Here's The Best Of The Best!

Malachy the Pekingese, whose smushed-in face frames a mop of flyaway fur and whose pace rivals a snail's, is the fairest dog in the land. The Peke put on a peak performance Tuesday night, wobbling off with best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club. This little stump of a dog beat out the likes of a Dalmatian, German shepherd, Doberman pinscher, Irish setter, a Kerry blue terrier and wire-haired dachshund to become America's most prized pooch. "He saved all his energy for the ring today," handler David Fitzpatrick said.
The 4-year-old Malachy won his 115th overall best in show title. The crowd was clearly was on his side, hollering his name at Madison Square Garden. Yeah, he's cute, but I'll take a big dog any day!
 

Smart Marketing?

Absolutely, it was smart marketing for Old Milwaukee beer to partner once again with actor and comedian, Will Ferrell for a Superbowl commercial that aired exclusively in Nebraska on KNOP-TV.  The deviously sharp minds behind the campaign knew that the video would go viral and have everyone watching and talking about it.  Ferrell makes Old Milwaukee cool to all college frat boys...and girls for that matter!


Here's the ad:

The folks at Slate have all of the Old Milwaukee/Will Ferrell ads here if you'd like to see the entire campaign.  Good stuff!

This Just In...

Khloe Kardashian, who is married to Lamar Odom of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, is said to be "relieved" she is NOT pregnant.


So are we.  That is all.


Come on!  Do you REALLY think we need more fodder for the pretentious reality show "drama" that is the Kardashian's?!  Drop us an email with your opinion!

Tebow Wants to Fox Trot?!

Lord have mercy!  We may just get to see Tim Tebow strutting his stuff on the dance floor of "Dancing with the Stars."  Only, it won't be this upcoming season--perhaps in a year instead.  I don't know if I can wait that long to see the Jockey underwear model cha-cha-ing across the floor.


He has reportedly had a conversation with the reigning champion--J.R. Martinez and expressed a definite desire to do the show.


While Tebow has refused to drop his pants for the Jockey underwear endorsement, he might still be sporting some sweetly snug pants for "Dancing."  Which as most of us women know--is equally as enjoyable as the tight football pants he sports on the field for the Denver Broncos.


I don't know about you, but if he were my dance partner, I'd be "accidentally" dropping things all day for him to pick up for me.  Oh my!!

If You Died Would Anyone Notice?

How sad?! A guy here in Wisconsin--over by West Allis, took his own life four years ago and it wasn't until his home was foreclosed upon that a Realtor noticed his decomposing body.


This is the stuff that the crime scene investigation shows are made of, and quite frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if we see this story line appear in one of those programs.  It's just so incredibly unfathomable that this could happen to someone.


Apparently, David Carter had recently split with his wife.  She took the kids and left him.  He was in a deep depression, had shed a tremendous amount of weight and quit his job--telling everyone that he was going to move to New Mexico.  Except that's not what he did.  Instead, he snuffed himself out with a gun.  And no one realized what happened for four years, when his skeletal remains were found on the staircase inside the home, with a gun on his chest.


Gross. But a curious case of the psychology of people.  Not so much what drove Mr. Carter to take his own life--as I think that's fairly obvious--but why no one seemed to follow up with him.  In the aftermath of finding his remains, plenty of people were coming forward to state that he was such a "smart and generous" man.  Yet, no one attempted to find him or check in on him.  I'm no expert, but if a guy has his wife and children walk out on him, he is showing tremendous weight loss and says he's moving out of state--I'd like to think I'd talk to him to make sure he was OK or if he needed some help.  Of course, hindsight is 20-20.


We all would like to think we'd be that person who cares enough to make a difference, but when it all comes down to it--are we more wrapped up in our own lives and tend to not "plug in" to anyone else's situation?  I'm guilty of that...plenty.  I believe in our "gut" we all know what to do if we're faced with this kind of situation.  It's a matter of whether or not we respond to that nagging feeling that something is just not right with someone in our lives.  Unfortunately, no one in David Carter's life did that.  Sad for him.  Sad for those who knew him and will have that guilt-monster creeping into their hearts for the rest of their lives.  What do you think?  Drop us an email.

More Winter?

Earlier this morning, shortly after six bells--Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow in Pennsylvania and spotted his shadow.  That means six more weeks of winter...at least for the folks out on the east coast.


That's fine and dandy, but we're in Wisconsin.  So, we wanted to rely upon Jimmy the Groundhog in Sun Prairie.  (MUCH closer to home!) Well, Jimmy's whereabouts were a bit fuzzy, like his head.  Apparently officials in Sun Prairie are saying the weather down there would prevent Jimmy from making an appearance.  We're not sure what that means.


After further thought, we decided to have our own furry groundhog-like prognosticator, Bill Graul from Stormteam 8 step outside and see what HE could see.  I mean, he's WAY closer to the Coulee Region anyway than Phil or Jimmy.  This would be the prediction that would count!


Well, Groundhog Graul did NOT his shadow.  So, that means an early spring!  Sources indicate that snowmobile enthusiasts are starting the process for a recall.


~Jacklyn  

Welfare Drug Testing

I've seen a lot of Facebook posts and Twitter "tweets" about this issue over the past several months and now there's a new twist in the "Welfare Drug Testing Bill" that has been working it's way through congress.


There are two sides to every story, but this one is quite salacious.  On it's surface, the concept seems solid to me.  If you are a recipient of government assistance, you must be subjected to a drug test.  A drug test that you pay for out of your pocket.  If you pass it--you are refunded your money for the test and your benefits from the government continue.  If you fail it--you don't get benefits for a full year.  Fail it again and you don't get benefits for three years.


I'm sorry if you're reading this and happen to be offended by this concept.  I actually approve of it--despite many people squawking about it being unconstitutional.  I've worked at many jobs that required me to be subjected to random drug tests.  My "number" came up quite frequently, but I never balked at the pee cup.  I just did it.  I had nothing to hide.  And more importantly, I valued my job.


I fail to understand how having to do a drug test is unconstitutional in this case.  You receive money from the government--tax dollars that the rest of us pay from our income.  Many of us who pay taxes take the same test which are mandated from our employer.  Why should welfare recipients not be required to do the same?  For some--the government pay check IS their job. (sole income)  If it were private donations that welfare recipients were receiving, I'd feel a little different, but the funds are from taxpayer's hard earned dollars.


Ben Franklin had a great quote on this.  "I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in pverty, but leading or driving them out of it.  I observed...that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer.  And on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves and became richer."


That makes perfect sense to me.  But now here's where it gets interesting.  Some lawmakers have amended the bill to also require legislators to be subjected to the same drug test.  Bazinga!  All of a sudden, the bill is being withdrawn.  Seriously?!  I don't know about you--but I have EVEN LESS confidence in our elected officials after hearing this.


When you think about it, the exorbitant paycheck that they draw, the benefits, the retirement that they all receive for "serving their constituents," is ALSO funded by our tax dollars.  Again--I fail to see the problem with this amendment to the bill.  If you're going to put your hand in the cookie jar, you should be willing to also put your neck on the line to continue to have the privilege to keep reaching into said cookie jar.
~Jacklyn
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