Just a quick word or two about the Jerrod Niemann concert this past Sunday night at Turner Hall Ballroom.  Jerrod is one good entertainer.  He puts on a fun show and always comes up with a few surprizes.  His latest is a 3-piece horn section in his band.  They call themselves "Three-Skin" and not only are they fun on their own (they played the theme from "Family Guy" and nailed it) they blend well with the rest of the band.  The cover of "Ring Of Fire" would have made Johnny Cash proud.  

The rest of Jerrod's set combined some of his hits like "One More Drinking Song" and "Lover Lover" with stuff off of his new album "Free The Music" including "Shining On Me" and "Only God Could Love You More."  Jerrod and the band also tore it up with a covers of "Mountain Music" and "Louisiana Saturday Night."  I hope he comes back our way soon.  If he does, don't miss him.  

As the Powerball jackpot hits the $500 million mark, remember this: you are more likely to be struck by lightning than you are of winning Powerball.  In fact, check out some of these other odds: 

 - Odds of getting a hole in one: 5,000 to 1 

 - Odds of getting canonized: 20,000,000 to 1 

 - Odds of being an astronaut: 13,200,000 to 1 

 - Odds of winning an Olympic medal: 662,000 to 1 

 - Odds of becoming a pro athlete: 22,000 to 1 

 - Odds of finding a four-leaf clover on first try: 10,000 to 1 

 - Odds of a person in the military winning the Medal of Honor: 11,000 to 1 

 - Odds of winning an Academy Award: 11,500 to 1 

 - Odds of striking it rich on Antiques Roadshow: 60,000 to 1 

 - Odds of getting a royal flush in poker on first five cards dealt: 649,740 to 1

By the way, the odds of winning Powerball are about 575 million to 1.  The odds of getting struck by lightning: about 5,000 to 1.  So by that logic you are more likely to get hit by lightning while standing in line to buy a ticket than you are of winning the $500 million.  But hey, don't let that stop you.  It ain't gonna stop me! 

This weekend a great Milwaukee tradition happens for the 69th time.  It's the annual Holiday Folk Fair International.  Milwaukee's many ethnic communities gather together to share food, music, food, crafts, food, dancing, food, exhibits and more.  Did I mention the food?

It happens Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Expo Center at State Fair Park.  I'll be taking care of the announcing duties in the All Nations Theater, so I'll be looking for you there.  And in case you're wondering, yes, I've been doing that for more years than I care to count.  Click here if you'd like to find out more.  

I won't play around here in cold weather.  Unlike me there are some brave individuals who will play golf no matter what the weather.  Just the other day I was driving past a local course and saw two people on the course.  Yes, they had clubs, and yes, they were playing.  I looked at my car's thermometer; it read 34 degrees.  No thanks.  

I don't know about you, but some stores already have Xmas displays up.  So I thought this was appropriate:

And yes, I spelled it with an X.  As far as I'm concerned from now on it's "Xmas" until after Thanksgiving.