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Hair Removal

This place is pretty quiet, but that doesn’t mean nothing’s going on.  Among other things, I’m a member of the Clancy Volunteer Fire Department, and an annual tradition is the head shaving / fundraiser for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping kids who are facing the struggle against cancer.  On April 17th, […]

Roger That

I’m late on this, sort of like everything else in my life at the moment, but for some reason Koopman’s brand of crazy is getting press again; this time for his self defined conservative litmus test.  I understand he fed the opinions of elected Montana Republicans into some sort of conservomatic-2000 and discovered that a […]

Finally, A Little Offense

Ordinarily, I can be counted on to be the cynical bastard who’ll kick anybody in the shins to reinforce my misanthropy, but not today.  The Montana GOP gets a tip ‘o the fedora from me for this move as reported by the Helena IR:
Montana Republicans are asking the Department of Commerce to target Oregon businesses […]

What does Brown do for You?

First off, it’s been a while, but my blogslumber can’t withstand the latest Senate sideshow of the Massachusetts Madness.  I bought a lot of Boy Scout popcorn this year, but I’m not sure it will outlast this our latest political drama.  Even if I’ve been silent on here, I still enjoy lurking around when I […]

Constructing

All the codes have been met or exceeded.  All the math is correct.  All the connections are checked and double checked, tightened and double tightened.  So why is it that for a brief moment before I throw a new heavy breaker I’m curious as to whether or not my house is about to turn into […]

FUFWP

As a member of the right wing Mafia, I’ve got so much stuff stuck in my craw that my breath is starting to smell awfully foul.  Leave it to the Montana FWP to throw in the rotting corpse of a hemroidal skunk:
Lewton and his buddies were arrested in an undercover sting operation during which an […]

Who’s the Prey?

Ah, tolerance:
Robert Millage of Kamiah said he’s been called a wolf murderer, a fat redneck and other names in about 50 phone calls and hundreds of e-mails.
Results like this make me wonder if a wolf hunting season will put a dent in S.S.S. at all.

Artfully Inartful?

I’d like you to write about what you can do for me…no, wait…I meant that you should write about what you can do for you.  Just a slip of the tongue, I’m sure.
The lesson plans, available online, originally recommended having students “write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president.”
The White […]

Constructing

The Hand Tamper…

…all the fun of a post hole digger without the sense of progress.

It Really Doesn’t Get Much Better

Rows of empty soldiers Captains? Check.  A musculoskeletal system filling up the complaint jar due to a week of full contact water sports? Check. Residual head and neck pain from a few full speed “accidental” T-bones at the go-karts? Check.  The satisfaction of knowing that even if time allowed, the body probably wouldn’t accede to […]