Gas Pains

Running Around With Your Hair on Fire

Posted by Tom Gaertner on March 3, 2010

Gas Pains, Personal, Strange But True

Braumeister and I try to shoot our bows once a week throughout the year. Usually Dart Video over at West Town Archery.

The Giant Conundrum

Posted by Tom Gaertner on Nov. 7, 2008

Gas Pains, Personal, Strange But True

As I write this post I am looking across the top of my desk at a box.

Trench Foot, Monkey Butt, and Road Rash - All for a Good Cause

Posted by Tom Gaertner on July 24, 2008

Friends, Outdoors, Personal, Tosa Personalities

Last weekend I set out on an annual summer pilgrimage - my 16th consecutive one - riding the Scenic Shore 150 on behalf of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Wisconsin. This is a two-day bike trek from Mequon to Sturgeon Bay that raises funds for blood related cancer research and patient services.

Wringing Some Blood Out of The Blogger

Posted by Tom Gaertner on June 12, 2008

Healthcare, Odds and Ends, Personal

Back in the good-old-days medical treatments were simple and straight-forward. Opiates and alcohol were the pharmaceuticals of choice - sometimes concocted in interesting combinations. The practice of bloodletting - a procedure to relieve the body of the ill humors - was immensely popular.

Operation Overlord - A Tosan's Experience

Posted by Tom Gaertner on June 6, 2008

Family, Personal, Tosa Personalities, Veterans

Today is the 64th anniversary of D-Day.

American Idol - Blech!

Posted by Tom Gaertner on May 22, 2008

Gas Pains, Personal, Rubbish, Strange But True

Here it is. I admit it. I know absolutely nothing about The American Idol.

Googlegänger

Posted by Tom Gaertner on May 14, 2008

Gas Pains, Just For Fun, Personal, Strange But True

Did you ever Google yourself?

Good Medicine Gone Bad

Posted by Tom Gaertner on May 1, 2008

Family, Healthcare, Personal

In January of 1990 I experienced a life-altering event.

Talk'n Turkey - Score!

Posted by Tom Gaertner on April 25, 2008

Hunt'n, Outdoors, Personal

Spring is sprung, love is in the air and I have a second period spring turkey permit for Zone 34.

Tosa KrautSpiel Is a Gas

Posted by Tom Gaertner on March 1, 2008

Gas Pains, Just For Fun, Personal, Terrific Cooking, Tosa Curling, Tosa Events

Tosa has been home to curling since 1920 - making the Wauwatosa Curling Club one of the oldest in Wisconsin.

Tosan Building Subsidized Housing

Posted by Tom Gaertner on Feb. 17, 2008

Conservation, Gas Pains, Just For Fun, Outdoors, Personal

It has been reported that a local man has begun building no-income housing within the city limits and without the prior knowledge or approval of city officials.

Tosa Mayoral Campaign - A Small Bunch of Disclosures

Posted by Tom Gaertner on Feb. 4, 2008

Gas Pains, Personal, Politics-Other, Politics-Tosa, Public Policy

A recent commentator to this blog quite reasonably suggested the following:

Conservationists Descend on MadTown

Posted by Tom Gaertner on Jan. 31, 2008

Conservation, Fish'n, Forestry, Friends, Hunt'n, Outdoors, Personal, Politics-Other, Public Policy, Representative Cullen, Senator Sullivan, Terrific Cooking

The Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters held their annual Conservation Lobby Day in Madison on Wednesday.

Memories of Mom and a Special Pheasant Hunt

Posted by Tom Gaertner on Jan. 27, 2008

Family, Girlfriend, Hunt'n, Personal, Tosa Personalities

Friday night a buddy calls me with the news (make that a notification) that we're going pheasant hunt'n on Sunday.

Christmas Night - A Light in the Heavens

Posted by Tom Gaertner on Dec. 25, 2007

Gas Pains, Odds and Ends, Personal

My wife reminded me last night about a predictable astronomical occurrence that I had read about a week ago.

On Christmas Eve the planet Mars was supposed to be closer to the planet earth and directly opposite the sun.

If observable, Mars would be particularly bright in the night sky.

Unfortunately it was cloudy and overcast all of last night.

Mars' traverse across the night sky was not to be seen.

My hopes for a viewing tonight dimmed as the cloudy conditions persisted throughout the day.

About 20 minutes ago, the heavens cleared and both the stars and moon are shinning brightly

Mars too.

The shadows are casting hues of ghostly grays upon the snow.

Sure enough, with a pair of binoculars steadied on the porch post, there is the planet Mars leading the moon (and the daylight path of the sun) glowing in an ethereal white (instead of red) reflection.

As I finish this post the clouds have, once again closed-in.

This was a most excellent Christmas bonus.

Tom