Rosa's - Whitewater - Saturday Night Pizza
This entry was posted on 1/18/2008 9:07 AM and is filed under Saturday Night Pizza.
When I was a student at UW-Whitewater (an old gray-haired student) one of the mainstay places to grab a quick bite was Rosa's. They are open from 4:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m., located right down town by all the bars, and service is quick, just right for a college town. Aside from the pizzas, I liked to get a little thing for the road called a Sampler. It includes three Appetizers. With a small pizza and a Sampler to go, I usually got out of there for around 13 Bucks.
Rosa's is in the old building that used to be the Grey Hound Bus terminal. I remember using it when I was in the Army back in the early '70s. The fellas behind the counter always smiled politely when I mentioned that each time I went in there during college. I still swing by there once in a while as Whitewater is just 20 miles up the road from me now.
Rosa's is cool with Cool Dadio. Call (262) 472-9857 for more info on specials and menu.
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, the Bush economy has been grinding most of us into the dirt for years now. But the innuendos out of Washington is it has just been my imagination. Oh, to hell with that shit. Now here is the real damn story. Conservative Boob Glenn Beck discovers recession. Now that a conservative talking-head hack mentions we might be in some kind of economic peril, it is now a valid worry. Now there is some real God damned news!
Wisconsin military service person of the week
This week's Wisconsin soldier to remember is Marine Lance Corporal John Mattek Jr., 24, who died from wounds he received from a roadside bomb that exploded near his Humvee in Anbar Province, Iraq. John died in the hospital in Maryland on Monday, June 13, 2005. The explosion was on June 8. He was a gunner on an armored vehicle. Lance Corporal Mattek was flown to Germany and then to Maryland. He was assigned to Company B, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force. The unit's home base is in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned John played linebacker on the football team for Antigo High School and after graduating high school in 1999, he went on to play strong safety and special teams for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's football team. John Mattek Jr. was the 40th Wisconsin service member to be killed in Iraq since the spring of 2003.
3,923 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
474 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
28,938 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1,851 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
85 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; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; washingtonpost.com; and, icasualties.org.
