It’s nice to know that despite their difference, Milwaukee and Chicagoans are cut from the same, cloth.  Take for instance, the instinct to burn shit:

A headline in Milwaukee’s Journal-Sentinal News Watch blog succinctly sums it up, “Argument Leads to Porch Fire”.  This particular problem-solved-by-burning took place at 2500 block on Michigan.  Shockingly, it was not caused by Marquette students.

An argument between neighbors led to a house porch being set ablaze before Milwaukee police arrested a 52-year-old man accused of setting the fire early today … Police said damage to the porch as well as furniture on it was about $600.

Maybe it was a professor.  In darker Old People & Fire news (ed. note: New Blog?), combustibles are also the solution to owing rent, reports the Chicago Trib:

A South Side landlord was critically burned Tuesday after being doused with gasoline and set on fire, possibly by a tenant he evicted, Chicago police said … Authorities responded at about 2:15 a.m. Tuesday and found Hayes collapsed on the porch of the building next door.

This, actually, is not funny at all.  MKEvsCHI hopes Mr. Hayes will be alright — this is a pretty terrible thing to do.  Now that the scales have been tipped towards Chicago, I have to add another Milwaukee one for ol’ times sake.  The oddly well-endowed blog Sports By Brooks does a good synopsis of a dangerous symptom of Favre Withdrawal:

…One Waukesha County family is taking a stand against conformity and poor judgment, and had themselves a little Favre-B-Q … The Starks, life-long Packers supporters, decided to hold a Brett Favre-memorabilia-burning bonfire because of the quarterback’s extremely selfish (to everybody but Favre-loving sycophants) attitude toward the team, the city, and its fans. And they were kind enough to videotape it and set it to music.

Please Enjoy.

Actually, the video is actually pretty self-deprecating and humorous.  The main thing that worries me is their Tivo’ing of Fox News.  THAT is scarier than arson.