You can find several taverns down around the General Motors plant in Janesville. Between my double shift at work I stopped in Overtime Tap for their Friday fish fry. I have been there before but I am told now it is just recently under new management. No matter, they passed Cool Dadio's muster for fish fry. I did not have much time so I pulled up a chair at the bar. You can see the cook frying the fish as you sit. I choose the two piece deep fried fish dinner. They offer more piece options if you desire. It could not have been more than two minutes and my dinner was served right up. The fish was good and tavern-esk - crisp on the outside and hot and tender on the inside. There was a fresh roll and butter on the side. The cole slaw was extra good as it was just tart and creamy enough to make your mouth water. Some one there in the kitchen knows the subtle nuances of a good mix of slaw. The tarter was creamy and just tart enough. With the dinner came a heap of hot French Fies.
Overtime Tap is cool with Cool Dadio. You will find them in the shadow of the General Motors complex at 966 South Jackson Street. Call (608) 758 - 2323 for more menu options and times. If you like blue collar Wisconsin taverns, you should not be disappointed with Overtime Tap.
Stupid pop culture, media-complex, distraction-from-reality story
I am thinking, each day I should jot down the stupidest news story that is foist upon us by the big-media-complex as a distraction from the reality that has become America. So here we go - welcome to today's "Stupid Pop Culture, Media-complex, Distraction-from-reality Story."
Hey everybody, spring is around the corner and its time to drag out all the doom and gloom warnings about us all dying soon (again) of the avian virus (bird flu). Ah, to hell with that world-wide pandemic bull shit. Here is the real damn story that Fox News is right on top of. Pamela Anderson Sent Divorce Papers to Rick Salomon (the same Rick Salomon who made a skin flick with Paris Hilton). I am serious here, who'd ah seen this divorce coming here after only two months of marriage? Now there is some real God damned news!
Wisconsin military service person of the week
This week's Wisconsin soldier to remember is Sergeant Mark A. Maida, 22, of Madison who died Friday, May 27, 2005 in Baghdad of injuries he sustained the day before when the Humvee he was riding in struck an explosive mine in Diyarah, about 40 miles south of Baghdad. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned Mark was a 2001 graduate of James Madison Memorial High School in Madison. He enlisted in the Army the same year. He had plans to come home on leave in July to get married. Mark Maida's three-year military term was completed in October, 2004 but he was required to stay in via the U.S. military's "stop loss" program. He already had enrolled for classes at Madison Area Technical College. The "stop loss" program is best defined as personnel who could otherwise leave the military when their volunteer commitments expire are forced to remain to the end of their unit's overseas deployments and as well up to an additional 90 days after they come home. Sergeant Maida was deployed to Iraq in January of 2005 with his unit, E Troop, 2nd Squadron, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, based in Fort Irwin, California. The Journal Sentinel went on to say Mark's brother Chris Maida, returned in April from a six-month tour in Iraq as a U.S. Marine. Mark Maida is the son of Ray Maida, a retired Madison police detective, and Diane Maida. He is survived also by his brothers Chris and Aaron, and a sister, Juliann Mutch. Sergeant Mark Maida is the 38th Wisconsin service member killed in Iraq since the spring of 2003.
3,904 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
471 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
28,882 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1,848 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
82 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
6 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
125 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
14 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
Soldier of the week, military casualty, and journalist casualty information sources: Committee to Protect Journalists; cnn.com; and, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
