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Things to do in Wausau Wisconsin 2022

Things to do in Wausau Wisconsin 2022

Wausau, Wisconsin, is a location that is utterly beautiful in its own right. It is among the greatest locations for organising weekend getaways and holidays. With its various museums and parks, it resembles a historical location more. If you are planning a trip to Wausau, the city has a lot of tales to share with you. For instance, Wausau used to be a highly active fur trader; today, you can…

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This Must Be The Place

“There was a time before we were born

If someone asks, this is where I'll be”

- Talking Heads

Most people that I have met have some place in the world where they would always prefer to be than in the place where they live.  It’s always interesting to hear the description of what such a place means to different folks.  It may be somewhere they once lived that they moved on from.  It could be somewhere they have never been, but know from pictures, TV, etc. and they know that it is just the place for them to be.  Often, though, it is a place where they have vacationed, and may continue to do so, and usually it goes back to their childhood. My place fits that last description.

The first question that comes to mind when this conversation comes up (including the one I have in my head with myself), is why don’t you just go live there?  There is always a reason like it’s too expensive, or we have family here in wherever it is we actually live, but I find those as flimsy covers for the truth. It’s really that we are all just too scared to get up and go.  As I get older, I’m finding the excuses that I make for not living in my place less and less convincing to the point where I’m not sure I can hold out a whole lot longer. At a minimum, I need to begin a transition process that gets me to where I want to be and I have started thinking hard about how to make that happen.

It may help if I tell you where I’m going.  My place is a secluded chain of lakes that straddle Wisconsin’s border with the upper peninsula of Michigan.  We (my wife and kids are just as enamored of the place as I am), love this place so much that we named our dog after the namesake lake of the chain – Cisco.  I was introduced to the chain in 1982 on a trip with my father.  He had a friend that owned a fishing cabin on one of the fifteen lakes that is on the Wisconsin side (on the right, or southeast shore of West Bay Lake if you are looking at the map above).  My dad had been going up there since the early seventies and the cabin was strictly a guys’ fishing destination – or at least that’s what he told me as I got a bit older and I started asking about where he went two or three times each year. The descriptions of the house and its surroundings were always made to sound rugged and only for the hardy, which I found hilarious because even at a very young age I knew my dad was neither. I was too smart to fall for such simple tricks and started haranguing him to take me there at around the age of seven.  For whatever reason, ten became the magic age for me to be able to handle it (according to both him and my mom), and late that summer off we went.

Just getting to the place is a fantastic adventure, especially when you are ten and haven’t ventured any further into nature than the local forest preserve for a picnic. You drive straight north up U.S. 51 past Madison into the great Northwoods country of Wisconsin.  As you drive, the trees get thicker and thicker. Once you leave Wausau, which is the last city of any significance, the canopy overhead begins to slowly get darker (going up at night makes the effect even more dramatic).  In Minocqua, we stop for groceries and pretty much say goodbye to “city” life (it’s funny that as small as Minocqua seems on the drive up, it feels like Manhattan a week later on the way back).   From there, it is about another hour deep into the forest travelling on windy county roads.  To get to the house my dad’s friend had, you turned down a private road that headed literally into a swamp.  At that point, you can see nothing around you but trees until finally cresting a small hill and seeing the cabin.  I have never forgotten the joy of that first trip of just getting there and the wonderment of how you could travel so far into nothing and find so much.

Once there, the next amazing sight was the view of the lake from his deck perched high above it (almost all of the shore from these lakes is upland creating fabulous views and lots of steps to the docks).  The next day, we loaded up the boat (an old Alumnacraft with 15 hp motor which is still my boat of choice when I fish) with gear and bait and we headed out for the day. I am not a good enough writer to adequately describe the beauty that is seen during a boat trip on the chain.  All I can say is that I have been on these lakes hundreds of times, and I never once have not been left in complete awe. The only other place in the world where I had the same feeling is the Grand Canyon (just without all the tourists and that whole scared of heights thing I have).  The natural beauty of the place is so intense, that it will make an atheist or agnostic (I’m the latter) really think about that stance.  It is a work of art in nature and it is impossible to apply any sort of randomness to it, which draws you to the conclusion that something greater than us is out there coming up with this sort of majesty. Yes, it’s that good.

