Violent Werewolf Sex and Other Updates

I am a few months into my weekly Whitefish Bay Patch blog and thought this might be a good week to revisit a few of my previous posts and provide some updates:

, September 27

In this post I highlighted a few of the North Shore’s confusing or unusual signs.  After my post, I fully expected the Culver’s in Shorewood to correct their car waiting area signs, which are numbered 1-4 above parking spaces which are numbered 4-1. Alas, nearly two months later the space markings are still conflicting, which surely means they are too lazy or uncaring to make the change…or more likely, the microscopic readership of my blog means word of the faux pas has yet to reach the Shorewood Culver’s management. Simply put, they either don't know or don't care.

And the “For Sale” sign at Whitefish Bay’s remains up indicating the opportunity is still there to purchase your very own church building for a listed $695,000 at First Weber.

, October 25

In my report on Linda Godfrey’s Weird Wisconsin presentation at the Whitefish Bay Library, I mentioned this state’s many werewolf sightings. A couple weeks later, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s lead front page story was about a Phoenix man who travelled 1,800 miles for some werewolf love with a pair of young Milwaukee women on the lower east side. The man’s long distance pilgrimage was rewarded with 300 stabbings, punctures and other assorted wounds provided by the erstwhile werewolf lovers. 

The opening paragraph from the article by Gitte Laasby is as good as it gets in werewolf journalism and surely will receive consideration for yet another Pulitzer Prize for the local daily:

A Milwaukee woman apparently interested in werewolf spirits having sex was in jail Wednesday after an 18-year-old man endured 300 puncture wounds when their sexual encounter "got out of hand," a police affidavit says.

Journal-Sentinel columnist Jim Stingl reported later that the victim was doing fine and was apparently even forgiven by his girlfriend back home.  THAT’S an understanding woman!

During her presentation, Godfrey spoke about the large number of rural Walworth County werewolf sightings, which decades ago earned the name “The Bray Road Beast”. On a recent excursion in the area I drove the length of Bray Road, saw no werewolves and only came across this menacing creature.

November 1

This post dealt with Roundy’s decision to remove the Shepherd Express from the exit racks at their Pick’n Save and Metro Market grocery stores after a decade of distributing the alternative weekly newspaper.

The impression of censorship – real or not – generated many more comments (75) than any of my other posts.  Most of the comments supported Roundy’s decision and unfortunately spiraled into sophomoric name calling, but there were also many well articulated points in the comment thread.

And it turned out that Roundy’s leader is indeed Chairman Bob NOT Chairman Mao! Two days after the post they decided to rescind their previous directive and allow the Shepherd Express and other free publications to remain. While my post was hardly the only voice calling for this, I am proud that it joined the clatter that led to the reversal of fortune.

Thank you Chairman Bob. Thank you Roundy's! 

, November 8

 When I wrote this post about Milwaukee’s many statues I knew I wouldn’t include every public statue, but I was hoping I had found most. I asked readers to submit any I missed and they did. Comments uncovered two statues of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and a great statue of a man and dog at the Wisconsin Humane Society. This huge hog is at House of Harley in Greenfield and this 5,000 pound 16 foot Harley called “Hill Climber” and shown with Harley Executive Willie G. Davidson is at the Harley-Davidson Museum.

Commenter Bob McBride, who pointed out “Hill Climber,” also uncovered this wonderful statue of the national humane movement founder Henry Bergh and a dog at the Wisconsin Humane Society on the west side.

A commenter also directed me to a fantastic Wikipedia site that lists all of Milwaukee’s public art pieces including several statues I did not have:

The Spirit of Commerce has been in Jackson Park since 1909

Casimir Pulaski in Pulaski Park since 1931

On Watch at the Milwaukee Fire Academy

Children of the West End at 36th Street and Wisconsin Avenue

Angel in a Cage at Emmber Foods

”Ideal Boy Scout” at the Stiemke Scout Service Center

A 1903 Gaetano Trentanove bust of businessman Christopher Wahl in the North side’s Wahl Park

Woodland Indian and Whistling Swans prominently featured on side of the Milwaukee Public Museum. 

Recently I also found statues of David and a naked woman in the front lawn of a Riverwest home that is better known for its sawed in half VW Beetle and “half buried” Cadillac.

Finally, while dining at Kopp’s in Glendale last week I noticed that I had completely forgotten their iconic cow statues in the parking lot and giant cherry and spoon inside!!  The spoon and cherry may be more sculpture than statue, but the cows would have been a hit in the Animal Statue Category.