Nice bunch of posts by Lex as of late. It gets me fired up! This video is for him. “They call him Quiet, but he’s a Riot!”.
Dan from Madison
Thoughts on Bush From a Guy Who Doesn’t Usually Do Politics
It isn’t my normal habit to blog about politics, but today is inauguration day, and the beginning of the term of our 44th president.
Being an amateur historian (aren’t we all?) I like to take these moments to look back at what has been.
Ann Althouse put up a post wherein people could say good-bye to our 43rd president.
Aside from the idiots and cranks who have nothing better to say than “Buck Fush” or “good riddance” there are some intelligent and useful comments in that thread. Althouse does a fantastic job about keeping most of the loonies away, btw.
Wisconsin Economic Forecast Luncheon
Yesterday I attended the Wisconsin Economic Forecast Luncheon. I was invited by a financial institution that I work with, who had a table reserved. The purpose of the meeting was to network, and to hear speakers talk about the forecast for the future as far as business goes. I would guess that there were about 500 people there representing all types of business across Wisconsin. There were lawyers, bankers, construction company owners, and many other business represented. Also attending were mayors of some cities, and many state representatives and senators.
An Odd(?) Recommendation
I am usually loathe to recommend anything remotely related to the NY Times or even link there*, but the Freakonomics Blog is very good reading, and the comments are usually very civil, intelligent and interesting.
*My main reasons are the terrible editorial pages and the fact that they will not renounce the Duranty Pulitzer.
“New” Workout Systems
This video is insane.
That woman was doing those presses of her body weight and it is very demanding. It takes complete physical fitness of almost all parts of the body to accomplish fifteen of those reps. Arms, back, legs.
She does Crossfit, an interesting workout system.