<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:30:52 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>politics</category><category>videos</category><category>family</category><category>humor</category><category>living</category><category>pictures</category><category>music</category><category>entertainment</category><category>travel</category><category>movies</category><category>science</category><category>Alaska</category><category>One more at Copper Falls</category><category>clamming</category><category>cocoa beach florida</category><title>Ebelog</title><description>A forum for the Ebel family of Central Wisconsin (and OK and NC and lord knows where else) to yakkety-yak online.</description><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>140</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-4647862401061498188</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-31T18:44:27.955-05:00</atom:updated><title>Awesome! Santana shreds!!!</title><atom:summary type="text">

In case you think I&#39;ve lost my mind (actually, I lost it years ago!), I want you to know that I laughed my arse off when I first saw this. All musicians with videos, beware!</atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2011/01/awesome.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/2BrLEuzVCVQ/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-4536338415355454471</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-28T17:30:20.803-05:00</atom:updated><title>Sophie&#39;s New Booties!</title><atom:summary type="text">Sophie got a brand new pair of pair of boots! Ain&#39;t that cute?




She&#39;s getting a little creaky in her back legs and sometimes loses her grip on the hardwood floors and has a hard time getting up again. Since we got these, she&#39;s like a pup again!</atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2011/01/sophies-new-booties.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnQh3MmE7PTW4lTJvjUdD99JVxjx4uSKtBVyYcwpxz3yYMcUo_grBnpl3-taNnHv4LokaZRhU2UXqCyPDjcB4YqAGKk5rKbMKGIQL_n3prfGhCg5ihGPbWYZYWnNAVhs1Wcyap0HmHKI/s72-c/SophiesBooties.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-4505756767681971024</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-07T14:31:54.943-05:00</atom:updated><title>Average Stock Held for 22 Seconds</title><atom:summary type="text">Uh, I like computers, probably more than the average guy. But this is getting ridiculous! (Click the title or the link below to view the original article.)

Guest Post: Michael Hudson: Average Stock Held for 22 Seconds and Average Foreign Currency Position Held for 30 Seconds</atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2011/01/guest-post-michael-hudson-average-stock.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-327009008818472977</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 03:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-03T22:47:44.722-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">science</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">videos</category><title>Statistics Made Understandable!</title><atom:summary type="text">Wow! I just stumbled onto this video by Hans Rosling. This guy is absolutely amazing in his ability to distill huge quantities of data into a clrear, easy to understand presentation. In this video he shows 200 countries across 200 years and plots the life expectancies of their peoples vs. their incomes. Fascinating!

</atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2011/01/statistics-made-understandable.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-6382460897587282535</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-29T14:05:33.118-05:00</atom:updated><title>It&#39;s Far From Over...</title><atom:summary type="text">Who would have imagined that we&#39;d come to this? I believe we are about to beat the Great Depression... This is a painful, must watch video. Let&#39;s hope for the best better in 2011. 

Click this link to view:

60 Minutes Segment

Hang on to your jobs!!</atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-far-from-over.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-1938663921620069268</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 17:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-25T12:32:41.612-05:00</atom:updated><title>Christmas Day in Asheville, NC, 2010</title><atom:summary type="text">Wow! Just like old times!

</atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-day-in-asheville-nc-2010.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-3841351535587912200</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 13:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-25T08:27:25.283-05:00</atom:updated><title>Merry Christmas!</title><atom:summary type="text">Well, I am greeting the sunrise as I type this. Here is our Christmas offering for 2010!



Merry Christmas!</atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-996778126799113853</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-08T23:00:22.672-05:00</atom:updated><title>Bernie Sanders Lets &#39;er Rip!</title><atom:summary type="text">I was wowed by this man&#39;s candor and eloquence. We all know facts have a liberal bias, eh?
</atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/12/bernie-sanders-lets-er-rip.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/lcLWDGb0RqA/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-4029927940892247698</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 04:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-02T23:35:49.367-05:00</atom:updated><title>Happy Birthday Jeff!</title><atom:summary type="text">I had my phone alarm set to ring at noon today as a reminder. I reset it to 5PM cuz I was too busy to call. Then, I simply forgot about it after killing the snooze. That&#39;s one of the problems with old age, eh? (Yeh, I know, I&#39;ve had that problem forever, but at least now I&#39;ve got an excuse...)

