What IS the internet anyways?????

...is it me or does Bryant look like an Oompa Loompa?

Marty
Buckley, MI

Vrooooooommmmmm......

.....saw this on a red Mustang the other day.

Marty

Behind the Mouse.....

....which explains the $87.33 daily ticket price.
Only $669.89 for an annual pass.....
in case you've got a hankering for Mickey

Marty

We Have a Wiener!!!

Yes....
he is back on the ballot....
and on the blog!!

Congrats to Mz. Maggie Pollard for having this week's first correct answer.....
Rahm Israel Emanuel

--Mr. "Flashdance" studied ballet as a youth....and is a graduate of the Evanston School of Ballet.
--Was awarded a scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet.....but turned it down.
--Had part of his middle finger on his right hand amputated....
after cutting it on a slicer while working at Arby's in his youth.
--Currently out of work....
but should be employed in a few months I'm guessing.

Marty
Geneseo, IL

You know you're in Indiana when......

.....the kids at the bus stop are all
eating Pancakes & Sausage on a stick!

Marty
Portage, IN

The "Indian Terminator"

......I could NOT stop watching this.

Marty
East Liverpool, OH

Trivia Tuesday!!

Local boy done good.....
welcome to another Tuesday.

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the prancer above....
will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

• His mother once owned a Rock-n-Roll Club.
• Starts every morning with a 5am swim.
• Met his wife on a blind date.
• Once made over $18 million in one year.
• Currently looking for work.

Marty
Canton, OH

My Kinda Town.......

111th & Michigan in 1949.
Roseland's 100 Anniversary Parade...
....back before internet and air conditioning obviously.

Marty
Aurora, IL

Go Bears!

.....Lovie should play this before the game.

Marty

Big ol' Jet Airliner.....

Each yellow dot represents a plane...
This video shows a 24 hour period...
Notice the Daytime/Nightime shifts...
I feel safer now.

Marty

We Have a Wiener!!!

.....and a new governor!

Patrick Joseph "Pat" Quinn III
Congrats to Mr. James M.F. Farrell on his correct winning answer arriving minutes in front of the pack!! Your GRAND PRIZE will be on it's way shortly!!

--He is a III....his son is a IV.....and there is NO first..... lady!
--He received a Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern's School of Law.
--Always on the weekend news....always...always...always!!
--Once walked the state from East to West while running for Lt. Gov.
--Not crazy about the tax hike....but it could be worse...we could live in WI!!
.
Marty
Rogers, OH

I wonder what Walt would think......

....real cool animation if you have 10 mins.
A far cry from the original Mickey Mouse.

Marty
Oregon, OH

How ....cold.... is.... it??

Marty
Alanson, MI
(...where it is a balmy -14* this morning)

Trivia Tuesday!!

Ok....
So I have given up on all of my New Year's Resolutions...
but Trivia Tuesdays must go on!!

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the homely gentleman above.....
will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints.....

• Good Irish-Catholic boy who is a third and has a fourth but no first.
• You could call him Dr. Law!!
• rarely takes a day off...
• likes the spotlight.....especially on weekends.
• he once took a walk from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River.
• cost me a few grand.

Marty
Alanson, MI

Marty's Tip of the Week......

.....don't text and shop.

Marty
Muskegon, MI

Go Bears?

....what commercials looked like 25 years ago this weekend.

Marty

ABE @#&!*% GIBRON.....

To all of you losers from a few weeks ago....
Yes....
Abe Gibron was a real person.

Best coach ever....
I have vivid memories of my dad screaming
at Abe and Bobby Douglas on Sunday afternoons in the early '70s.

After watching this....
you'll will see that my dad was more qualified to coach the Bears than Abe was.

Marty
Go Bears!

We Have a Wiener!!!

Ahhhhhhhh.....
25 years ago this week....
was the last time I "really" cared about the Bears.

We had just finished stomping our way through the playoffs...
The Superbowl Shuffle was in heavy rotation....
and we were on our way to New Orleans.
All led by our fearless leader.....
James Robert "Jim" McMahon, Jr.

