It’s that time of year, March in northeast Wisconsin, when the annual tradition of ice fishing starts to taper off. As temperatures gradually get warmer, the ice gets thinner and simply melts away for the summer.
So local authorities are issuing their warnings to fishermen. Now, I’ve never been an ice fisherman, but I know people [...]

On January 22, 2010, the Green Bay Packers announced that they would raise ticket prices for the 2010 season. My tickets increased $9 each. I’ve got the highest price sideline tickets, at $72 last year. Now they’re $81. I’m not happy about the whole thing, but I want to explain.
The Packers have the lowest ticket [...]

I was at the Green Bay Holiday Dance Classic today at the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena in Green Bay. I was there to watch the West De Pere Pom & Dance team, where my youngest daughter dances and my oldest daughter coaches.
The event began with the national anthem. The announcer had intended to play [...]

All the media outlets in northeast Wisconsin are saying that the deadline to sign up for the Wisconsin No Call List is today. This is not true. TV stations are reporting it. Newspapers are reporting it. But it’s just not true.
Here is a quote from the Wisconsin No Call List web site: Consumers can sign [...]

Two weeks ago, I post a dozen tweets about purchasing products online and then returning them to your local store. All of the tweets were identical except for a couple of words. Here’s one:
buy a product online at Lowe’s site, you can return it to your local store; not so at @HomeDepot
A few family members [...]

So, have you received your award yet? I did:
From: “Board of Review” <info@uscommerceassoc.org>
To: smc@smcnet.com
Date: 20 Aug 2009 07:03:21 -0700
Subject: Second Notice: SMC Net Receives 2009 Best of DePere Award

Earlier this year, I sent a notification email to you recognizing that SMC Net had been selected for the 2009 Best of DePere Award in the Web [...]

So Brett Favre gave an interview with Joe Buck today on Buck’s new HBO show. I’ve seen a couple of video clips from the interview, and I’ve read some of Favre’s comments. It’s very clear to me that all Buck did was give Favre a platform to say whatever he wanted. He didn’t ask the [...]

I’ve written about the smoking ban in my blog before. I’ve also responded to a number of posts on Facebook. And as I read everyone’s opinion, I’ve discovered the crux of the issue.
Smoking is legal in the United States. So any statewide ban that prohibits this activity tramples the rights of smokers.
Now listen, we all [...]

On April 7, 2009, the Allouez (WI) Village Board approved a program that allows landlords to use a “crime free lease addendum.” This addendum states that “if a tenant is suspected of criminal activity within the property, the tenant can be evicted for violating the lease.”
I’ve never heard of a municipality anywhere in the United [...]

Alright folks, that’s enough. President Obama’s whole economic stimulus/bail out plan is imploding, and we need to stop it now. The plan is not going to work. It’s not going to stimulate anything.
Let’s take a step back though; I want to start by getting my biggest gripe off my chest. President Obama did not “inherit” [...]

Chase Bank has now declined charges on my Visa card twice due to what they define as suspicious activity. Here’s the deal.
I have this Visa account for my business, smcNet LLC. I’ve had the account since 2002. I never use the credit card in person. It’s an account I use to pay for my monthly [...]

I am so tired if hearing people complain about weather. What kind of lives do you live that you have to constantly complain to other people about weather?
I see this happening in two areas. First, friends and acquaintances are always complaining. And second, even TV and radio personalities have decided that snow is a bad [...]