The Badgers folded to Illinois, The Packers gift wrapped and handed Sunday night's game to the Bears and last night "America's Team" beat a scrappy, wounded, down to third string Buffalo Bills team with a last second field goal.Except for University of Wisconsin Eau Claire's coach Todd Glaser and a fired up Homecoming Blugold football team, many of us football addicts would be considering jumping from the Water Street bridge this week.
The Blugolds pulled their own last second magic, kicking a 46 yard field goal to beat number 6 rated LaCrosse, and hence moving from off the radar to number #16 in the rankings this week.
It's all really my good buddy Wil Denson's fault. He pressed me to get involved with the games and the Tuesday noon luncheons that follow the games at O'leary's with sandwiches supplied by the in house Mancini's restaurant. Since I sometimes work on weekends, I won't be able to get to all the games, but have really enjoyed getting out to Carson park and watching some really well coached, well executed college football.
Coach Glaser obviously has a great rapport with his players and they seem to improve each week. This coming Saturday they are off to River Falls to take on the Falcons for their Homecoming.
Tuesday luncheons are great fun as they run highlights of the previous game and coach Glaser explains just what happened on crucial plays.
In addition to being an excellent coach, he has a great sense of humor. It is what makes the luncheons even more enjoyble.
The luncheons are open to the public. Just show up at The Quality Inn (formerly Howard Johnson's) at noon and look for the gathering, usually in one of the Rosewood Rooms.
This next Saturday, Kim and I won't be traveling to River Falls as we have tickets for the Green Bay Packer/ Washington Redskin game at Lambeau and we will be leaving Saturday morning for Oconto Falls, 40 miles north of Green Bay -- and the closest lodging we could find.
We will do our best to cheer our loudest and get the Packers back on a winning streak. We are both looking forward to having the time away together and just taking in the spectacle that is a Green Bay Packer game.
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Last week someone sent me the following joke:
A young father tells his 6 year old son that he should go to his room, that he will join him in a moment, to explain the "facts of life", the birds and the bees, if you will. to him.
When the dad enters the room he finds his son in tears.
"Why are you crying?" he asks.
The son replies:
"When I was three you told me there was no Easter Bunny. When I was four, you told me that Santa Claus does not exist. Now I know you're going to tell me that sex does not exist and I am never going to get laid!"
Well, it isn't that bad news he should be concerned about. But this just came down the pike through my e mail:
Can Oral Sex Cause Throat Cancer?
Be Safe, Not Sorry
By Edward C. Geehr, MD
Sunday, May 27, 2007
In an era of HIV and chastity rings, teenagers and young adults – roughly 75% of them – have turned to oral sex as a “less risky” option. But it’s not safe sex. And while it won’t get you pregnant, it can still get you into big trouble. For the first time ever, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have established a link between oral sex, the human papillomavirus (the same virus that causes cervical cancer) and throat cancer. That adds to a roster of risks already tied to oral sex: herpes, syphilis, gonorrhea, and HIV…
This is scary news for the rising numbers of young people choosing oral sex over intercourse. One Johns Hopkins professor notes that since 1990, the percentage of male patients at his clinic alone who have had oral sex has risen from 50% to about 75%; for women and girls, from 25% to about 75%.
That’s a huge number exposing themselves to this cancer risk, among other sexually transmitted diseases.
Pretty sobering thought. Sort of makes one wonder just how much longer the world's population will be around with the ravages of war, hunger, poverty, and the myriad of diseases that seem to continue to grow each year.
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