Once you are out on the lakes, and settle into a spot, the day melts away into a combination of fun and relaxation.  The fishing is very good for those that want it, and we caught baskets full of perch, bluegills, and the occasional walleye when we were more serious about it (now, I mostly drop a line in once in a while to catch a smallmouth bass or two and release it).  Swimming off the boat or the small beach at the place we now stay is always a top attraction for kids and adults alike.  At night, after a sunset cruise, attention turns to the campfire or one of the many games that are brought out seemingly just once a year (lots of cards and the occasional epic game of Risk on a rainy day).  After all of that, a good night’s sleep in the quiet air of a secluded place and then you get up and start it all over again.

As I mentioned in the previous paragraph, we no longer stay with my dad’s friend who passed away many years ago and his old cabin has been long since replaced by a new house.  As much as I miss the old place and the people that aren’t with us up there anymore, I’m always grateful for the gift that was given of exposing me to an environment I may have never found on my own.  I am now at the point where the place almost feels as if it is my own as I explore it more and more.  While I can navigate nearly the whole chain literally in the dark, the purchase of some inflatable kayaks a few years ago gave even more opportunity to see a couple of the harder to reach lakes that I hadn’t seen in years.  I am looking forward to my next trip when I plan to set foot in all fifteen lakes at least once in a trip for the first time (one lake, Helen, I have never seen).  It’s just another example of what keeps drawing me back for more and why someday I want to be here for more than just a week or two.  How exactly I get to that point, I am not sure, but each year I come back with a stronger feeling that it is going to happen.  I could easily see at least finding a way to be there a few weeks a year in the near future before committing to something more permanent.  My main excuses are the kids (still in school) and the weather (the winters there are brutal, but maybe I could live there May-October and find something warm for the other six months).  I think the reasons have been legitimate to hold me back so far, but if I am still using them in a few years, I need to be called out on that.

One time when I was telling someone about where I vacation, they asked why do you drive so far passing so many other lakes just to get there?  To me, that’s like asking why do you drive past so many houses to get back to the one where your family lives.  It has become as much of what I call “home” as any place I have ever been. I miss it so much that I started writing this within hours of my return from a recent trip and I’m already planning a trip back with my wife in the fall.  I recognize that this may not be the place for everyone, but if you take your place and substitute it I think you will know what I’m talking about. Ultimately, it is a place where you can be not just comfortable, but at peace with yourself and your surroundings. Maybe you are already in that place, and to that I say bravo.  I’m not there yet, but I will be someday and I’m not going to wish days away until that happens as the place I am in isn’t so bad either.  Isn’t the old saying that “home is where the heart is”?  If that’s true, I guess anywhere that you are is the best place possible.  I’m going to try that for now….but if I only had a lake outside my backdoor…and I boat…and a gorgeous sunset at night (see picture below taken last week by my wife).  I’m allowed to dream aren’t I? Shouldn’t we all?

Cheers to you and your place,

Jim

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B.J. Ryan, a pitcher, once earned a win without actually throwing a pitch

Photo By Jamie Squire/Getty Images

The rarest pitching performances come when you don’t actually pitch at all

Baseball is cruel to all of its children, but it’s particularly harsh on relievers. Even with the trend towards shorter appearances, it’s starters who hog the glory. They’re the ones who rack up the big numbers, most of the awards and most of the money. They’re the ones with the shots at perfect games and no-hitters. Ok, so sometimes there are combined no-hitters, but who remembers that Kirk Saarloos threw an inning and a third of a Houston Astros no-hitter? Not even his family, I bet.

Relievers get saves and holds, but the save is so contrived that one was recorded in a game won by 27 runs, and I think everyone knows the only people who pay attention to holds are the folks who care way too much about fantasy baseball. Besides, both saves and holds are too common to be properly exciting. What’s the pinnacle of relieverism? What’s the most incredible thing a reliever could do in a single game?

Some quick ground rules:

No fancy statistics. We could play with stuff like win probability or leverage, but if you have to get out a calculator for something, it’s almost definitionally not incredible. It’s just math, faceless and implacable.

Earning a win is important. Wins are the point of baseball, after all (unless you an an MLB owner, you cheap bastard).

Let’s lean into the perversity of short-outing relief pitching. If you’re going to achieve legendary reliever status, you should do it as quickly as possible. None of this extended heroics stuff. That’s just wannabe starter-ism. We see your ridiculous strikeout run, Mr. Hader, and we want none of it.

