myprontopup

Single Issue Voter

As if I needed another reason to NOT vote for John McCain, this comes straight from the Washington Post.

McCain ate a single Pronto Pup before holding a press conference near the corn dog stand, at which point he told reporters he had consumed "an excellent Pronto hot dog, dressed with mustard, as it is said."

No one attacked McCain for uttering the word "hot dog" which is, as locals pointed out, is a verboten term in the context of a Pronto Pup discussion.

Darn tootin' it is!  Seriously, how can you 'forget' the name Pronto Pup when your standing 2 feet away from a stand that has says Pronto Pup all over it?  Plus, the name is alliterative.  Your mouth makes a nice kissy face when you say it.  Pronto Pup.  It's poetry, my friends.

One guess:  As the article goes on to mention, the Pronto Pup was invented in 1941.  John McCain?  He was 'invented' in 1936.  Heck, he's so old, he could have theoretically HAD the very first Pronto Pup ever to make its way on the planet.  Scary.

Vote for change.

Color me impressed...

I was just wondering when Paul Westerberg was going to release a new album (it's been 4 years now since Folker), and low and behold, after some Google searches, what did I find?

July 49!  Tomorrow, he's releasing 49 minutes of new music through his web site for $0.49.

Very cool.  And then the last of the 'Mats re-issues will be dropping on Sept. 23rd.

My weekend looks like it will be interesting.  I'm going to have the very prestigious role of 'boom mic operator' for a friend who's shooting a short film this weekend.  Which means hours of standing around with a giant pole over my head as I'm wired to cables and a headset.

Faircation

Everything else might be more expensive these days, but the fair is doing it's part.  They're asking food vendors not to raise prices this year, and the gate admission and midway tickets aren't increasing either.

The buzzword I keep hearing these days is staycation.  Do what I do and make it a faircation.

Put de Lyme in de coconut...

Bad news:  may have Lyme Disease.  Just saw the doctor this morning and they put me on antibiotics just in case...  Stupid me, I made a little road trip about 2 weekends ago to Hayward, Wisconsin.  Found a few wood ticks on me, but didn't think much of it until this week, when my body started going all wonky.  Turns out, the Hayward area is a 'ground zero' for Lyme, so that's what made the decision before they could run all the tests (which, coincidently, can only confirm Lyme, not entirely rule it out)...  So it goes.  Needless to say, I'll be watching a lot of movies this weekend instead of BBQ'ing...  Semi-Pro should be arriving from Netflix today, so it's all good...

And at least it happened now so I should be up to snuff again come fair time.

On a happier note, I want to see some of you nerds out this bring this to the State Fair this year.  Send me a picture.

Pronto Pup Fairie?

Yeegads!  I'm actually debating getting one of these because it is so remarkably hideous.  Could be a new playmate for my garden gnomes.

Pig Lickers

Ah, the new foods announcements...  A sure sign that the fair is just around the corner.  On this year's menu:

• Pig Lickers - chocolate covered back strips topped with sea salt
• Pickle Pops - frozen pickle juice push-up
• Big Fat Bacon - "one-third pound of bacon, fried and caramelized with maple syrup and served on a stick."
• Tater Tots on a stick
• Norwegian-style cheese curds (with Lingonberry sauce)
• Leprechaun Legs - deep-fried green beans on a stick

I'm gonna try 'em all. 

Back to the 50's

It's that time of year again.  The Back to the 50's weekend over at the State Fairgrounds.  Over 11,000 street rods and a quarter of a million people will be hanging out in my backyard.  Ahhh...  tis the season.

Here's some pictures I took last year:

It's poodle skirts and the big bopper blaring all weekend long.  Dig it.

Oh, and speaking of soda jerks, this is what my (ahem) friend sent me today...  The doorbell rings, a mystery package appears, and when I open it, it's a 6-pack of this crap:

Nice.  I put him next to my 300 year old garden gnome, which is a typical McCain voter.

What's Happenin', Rerun?

Hilarious.

A film critic hates M. Night Shyamalan's new film soooo much, he gives it this review.

This film is so bad that I feel compelled to make a spoiler-laden list of its most laughably terrible parts rather than review it.

Of course, didn't I do this like 5 years ago?  Yeah, thought so.

Fair Art

New state fair artwork unveiled.

I'm still trying to fix some things that broke during my migration, but so far so good.  I can actually post again!

New Design

Given the fact that I'm extremely lazy, the last thing I wanted to do was to poke around in the murky waters of my blog. But, thanks to Blogger (which I've been using since '99), it doesn't work any more. I can't post. No support either. So, I'm just going to try to start fresh...

Anyway, let me know if anything looks worse than the old site. The 'Archives' link at the right should get you to all the old posts...