A couple random thoughts from my overly caffeinated brain:

*I LOVE Milwaukee summers, and this summer might be the best one yet. Tom Petty w/ZZ Top, Clapton/ Roger Daltrey and Santana with Steve Winwood and that’s just the start of the amazing lineup at Summerfest. Add in the lakefront, church festivals and the occasional Brewer game and this place rocks the summer. You can have January and February, though.

*I have no solid proof but I suspect that with the advent of Facebook and other social media, kids have to try extra hard to be social outcasts. What I’m saying is that maybe the silver lining to all the texts and tweets is that kids are more connected and feel less alone. And just think about how Twitter could have prevented some of those horrible school tragedies that have become almost common place. Nowadays, I guarantee you that if anyone, at any school, sees something odd or potentially dangerous, everyone will get a tweet.

*I want to preface this next statement by saying that back in the day I used to drive the whole family down to Beloit to see him play when he was with the Beloit Snappers. In fact, the first at-bat I witnessed live, he hit a 400+ foot bomb…but, the Brewers HAVE to trade Prince Fielder for pitching. They’ll get far more for him now than they will in the off-season. And while 30-40 Home Runs and 120+ RBI are hard to replace, pitching wins pennants. I just hope they get a few good, young arms who will call Milwaukee home for a while.

*Me and the fam went strawberry picking on Sunday. They weigh the berries when you get back and charge you by the pound. But since they let you eat some while you’re picking, they really need to weigh the people before and after. I think they lost money on me.

*When putting together the list of morning show bits for the “Best of the Best” week coming up next week, I was amazed by how many great comics and big name stars we’ve had on our morning show. I figured we must have some decent stuff over the years or we wouldn’t have lasted this long, but it is a pretty cool list.

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