Emerging from this bubbling stew comes something truly silly: the most reliever achievement possible would be earning a pitching win in a game without ever having actually pitched at all*.

*This would be a little bit like the notorious story of Melankomas the boxer, which Will related a few months ago.

According to Baseball-Reference, who have pitch-count records dating back to the 1980s, there have been 217 two-pitch wins. There have been 161 one-pitch wins. But has a zero-pitch win ever been achieved? Yes. Yes it has.

Last time we checked in on the miserably bad 2003 Detroit Tigers, we were marveling at one of Dmitri Young’s great achievements: passing up on hitting for the cycle in order to put his team in better position to win. (They lost, obviously.) What else did the Tigers get up to in their silliest of seasons?

Let’s go to Thursday May 1st. The Baltimore Orioles are in town, and thanks to a rainout the day before we’re getting some afternoon baseball in Detroit. Somehow, the 3-21 Tigers have been leading for much of the game — a Brandon Inge groundout drove in Dean Palmer in the 2nd, and while the Orioles got a run back a few innings later, the Tigers reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the 7th. This is where things get interesting.

There are two outs. Omar Infante, who’s just driven in the go-ahead run, is on at first base. Bobby Higginson, who is hitting .207/.311/.326, is coming to the plate. For the uninitiated, that is an absolutely miserable batting line. Incredibly, it’s also the best the Tigers have to offer so far in the young season. Remember how I said they were miserably bad? Yeah.

Baltimore manager Mike Hargrove decides not to take any chances whatsoever with Higginson’s ‘bat’, summoning B.J. Ryan from the bullpen. Ryan, who’d go on to make a couple of All-Star teams as a closer, is mostly being used as a left-handed specialist, exploiting lefty-lefty matchups to get quick outs. Higginson’s a lefty who can’t hit lefties, so the move makes sense.

If you’ll excuse a very loose sketch, here’s how things stand:

MUST CREDIT: Graham MacAree/Secret Base

In addition to their ‘platoon’ edge over left-handed batters, left-handed pitchers have an advantage in the running game. Right-handed pitchers have to look over their shoulder to check on a runner at first base; lefties have them in sight the whole time, and therefore have a much easier time holding them close to the bag and preventing stolen bases.

This awareness can be extremely helpful, and some lefties have developed the ability to catch baserunners by surprise with a quick toss to first for a pickoff. B.J. Ryan is not one of those lefties. So far in his MLB career, he has earned a grand total of zero pickoffs.

Infante, meanwhile, is a shortstop, and reasonably quick. He notched a handful of steals in the minor leagues, enough to mark him as a potential threat on the basepaths, although he’s on base so rarely that it’s hard to say whether or not to be worried about him going for second. But with two outs, it’d be a good time for Infante to try, so before Ryan even bothers throwing a pitch to Higginson, he tosses over to Jeff Conine at first.

Omar Infante is not there. He is on his way to second, and he is absolutely screwed. Conine tosses over the shortstop Deivi Cruz, who applies the tag. Infante is out.

B.J. Ryan has gotten out of the 7th inning without having thrown a single pitch.

It got better. The Orioles came roaring back in the top of the eighth with a barrage of singles to take a 4-2 lead. As the putative pitcher at the time of the lead change, Ryan suddenly found himself in line for the win. Perhaps aware of the numerical oddity at play, Hargrove yanked Ryan in favor of Buddy Groom, who retired the Tigers in order. Baltimore eventually walked away with a 5-2 win. The pitcher of record: B.J. Ryan.

The instant he was pulled for Groom, Ryan became only the eighth pitcher credited by Baseball-Reference with an MLB appearance without throwing a pitch (the fifth is currently the GM of the Seattle Mariners, in case you missed those guys). But when the game finished, he was in possession of our holy grail: A pitching win without a pitch thrown. Trust the ‘03 Tigers to pull off something so marvelously inept.

Was Ryan the first reliever to accomplish this feat? Maybe not. Remember, Baseball-Reference only has pitch count data going back to to the mid-80s. Plenty of baseball had been played up to that point. Is there a candidate from the pre-pitch-count era?

There is! On July 1st, 1970, the California Angels beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3. Greg Garrett came on in relief with two outs in the bottom of the sixth and the Angels down 2-1. He picked off Tommy Harper, the Angels scored three times in the top of the 7th, and Garrett went on to earn the win.

