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At around 9 AM Today the world lost one of the greatest storytellers and by far the rowdiest rail cowboy to ever work the Soo Line. Running rail from Duluth/Superior through Ladysmith, Stevens Point and ultimately through to Chicago.

My grandfather, William Dreves will be missed greatly by many. Today he rides the great railroad in the sky...hopefully their enjoying his famous "Mulligan Stew" up there as we speak.

Todays DOD goes to whoever at target greenlit the ads with the cracked out soccer mom touting the blackfriday sales.

The ad singlehandedly reinforces the notion that target shoppers are annoying white suburban soccer moms- which for the most part they are.

Way to use an annoying methed up crazy woman to push your sale, shes annoying, she rubs EVERYONE the wrong way. Just what you look for in a corporate spokesperson eh?

Alright tonight for Karyn's birthday dinner we found ourselves once again at the new Nugget. This time the food was better, not quite as good as before the renovation but still a decent burger.

The service still needs some addressing. My brother with his two toddlers was not brought a kids menu till the waitress came to take our orders. A dessert that was essentially a microwaved brownie and a scoop of ice cream took almost 10 minutes to arrive-far too long for squirrely grommets.

But you don't go to the Nugget for the desserts or even the service...you go for the BURGERS! And finally they are starting to get dialed in. Gone are the stringy french fried onions ala green bean casserole replaced with proper greasy fried onions. The burger was a tad overcooked but the fat from the bacon and fried onions kept my burger moist and delicious; add a swab of mayonnaise to carry you through the dry patches and your in burger heaven.

So go out to the nugget, get an original nugget burger with fried onions and bacon and a side of mayonnaise. Start out with a Guinness and some onion rings-also back on the menu now.

While I'm venting about stupid businesses and their idiotic credit card policies I'll add the classic blunder of a new establishment in St. Louis Park. Munchies opened up in the old Palm Bakery spot near the high school. Many times during my daily dog walks I have passed by with some anticipation. I live in a bit of a Latte black hole, so I thought this place had promise.

Strike One- The business opens at 7am - so clearly their not shooting for the pre-work dropping off the kids at school coffee crowd. It also opens later on Saturday and is closed on Sunday

Strike Two- They appear to only have drip coffee with little to no fresh pastry options

Strike Three- I stopped in on my walk only to find out that they don't accept credit cards, but do in fact have an ATM. Great they aren't willing to pony up the 1%-1.5% for my business but they are willing to take a $1.50 ATM fee from me for the right to let me buy my drip coffee there.

This complaint isn't a real big one at first, its one of those small little complaints that through the nature of its re-occurrence builds and builds, till it crests into a full blown WTF are they thinking kind of realization.

Grocery shopping at its best is an activity that I don't enjoy. I mostly have myself to blame as I seem to always end up there around 6pm after work on a weekday no less. After navigating the insanity that is a grocery store parking lot during peak times( a rant for a different time) like a halfback you shuck this way to the milk and eggs, jive that way to get to the cereal aisle....a quick sprint through the meat dept and you're on your way.

I don't even know where to start?

While shopping this morning I came across this monument to the state of Wisconsin.

Often males in the upper midwest have snacked on summer sausage while dousing countless suds of Old Style to combat the sodium. Finally some industrious fucker got smart about our inefficiencies.

Ladies and Gentleman I give you:

Kind of phallic but it is salami afterall- I'd hit that!

Now if only they could figure out how to work some cheddar into that bitch they would have the official food of Wisconsin.

I wonder if its authentically Krausened?

Ever come across something that is just too good not share with other people? While perusing the Ladysmith New's talkback section I came across this little ditty:

RE Luke Klink
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I read the comment on 9-04-09 that Luke Klink was the best thing to happen to Ladysmith in a long time.

That is pretty high praise.

But I will say this. Luke Klink is bringing some journalistic integrity to his position with the local paper and he is doing his job. And that is definitely good for the people of Rusk County.

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I don't know this Klink fella but is sure seems that he is a heck of a guy. I wonder if he is still in Ladysmith or was just passing by?