Big Changes in Milwaukee

Yes, C.C. Sabathia won his first game as a Milwaukee Brewer last night. After he got warmed up, he pitched a great game, not to mention he's not too bad with a bat. And now, we have two lovable snuggly bear types - C.C. and Fielder. I read up a little more about his past and was amazed to know that he was drafted right outta high school. I can't imagine being a seventeen year old and being asked to go pro in my favorite game. Then again, I didn't play baseball or softball in high school, and I don't think I can really go pro in video games and expect steady work. If anyone is interested, you can come on over to Brew Crew Ball and talk about this recent trade and other rumors.

In other big Milwaukee news, the Public Museum now has a Woolly Mammoth. The even cooler thing is that it was excavated from cornfields in Southeastern Wisconsin, and shows signs of tool marks which indicate that there were humans about 14,000 years ago in Wisconsin. The only bones missing are a rib and a few in the tail and feet. The real bones are too fragile to be just out in the open, so there's a fiberglass copy up in the public viewing area. I'm excited to go again soon and see it.

And this frustrates me a bit. This guy is building a Statue of Liberty. It wouldn't bug me or even be a blip on my radar if it weren't for the fact that it's STYROFOAM. Yes, that famous material that we're not allowed to really put in the microwave because of the damage it does to the Ozone Layer when it's heated. He better be spraying it with some sort of sealant before he sticks it outside by the St. Louis Arch. It's supposed to be up in that area around August, but the man wants to bring it back to his hometown in Lake County, Indiana, when it's done being on display.