So I've been 28 for 6 days now... and I must say that things actually do feel a little different. A relationship that's going well - rough spots seem to make it stronger than weaker... a cleansed karma, a renewed sense of excitement at work... overall, just a feeling of positive, forward movement. I've had anxiety issues in the past, probably bad enough for medication, but I've been ...

Why the hell would you have cake and not eat it? My birthday is coming up on Saturday, so I thought it would be a good time to break my 6-day silence here. I'm not sure why I haven't written... it's not like I'm not living every day... but I've decided to stop starting every post with why I haven't written. It's annoying. What ...

Up early on Saturday morning, Heather and I decided "tan" before we headed out on vacation. Sure, we weren't going to any sunny location, but I thought I'd give her a little bit of Los Angeles anyway... so we stopped at a Mystic Tan place in Janesville. There was definitely a glow, but I wasn't really all that impressed. I was tan in the face, ...

So Tuesday night I was courtside for the Badgers / Illinois game. Disappointing to say the least, especially since I had been fighting a fever since mid-afternoon. Shooting 35% from the floor didn't help knock the shivers out of me. Anyway, Bucky is still grasping for an ounce of luck to pull out a quality win. Being on the road at Purdue won't help much... Even though ...

The future of the 2006 Badgers looks good - if you wait to look at them until next November. I just think the second half of the season is stacked too high against them. With the mid-way mark of the current season coming up over the next 2 days, I thought I'd take a look at some of the top teams, and their possible Big Ten records at ...

Within a matter of weeks, the Badgers basketball team has lost redshirt-freshman DeAaron Williams, freshman star Marcus Landry, and sophomore big-man Greg Stiemsma - all due to academic reasons. Since the time that all three players have been out, the Badgers have gone 1-3 and are about to head into a match up with #7 Illinois on Tuesday. Although it's 1:30AM right now and I'm working off a ...

"So I'm here to let you guys know up front that I'm ineligible. Most guys probably wouldn't get in front of the camera and tell everybody that, 'Hey, I'm ineligible.' But I'm looking forward to helping my team in any way that I can while I'm not playing." I commend Marcus for standing up and telling the public that he's ineligible. It really had to be humiliating to ...

Breaking News. Just moments ago, the UW Athletic Department released news that Greg Stiemsma is taking a leave of absence from the team for personal medical reasons. Also, Marcus Landry was declared ineligible for the game tonight at Ohio State. Neither player traveled with the team. One could speculate that Marcus didn't make the grades - but second semester just started - so if it was ...

The Badgers beat Minnesota tonight 64-62 to go to 3-0 in the Big Ten conference (first time since 1962??) with the help of Freshman, Joe Krabbenhoft. Besides shutting down Vincent Grier, Minnesota's star player, for a good portion of the game, Joe had 6 points, 8 rebounts and 4 assists including two huge free throws and a big rebound/jump-ball at the end of the game to secure ...

Somebody has to say something. Somebody has to stop it from happening again. We have one week until our Big Ten home opener, and we have to rise up and take control of our image. If we don't, who will? UW Band member, Erin Taylor, a flugelhorn player, has been singing The Star Spangled Banner a lot this year. Before I go on, let me ...