The City of Milwaukee is America’s Next Top Model
In a sudden perfect storm of events, family itineraries, and rare opportunities, the misses and I will be road tripping it out to Milwaukee Wisconsin. We will be staying with Kelly’s cousins who have recently made a new baby. They also have a slightly older kid, who, it is rumored, is into music. Obviously we will have to arrive barring gifts, it’s just something you have to do these days. Thusly, we are hoping that the Hot Wheels X’Treme Riffs Electic Guitar will be accepted with great joy. I’m not really sure if this toy is age appropriate but I sure as hell want to buy it tonight. I wanna hammer that axe for the entire six hours we will be in the car.

I’ve never been to Milwaukee. I’m very excited to see the much talked about Fuel Cafe and the Palamino.

Did you know this about Milwaukee:
“While Theodore Roosevelt was campaigning in Milwaukee in 1912, a would-be assassin fired a bullet into the right side of his chest. Much of the force of the slug was absorbed by the President’s eyeglasses case and by the 50 page speech he was carrying double-folded in his breast pocket. Nevertheless, the bullet lodged itself just short of his lung, and, dripping in blood, Roosevelt pulled himself up to the podium. He asked the crowd to please “…be very quiet and excuse me from making a long speech. I’ll do the best I can, but there’s a bullet in my body… I have a message to deliver, and I will deliver it as long as there is life in my body.” He spoke for 90 minutes, but was unable to refer to his text due to the gaping hole which the bullet had torn through it.”

For those of you who will be in town, Massively and Completely Distracted has a nice piece about a cool political poster show opening this weekend at the Frank Stone Gallery.

Also for your enjoyment:
The movie, How to BBQ a Man by Slowtron.
A creepy site put out by Diesel called Stay Young Forever.