STRAC

STRAC

Back in my day when you said a soldier was STRAC that meant he had his spit and polish together. He was squared away. He was sharp, smart and well prepared. It wasn't an official term but has since been officialized and means Skilled, Tough and Ready Around the Clock. Today I saw the honor guard at CWO Windorski's funeral and they were STRAC. These guys know what they're doing and they do it with great pride and perfection. Their uniforms were perfect. They moved with precise perfection. Their presence was awesome. I am impressed with the level of professionalism in our military today. They did CWO Windorski proud. RIP

Qualifications

All week we have been hearing about appointees dropping out because they forgot to pay their taxes. Former Senator Daschle forgot to pay over $150,000 in taxes. It would take most of us several years to make that amount of money let alone the taxable amount he forgot. Then he forgot to tell us about the driver and limo he was given for free. Oh yeah, there is also the $5,000,000 like in $5 million he got from the health care industry in 3 years for speaking engagements. These do not sound like qualifiers to me but more like disqualifiers. I am sorry folks, but when does the CHANGE begin??? The audicity I am seeing is the audicity of the same old politics. The more things change the more they stay the same.

See you On The River tonight.

A moment of silence for a Fallen Hero, CWO Philip Windorski, Jr.

Chief Warrant Officer Philip Windorski was killed in his third tour of Iraq when two helicopters collided Monday, January 26, 2009. CWO Windorski is survived by his mother, two brothers, wife and three children.

Visitation will be at Rowe Funeral Home in Grand Rapids Friday, February 6, 2009 from 4-7pm. His funeral service will be at Zion Lutheran Church in Grand Rapids Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 1:oopm.

Lots of music comes into the studios of KAXE every week and my job is to play it. Here's a little secret, my shows are based on these principals, 1. pick the newest 2. pick someone you know 3. pick the longest song 4. pick someone you don't know 5. repeat step 3. How does it work? Because Mark Tarner, Program Director and his alter ego, M. T. Hedd screen the music before it gets in the grubby hands of the on-air hosts. Here are 6 of the best new stuff I have been playing based on my criteria:
Pillbugs-Everybody Wants A Way Out
Umphrey's McGee-Mantis
The Showgoats-Lift Off
Heartless Bastards-The Mountain
Deleted Waveform Gatherings-Baby Warfare
Pavement-Brighten The Corners
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit-(self-titled)
Tune in Friday night 10-1 to hear more from these new releases.

All Vinyl Night

Every first Monday of the month is All Vinyl Night with DJtheDJ, The Elusive Bebo and Dug Baker. Join us for "Blame It On The Stones", "Get The Led Out", The Chix Mix, "The Hair Band Half Hour" and "Three Sides Live". We even have some 45's to play and humor from Steve Martin, George Carlin and Cheech and Chong. So get ready for us to drop the needle on the record.

The Hunting Shack

Lions and tigers and bears there are girlz at the hunting shack. Not just any girlz, but my girlz. They love it at the shack and pitch into help and don't whine about the out house. They love to sauna and haul water and kindling and wood to make it happen. Breakfast is always Chef Charlie's Panokauken with maple syrup and one time blueberries with whipped cream, yes real whipped cream. No one starves at our shack. Friday night of opening deer is a turkey, mashed potatos, squash and dressing with pumpkin pie for dessert. Can't wait. Girlz at the shack? I brought it up a couple of years ago and the answer was no wimin! I think they will get to hunt cuz they aren't girly girls at the shack and they help. They are in favor of gun control because you can get tight groups with proper gun control.

A weekend project recently was putting a deck on the sauna. What'd ya think? Time to have an adult beverage and enjoy the view.

Take the poll in the upper right corner should girlz be allowed at the shack?

Flood Run 2008 and not the best way to make a smiley face in an energy concerned world

The Fall Flood Run, the 3rd weekend in Sept, became a tradition a few years ago because the Spring Flood Run, held on the 3rd weekend in April, (and we all remember last April) was fraught with cold and wet weather. This had to be the nicest weather for even a Fall Run. It was 85 and hot. Lotsa bikes out. I was invited by an old friend from high school and living in Rochester to join him and others to do the Fall Run. Bob is a H.O.G. and Patriot Guard member and knows the back roads and off we went. Our destination was Red Wing and across the bridge into Wisconsin and to the Harbor Bar for lunch.





The group from l to r; Steve, Lorrie, Cycho, Tracie, Barry, Bob and Vickie.


HEY, Look it's Superman!!!!!!!!







The next stop is Maiden Rock, WI and the bikes are lined up in traffic for a mile waiting to find a parking spot. The Flood Run had begin in the 1960's when there were some spring flooding and bikers came down to help and it has become a tradition to remember those who helped and those in need.


Maiden Rock is a beautiful little town on the river. Next stop was Nelson, WI for an ice cream cone made with the BEST ice cream in the world. Traffic again was bumper to bumper and backed up when some guys on Boss Hoggs left in a sorta show. A Boss Hogg is a motorcyle with a hopped-up Chevy V-8 in it. It is wretched excess and entertaining. Anyway one of the guys does a burnout and about a block ahead of him is a cop car that can't be seen. Well, as soon as the cop heard it and saw it he just pulled into the oncoming lane blocking his path and pointed him over to a side street to write the ticket. I'm glad there is always some dumass around to do that stuff....I really like to watch. I don't know what the fine is in WI but in Sturgis it's a $100. My cousin was in Sturgis w/her husband and the crowd talked him into doing a burn out on Main Street and he did and he was nabbed by the cops before the smoke cleared. I don't know what he was thinking because there is ten cops at every intersectionin Sturgis.



From Nelson it was back across the Mississippi and into MN and to Wabasha for gas. Then it was the back roads to Elba, MN, in Whitewater State Park. It was almost like coming home. When I was a student at Winona State my main hobby was trout fishing anf this was one of the most beautiful places I had visited. Elba was hit hard in last year's flooding and the bridge had just been completed. Mauer Brothers' Tavern is still there. They always awarded weekly prize for biggest trout and also the season's biggest trout. There was a new bar in town called Jerry's Saloon where the majority hung. While we were sitting outside an old, really old, like 40 years ago, neighbor of Bob and Steve and Barry's met up again.





Steve, Bob and old friend.





Vickie and Vicky and Bob




At the end of the day the guyz were doing burnouts

and

some only trying to do burn outs






and then the pros came and began their handi-work.
















What's he doing???














Is it a peace sign?

Ohhhhhhh, I get it now.

it's a smiley face :-)

Another damn Boss Hogg!!!!!!!!

Vickie

wants a

H-D!!!

Tracie wants one too.

As the afternoon came to a close a calm settled on the scene, but it was not a real sense of calm, it was actually fear...........we could feel the presence of them........................evil squirrels had come... for our nuts. Everyone begin to slowly move to their bikes and start them quietly and then ghost out of town and into the setting sun.