In retrospect, I was probably lost. I found myself in the fruit and vegetable section of my neighborhood Sendiks’ supermarket.  Organic food isn’t food (or they’d just CALL it “food”), so I don’t know why I was in the friggin’ produce section to begin with.  I must have overshot the Pop Tart aisle. But that [...]

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GERMANTOWN, WI [ JG ]  Ahh.  I love the smell of hate mail in the morning. Not too long after I lamented that my last Journal-Sentinel column hadn’t generated any complaints, one impassioned reader made up for the deficit.  My response follows their letter: Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 2:35 PM To: J@gravelle.us Subject: Fake [...]

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GERMANTOWN, WI [ JG ]  Imagine my surprise when I went to pay my tax bill that: a)  I was actually paying my tax bill; and b)  the Village of Germantown’s address is downtown Milwaukee: I know there’s probably a reason that the treasurer, whose office I can nearly see from my roof (I get [...]

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GERMANTOWN, WI [ LINK : JSOnline ]  “Please sir, may I have some less?” “Less?  Less?!” screamed the curmudgeonly MATC schoolmaster, his pockets bursting at the seams with taxpayer money, as impoverished property owners broke into a pleading chorus of song, crying: School, glorious school! How much should we pay for? Seems awfully cruel We [...]

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MILWAUKEE, WI [ JG ]  I toyed with the idea of renting a neon pink Yamaha mo-ped and buzzing down to the lakefront HarleyFest celebration this weekend, but I’m certain that, no matter how small and economical a scooter I could find, it would prove cost prohibitive once I factor in the expense of having [...]

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WASHINGTON COUNTY [ LINK : JSOnline ] Just last week, I was the new neighbor.  But today, I have a new neighbor:  the Emerald Ash Borer, or Bugus Needta Squishus.  Okay, my Latin Entomology might be a tad rusty.  Back off, it’s Saturday. Pop quiz time.  Who’s likeliest to stand in the way of efforts [...]

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GERMANTOWN, WI [ JG ] I was still unpacking the boxes at my new condo over the past weekend when the doorbell rang.  While I’m always ready to repel salespeople and Jehova’s Witnesses (pardon that redundancy), I was ill-prepared to find Sheldon Wasserman on my doorstep. Political Inside ‘er Had I checked the peephole ahead [...]

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