I Found A Seasonal Song and Video I Like

The video is a cliche-fest.

Of should it be, "Merry Cheesemas"?

Hunting Pictures

Someone took these pictures between Billings and Roundup.

Custom Printed M&M's

These could make a very impressive gift with the right phrase.

If only they would eat bison

All researchers agree that all four factors—weather, bears, wolves, and hunters—have combined to create a perfect storm for the elk herd.

Just In time for New Year's Eve

Half the fun of drinking bubbly is seeing what damage you can do with the exploding cork.

I could actually use these

USB slippers. What will they think of next?

Having a great body is as easy as sitting on your . . .

You won't believe how easy it is.

Two New Cool Things from the Washington Post

The title link will take you to a "news cloud" which is a different way of presenting a lot of information visually.


World News Maps - Where is most newsworthy?

118 Things To Do This Winter

Revel in Montana's shortest, coldest and loudest parade, the 2006 Lunar New Year Parade in Butte, which starts at 3 p.m. at the courthouse on Feb. 4, chases away evil spirits with a massive dragon and ends with the lighting of 10,000 fireworks.

Erect a nativity scene on the courthouse lawn in the middle of the night. The next morning, sue to have it removed.
Cut down-ahem, thin-your own Christmas tree.

Go Christmas caroling, bring a tank of helium, sing only songs from the Christmas with the Chipmunks albums.

Wear your Chacos to a tanning salon; amaze your friends with a golden December glow.

Make a snow devil.

Round up the neighborhood kids and reenact classic Atari games like Space Invaders, Centipede and Missile Command with snowballs.

Try an eHike through Glacier National Park, available at www.nps.gov/glac/eHikes.htm. Beware of evalanches.

Stick your tongue to a flagpole. Alternately, double-dog-dare the person next to you to stick his tongue to a flagpole.

Take a full-moon hike.

Join an ice-fishing derby.

Catch a snowflake on your tongue.

Turn yourself into a snowball by rolling down a long, snowy hill. If you can't handle the intensity, ensconce yourself in a garbage can.

Build a snow shelter, and don't be afraid to venture beyond the traditional dome design. How about a three-room igloo? How about a Tudor mansion?

Snowmobile in Yellowstone.

Protest snowmobiling in Yellowstone.

I have entered an alternate universe

Pulp fiction finds a corporate sponsor? This is very, very odd.

Your horse is so gay!

Brown had just left the Cellar Bar when he allegedly called out to the policemen “Mate, you know your horse is gay, I hope you don’t have a problem with that.”

Political Correctness in Children's Books

The "pretty" stewardess is gone, as it the soldier.

Are you going shopping on Friday?

This link is to many of the fliers that will be in the newspaper. The guy is being sued for doing this but it's a lot easier to look at them now than having to sort through the newspaper.

Why Didn't I Think Of This part II

I hope that this is a joke.

"Everyone is born with it. A desire to be near the ones we care about most. And we find ways to remember them when they're away. A lock of hair. Letters. An old photo. And now there's Breath Capture™. Capture the breath of a loved one or friend and keep them close. Forever."

Why Didn't I Think Of This?

Now you can easily move handsfree around a darkened house reducing the risk of tripping over objects or running into doors, furniture or anything not easily seen in the dark.

Two Drawer Dishwasher

Because washing dishes is such a hassle.

I Like This

The current issue of [Vanity Fair] has several letters commenting on the [Paris] Hilton story, including this one:


[In the story about Paris Hilton, her sister] Nicky Hilton asked, "I'm 21 years old, I run two multi-million-dollar companies, I work my ass off. Like, what were you doing that was so fucking important at that age?" I would like to repond to that. When I was 21, I was busy working toward my Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Minnesota. I was the first to synthesize the compound okadaic acid -- shown to be the leading cause of breast cancer.
- Steven F. Sabes
Wayzata, Minnesota

Kintla Lake Rock Skipping

Here's a video from last year's Kintla Lake trip. The sound you hear is the rock skipping across the ice.

I want to walk on water

Actually I CAN walk on water.

It's called ice fishing.

Good Times Were Had - in the junkyard now.

Fishing trips on the Blackfoot; being the shuttle car on the Lochsa river when we fit eight people in wetsuits and one malamute for a 20 mile trip of "S" curves; cruising through Glacier and stopping next to the "Weeping Wall" to get Megan wet; going through Yellowstone with the top down and driving through a herd of buffalo - I got a great picture of a buffalo's eye two feet from the car; trips to Chico and down the Stillwater and a thousand days of getting in that car after a round of golf and thinking, "Life is good."

And it still is.