Anyway, Happy (almost belated) Birthday you old fart!</atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-birthday-jeff.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-5582219386950222923</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-24T15:18:18.884-05:00</atom:updated><title>Read Margaret and Helen&#39;s Thanksgiving letter</title><atom:summary type="text">I think we all should read Margaret and Helen&#39;s (or Helen&#39;s to be more precise) Thanksgiving letter. I love that woman!</atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/11/read-margaret-and-helens-thanksgiving.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-2585108893499492459</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-24T14:52:14.882-05:00</atom:updated><title>OMG! WTF?</title><atom:summary type="text">Just got this flyer in the mail for cell phone service.


Since when did the word &quot;Boomer&quot; become synonymous with &#39;old fart who can&#39;t figure out a cell phone&#39;!!?? Dang, I am catching up with my ancestors!!!</atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/11/omg-wtf.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYT2VSb43kELTKrPJGSuXhgab4hMEik_P0dmboV204v8YaxUaD-c9ta4-VL47Kfr9__egAjuIR5HedExZfMujrK-A8zzxdzGKBRRsIoMs_Vofk0EeI8suy11qfrTRWQ4UFpisL0Dv0cU/s72-c/BoomerFriendly.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-9136048146496587093</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-23T13:29:37.462-05:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type="text">In Our Highest EsteemJeff Ebel Honored by AWIFrom: Newsletter of the Architectural Woodwork InstituteThere are many great people in this organization, who give so much of their time and effort…and who dig way down deep to make a good idea a reality in excellence,” said AWI President Doug Carney in presenting AWI’s highest honor to an individual.“There is one individual this year who achieved all </atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/11/in-our-highest-esteem-jeff-ebel-honored.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Skeeb)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BShV3hKOGDC_KlZ0gW_alix1wjak3xweJ1llg7g468VeM5tRwq6572iGDW-NlVQYJ37o_ta6EuIoMx2Ht4fCz3BmMKHhYAMabx8XFdgJILUA1Nr85kz7SuXntm2GRzBR6J-DXSOf40U/s72-c/me.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-9161354377343801270</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-16T22:08:59.505-05:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type="text"></atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/11/blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-8103978407029130082</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 20:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-13T15:59:26.032-05:00</atom:updated><title>Food</title><atom:summary type="text">I got an app for my ipod from epicurious.com and have found some amazingly delicious and simple recipes there. Today it was Shrimp, Mango and Avocado Salad with Sweet Chili-Ginger Vinaigrette. Kent liked it so much he picked up his plate and licked it clean. I haven&#39;t seen him do that since the last time I made stroganoff. Another big hit was Seared Asian Steak and Mushrooms on Mixed Greens with </atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/11/food.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jenifer Ebel)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-7504046285857731911</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-10T18:01:18.870-05:00</atom:updated><title>Blogging...</title><atom:summary type="text">Never before have so many people with so little to say said so much to so few.From Despair, Inc.</atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/11/blogging.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-4760242898597176971</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-09T10:17:30.252-05:00</atom:updated><title>An idea almost worth considering...</title><atom:summary type="text">I got this in one of those forwarded emails...
So you&#39;re a sick senior citizen and the government says there is no nursing home available for you so what do you do?

Our plan gives anyone 65 years or older a gun and 4 bullets. You are allowed to shoot 2 Politicians and 2 illegal immigrants.

