Bear ... Ranger Bear

Don't forget to ...

... VOTE!

While we're on the subject:

Believe it or not, there are some people who believe that I, Ranger D. Bear, appear to be too fierce. That I may cause anxiety in the minds of younger UW-Parkside fans. Truly, Ranger Bear is not an unfriendly being. I like little kids, big kids, older kids, adult kids, senior kids. If you are a kid at heart, you are a pal o' mine!

So back to SuperFrog from TCU (see my previous post). Check out this picture of an earlier version of SuperFrog -- I'm even a little disturbed by that. Obviously the cute little girl is not.

SuperFrog -- if you're listening (I know, it's a blog, you don't really listen) the new you is a good move!

I'm Ranger D. Bear and I approved...

...wait a minute, I think I was dreaming or maybe it was a nightmare. Boys and girls, I don't watch that much television -- just too darn busy. But lately whenever I turn on the TV I always seem to hear, "I'm so-and-so and I approved this message." Or else I hear someone talking about how they were born on a farm or lived on a farm or have relatives who live near a farm. I never knew that so many politicians were in agriculture. But maybe it shouldn't be surprising because they sure know how to shovel the ... (hey, wake up, this is a family blog).

The other night I was watching a football game on TV -- OK, OK, I do watch some TV. TCU was playing BYU (gotta love the abbreviations) and the TCU mascot is a horned frog. Really, boys and girls, I have never seen a horned frog. So I went to the TCU (Texas Christian University -- I think they're in Texas) website and discovered SuperFrog. And you could ask SuperFrog a question, so I asked for his/her e-mail address, but just got the admissions site and info about changing your e-mail address which I didn't want to do.
Anyway, my point being, I have heard that we here in Wisconsin are getting hit -- no bombarded -- with more political ads because we are a battleground state. Texas is not, so they don't get so many of these amazingly creative TV spots (I mean, those slo-mo shots of little kids watching a parade). But because I do not have SuperFrog's e-mail address, I could not ask my mascot-in-arms about this topic.

I've been a little busy.

Sorry I haven't written since my trip to the dentist. The tooth is doing just fine, I'm keeping it clean with my new Oral B Pulsonic. OK, enough about my teeth.

I have been all over campus the last week. Maybe some of you saw the photo essay in a recent issue of the Ranger News ... A Day in the Life of Ranger Bear. I looked pretty good.

I was also helping out the scholarship crew -- hey, if you don't apply for a scholarship I guarantee you won't get one!

Today was V.I.P. voter awareness -- three words -- GET OUT AND VOTE!

And then I looked at my calendar and I was shocked. We're just a month away from the UW-Parkside, UW-Milwaukee men's exhibition basketball game in Milwaukee. That was A BLAST last year and I can't wait to go back. Saturday night, November 8, US Cellular Arena -- BE THERE!

Have you noticed that I'm using a lot of capital letters today.

Then, get this, the Monday after the dudes lace it up, the women's team takes on Marquette at the Al McGuire Center. I think I'm invited to that?? Maybe I should get a suite at the Pfister for the weekend. Order a little room service, hang out in Milwaukee for a couple o' days. Dinner at Mo's ... I'll have to get a little face time with Lane -- see if I can make this happen.

Hey, big news from my buddy Fang up nort der wit da Timber Rattlers in Appleton. Next year, the Rattlers will be the Class A minor league team of the Milwaukee Brewers! The same Brewers who at least won one game in the playoffs -- I don't even want to talk about my Cubs. I sure hope I get invited to Fang's birthday bash in '09, I'll bet Bernie Brewer will be there! He is a party animal. Aaaaaaannnnnd, I want to twist his arm to see if I can slide down that home run slide some day in Miller Park.

That's it for now, gang! SEE YA!!