The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Indiana

The lady who took our tickets was nice enough to call us "big kids," but we were actually adults visiting a children's museum. Should I feel ashamed? I do not.

Dana White, the president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, will never be accused of being politically correct.

In fact, he's a guy that could make sensitivity trainers curl up in the fetal position, cry and suck their thumbs with how politically incorrect he can be.

But he went way over the line when criticizing a story on Sherdog.com's by Loretta Hunt.

Hunt penned an article talking about managers and agents being restricted in their backstage access at UFC events.

Wednesday is April 1 or as it's commonly known as "April Fools Day."

It's also the season premiere of season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV.

But before the latest bunch of UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) hopefuls get camera time for taking the premise of The Real World with 10 times more booze and testosterone, we'll have Ultimate Fight Night Live to give us some action in the cage.

If you've not seen the show it's basically gives us what we all wish would happen on every other reality show.

Fans of Mixed Martial Arts, here's a few updates for you:

Local: The next Iron Cage Clash event will be May 9 at the National Guard Armory in Elwood.

This will be the first time for ICC to hold an event in Elwood and expect an exciting night of fights.

Bulldog Fight Series will be holding Spring Break Bash at the Marion National Guard Armory this Saturday.

On Sunday, the Mayhem Fighting Championships will hold an event in Columbus at the Holiday Inn Convention Center.

Iron Warrior Fight League will put on "Shakedown" on April 18 at the Kokomo Event Center.

Madison County, Indiana IS many things.

Those of us that call it home know the good and the not so good. Others who have not grown up here or haven't spent years becoming part of the community try to tell us what we are. But they never get it right. They never tell the whole story.

It's time to tell our story. They real story of who Madison County is. And we, as it's residents, are the only ones who can tell it from the heart.

Madison County is... beautiful
Spend a spring day walking through Mounds Park and you'll see.

You might have missed these abominable snow characters this winter. I took these photos, but never got around to writing anything. This was near the corner of 7th Street and Scatterfield Road, kinda behind Family Video. I would love to know who built them. Some kooky AU kids, maybe?

...and one more deer photo.

Yet another deer photo.

Another photo of one of the two deer I saw at Mounds State Park on St. Patrick's Day.

Spotted a couple of deer while walking in Mounds State Park on St. Patrick's Day. Five days before the vernal equinox. Spring must be on its way.