Hannah Montana

Elsie has been striking this pose for a couple of weeks now. I thought it was very creative and showed a great sense of independence until the other day, when I was walking through Sears, I saw Hannah Montana in the same exact pose on a CD display.

We checked out a couple episodes and sure enough, that's her signature pose. But, we're hooked now, especially after seeing Dolly Parton on last night's episode.

The Ladybug and the Tiger

She held the tiger until he roared. When he glared at her she smiled at him. Her wings fluttered. They sat together in the cool night as she ate Snickers Fun Size candy bars.

Way to go Uncle B!

Years of shivering in tree stands and killing only fawns finally pays off! Look at this baby! I hope you save us a link or two of some of that sweet, delicious sausage. I promise I will not try to carry it on an airplane.

It's a shame you left the offal in the woods, though:

http://blog.ruhlman.com/ruhlmancom/2008/03/elements-of-coo.html

I like that haircut...

Dad and I have the same haircut. Although mine is coming in fast. So are my teeth, and that is keeping me up nights. I wish Dad would tape a #1 next to that #8 on his jersey. Grossman is so done as a Bear and Orton is having a Monster Season! Pro Bowl Baby!

Payton and Singletary Together Again

Ben was busy "uncling" this weekend. That and sitting around in the Penfield Gymnastics Training Center on Saturday afternoon. We made ten pounds of sausage, watched the 2006 Bears NFC Championship Highlight DVD, and then saw the Bears beat up on the Vikings. Elsie was able to spend most of the beautiful fall afternoon in a bar...

Mum, a Bears Fan, and a Princess

Henry is about to do a face plant here, right onto the hardwood floor. Maybe it's time to put down the rugs. He's doing a good job holding his head up, though. He has to because that's the only way he can see the TV to watch Bears games.

"Mr. H" had his last day at St. Paul's daycare on Friday. A couple of his providers were a little emotional as we left. It was nice to see that. He's making an impression on everyone he meets so far.

Keg Party

Yes. The picture you are looking at is real. I have not photoshopped it. It is a Milwaukee Brewer player drenched in champagne at the end of the season.

You can see, it says "Milwaukee Brewers" on his shirt. And it is Prince Fielder- he currently plays first base for the Brewers. And he has champagne all over him and that means they are in the playoffs.

The last time this happened I was in Hustisford, WI in October 1982, managing my brother's football team. As I carried water out to Dave Olson and the rest of the Wlliams Bay Bulldog offensive line, a murmur went up from the Hustisford faithful. The Brewers had beaten the Angels to go the World Series.

I think I went to five or six games that year with my Dad.

When the Brewers won last night, when J.J Hardy turned that double play, it felt like Robin Yount in that Angels game.

But it's not the baseball game that makes this special. It's that Hustisford game, and the trips to County Stadium with my Dad in the eighties and then Ben in the nineties. It's big Dave Valley waiting for an autograph from the players in 1996. It's spring training with Chris and Ben. It's Don Rowe's walk. It's the rookie photo I have of Robin Yount in the sport loo in my basement. It's the light blue polyester uniform that gets really smelly when I wear it to games. It's my "Magic, Miracles, and True Believers" VHS- the story of the 1987 Milwaukee Brewers.

I love the Mets. But I've only loved them for about ten years. And I'm sure I'll love them more after I take Henry and Elsa to Citi Field in the coming years.

But you know, I spontaneously started singing WTMJ's 80s anthem, "Come See What's Brewin" after Braun hit that homerun yesterday to take the lead. I couldn't help it. I'm a hard-wired Brewers fan.