Don't expect a repeat of all of that excitement this year...
as Sunday will be the last game of the year I'm afraid.

Congrats to John McNally...
for not only winning this week's TT....
but also waking my ass up out of bed this morning.
Patience my friend!
Your GRAND PRIZE will be on it's way shortly!!

--was in Iraq in 2006 on a visit to support the troops.
--hate to admit it....but he does have a Packer Super Bowl Ring too!!
--At the age of six, while trying to untie a knot in a toy gun holster with a fork, he accidentally severed the retina in his right eye when the fork slipped.

Marty
Danville, IL

....and to all of you Abe Gibron haters from a few weeks ago,
Stay tuned to tomorrow BLOG....
it a Bears Weekend!!

It's late....I'm cold...tired.....

....and this is all I got.


Marty
Detroit, MI

My Kinda Town.......

Grant Park Blimp Rides......1931.

Marty
Ortonville, MI

Trivia Tuesday!!

Trying to get back to my New Years Resolution.....
of stumping you all for the remainder of 2011.

First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the man above will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!!

Hints...

• Born in Jersey City, New Jersey.....
• Was in Iraq in 2006.....
• High school and college punter.....
• Owner of 2 Super Bowl rings....
• Once had a fork in the eye....
• married once.....4 kids.

Marty
Parkman, OH

You know you're in Seattle when......

Marty
Rossville, IL

CHA....CHA.....CHA!!!!!

46 years..........
of having never smoked pot in a helicopter!!

(or something like that....
you had to be there.....CHA...CHA....CHA!!)

Marty

Dick Clark's got nothin' on Big Ben.......

Ball drop....
schmal drop.
...this is INSANE!!!!!!
(wait for the big finale!!)

Seems like you would be shell shocked sitting in the
London Eye on New Year's Eve.....
http://www.londoneye.com/ExploreTheLondonEye/

Marty

We Have a Wiener!!!

Chuck Pollard (with mucho help from Mary) kicks off 2011 with a winner!!
Floyd Kalber was this week's mystery man.

Born in Nebraska....he shifted from radio to television in the early '50's.
Mentored Tom Brokaw in Tom's early days.....
started at NBC 5 in Chicago....then to New York on the Today Show.....
retired and then ABC 7 brought him out of retirement for another 14 years.
Surprisingly was always the #1 top rated news program for all of those 14 years.
Died in 2004 at age 79 from emphysema.

Click on the link below.....news from 1967 looks a lot different.
(but still funny that weatherman always miss the snow....
watch Harry Volkman apologize...only a few weeks after the BIG '67 snow!)

http://www.richsamuels.com/nbcmm/23feb1967/index.html

Marty
Sandusky, OH

How's that New Years diet coming.....

Saw this yesterday in Ohio......
didn't partake......
due to one sandwich being my daily calorie limit.

Marty
Parkman, OH

Happy Feet.....

....that's all I got.

Marty
Seville, OH

Trivia Tuesday!!

Happy New Years and all that jazz.....
back to work and to the first installment of Trivia Tuesday for 2011!!
My New Year Resolution is to stump you for the next 52 weeks straight....
so here goes.....


First email to unobuckeroo@aol.com to correctly name the shiny faced gentleman above will win this week's GRAND PRIZE and TT Bragging Rights for the next 7 days!


Hints...

• The mystery man and his brothers lived in an orphanage due to their parents divorce.
• Spent a couple of years in the Army during WWII
• Married once......for 57 years.
• An original....a perfectionist.....at the top of his game at the time.
• Liked odd numbers like 7 & 5.
• In his later years.....would have oxygen under his desk.....out of view.

Marty
Sandwich, IL

I need my space.....

Marty
Geneseo, IL

New Years Resolution......

No Texting & Driving people!
I see this on the road too often....
this is worth the 10 minute view.
NO TEXT IS THAT IMPORTANT!

Happy New Year!

Marty

Happy New Year and a CHA...CHA...CHA!!

Well...well...well.....
Look who's turning the BIG 45 today!!

No it's not Abe Lincoln....
but my wonderful brother John!

CHA....
CHA....
CHA!

Happy New Years Day to all!

Marty
1/1/11