The Kong is Back

New York or Gurnee, Illinois...King Kong does not discriminate between his choice tall objects-to-be-scaled.

The (Well Worn) Path Less Traveled

I always thought that if everyone is taking the path less traveled, that eventually it would become well worn. This well worn path is West of Grafton, at the Blue Lotus Farms.

Sesame Street for Adults

Looks kind of like cookie monster, drinks classic martini's and sings karoake as off key as a dog wailing at the moon. I call him Martini Monster; he's brought to you by the letter M and the number 1 too many.

Halloween Spirit...and gifts

I sent Cristina a Halloween package, and she sent me one as well. They both had this bear in them, so we each have one now. Mine's pictured here chillin' in this pumpkin candle holder.

Gong, Anyone?

A shot of the Asian art and furniture store Artasia in the Third Ward.

Birthday Cake

From my birthday dinner at Devon's Seafood Grill at Bayshore. The waiter thought it was clever, I thought it was delicious.

Yep, That's My Co-Worker in a Wine Barrel

At our company outing to Cedar Creek Winery this evening, Erin was drafted to demonstrate how one could get into a wine barrel to clean it out by hand. She was not best pleased, but tried to be a good sport.

Lies. All Lies.

No one washed this sign away from the Harley 105th. Now that's just false advertising.

Where's Waldo?

Hint: He's the transparent one

Fall Foliage 3

Pretty leaves on Oak Creek's Oak Leaf Trail.

Fall Foliage 2

Taken in Oak Creek on the Oak Leaf Trail.

Indian Summer

Yep. It's back being warm and summer-like again. I think mother nature needs to stop PMSing and get with the program: pick a season and stick with it. Maybe I shouldn't complain though, because it's nice not to be wearing a parka in October.

Fall Foliage

It hit rather suddenly this year, going from a toasty 80 degrees down to 50's and low 60's...it's supposed to be warm and summer-like again this weekend. Damn climate change.

Spying on the Neighbors

I live next to an old Victorian home that's used as a law firm, but for some reason they've got a green house in the back... it's kinda hard to tell what they're growing in there, even when it's sunny out. Mostly I just see a little old guy puttering around with potting soil.

Where the Birkenstocks Hang Out

More of Milwaukee's Urban Ecology Center.

Blame E.T.

Domino's is just plain running out of excuses.

Laundromat

No fun. No laughter. No joy. Just laundry.

One Super-Large-Giant Brewers Post to Make Up for My Laziness

I scored awesome lower-level tickets to the Brewers' game yesterday against the Phillies in the NLDS (the Brewers were the divisional wild-card in the playoffs this year). I mean, sure, they lost today and therefore won't fight for a chance to go to the world series, but they did kick some butt in the game last night, winning 4-1. Maybe this is stating the obvious, but it was by far the best baseball I have ever attended.