Some frosted baby's breath from our morning walk

We were also menaced by a VERY large buck with a rack like a 1950's movie star.

But that's a different story.

Building a Hampster out of a Dead Squirrel

When I was young I thought I could to anything.

Fly, beat up people much bigger than me, create life, etc.

At the age of 4 I learned that I actually couldn't create life.

Don't Do This

Gallery Of Google Holiday Logos

30 Facts about Chuck Norris

I didn't know most of these.

Video from Montana's Bison Hunt

This does not reflect well on the hunt.

High bandwidth warning for the video.

Guess what you're getting for Christmas

You'll have to click on the "Products" link to find out. The image of the opening page just couldn't be passed up.

HAPPY ouch! BIRTHDAY ouch! TO ouch! ME ouch! ouch! ouch!

Gruber ordered the paddle destroyed so it is not sold for a profit. Prosecutors expressed concern that the paddle could be sold in an online auction. The wooden paddle was 18 inches long, drilled with holes and was inscribed with the stage name of the woman who wielded it, "Velvet."

"We suggest cake and ice cream parties for birthdays in the future," Prosecutor Larry Jegley said.

Here's an iPod accessory I won't be ordering

I think you were listening to techno music (180 beats per minute) you would probably just explode.

NSFW - Not Safe For Work

Daily Photography Critique

I need to watch these many, many times.

School Bus Attacked

"The bus had not made it far from the school when it was forced to stop by a pile of branches and debris in the road, apparently placed as a barrier, Alexander said. That's when a group of boys began pelting the bus with rocks or other projectiles, shattering a window and sending the girls into hysteria, Alexander said."

"My son can't go to the prom . . .

. . . because there ain't but two straight girls in his class and both of them are ugly."

This is a rather hilarious sermon about homosexuality. May not be work safe.

Morning Sunrise

House With Bride

At that price, I shudder to think who might have come with my (relatively cheap) house.

Your Linguistic Profile

An easy 20 question quiz. My speech is:

60% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Dixie

PETA Kills Animals

I'm pretty sure that if you found your way to this blog, you're not much of a PETA fan. Here's some more fodder for you (pun intended).

We'll be seeing them again when the bison hunt starts. Which reminds me, "What's red and yellow and blue and looks good on a hippie?"

"Fire."

Sandhill Cranes in the Paradise Valley

How to get stoners to wash their hands

This could also be fun to have in a psych ward.

I Found My Christmas Tree

Good Grief!

Cruise Ship Attack

I have not seen this bit in other coverage.

"The liner used a sonic blaster to foil the pirates. Developed by American forces to deter small boats from attacking warships, the non-lethal weapon sends out high-powered air vibrations that blow assailants off their feet. The equipment, about the size of a satellite dish, is rigged to the side of the ship."

And I love this understatement:

"One of the rockets certainly hit the ship — it went through the side of the liner into a passenger’s suite. The couple were in there at the time so it was a bit of an unpleasant experience.”

Death by Caffeine

How much of your favorite caffeinated drink will it take to kill you?

376 Coca-Cola's for your's truly.

Ordering Pizza in 2010

It feels like we are already getting close to this.

Science for the good of all humans

"The purpose of this experiment was to determine the highest possible concentration of alcohol attainable in a Jell-O shot, while still maintaining the structural integrity (i.e., the gelling properties) of the gelatin. "

This is soooo not going to happen at Victoria's Secret in the mall

A Dutch designer has created a wall of fake breasts to help male shoppers buy bras that fit their wives or girlfriends.

Wendy Rameckers works at the Piet Zwart Institute for Retail and Design in Rotterdam, reports Het Nieuwsblad.

"Most men have a selective memory," she explained. "They know all about their car, but never seem to know their wife's bra size.

"When trying to buy a sexy bra for their wife or girlfriend, usually they point to other women in the shop or, when asked about size, they say a 'handful'."

The wall consists of rows of silicon breasts in all sizes. By look and touch, male shoppers can work out the right size, she says.

Made from beer

Another foreign advertisment. But this one has some great "choreograpy" about 2/3 of the way through.

Why proofreading is important.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Quaker Maid Meats Inc. on Tuesday said it would voluntarily recall 94,400 pounds of frozen ground beef panties that may be contaminated with E. coli.

Driving to work

Yesterday this buck followed Nica and I on our walk

It made me nervous, staying just 50 feet behind us.



No, it's eyes didn't really look like that.

I have decided on the picture for my Christmas cards this year

Ok, probably not. But it's tempting.

Golden Gate Bridge Suicides By Location

I find it interesting that few people ever walk to the very center of the bridge.

It also pays to ride a bicycle.