I am always trolling for unusual, perhaps disturbing, stories of humanity. This one caught my eye as a family discovered their daughter tragically died not from police, or the institution at which she was studying, but from Facebook.

Obviously there was some institutional oversight as the police should have called the family immediately, followed closely by the university, but what really bothered me was the lack of foresight by the friends of this poor girl.

Yes, they're grieving, but I just don't think young people, at times, quite understand how the world works.

Everything needs to be made public, needs to be shared, needs to be social right now.

That is how the world is moving, but it's how this current generation of young people emotes.

It probably never dawned on them that, "hey, we should maybe wait a while to make sure her family is made aware of all of this." Rather, it's all about me and how I feel and how I choose to let everyone else know how I feel right now.

I believe you can learn tact, however that skill is becoming a lost art.

Some random thoughts:

• Growing up in Chicago and working all over the suburbs, I became a connoisseur of Dunkin' Donuts coffee. I could tell you which ones had the best coffee, from the little stand alone shop off a highway to the new cafe-style place in the west suburbs . No joke. Needless to say, I missed them when I came to Milwaukee. And of course, I was very happy to see several franchises pop up here and there of late. That said I've been disappointed with the coffee most of the time. You would think because it's a chain it all tastes the same but that is not true. I'll give these franchises a long leash as they figure it out, but Milwaukee DD's, you need to step up your game.
• Can someone explain to me why people want to treat parking garages like the Milwaukee Mile?
• I've been making for our round trip to Green Bay for OnMilwaukee.com's Packers coverage for about four months now and I have to say that drive is…

The Green Bay Packers, winners of two of three, seem to have found a groove offensively since the controversial 14-12 Monday night loss to Seattle on Sept. 24.

In the first three weeks of the season, the Packers manage 22, 23 and 12 points and a 1-2 record. The last three, the team has scored 28, 27 and 42 to even its season mark to 3-3 in advance of today's game against the St. Louis Rams.

It comes at the right the right time, as St. Louis (3-3) has won all three of its games at home and features pass rushers Robert Quinn (6 sacks) and Chris Long (4) which bookend tackles Kendall Langford and Michael Brockers.

"They do a lot of different things," Packers offensive coordinator Tom Clements said. "They get rush out of their front four. They bring pressure. It's not that they're just relying on the front four. The front four can get there but they do bring pressure and mix things up."

Packers guard T.J. Lang added that the Rams have "A lot of athletic guys on defense, they fly around to the ball on that side of the ball. We know it's definitely going to be a challenge for us so we have to make sure we're doing everything we can to match their effort and their intensity."

The Packers are looking forward to repeat the offensive explosion from Sunday night when Aaron Rodgers threw for six touchdowns against the previously unbeaten Houston Texans.

"It's only one game," Lang said. "We played a damn good team and did a lot of good things on offense, but that's been a problem the first five weeks was we were lacking that consistency of putting it together week after week.

"We do have a lot of confidence right now. We played a good game last Sunday and we're looking forward to the opportunity to continue to grow and build on that and make sure we're stacking our success, as coach likes to say, and staying consistent."

Beast mode
St. Louis running back Steven Jackson may be 29 years old, in his ninth year in the league, and perhaps showing the wear of 2,227 carries and …

A decade ago, Jerry Seinfeld released a documentary about his journey back to his roots - stand-up comedy - in the film "The Comedian." It had been four years since the end of his hit TV show "Seinfeld," and he wanted to get back in the game.

The documentary showed the work the now 58-year-old comedian puts into his material, and that preparation was evident from the start of his second show at The Riverside on Oct. 13.

Seinfeld performed for 64 minutes, weaving in and out of his bits effortlessly. His voice was somewhat raspy, but he looked sharp in a dark suit, white shirt and blue tie, and he stuck to the strengths – commenting on every day situations and things - while punctuating punch lines with a raised voice.

He brought a lot of energy to the second show, working the stage from side to side and using his arms and legs to emphasize jokes.

Fans were treated with something Seinfeld says he's never done in 36 years of performing - he dropped the mic minutes into his set. He was doing a weather joke and as he moved his hands up and down, he knocked the mic to the floor. He then joked how the moment will be his Zapruder Film.

In his long set, he worked from weather to food (including a pop tart bit), late night TV and cookies. He really got the crowd going once he moved into bits on Facebook, Twitter, smart phones and OnStar. He then finished up with a strong bit on marriage and fatherhood.

After a standing ovation, he came back out for a question and answer session with the crowd, which led to a bevy of shout-outs regarding his long run sitcom.

"These are all lines from the show that are not funny to me. I was on the show. I was there," he quipped.

When asked what his favorite Milwaukee beer was, he said "I just got here yesterday!"

He ended the short session by saying "This is a more bizarre group of people than I expected" and walked off again to heavy applause.

It was a lively, clever set, and one that got stronger as it went on. The thousands of p…

I'm coming up on seven months here in Milwaukee, and it's been a wonderful, wonderful ride getting to know my new city.

I've been able to experience a lot of great food so far, but OnMilwaukee.com's upcoming Dining Month and current 10th annual "Best Of" poll, presented by Concordia University, is a great way for you to help me create the ultimate Milwaukee Dining Bucket List.

I have tried to go to a variety of new places, and I've been to a few more than once, but I thought I'd reach out to all of you to help me create a list of "must go-to" restaurants by time I hit the magical one-year mark.

Feel free to throw some Talkbacks my way, but vote now in our 2012 poll and lead me in the right direction!