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Sahara
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I just started reading "Sahara" by Clive Cussler. This is the first book of his that I am reading. According to Kirsten, guys like his work (action, adventure type ). We'll see. I'm looking forward to it since the last three books I read were all written by the same author, Robert Ludlum (the Jason Bourne books). They were great but I'm ready for something new.

And with the first pick....

The Bucks took Utah C Andrew Bogut with the first pick in the NBA Draft last night. I'm pretty excited about the pick. Though he's a big whitey, he's got some moves and a bunch of International experience (outscored Tim Duncan when they played each other in the Olympics). Hopefuly it will turn out more like when the took a center #1 overall in 1969 when they took Lew Alcindor and not like when the took a center #1 overall in 1977 when they took Kent Benson. Who? Exactly.

In the second round, they picked up a Forward, Ersan Ilyasova, from Turkey. Pretty good, very young player, who COULD turn out to be a steal. Word has it, the Bucks were trying to trade up to get him but the trades fell through and they ended up getting him anyway so they must be pretty high on him for some reason. We'll see. As long as they get Michael Redd resigned, I'll be happy.

Go Bucks!

Back

Back from the funeral. What a long day. Always fun driving 8 hours in a day. Know what's even more fun? Wearing a black suit when it's 90+ degrees outside. Good lord. At least it's Friday now. One day of work and then the weekend...not a whole lot planned. Tomorrow I'm having a couple friends over to cookout. Kirsten's sister Erika is also visiting. Hopefully the weather will be nice but will drop into something more reasonable like 80 degrees. Have a good weekend all!

Sad Day for the Nelson Family

Sad day indeed...Kirsten's Grandma Nelson passed away this morning after a long, happy life. Not unexpected, but sad nonetheless.

Show me...paint the fence

Well it's finally time. After two years of living in my condo, the time has come to do some painting and make the boring white walls go away. It's amazing how time flies. I remember moving in and thinking, "I'll get settled in, buy some new furniture (I gave all my old stuff away) and eventually paint to bring it all together." Well the first two happened fairly quickly, but the painting somehow got lost in the shuffle. Oh well, the place has been good to me so far. However, now that a female will be moving in in the not-so-distant future, the blank, or as I like to call them, "use your imagination" walls aren't going to cut it. Wish me luck!

The Nelson Family

This past weekend Kirsten and I went up to Merrill for her brother Robert's wedding. A very nice weekend filled with sun. Perhaps a little too warm to be walking around in a suit, but I suppose it's better than rain! (Click on the picture to go to Flikr to see notes on each person)

Milwaukee Area Bars I've Patroned

Okay, this may be a little sad, but since I have the list, I thought I might as well post it!

1. 1225 Water
2. 4th Base
3. Angelo's
4. Ardor
   
5. Art Bar
6. Art's Performance Center
7. At Random
8. Axel's
9. Balzac
   
10. BAR Milwaukee
11. Bar Louie
    
12. Barossa
13. Bavarian Inn
14. BBC
15. Benno's
16. Big Mouth Frog's
17. Blu
18. Brew City
19. Brother's
    
20. Bruno's
21. Bryant's
22. BW3
23. Buck Bradley's
24. Cafe Hollander
    
25. Caffrey's
26. Calderone Pub
    
27. Cans
28. Caroline's
    
29. Cecelia's
30. Centanni
31. Champion's
32. Circa
33. City Hall
34. Club Brady
35. Club Havana
36. Colonol Hart's
37. Comet
    
38. County Clare
39. Cozmo's
    
40. Cush
41. Dino's
42. Doug's Place
    
43. Dragon Lounge
44. Dubliner
45. Elsa's
46. Emerald City
47. Euro Bar
48. Evan's
49. Eve
50. Fantasia
51. Fat Daddy's
52. Fifth Ward Pub & Grill
    
53. Fitzgibbon's
54. Flannery's
55. Fluid
56. Foundation
57. Franklin's
58. Fritz's
59. GameTime
60. Grant's Pub
    
61. Greg's Place
    
62. Gym
63. Haggerty's
64. Halliday's
65. Harpo's
66. Have a Nice Day Café
67. Highland House
68. HiHat
69. HiHat Garage
70. Hooligan's
71. Hot Shot's
72. House of Guinness
73. Jamo's
74. Jo Cat's
75. John Hawk's Pub
76. Judge's
77. Just Art's
    
