The Wisconsin State Fair. It’s not just about cream puffs anymore.

I’m a sucker for anything that comes fried on a stick, so the fair gets some free mentions today. They just sent out a press release detailing some of the creative food you can get at the fair. It includes the following items on a stick:

Apple Pie (Deep Fried), Bacon Wrapped Shrimp Tempura, Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts, BBQ Pork Chop, BBQ Pork, Brat, Candy Bar (Frozen), Caramel Apples, Cheddar Cheese, Cheese & Hot Dog. Cheesecake, Cheese steak (Deep Fried), Chicken Nuggets, Chicken Wings , Chocolate Covered Bacon and that’s foods listed A through C.

So, is it safe to assume if I steer clear of the Cream Puffs (which contain a day’s worth of calories) I can go ahead and eat all the food on a stick that I want?  I think the answer is obvious.

I’ll leave you with these questions to ponder:

What’s your favorite food on a stick?

Better yet, why does putting food on a stick all of a sudden make it sound more tasty?

When you think of a stick, you think something dirty on the ground.  Not tasty.

I guess that’s just one of those mysteries of life.

I was going through the Charlie Family Photo Album, remembering some of the good old times, and I noticed an unusually large number of family photos with pets.  I just had to share.

Thanks to awkwardfamilypetphotos.com

“Hey now, hey now. Don’t dream….or my mustache will hunt you like Freddy Krueger.”

Crowded House is freaking me out!

This may be one of the better rock and roll stories to comes out in some time.  It wasn’t fabricated to create media hype, nobody (really) got hurt and it doesn’t involve rehab.

The Kings of Leon were performing Friday night in St. Louis.  After just three songs, they canceled the show because pigeons that were staying the rafters of the Verizon Amphitheater were pooping all over them.

The bassist, who describes himself as a “germophobe” took the brunt of it all.  One report even says a bird hit him square in the mouth. The opening bands, The Postelles and The Stills came offstage complaining of getting riddled with large amounts of excrement.

The good news is the fans got refunds.

That’s still rough.  I guess that gives new meaning to giving a sh***y performance.

The last Packer’s party I was at, a guy was wearing one of these on his head.  Except it was fueled with the usual double cans of beer.

I wonder if Zach Galifianakis just didn’t get the concept?  It just seems less fun with wine.   Go ahead and give it your best caption.

OMG!  Did you see the severe weather photos they took from last night’s storm?

There was a lot of flooding, especially in rural areas.  It was so bad at one point that farmers had to start giving cows swimming lessons.

Check out this other flooding image from Sun Prairie this morning.  Man, mother nature isn’t messing around!

The townies in Footloose thought Kevin Bacon was a bad guy simply for wanting to cut loose….footloose.

Now it turns out they may be right.  Mr Seven Degrees of Himself has been tapped to play the lead bad guy in the new X-Men: First Class movie.

First they thought Bacon might play the villainous Mr. Sinister. The latest rumors says he’ll instead play Sebastian Shaw, the master businessman and leader of the Hellfire Club.

Shaw is known as one of the greatest X-Men villains ever since his inception three decades ago. The character is a mutant who can absorb kinectic energy, turning him more powerful in both strength and durability.

Funny, I think that Kevin’s character Ren had similar powers. How else could anyone pull off those dance moves?

What five words would you use to describe yourself?

There’s an Assembly candidate in Milwaukee who was denied the five words that she wanted to use to describe herself.  State law says Independent candidates can use five words on the ballot.  So instead of saying “democrat” or “republican”they get to say something else.

Ieshuh Griffin used the words “Not the white man’s bitch.” YOWZA!!!

It’s didn’t fly with the election officials, so she’ll have to change it.  It got me thinking of what five words I’d use to describe myself.

Hmmmm…

- Snarky radio loves random tunes.

- Happy without grown up job.

- Too lazy to pick songs.

- Wishing it was Friday already.

- Una cerveza mas por favor.

How would you describe yourself in five words?

CSI: Concert Scene Investigator

This is a new feature on Charlie where we want you to be our eyes and ears in the concert scene.

If you happen to:

• Shoot video at a concert.
• Record audio from a concert.
• Take pictures at a concert

SEND THEM OUR WAY.  We’ll post them on the Charlie website and give you proper credit.

Photo & video credit to Charlie Fan Lori Gander & her partner in crime Toni who we sent to see Squeeze at the Barrymore on July 20th.

Lori, nice job getting to the front row!  Love these photos!

I’m not really sure we need it to get any dumber in here, but what the heck.

MTV has confirmed that they’ve ordered up new episodes of Beavis and Butt-head. They say it’s going to be the same old show, but the kings of idiocy will be discussing current videos.  (Lady GaGa; this is fair warning.)

So what’s the dealio cornholio?

Does creator Mike Judge need more money now that King Of The Hill is off the air?  Is MTV sucking that much that they have to bring music back into the fold somehow? Are there a lot of artists out there that need to be told they suck?

I think all there may be a little truth to all of the above. I just fear there will be yet another generation of kids who when asked to do something will sit there, glazed-eyes and say “heh, heh, heh, heh, heh.”  That can’t be very productive.

Also I’m pissed, because they’d be stealing my thunder.  It’s my job to get snarky and rude on stupid pop celebrities.