…actually, the radio station as a whole won a 2006 United States Air Force Public Service Award today. It was kind of cool to see over a half-dozen Airmen come in to the radio station to present the award. The guys are just great.

Thank you to all of the troops who are serving/have served. You are the ones who deserve awards - not radio djs.

I bought my first Real-Tree camo shirt yesterday. This will more than likely be my only Real-Tree camo shirt. Gander Mountain is a fun place to shop, though a little pricey. My goal with the camo shirt is to not get shot up whilest paintballing this weekened. Cheers to Real-Tree and their outstanding products. Jeers to Jay and Brett who are “aiming for me”.

If your interest in this posting is only because of the sexual conotation, good, my whit works!

Today, my work computer was plaugued by a Trojan Horse, which continued to spawn new adware and spyware throughout the day.
I just want to give a big “What’s up” to bastard who wrote the Zlod Trojan Horse… and I look forward to the day we can track back where these come from so I can buy a plane ticket to your city, rent a car, drive up to your parent’s house, knock on the door and punch you in the face for all of the (world-wide) lost man-hours over this crap.

(From cnn.com)

President Bush today announced his new White House press secretary: former Fox News host Tony Snow. “As a professional journalist, Tony Snow understands the importance of the relationship between government and those whose job it is to cover (up *Claude-comment) the government,” Bush said during a White House appearance.

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Seriously though, I hope this helps with the dissemination of information to the general public, although I doubt that has much to do with the administration’s mouth-piece.

ESPN has reported that Brett Favre told Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy that he will return for the 2006 NFL Season.  Still awaiting confirmation is the rumor that Favre will only return as starting right guard.

 

UPDATED:
Tonight, (they) go to: 1-866-IDOLS-11 & 866-IDOLS-12

Have you seen Feingold’s online ad that blasts President Bush? FactCheck.org has. They are a non-partisan organization that calls “bullshit” on political campaigns. In fact, their slogan is “Holding Politicians Acountable.”

It seems as though Feingold’s ad is inaccurate and misleading. Imagine that. It is also full of historical inaccuracies. Maybe we should throw more money at public education so that Feingold can learn a thing or two about American history.

I think President Bush should sue Feingold for libel/slander and show the nation these sort of lies will not be tolerated.

Read FactCheck.org’s findings

You know Fuzz’s *CRINGE* list that he posted? One of the people on mine is Rupert Murdoch. Yep. Gotta love that guy. And more great news for Fox News:

(from The Guardian website) Yesterday, the focus was on the coming new face of the Bush administration, amid reports that Tony Snow, 50, a commentator for Fox News and former speech writer for the first President Bush, was in discussions for the job of White House press secretary. The post had been held by Texan Scott McClellan.

Mr Snow appears to be enjoying the speculation. His web page yesterday included links to liberal blogs outraged at the unabashed display of synergy between Fox News and the White House.

I guess that means they will continue to get exclusive interviews with the Bush administration. Heck, why wouldn’t they, when they throw them super-underhand-rainbow-softball questions.

That’s why I stick with reading www.guardian.co.uk

My prediction: Bush’s four-point speech will consist of four points of lip service.

If you want to express your angst towards the City Hall proposal, make sure you get a hold of your local alderman.

Here is a map of the districts.

District 1
Kristine Deiss
1523 Quietwood Ln.
338-1454
email: kdeiss1612@sbcglobal.net

District 2
David Krochalk
345 S. 9th Avenue
338-2934

District 3
King Riffel
617 Cabrini Circle
334-4087

District 4
Glenn Goodearle
508 Lilac Lane
335-0321
email: ggoodearle@aol.com

District 5
Allen Carter
624 Juniper Court
334-5532

District 6
Michael Schlotfeldt
910 Sandy Acre Ct.
689-0681
email: mikes@aosmail.com
District 7
Terry Vrana
418 River Dr.
338-3759

District 8
Scott Frederick
1412 Wolf Drive
335-1526
email: sfrederick@nconnect.net
website: http://www.nconnect.net/~sfrederick/

Have you ever stopped at the high-end import car dealership just to “browse,” knowing full well that you can’t afford any of the cars on the lot? Maybe you even put on a fancy suit and an extra coat of wax on the old Ford Focus, hoping to fool the dealership into letting you take a test drive.

Last night, in West Bend, the common council took eight test drives, ranging in price from $12 million to $20 million dollars.

Hoping to justify the proposal with the seldom-used fear tactic (note sarcasm), Alderman Kristine Deiss warned of the city’s current situation by claiming, “it’s like a time bomb waiting to explode. Something’s gonna happen over there and I think we have a responsibility to look at this issue and address it in whatever way we can.” (exact quote from Mark Morris’s newscast)

I asked Mark Morris, my news director, exactly “what was going to ’splode.” He said Deiss was referring to the “security of the police station.” In other words, instead of foritfying the current building with, I don’t know, some deadbolts and Lexan, the city wants to spend $12-20 million on a new building.

That would be like trying to justify rebuilding my home because a faucet is leaking.

It’s West Bend, not New York City. Hamas and Al Qaeda are probably going to focus on NYC, LA, or Chicago before they start car bombing West Bend municipalities.

Luckily for West Bend’s taxpayers, the city’s record of approving new buildings means that this project will be stuck in planning for about six years before the hedges are just right, and the brick is the right shade of mauve.

Seriously, though, this is a horrific example of financial irresponsibility on the part of the common council. Hopefully they will listen to their taxpayers - though I highly doubt that they will.

Sorry about the downtime yesterday. My host experienced some power line issues on their floor of One Wilshire in Los Angeles. All 90,000 websites that they serve were down at the time.