But did Garrett throw any pitches before he picked off Harper?

According to the Wausau Daily Herald, yes:

Greg Garrett received credit for the victory without throwing a single pitch to a Milwaukee batter.

According to the Long Beach Independent, no:

There were two men out and Tommy Harper, the league’s leading base thief with 26, was stationed at first. Garrett threw one pitch to Mike Hegan before he calmly picked Harper off first.

Controversy! But we’ll give Garrett credit, based on a) the Los Angeles Times claiming zero pitches thrown and b) Secret Base policy of giving the tiebreaker to ‘cool things happening’.

Regardless of whether or not we include Garrett, Ryan has company in the zero-pitch win club. In 2009 Alan Embree, then with the Colorado Rockies joined the crew, bringing the number to either two or three, depending on who you ask. That’s still a pretty exclusive set. Since ... nothing. As for the zero-pitch appearance brigade, it’s been officially accomplished a further 18 times since Ryan’s escapade, with Mike Stanton somehow appearing on the list twice.

Well done to all.

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I was tagged by @ask-cgiacometti

A– age: 16

B– birthplace: Wausau, Wisconsin

C– current time: 10:06 pm

D– drink you last had: iced coffee (because it’s too hot for regular coffee (it was like 87°F and humid as hell I was not made for heat and humidity send help))

E– easiest person to talk to: I can narrow it down to two people that are the easiest to talk to. My amazing platonic spouse, @realisticallycynical (ilysm bby) and my irl best friend Molly.

F– favorite food: *internal screaming* if I have to choose, fettuccini alfredo, pizza, or legit anything with ranch or mayo (long story)

G– grossest memory: I was like 11 or 12 and my sister vomited everywhere on her shag carpeting, and my mom and dad and other sister all have really weak stomachs, and the sick sister was obviously sick, so I had to clean it up.

H– horror yes or horror no: horROR FUCK YES ALL THE WAY PLS AND THNK

I– in love?: I thought I was briefly, but I overestimated my feelings, things went tits-up, and it caused me a fuck-ton of pain (many can attest to this). Right now tho, I have a major crush on someone who I’ve gotten to know quite well that I dont have a chance with, which is fine ig. I do love them, but I wouldn’t say I’m IN love just yet.

J– jealous of people?: ……sometimes. nothing deep-seated, just situational

K– killed someone?: Not yet, though I don’t intend to. I’m a pacifist, so I don’t like violence as a method of dealing with things.

L– love at first sight or should I walk by again?: Yes and no. I believe in deep infatuation at first sight, bit to love someone you have to get to know them first

M– middle name: Renae (I hate the way it’s spelled it should be Renée bc proper spelling)

N– number of siblings: 5, I live with two of my sisters, and I have two brothers who I haven’t met, plus another sister who doesn’t remember me bc I haven’t seen her since I was four and she was two

O– one wish: not to end up alone or sad

P– person you called last: this is gonna sound really pathetic, but my ex girlfriend’s phone number. I wanted to hear her voice again. I won’t elaborate as to why she wouldn’t answer unless y'all want to know.

Q– question you’re always asked: “what are you doing? Stop that”

R– reason to smile?: That’s a hard one. I’ve said this before,.And I don’t mean to be so sappy, but really it’s people. My people, my group. I have a list. Honestly, Cass is at the top.

S– song you last sang: Kiss Me Slowly by Parachute

U– underwear color: blue mostly, they’ve got Thing 1 and Thing 2 on them

V– vacation: last time it was to Wisconsin for memorial day weekend to visit the family and such, my dream vacation is either Europe (all of it) or LA/California in general

X– x-rays?: My chest in fourth grade (pneumonia), and my left knee in 7th grade (dislocation)

Y– your favorite​ song?: Right now, it’s either Vivir Mi Vida by Marc Anthony, or Cough Syrup by Young the Giant (the Glee version where Blaine is singing it is 👌👌👌👌 mighty finee)

Z– zodiac sign: Scorpio, born in year of the Dragon

I am tagging @ask-aurelia @ask-crispisara @ask-leo-de-la-iglesia @realisticallycynical (ilysm bby) and anyone else who wants to really. You can say I tagged you if you’d like.

