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Travel My heart quickens a bit when I ponder the selection of outerwear I need for our trip North. Surely a sport coat with the now fashionable neck scarf, my fedora, and my ever-present and always-reliable Duluth Trading Fleece Gloves  will protect me from most of December's cool weather. However, I did watch the two games played in Lambeau recently and note a raincoat may be more prudent. My memories are of blinding snow and biting wind. I should bring the parka and my wool navy watch cap and calf-high boots. I guess there won't be room in the van for the dog. Unless we Romney pack her on the roof...? In any case, we are just days away from filling the travel cup with coffee, plugging in the smartphone,  tuning up an audible book on the van's stereo system, and watching the scenery change from light green to brown (possibly snow white). The reward will be seeing all of our family and friends on the Third Coast and up in "da Valley hey." Unfortunately, we ar...

It's that continuing curse of having one mental foot in two communities. I read the news from Milwaukee and New Orleans, and it's apparent both communities have similar problems. Carjackings are more popular for New Orleans criminals than Milwaukee unless that activity is no longer newsworthy in Beertown. Armed robbery is common news in both communities. I must say, when it comes to sheer guts, imagine three armed masked men invading Bachus at the height of the dinner hour and robbing customers of their valuables. We had a comparable incident in New Orleans last month. Then if you're a Milwaukeean, to get the magnitude of this event, you have to imagine the thieves went down the street a few nights later and hit The Pfister and a couple of other Tony locations. Then there are the shootings. The bad guys are firing at people because of a bad drug deal, gang activity, someone pissed them off, somebody's relative pissed them off, or just pissed off in general. Oh, th...

Packers V Lions My friend Danny called me to confirm that we were going to his place for dinner that evening. He started the conversation with, "Did you watch the Game last night?' I told him the same thing I told my friend, John, from Wisconsin, earlier. I watched the Chicago game a week earlier, and I had trouble sleeping that night. So I decided to skip the Detroit game. THIS MORNING, when I got on the computer, I had really forgotten about the game until I read a headline in the Times-Picayune about Aaron Rodgers beating Detroit with a "Hail Mary" pass. I have now seen that clip six times. I saw the clip that "clearly" showed the defender grabbing for Rodgers facemask, which resulted in the penalty, and extended the game after the clock ran out. I saw Rodger's interview with the sideline talent, where he was boyishly thrilled and emotionally exhausted. Then I watched the play again. I bookmarked it . I'm going to watch it again. Mowed t...