Readers blogs in Milwaukee Buzz

Feb. 6, 2007

		Get Dirty      In this week of sub-zero wind-chill, iced locks, frozen extremities, and crystalized inner noses, it's tough to think about getting outside and doing service for the environment. However, by sunday it will allegedly warm up to a balmy 18* with bright sunshine! Time to... Posted by MikeD at 11:32 a.m. | Talkbacks Category: Milwaukee Buzz

Feb. 2, 2007

		Corruption at ARCW/State Officials Cover Up In October 2006 a large area faith-based organization gave a sizeable--larger than $5000--donation to ARCW, the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin.  This donation was earmarked by the donor org to pay for a Thanksgiving dinner for all the clients using the ARCW Food Pantry. Instead, wd... Posted by wduane at 1:07 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Milwaukee Buzz

Feb. 1, 2007

		Ritz Blitz: Hey Milwaukee, is the cold weather affecting your skin? The ticket to great looking skin in the winter months is keeping it hydrated!  Harsh weather affects your skin by drying and chaffing.  The latest and greatest advancements in winter skin care are ultrasound facials with peels! Only medical spas offer ultrasound facials with peels. Here... Posted by hollybang at 1:41 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Milwaukee Buzz

Jan. 31, 2007

		America's Dwindling Dairyland      Another article on the front page of the Journal Sentinel leaped to my attention monday and I could not help but express some thoughts on the matter. The piece, entitled "Losing land, opportunity" proclaimed that Wisconsin's farmland is receding faster than ... Posted by MikeD at 8:00 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Milwaukee Buzz

Jan. 30, 2007

		Busting Heads for Character Ed? Does your school district have a Character Education program?Five school districts in the Jefferson County area - Jefferson, Fort Atkinson, Palmyra, Milton and Whitewater – planned to hold school assemblies on March 23 and 24. The students were to watch "The Power Team," a group o... Posted by jfoust at 3:11 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Milwaukee Buzz

		Urban Ecology Center Brings Nature to City-Dwellers      A small fire eminates heat and a soft glow from the woodburning stove as a few students and volunteers gather on the rustic couches, awaiting the morning's programs. Sounds of a tropical rainforest begin playing in the waterfall room as a group of inner city children ... Posted by MikeD at 12:14 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Milwaukee Buzz

Jan. 27, 2007

		maybe today is a new day? Today as I drove by the po-lice department of West Bend I noticed a group of 10 or so sign-toting, krusty-looking punks standing around on the sidewalk. Apparently it was actually an effort based on a larger nationwide iniative to show support for bringing the troops home. I know most people... Posted by mortauthority at 4:43 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Milwaukee Buzz

Jan. 23, 2007

		Bush Finally Taking the Hint?      According to an article in today's Journal Sentinel, President Bush plans to address global warming and greenhouse gas emissions in tonight's State of the Union. It's been a long time coming, George, and I don't think the "better late than never"... Posted by MikeD at 5:48 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Milwaukee Buzz

Jan. 18, 2007

		Fly Green      Green is trendy these days. It's not the new pink or the new black, but the new way to live. From the food we eat to new cars with new fuels, renewed recycling efforts, composting, organic clothing, and new energy sources, countless aspects of our lives have switche... Posted by MikeD at 6:03 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Milwaukee Buzz

Jan. 9, 2007

		painful wave coursing through your entire body Well a little over a week into the new year and nothing new as of yet. Thus far I have stuck to my exercise program and I have also yet to stray from my resolution to not consume fast food. I've also read 70 pages of the first novel in the Modern Library's 100 Greatest... Posted by mortauthority at 1:48 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Milwaukee Buzz