Gotta love Hustlerfest…

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Several weeks ago was Hustlerfest, in Hustler, WI (yes really), my hometowns yearly excuse to get drunk and have fun for a weekend. This is the second year of the pig wresting, which is quickly becoming the one of the most populr events. Its absolutely hilarious to watch. Several of my cuz’s and friends participated, here are some clips. First up, the girls:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwLCtWjzEEQ[/youtube]

Tina is forever my hero :p

And now the guys:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qtNJtZadwQ[/youtube]

Way to go Randy and Brandon, you city guys showed up the farm boys!

The Apple Store in Madison is now open!

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More pictures from the grand opening

TUAW coverage

Sometimes you can find a Firefly in the strangest places…

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Several weeks ago I was poking around Wil Wheaton’s blog and found a link to RFJason.com who had taken an image of the Enterprise, NCC-1701 D from Star Trek: The Next Generation, and overlaid it onto real world images using Google Maps. Well, I just got my blueprints for my favorite ship, Serenity, so I thought I would give it a try with some Earth that was locations. I’m using some of the locals from RFJason for comparison, as well as some of my own places, starting with a few from Wisconsin.


Wisconsin State Capital in Madison. I know the building quite well and was really surprised on how closely Serenity matches up to it on width and length. The Capital is about twice as high.


Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, home to the University of Wisconsin Badgers Football team. Something tells me the crew of Serenity are not Badger fans…

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Dumb Wisconsin Laws

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When it comes to laws in Wisconsin some are so weird there is no explanation to even give as to why its a law to begin with.

Butter substitutes are not allowed to be served in state prisons.

Whenever two trains meet at an intersection of said tracks, neither shall proceed until the other has.

As people used to smuggle it in from Illinois, all yellow butter substitute is banned.

Condoms were considered an obsene article and had to hidden behind the pharmacist’s counter.

At one time, margarine was illegal.

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