Happy Halloween!!

Yes, they flunked a test.

"Test results are not a grade or a scorecard; they are a road map to perpetual improvement; any other characterization is simply misleading. We have to challenge ourselves to do better every day and be relentless in that pursuit."

Around my neighborhood

2006 Things to Do - Visit all of Montana's breweries

Their beers are best summed up by a Whitefish bartender who said, "We don't have any local beers, we only serve good beer."

You know it's going to be a cold winter . . .

when the dog starts burying pancakes in the yard.

Pumpkin carving in the Blackfoot river

Drag racing at 1000 frames per second

It's kind of scary to look at what the tires undergo.

Pinto + airplane = commuter car

Fake Boarding Pass guy visited by FBI

A light at the end of the tunnel

Currently Daylight Savings Time starts on the first Sunday in April and ends on the last Sunday in October. Beginning in 2007, DST will start on the second Sunday in March (March 11, 2007), and change back to standard time on the first Sunday in November (November 4, 2007).

Walking around my neighborhood

Everyone knows Rush Limbaugh's just faking

"Now, I know this may offend those who suffer from this particular condition, and these individuals might not like it much when I suggest that a certain person with this diagnosis is exaggerating his symptoms, but I have to say, I think Rush Limbaugh is just pretending to be a dick."

Fake boarding pass creator

Try this one and let me know how it works.

Friday night I'm going to . . . Bat Boy The Musical

(After the show) You know it's going to be a weird ride when the musical starts with three people rappelling down from the rafters and doing bong hits.

How many people share your name?

There are 49,535 people named John Smith in the United States. There are 1,048 people named James Bond, 113 people named Harry Potter , 503 people named George Bush, and 31 people named Emily Dickinson. However, Johnny Cash (39 people) songs aside there are, statistically speaking, no boys named Sue.

What about you? How many people share your name? Enter it and find out how many of you there are.

(I have a total of three clones.)

This old Unsafe House

Shamu versus kayaker

Interesting product name for a diaper table

A letter to John Madden from the worst-rated player in Madden NFL 2007

"My horrible passer ratings are of greatest misfortune to my son, Red Beard Jr. The poor boy is not only hideously ugly and covered by freakishly large freckles. He also has to suffer through playing catch with me and my senile-elderly-woman-type passer ratings. A session of tossing the pigskin usually consists of me missing my son by thirty yards in sporadic directions."

How to use email

Courtesy of Yahoo.

Super-Fast Way to Email a URL

Does Televison Cause Autism?

A very interesting study and commentary.

I bring you . . . . shrimp on a treadmill

Orbital Etiquette

Don't look directly at the Sun. Don't play with your grape juice. And don't hog prime viewing space at the windows.

This was the advice several astronauts and space doctors gave to prospective space tourists on Tuesday at the International Symposium for Personal Spaceflight in Las Cruces, New Mexico, US.

America's Dumbest Congressional Representatives

Of course Conrad is in there, but he pales in comparison to some others.

Fishing the Big Hole

No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted.

Reginald Pike's Yael Staav takes us from model to billboard in under 60 seconds in this impressive new spot from Dove.

When a woman wears leather . . .

She smells like a new pickup truck.

Tough Hunt

Skeleton Soap

With the Skeleton Soap there is an incentive for them to wash their hands. The more young children wash their hands, the quicker they will see the skeleton of Freddie the Fish.

For teaching them science it's not so good. The octopus and crab both have skeletons. Which just isn't true.

Summer's Over

On the new summit trail to Mt. Ascension

Stupid addicting game

"Throw Leonardo the Elephant as far and high as you can. Make swing the ballon with the air fan and click to detach the rope."

How Crayons are Made

Wanders of a Well-weathered Skeleton August and September 2006

The Rules at My House

If you roll in dead fish . . .

and fresh horse crap . . .

you have to take a bath.

Thnk before you paint

Toyota Nessie

A fun commercial.

The Fisherman and The Investment Banker

An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.

The fisherman replied, only a little while.

The American then asked why didn't he stay out longer and catch more fish?

The Mexican said he had enough to support his family's immediate needs.

The American then asked, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?"

The Mexican fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos, I have a full and busy life."

The American scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding enterprise."

The Mexican fisherman asked, "But, how long will this all take?"

To which the American replied, "15-20 years."

The Mexican fisherman asked, "But what then?"

The American laughed and said that's the best part. "When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions."

"Millions.. Then what?"

The American said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos."

Bumper sticker of the week

"Any profits from this bumper sticker will be donated to a Montana Hunter Safety Program"

1,313 Costumes from Target

A very cool graphic.

So long as you aren't look for anything in particular.

Iraq Sadr City residents insulted by 'Buddy Jesus'

Scenes from fishing.

What it will take, and what will happen, if gay marriage becomes legal.

I was really hoping that it wouldn't fall off.

"We need to talk about your TPS reports."

Part of my CPR training today included the state form I have to fill out if I save someone's life at work.

Best warning label ever

With her, it's a risk I'd take.

How not to live your life

Urination to go to committee

"When boys are not allowed to pee in the natural way, the way boys have done for generations, it is meddling with God's work," Kleppe told the newspaper.

"It is a human right not to have to sit down like a girl," Kleppe said.

History of Dance

All of it in 6 minutes.

Mt Ascension Trail Improvements