78. Kelly's Bleachers
79. Kenadee's
80. Koz's Mini Bowl
    
81. Landmark
82. Leff's Lucky Town
83. Legend's
84. Libby's
    
85. Liquid Johnny's
86. London Bridge
87. Long Wong's
88. Lucas' on State
89. Lucille's
90. Luke's
91. Magoo's
92. Major Goolsby's
93. Mantra
94. McGilicuddy's
95. McGinn's
    
96. Mel's
97. Miller Time Pub
98. Milwaukee Ale House
99. Mo's Irish Pub
100. Moct
     
101. MRC's
102. Murphy's
103. My Office
104. Nessun Duerma
105. Nomad
106. Oak Barrel
107. O'Brien's
108. O'Connors
109. O'Danny's
110. OBG's
111. Old German Beer Hall
     
112. Onopa
113. Onyx
114. Paddy's Pub
115. Palms
116. Palomino
117. Park Bar
118. Pitch's
     
119. Points East Pub
120. Rascal's
121. Ray & Dot's
122. RC's
123. Red Light
124. Redroom
125. Riverhorse
     
126. Rock Bottom Brewery
127. Room 434
     
128. Roots Cellar
129. Rosie's
130. Safe House
131. Sauce
132. Scaffidi's Hideout
133. Scooter's Pub
     
134. Senior Frog's
135. Shaker's
     
136. Shepard's
137. Silver City
     
138. Silver Spring House
139. Sin Bin
     
140. Slim's
141. Sol Fire
142. Solberman's
     
143. Sommelier's Palette
144. Steny's
145. Stonefly
     
146. Stooge's
147. Stout Bros.
148. Swank
149. Swingin' Door
150. Taylor's
151. The Corner
152. The Eastsider
153. The Estate
154. The Harp
155. The Irish Pub
     
156. The Knick
157. The Lodge
158. The National Liquor Bar
159. The Room
     
160. The Roman Coin
161. The Social
162. The Tasting Room
163. The Uptowner
164. The White House
165. The Wicked Hop
166. This Is It
167. Three
168. Thurman's
169. Timer's
170. Tony's
171. Tracks
172. Treats
173. Trocadero
174. Trysting Place - Menomonee Falls
175. Trysting Place - Germantown
176. Turner's
177. Union Station Saloon
     
178. Up & Under
179. Velvet Room
180. Victor's
181. Village Pub
182. Vitucci's
183. Von Rothenburg's
184. Von Trier
185. Vox
186. Walker's Pint
187. Warehouse
188. Water Street Brewery
189. Wilbur's
190. Wolski's
191. Yesteryears
192. Yield
     
193. Y-Not
194. Y-Not II
195. Zad's
196. Zim's
     
197. Zur Krone's

One Crazy Summer

Or was it Better Off Dead...anyway as the first Summer of having a blog is underway, I am realizing how tough it is to keep up to date on it. Earlier in the year, I would check mine all the time for comments and go to every one else's blog multiplie times a day, and things like that. Now it seems a week goes by every time I check back. I suppose that's what happens in a Summer full of wedding planning...sorry for the lack of posts. I'm doing my best!

Bruises Galore

Whew, what a weekend. This past weekend was my friend John's bachelor party and it was a long, fun one. Things started off with golf at 9:00 AM Friday morning at TimberStone Golf Course in the U.P. of Michigan. The course was beautiful. It was my first time out, and it showed by shooting a 107. Very fun time though and many beers were had. From there, we went down to the Crivitz area to Thornton's Resort where we spent the rest of the weekend. Friday afternoon we went paintballing. First time trying that. It was pretty fun and I have the many bruises to show it. Saturday we played some more golf at a course near the campground. I got back on track a little shooting a 87. At one point I had par on 5 out of 6 holes which is a rareity for me. Saturday night we hit a couple bars in the area and of course had a camp fire (did Friday night as well). Up drinking until the wee hours of the morning Sunday morning before heading back to Green Bay and ultimately, Milwaukee. Great, loooong weekend and I am still recovering.