Of course, this means you will be sent to prison where you will get 3 meals a day, a roof over your head, </atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/11/idea-almost-worht-considering.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-8169578834403662030</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 02:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-05T22:21:37.289-04:00</atom:updated><title>Jean kicks butt at DECA Wisconsin Fall Leadership Conference</title><atom:summary type="text">Jean Ebel-Kohloff has courageously stepped out of her comfort zone and made waves at the DECA Wisconsin Fall Leadership Conference in Green Bay. Jean, you rock!! And, she placed 2nd in the 100 question exam on Retail Management.
Back in her corner of the state she placed 3rd in a Retail Management exam and 3rd in the Marketing Management Case Study at the Regional Conference in Kenosha.

That&#39;s </atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/11/jean-kicks-butt-at-deca-wisconsin-fall.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-432017956450474969</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-31T13:41:20.945-04:00</atom:updated><title>Jeremy Ebel Runs the Leadville 100!!!</title><atom:summary type="text">On August 21 and 22, Pat and I witnessed an incredible feat of human endurance and tenacity.  Jeremy ran in and completed the Leadville 100, a 100 mile race through the mountains near Leadville, CO.This race is 50 miles out and 50 miles back in the midst of the Colorado Rockies. Low point is 9,200 feet; the high point is Hope Pass at 12,600 feet. A majority is on forest trails with some mountain </atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/08/jeremy-ebel-runs-leadville-100.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-4073122278044189905</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-25T16:53:48.076-04:00</atom:updated><title>Life on the Ayakulik</title><atom:summary type="text">Kent and I have been &quot;awarded&quot; an extra 3 weeks here at the Ayakulik Lodge. The weather has been crappy - rain everyday but maybe two. Gray and gloomy we&#39;ve been wearing our longjohns and layering everything we brought to stay warm. We&#39;re also heating with wood - in JULY!!! The daytime temps have been in the 50s with a bite to the wind. Yesterday I stayed inside by the fire while it poured rain </atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/07/life-on-ayakulik.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jenifer Ebel)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1-HxEW78gKsXcFT7Ld2m7Eq_iOYp3TFwkUx_ZR3XK2ubxRQXKk8PRaWLMSVsNzGRh5LI27VHzasovLH31hbQZ5zxGh6MinDIzB0ZOw0i0apRYqCZG4x76mjX3PgNZPIdIKkDRMAZ1OU/s72-c/IMG_0050.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-4842800582709976786</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-19T11:52:12.524-04:00</atom:updated><title>Wrens Nesting in Watering Can</title><atom:summary type="text">Our front porch had a family of wrens in the little metal watering can under the fern. I got these video clips through the windows on tn the front porch and pieced them together with iMovie. Two days after I took these clips, the nest was empty. </atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/07/wrens-nesting-in-watering-can.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-1288359548153156886</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-13T01:34:54.436-04:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type="text"> </atom:summary><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/07/blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jenifer Ebel)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-1823723825628882202</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-14T23:42:05.160-04:00</atom:updated><title>A reminder</title><atom:summary type="text">I just wanted to let y&#39;all know that I am also posting portions of our travel adventures on smilingyogi.com (in a yoga sort of way) and on our video website www.openairvideoproductions.com. My postings are spotty as we are normally without connection but when I am able I will continue to post stories and images. In just one week I will fly to Minneapolis to spend a week with Sean and Mary as they</atom:summary><enclosure type='' url='http://www.openairvideoproductions.com' length='0'/><link>http://ebelog.blogspot.com/2010/06/reminder.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Jenifer Ebel)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656473241025271148.post-590792766961198312</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-06-14T16:10:29.835-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alaska</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">clamming</category><title>We be clammin!</title><atom:summary type="text">We are on the Kenai peninsula in Alaska where people are turning out in hoards to dig for clams. Yesterday the tide variation was 24 feet here!! 2nd only to someplace in  Norway. Wait for low tide, or just a couple hours prior, and search the damp sand beaches for holes that look like someone poked them with a pencil. Those are breathing holes for the clams. 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