call it gut instinct.
If something is not sitting well with me…you know.

Ok, so here is a call to all Fuzzmartin.com readers, send me your requests of sites to review and watch the stones fly.

Our first blood-letting will be next week. See you then.

(Send your requests via the “comments” link at the bottom of this article.)

Duece McAllister
Steve Smith
Steven Davis
Kellen Winslow Jr.
Todd Heap
Julius Jones
Tommy Maddox
Fuzz's fraternity brother Mark Brunell

Luckily for me, next week's opponent has 3 of the above gimps. Yee-haw!

2 and 0 - man, I am good! I will probably jinx myself right here, but it was nice to see that even with Clinton Portis dropping 2 fumbles and piling up only 65 yards yesterday, I still had enough to beat my buddy Dan's team. The Yahoo! Hairy Backers are winning - we'll keep you up to date on further developments.

I forgot to blog this last week - I won. Imagine that, I won the first fantasy football game of the season. Now 16 or so more to go. Go Hairy Backers!

You know Americans are sick of John Kerry when they start a website called “Football Fans For Truth.” The website, located at http://www.footballfansfortruth.us/, is dedicated to pointing out the sports related failures in the John Kerry campaign. The group is so animated about this that they started their own 527 organization (see Swift Boat Vets For Truth or MoveOn.org) and they will be putting up billboards near Lambert… um, Lambeau Field before the election.

Kudos to those who stand up against idiot politicians who don't learn their historical sports facilities.

If you're into the political “blogosphere” as much as I am, you have to check out Blogs For Bush.

Garrett O'Reilly gets down and dirty on the Packers, the Bank One Bears, Fantasy Football - and finally learns how to use the bold feature (yeayyy!) in this week's edition of O'Reilly On Sports.

O'Reilly On Sports

My Fantasy Pick's for last week only yielded me 114 points. I could have done better. Who would have expected three touchdowns from Terrell Owens, Curtis Martin, Shaun Alexander and Quentin Griffin? Well, I did, from Owens and Alexander anyway, Booyah!
Last Week's Picks
Bulger-14
Westbrook-15
Alexander-34
Owens-24
Holt-9
Gonzalez-1
NE Defense-7
Viniateri-10

Not bad week one picks. But as Fuzz has pointed out you may not have these players on your teams. So this week I will give you 5 players to start and 5 to sit.
START!
QB- Brett Favre- Favre tears up Chicago, expect a great game from #4.
WR- Randy Moss vs Eagles. Moss is out to prove he is the best WR in this game.
WR- Joe Horn. Horn is going to dominate the 49ers secondary.
RB- Dominick Davis is going to run all over Detroit.
RB- Stephen Davis vs KC. Anyone can run on the Chief's D.

SIT!
QB- Rex Grossman. If Jake Delhomme can't figure out the Packer's Blitz, Grossman won't either.
WR- Laverneous Coles. Coach Gibbs has shown he is still uses a run, run, run offense.
WR- Plaxico Burress. He won't do much against Deion and Baltimore's D. Its all Hines Ward.
WR- Chris Chambers. Feeley isn't any better of an option than Jay Fiedler.
RB- Brian Westbrook. Philly will be down early and too tempted to throw at the Vikings weak secondary.

Mike Mckenzie reports to Packers Practice.
Finally, Mckenzie realized that it is smarter to play well enough to get traded instead of sitting and complaining to force a trade. Hey, you got beef and you want to hold out, that is fine. Just realize that it isn't helping your career or your future earning potential by watching your team play. Come on in, play well, and maybe they will trade you. I hope they do trade you Mr Mckenzie. You don't deserve to play for the Packers. What would Lombardi have done with you? My guess is he would have you cleaning the locker room before he ever let you on a football field again. But really, welcome back. Don't screw up again.

Barry Bonds goes for 700 versus the Brewers.
The best sign I saw in the stands in last night's game read: “Dare me to throw back #700″
That is the kind of baseball fan I have to admire. Yeah it sounds a little stupid to throw back a ball worth thousands of dollars, but what the heck. It is the spirit behind that statement that makes me proud.

Chicago Bears Football presented by Bank One.
Seriously, this is true. There are many problems with this sponsorship. Let me explain a few.
1) Football teams should never do this, ever! It sounds stupid, like Nascar.
2) Bank One was recently purchased by JP Morgan Chase.
3) Enron Field. Remember that one. Didn't turn out very well.
4) Where does all this sponsorship stop? This urinal break sponsored by Gold Bond.-that is from my Dad.
5) If you work for Bank One do you get tickets? That is a big fat NO.
6) The Bears suck, does that mean Bank One sucks? No comment.

To end this weeks column: The NHL has locked out its players. If a league folds in the forest does it make a sound? Will anybody even notice? Email me any NHL stories and I will print them next week. I bet next week's column will be about football.OOS Out! Did anyone notice that I just learned to use BOLD this week. I love computers!

Oatmeal Butterscotch Cookies (makes about 4 dozen cookies)

¾ cup butter or margarine, softened
¾ cup granulated sugar
¾ cup packed light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
½ tsp ground cinnamon
3 cups quick-cooing or regular rolled oats, uncooked
1- 2/3 cups (10 oz) butterscotch chips

Beat butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in large bowl until well blended. Add eggs and vanilla; blend thoroughly. Stir together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in oats and butterscotch chips; mix well. Drop by teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

Cheddar Chicken Pie (6 servings)

3 cups (12 oz) shredded cheddar cheese, divided
10 oz frozen chopped broccoli, thawed and drained
1 ½ cups cubed cooked chicken
2/3 cup finely chopped onion
1-1/3 cups milk
3 eggs
¾ cup biscuit/ baking mix
¾ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. pepper

In a bowl, combine 2 cups cheese, broccoli, chicken and onion; spread into a greased 10-in pie plate. In a small mixing bowl, beat the milk, eggs, biscuit mix, salt and pepper until smooth. Pour over broccoli mixture (do not stir).

Bake at 400 for 30- 35 min. or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Let stand for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Taco Calzones (8 calzones)

1 lb ground beef
1 package taco seasoning
2 (10 oz) packages refrigerated pizza crust dough
1 can black olives, sliced
1 (10 oz) can tomato sauce
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

In a large skillet, brown ground beef over medium high heat. Drain grease. Add tomato sauce, taco seasoning and sliced black olives. Simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.

Unroll pizza dough from 1 package; divide into 4 equal pieces. Roll each piece into 6-in square; spoon meat into middle of dough, top with cheese. Fold corners over meat making sure there isn’t meat or cheese sticking out. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake at 400 for 20 min or until golden brown. Serve with sour cream and taco sauce if desired.

Chicken Broccoli Shells (7 servings)

16oz jar Alfredo sauce
2 cups frozen chopped broccoli, thawed
2 cups diced cooked chicken
1 cup (4 oz) shredded cheddar cheese
¼ cup shredded or graded parmesan cheese
25 jumbo pasta shells, cooked and drained

In a large bowl, combine the Alfredo sauce, broccoli, chicken and cheeses. Spoon into pasta shells. Place in a greased 13×9 baking dish. Cover and baked at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until heated through.

Monterey Ranch Bread (6-8 servings)

8 oz shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
¾ cup ranch salad dressing
1 pound loaf unsliced French bread
2 T. butter or margarine, melted
Minced fresh parsley

In a bowl, combine cheese and salad dressing: set aside. Cut bread in half lengthwise; brush with butter. Place on baking sheets. Broil 4 in. from heat until golden brown. Spread with cheese mixture. Bake at 350 for 10-15 min. or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with parsley. Cut into 1-1 ½ in. slices.