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Yes! The new Woodman's coming up is definitely not bugging me. Anything that offers an alternative to Pick N' Save in my (relative) neck of the woods is awesome. No longer will I have to drive 20 miles down to Oak Creek after 5pm.

How many people on this board even know that Addie Joss, a Wisconsin native and UW-Madison alum, threw a perfect game in 1908? More than would know if he pitched a one-hitter instead...

I watched all of Season 1 on Netflix a few weeks back. Solid show.

I've been on a relative buying spree lately: http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drn500/n591/n59199ohvuh.jpg The New Pornographers - Together Not as good as Electric Version or Twin Cinema, but better than Challengers. Dan Bejar's contributions are usually my favorites on NP albums, but I found his songs on this release to be a bit underwhelming. I do think this one contains some of AC Newman's better work though. http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drn800/n822/n82274ny504.jpg The National - High Violet An atmospheric counterpart to the melodramatics of 2007's Boxer. This one is the better of the two, to my ears. http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drn600/n686/n68622pqj0d.jpg The Black Keys - Brothers Outstanding release that tails off at the end, but 12 of the 15 songs are absolutely phenomenal with the hooks in the first 4 being ridiculously contagious. I've only delved into Attack and Release prior to this one, but now I know that I should dig deeper. http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drn800/n838/n83829bbk43.jpg LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening Sound of Silver was my favorite release of 2007. My expectation level for this one was off the charts, and somehow it still delivered. Probably more consistent than Sound of Silver from top to bottom. Sure the beats can be a bit derivative at times, and the lyrics are deliberately non-sensical, but James Murphy truly can do no wrong. If this is LCD Soundsystem's last release, he's left with a bang. Yes, 2010 has been a great year for music.

While Amy Poehler is pregnant, they already accounted for her absence by doing an accelerated production schedule. They're already 4 episodes into season 3, with 4 more to be ready before the baby pops out. NBC themselves has stated it's not due to that. The P&R replacement show, Outsourced, looks absolutely terrible. It seems NBC finally found a premise that's less believable than a disbarred lawyer going to community college (hey, I love Community, but that aspect has always troubled me). Based on what I've seen of Outsourced, I'm hopeful that the half-season of airtime for P&R turns into a full slate of episodes.

Jesus, between this and the Leno fiasco, can NBC just make one right decision? I can agree with moving 30 Rock off of its slot since it is what it is, but if this means anything less than 20+ episodes and no repeats for P&R I just don't know what to say. This is hands down the best comedy they have. Eh, looks like they did this to Chuck this year and they got 19 episodes, so some of my fears are alleviated but for crying out loud... EDIT: Here's a link to AV Club's take on the matter.

This whole season has been golden, and I've enjoyed it more than any other show in recent memory.

I just had this happen to me from a topic I started on the LL forum. Does it happen by default with every new topic created?

I found a drowned mouse in the crease of my front-loading washer. *shudder*

I liked it too. 'Detlef Schrempf' is also a great song by Band of Horses. Clearly everything he or his name touches turns to gold.

"There are two kinds of diabetes, but only one kind of caring. Type I caring."

Lawrie has had all sorts of praise for his bat but the actual numbers aren't stellar. He may improve and reach a high ceiling potential that he was drafted for but to this point he isn't going through the minors like a Braun, Weeks, Fielder which makes me think at this point his upside isn't as high as them. Brett Lawrie is 20 years old. Braun & Weeks weren't even in the system at that age and Lawrie's in AA. They didn't even reach AA until their 22-year-old seasons. It's not a fair comparison, but I'd say he's progressing through the system quite fine.

This is quite possibly the worst game recap I have ever read. I didn't watch the game, but all I learned from this article is that Rickie Weeks was hot in the beginning of the year and no longer is. There are 21 paragraphs in the article, and 14 exclusively focus on Weeks and his slump. One player in a slump is certainly newsworthy, but never should of the sole focus of a game story. Just an embarrassing effort from Witrado.

Thanks! I checked this out last night. My daughter was soundly sleeping on me at the time and kept stirring due to my body shaking from laughter.

Oh it's been way too long... "I'm gonna need more Ron Swansons" Any Ron-centric episode can do no wrong.

FV - last night's episode was directed by Mindy Kaling (who plays Kelly Rajnigandha Kapoor). I'm really liking the awkwardness Gabe from Sabre has brought to the dynamic. If they do a Season 8 without Steve Carrell, it would be interesting to see him in the role of GM. Of course, Season 8 without Steve Carrell could also lead to the loss of several other key players. But I don't think dropping their most polarizing character is necessarily a bad thing. I don't expect the show to last long without him, but it would be interesting nonetheless.