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21 february 2011 once upon a time.... i had a grandmother. upon my arrival, or hers, we would stand face to face. had i grown since the last time? it used to be forehead to chin... creeping up to eye to eye... and finally, over the top. someone was growing. and, someone was shrinking. i was her only granddaughter and most favorite. and i knew it. have you ever been someone's favorite? is the best feeling in the world. she only had the two of us...clay and i. my father her only child. well, she had lost a daughter. my grandfather never met the child. i cannot imagine how that changed her. losing a child who is almost a year old...alone...husband in the army. i know it did something to my father. damaged him. i wonder who he could have been. she adored me. i can still feel the it....the effects. she would have done anything to ensure my happiness. i do not recall her ever saying such a thing. but, it was understood. i was her happiness. time would fly when we were together. close your eyes. your happiest times. who is with you? my grandmother has always been in that place. amongst others... she is as far back as my happiness goes. is just so. so much time spent. so many memories made. my heart aches for her some nights. conversation needing to be had. searching through the cupboards of her house... looking in my dreams. i can never come close. not close enough. what i remember is this... she had beautiful hands. skin so soft and nails she tended to religiously. her recipes...never written down. just thrown together. cookies sent in a package just for me. peanut butter...crusted in sugar with the press press of a fork. just as i liked. she took such pride in her house. my grandfather passed away before i was brought into this world. probably a good thing. she would not have been her. the stories still haunt me. he insisted she wear the highest of heels....even though the doctor had demanded that she not...because he liked the way she looked in them. and she did as she was told. her back bent forever...is how i still see her. his anger and impatience taught to my father. "demanding son of a bitch"... so many things she had to hide from him. simple things like ordering a pizza. hidden away and forgotten in the clothes dryer because he came home early and would have had a tirade. his meal was to be made and put on the table. "that slop is not real food." i have hear these words...from my father. her life must have been difficult before she  became herself. i know that man. you should see the photos. i did not know her as such, but glamorous is the word that comes to mind. even in those gorgeous heels. red lips and tight waist. the movie star hair and the hats. no one wears hats anymore. even in the poorest of times...she really was something. nothing would ever break her. independent and a survivor i would say. when i was too young to understand, i worried she might be lonely. she lived alone. she lived for us. the times we had and would have. for my family which was hers. the end memories are starting to fade. am relieved about that. the end was not pretty. what i remember most is how balanced she made me feel. there was no space between her and i...ever. i could say anything and it was considered. i could do anything and i was accepted. she treated me as an equal. she loved me the most. and i knew it. my grandma would run her fingers through my hair for hours. or, what seemed like hours. little fingers and scritchers along my back until i fell asleep. teaching me the same method to put my own to sleep. makes me smile when they nudge me as i used to nudge her. more please?  please? endless grilled cheese sandwiches eaten from my sofa throne...the t.v. table set just right. she would let me drive her Omni around town...when I was 14. she would take care of us for a week each fall and sweet freedom would take over. my parents had no idea. they just knew that we loved to have grandma take care of us. i would pick my friends up and toodle around town. her silly brown car....an over-sized toy car. grandma spoiled us. she always overdid. bought us clothes from the mall...mailed us letters to remind us how loved we were...and smoothed out every bump in the road. when things turned the other way, it was only right that w do the same.   that is another story. the last time i remember grandma being grandma was a night we took her to dinner...at pedro's. jonnie loved my grandma. he could not get over the Limited clothes and great conversations had. was fun staying at her house... she let us share the hideaway bed, made him coffee as soon as he rose, and thought everything he said was brilliant. we were barely in our twenties. everything was much more fun. grandma liked going to pedro's...a mexican restaurant on her side of wausau. they gave you free chips and salsa. such a big deal for her. instead of margaritas this time, we ordered sangria. she loved it. being diabetic, it was probably a bad idea. one pitcher turned into two. two turned into margaritas. she convinced the bartender to sell her the margarita glasses we were drinking from. she wanted us to remember what fun we had. there is a photo of her someplace...glasses in hand..."got 'em!"....almost skipping to the car. later, jonnie bumped into her in the hall. actually, she ran into him head on. she  flashed him coming out of the bathroom. that should have been a sign of what was to come. with the collision  there was some laughter and "Grannie's drunk!" after he returned to our sofa throne now turned into a bed, i asked what was up. "Grannie is drunk.  And naked." that was the first of many sightings. he smiled.   i nearly died. and we got used to it. am wondering if that is where miles gets it from.

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