What was really cool (read: not cool) was that right before the server failure, my e-mail mailbox was filled up by some spam/viral exe file. I couldn’t log in to remove it - so mail was getting bounced. If you sent me an e-mail yesterday, I didn’t get it.

Things seem to be good now, and I increased my allotted mailbox size (who knew that 100mbs would be too small) to 3gb. I shouldn’t have any problems for awhile.

My host boasts 99.9% uptime, and they are probably pretty close, so I won’t complain or mention them by name in this article. I have been with them for over three years now, and this was the worst of only two major outages. Things aren’t that bad. (of course, if you read all the whiners comments on their forum, you would think the end of the world just occured.)

Bottom line: When you’re dealing with technology - something, sometime, somehow is going to go awry. Deal with it.

I want one!!!

…a new city hall. WTF is that all about? The place is fine! Why spend $20 Million dollars on a new City Hall when you don’t need one? Oh, I know why, because greedy politicians get to choose when and how to spend hte money.

West Benders - you’d better voice your opinion on this before you’re paying $20 Million or more in taxes for something that you really didn’t need!

I gotta tell you, I love Linkin Park. I love their rock style, I love their rap style, I love their tech-side, I love their remixes. So, it is no secret that I love the new “solo” project by Linkin Park co-singer Mike Shinoda. With contributors like Common, John Legend, Styles of Beyond, Ghostface (killa, of Wu-Tang) and Jay-Z (who produced this album) you know it’s going to be hot! Don’t be fooled by the candy-coated single getting lots of play on the Top 40 stations, this album is thick as theives!

This album is super-sweet. It will be a summer-06 favorite of you and yours.
Click the link below to get Fort Minor on iTunes. Click the Fort Minor art work to be taken to the Fort Minor site!

I am sitting here watching tonight’s NASCAR race, and a number of things have come to mind that I really want to share with you. (in no particular order)

1. Kyle Busch is equally as ugly as his older brother.
2. When Matt Kenseth wins this year’s championship, it will be even better since he beat that cheatin’ ass, Jimmie Johnson.
3. If your name is Jimmy, and you spell it like a chocolate sprinkle you put on ice cream, you are probably gay.
4. I hear Mark Martin’s AAA car isn’t as hard to drive as his last one.
5. If I see one more “#3″ sign… I am going to personally dig up Dale Earnhardt’s grave and parade his 4 year decayed body around the next NASCAR track to just let everybody know that he IS dead, and that they SHOULD get over it. He was a great driver. Now he’s gone. Pick a new favorite.
6. The “checkered ribbon” they are using for the “NASCAR Day” promotion is a slap in the face to the original “yellow ribbon” campaign for the troops. In fact, I believe that if you are not supporting the troops or cancer awareness with a magnetic ribbon - you are slapping the troops and cancer patients in the face. I hope you can sleep at night.
7. Bill Lester could make NASCAR the biggest sport in America. I hope he does well.
8. It is fun to root for any driver from Wisconsin (Kenseth, Kvapil, Wimmer). After that, I root for Rousch. After that, I root for the destruction of Gordon, Johnson (Jimmie), and Stewart.
9. Tony Stewart, while he is a pompus ass, is good for NASCAR. His whiny, unsafe, road-rage-ridden driving techniques make the sport interesting. Not every sport has one player that can single-handedly put all of the other competitors in the league in harm’s way at the same time. I truly believe that NASCAR tells him to be a dick just for ratings. It works. Don’t change a thing.
10. For the most part, the commercials aired during NASCAR races are awesome. The number of drivers, cars, and teams featured in between the action is amazing. I don’t think there is any other sport that features so many of it’s own competitors in the commercials. (well, maybe golf.) The commercials are consistently funny and interesting. Funny and interesting are two important factors in gaining product awareness. Good job NASCAR.

I think 10 is enough. I could go on and on…

Every so often there is a name in the news that I hear and anger sets in for a brief second.

 Here is my current 10-Ten People Who Piss Off Fuzz list:

1. Cindy Sheehan
2. Kim Jong Il
3. Teddy Kennedy
4. Al Gore
5. Osama bin Laden
6. Zacarias Moussaoi
7. Saddam Hussein
8. Hamas
9. Hu Jintao
10. Hillary Clinton

I am not saying that when I hear these names that I want to jerk the wheel into a field full of kittens. I am just saying that the little anger light in my brain lights up for a second.

I have never had a real acne problem, but about a year ago I started to breakout in patches…and as a last resort to stop it, I ordered some Proactive face cleanser.  I have to admit, this stuff really works for me.  Within a few weeks I stopped breaking out and I can honestly say that my skin looks and feels better. 

The stuff recommends using it 2 times a day, but I have cut back to 1 time a day and the people at Proactive didn’t mind “cutting” my regular shipment to once ever 4 months (instead of once every 2 months).  For less than 30 cents a day, I see it as a worthwhile expense. 

This may seem like I am trying to pitch this product…and I am not, but I do want to put it out there for those of you who have teens or feel you have a problem yourself and are skeptical about trying this product.  Yeah, $40 every 2 months may seem like a lot to spend on soap, but for a society so invested in the way people look and self-confidence, it is definitely worth the price (to you and/or your loved ones).

Have you seen this?

When you Google a business with a city/state it will bring up a phonebook type list of information, old news.  When you click into the map portion:

Click here to see my listing of Buffalo Wild Wings

And you click a specific position, you can then send that address and phone number to your cell phone by clicking the SEND TO PHONE link in the info bubble (or send it someone else’s phone, I suppose, if they are lost, etc.)

How sweet is that?!?  Next time your friends call you to look up an address or phone number, just google it and send it to their phone so that you don’t have to muck around with having them write it down.