This was just too awesome not to share: http://www.riverhillsnow.com/news/92425884.html I do believe we've reached Threat Level: Midnight... Everybody please keep safe.

I would think the virtual number would be sufficient for most TVs. I know it is for my Panasonic. On a side note, 55-1 WXPE (ION) in Milwaukee is now in HD as of this afternoon. Not that there's anything great on there, but HD is still better than SD

Yeah, Erin always has been a bit odd. Plus if she wasn't, why would she be with Andy Bernard? Michael's "I'll have what she's having" after Erin goes into her "hair room" during the meltdown in the restaurant was classic. I had to watch this one online, and usually those don't hold up as well, but this one was a winner.

I can't believe FTJ let you post a photo of his back hair...

I dabble in gin on the less than 12 times a year I drink. Hendrick's Gin ( w/ Tocic & a cucumber slice) is my personal favorite. Rehorst's Gin is pretty good, too. I have some Tanqueray Rangpur from a few years back that's great with ginger ale. And that's all I can add to this topic.

3. It looks like the cable signal comes in from outside, goes to an amplifier box, which has two cables running out of it -- one to the basement (where I think it's plugged into a wall outlet box thing, picking up power) and the other to a massive splitter that seems to lead throughout the house. Would I be able to hook up an antenna there in the attic, attach it and the incoming cable signal to a splitter (using it as a signal merger rather than splitter), then run that to the amplifier's input? I dropped cable from TW but kept the internet about a year ago, so maybe I can help. The cable for the TV/Internet should be coming in on one line. What I did was route the TW cable straight to the outlet that servers my modem. I was fortunate enough to inherit a roof-antenna in the attic left from some previous owners, so I then routed that signal into the general splitter that serves the individual rooms. So my standard cable infrastructure is being utilized solely for the OTA signal. Since I have some older TVs, I had buy individual set-top boxes to turn the digital signal into analog. Without any intentional TV antennas set up (new house.. I looked and there's nothing in the attic that I can see) we do get 12-1, 18-1, 24-1, 58-1, and a few others. No 4-1 or 6-1 though. I'm pretty sure TW sends all the local channels through the clear QAM, which is the same pipe they're sending their internet down. (I could test this since I'm in the same boat as you, but I have a giant roof antenna logded in my attic that's working perfectly.) You just have to have a tuner that can decipher it. However, you may have to rescan from time to time to retain the signal. Being where you are you should be fine to get all the locals OTA through the smallest of antennas. The signals are coming from Lincoln Park in Milwaukee, so that's a good frame of reference if you need to point anything.

Looks like northbound 45 will be opening a lot sooner than we all thought: http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/89634722.html

I agree with these criticisms. 30Rock is almost like a live action Family Guy (not meant as a compliment), but they were untouchable for about the 2 years from the middle of Season 1 to the middle of Season 3. After that, pretty much everything involved with Tracy just came off as really lazily written. His improvising bit in the last episode, written or not, was just not funny. Also, they continually overuse Kenneth. He's a one-dimensional bit part that they try to play off as a main character. How many different ways can they show Kenneth as a simple country bumpkin happy with what life gave him. They should have diminished his airtime after the Muppet dream sequence in Season 3. That was awesome comedy and pretty much tells you all you need to know about the character right there. Give me more Hornberger! Or better yet, more Dennis! ___________________________________ As for this season of the Office, I think sometimes we just expect too much. I'm currently re-watching the holy grail, Season 2. I think in general, Season 6 suffers more from a surplus of characters rather than a drastic decline in quality. (Of course one could argue point A is the cause of point B...) Other than that, the show is more or less the same. The plots are character-driven now, as it was then: Date Mike, a persona he's based on the behavior of relationship gameshow douches, isn't any different than his Mambo #5 ringtone, his improve character, or his off-brand cologne. And the Staples-whoring of Season 3 and beyond isn't any different than the Chili's-whoring of Season 2. I think they made a mistake in tinkering with the dynamic when they moved Jim to manager. And sometimes they focus too much on the personal relationships at the expense of the business relationships of the coworkers. But things are more or less back to where they were. And the subtle humor that made me enjoy the show in the first place is still present.

And they've been unveiled: http://media.jsonline.com/images/28007139_brewers_plates_1.jpg http://media.jsonline.com/images/28007139_brewers_plates_2.jpg