Whitey, Mo, Herbie now....

Bucky Carr. This would be my name for my G6 in honor of Bucky Katt from "Get Fuzzy". The names in the title refer to my three previous vehicles (an '89 white New Yorker, a '94 Cavalier coupe, and, of course, the truck). There is a little confusion here since I have referred to the car with feminine pronouns, but used the name of a male character. Oh well, it doesn't have to make sense especially since it's a little odd to name your car in the first place.

In other news (or not), the last week has been insanely busy. It's a bad sign when Tuesday felt like it should have been Friday. I really am tired of broasted chicken. It's Blue and Gold season and I had chicken and mashed potatoes for dinner five nights over last weekend, twice at the same place. I am not tired, however, of the flaming neckerchief trick--dip a neckerchief in an acetone water mix and ignite. The scarf stays safe with a really cool flame. Fire, Fire!!!

Snow moving has been a major business around town this week. Unlike MI where the snow is left in piles to melt, here they move it out of the way to melt, a lot ending up on the beach and in vacant fields. There have been bulldozers all over the place moving snow. It's really kind of fascinating.

I worked the UW band concert tonight with Rotary. It was really pretty good. They had a lot of spunk and played a good mix. Before the show I was serving brats to the students and was amazed at the food they could pack away. The record was 5 brats for the guys and 4 for the girls including hard rolls (2 brats to a hard roll--a "double"). Went out afterwards with some other Rotarians to a local establishment with a priest included in the bunch. That was odd. It was good since I got to see part of the now defunct A-Team there and say hi.

I realized the other day that I have learned a lot about a variety of things since I moved here besides the obvious info on brats and cheese. I spend a lot of time with bankers and have a clearer understanding there. I've been on college and technical college campuses a lot and have a good idea of the admin side there. One of my leaders is the head of a health care system for the Northeast Region of WI and I've learned a lot there. Of course, I also know more about bathroom fixtures than is healthy. The best part is that I am getting really good at finding people. These folks are all busy, but I am getting damn efficient at tracking them down and getting a meeting with them. I don't have a 100% success rate, but it's improving. Bank presidents' make the best chase. It would be nice if this had an application, but at least it keeps me from getting stale.

That's all I've got for now.