Super Bowl Comments
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: All Other Stuff
Well another super bowl has come and gone. It seemed like a pretty good game until the 4th quarter, when the Eagles made way too many mistakes, including poor clock management. Why they let the clock run and not go into a no huddle offense is beyond me. Did anyone else watch? Also, I thought the commercials were pretty drab, only a couple were slightly humurous. Overall, I felt a little let down, I was expecting more I guess.

On another note the slow cooked super bowl chilli and cornbread (with jalepeno and sweet corn) turned out really good, along with those lil smokeys (tiny wieners) soaked in barbecue sauce all day. The food kind of offset the medicore super day spectacle.

You Asked 4 It and I Deliver !
Mood:  vegas lucky
Topic: All Other Stuff
Yes, due to popular demand, thousands of emails and phone calls... another game! Only for this one you will have to think a bit. I've seen similar ones like this where you have to know U.S. geography and guess the states. This one times you, gives you your average error in miles, and tracks what percentage you got right on the money. I got 62%, 114 miles average error and a time of 228 seconds on my first try. Link City Baby I couldn't quite get all those little goofy states in north east just right.

Moon Rise Over Montana
Mood:  spacey
Topic: All Other Stuff
While I was out with the pooches last week, I watched the moon rise over the Mission mountains. It's something you never tire of, something that really can't be fully captured on film or tape.

a special glow, a special light, a special time

More Fun and Games !
Since it seems you all loved the last game link I posted from the hundreds of comments, may I present yet another L*I*N*K to a series of strange games.

And as always....enjoy!

Beaching of Whales in N.C. may be linked to Navy Tests
May be linked? At least 37? Yeah right, this happened before off the coast of Bermuda when the Navy was conducting similar tests....read on to this pathetic story

WASHINGTON - At least 37 whales beached themselves and died along the North Carolina shore earlier this month soon after Navy vessels on a deep-water training mission off the coast used powerful sonar as part of the exercise.

Although the Navy says that any connection between the strandings and its active sonar is "unlikely" - because the underwater detection system was used more than 200 miles from where the whales washed up - it is cooperating with other federal agencies investigating a possible link.

Here's a LINK to the Bermuda story, there's a vid and some pics, kind of shocking, slanted a bit? maybe as it is an environmental group site. But hey, I think we have a problem here and our Navy's killing whales when it doesn't have to.

Suicide Goofball May Be Put to Death !?!?
Mood:  quizzical
Now this story out of Los Anj-A-Leeze was strange off the bat, but as it evolves it gets even wierder. Now the D.A. my seek the death penalty in a case where the accused murder, who was originally attempting suicide then decided not to, ended up killing at least 10 people, now may be put to death?!?! L*I*N*K*Y Hey man, you can't kill yourself, that's ilegal, but we can kill you. *head scratcher*

I Think This Is Funny Dang-It! Polygamy Porter
Mood:  cheeky
Now Playing: Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing, Oh Come All Ye Faithful

While I'm not a devout Mormon, nor am I a Mormon hater, my perspective on This Story is that it's quite funny. I don't know if I'd take my company's marketing campaign quite this far, but it is a brew house, so they 'tend to fall into their own category of funny, campy, trendy, catchy names, labeling, packaging, etc. Nice slogan by the way, "Why Have Just One"?

Time for a Little Fun
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: All Other Stuff
Check out the following LINK if you want to play a cute little game called High Wheels.

You have 5 minutes to gather as many red dots as you can. Each red dot is wirth 1 point. If you manage to get all red dots from the stage, then remaining time is added to your score.

Pick up blue dot for bonuses: extra points, extra time, no gravity or stopped wheels.

You can pause the current game with Enter key.

Have Fun!!

Good Read on What We Do
Mood:  not sure
Topic: All Other Stuff

Whether it's considered right or wrong is not the point of this post. It's about a witness's account to an execution. An execution which occurred this morning in California. It's is an interesting read on the final phase of the death penalty process, when it comes down to "doing the deed", the people involved, the witnesses and their reactions to a criminal, a murderer paying the ultimate price. Here's the link A witness's account of Beardslee's execution

Florida Woman Dies after fall from Hotel Balcony
Mood:  quizzical
Topic: All Other Stuff

Wow what a wierd story, first the fact that she says, "Watch to see what I can still do",then slips and falls to her death. Secondly she's 23 with a "friend" who's male and 33. They just checked into a hotel room. A very sad and strange account. Here's the story.

Wierd Warming Trend
Mood:  surprised
Topic: All Other Stuff

Well it was 41 degrees this morning!! The roads are sheets of ice. I had to go 30 mph on roads I usually travel about 60-65 mph on. The schools are opening 2 hrs. later than normal, probably to get a start on the melting ice. I'm hoping this is just temporary, as the moisture needs to stay around for spring and summer.

I chuckle (a little) when the national news shows the midwest and east "freezing" with frigid weather conditions. They usually don't even acknowledge our frigid conditions, unless of course it's related to a joke of some kind.

I guess they think either:
A: Aww they're used to it.
B: Nobody lives there anyway.

Randy Moss ~ UR an ASS!

I knew it all along with your adolescent behavior you've demonstrated in the past. But last Sunday on national TV, when the Vikings squared off against Green Bay you really reemphasized just what an ass you are. Here's another opinion that really mirrors that of most people who watch the NFL. Quick synopsis: Randy supposedly hobbled by an ankle injury, bolted off the line of scrimage,totally blowing away the Green Bay defender to catch a pass for a touchdown, (nice catch BTW). After the touchdown, (keep in mind we're in Green Bay now) the ever so classy Sir Randolph Moss walks over to the goalpost and points his derrier to the hosting crowd and makes a mooning gesture at the crowd. I thought it would have been very appropriate for several fans to come unglued and pummel the gentlemanly Mr. Moss. But luckily the Green Bay fans showed more class and merely booed the arrogant Moss. Maybe Moss should undergo an interview by Dan Rather! Hey Danny U listenin?

UPDATE: Well the Vikings lost, so we won't have the likes of Moss around (hopefully) until next year!! Moss was a non factor in the game catching 3-passes for 50 yds. One of them being a 15 yarder late in the 4th quarter when the game was out of reach.

Danny Boy!
Mood:  hungry
Topic: All Other Stuff

Well it's probably a case of too little too late for our pal Dan Rather. He's been slandering and harrassing folks on and off for most of his news reporting career. While he's been around all of my TV viewing life, I think overall on a scale of 1 to 10, I'd rate old Danny Boy a 6. And Dan I'm being generous here, so don't investigate me, ok? Here's the read regarding the Bush National Guard story that got 4 CBS'ers fired, and a spanking for Dan Rather. While this will put CBS news credibility in question for a little while, (cuz we all forget over time, don't we...) Poor Dan is being punished. He's being moved to 60-minutes. (Wasn't he there already?) Isn't this like throwing gas on the fire. Now Danny can focus his hard charging, voracious appetite to discredit, dismantle, and destroy peoples careers. While I do enjoy some of his reporting, most of it is a little over the top for me. On occasion he seems to enjoy undermining of America and it's values, just to sell a story. A little too much for me Danny. I'm expecting an Andy Rooney snippet on Dan when he debuts back on 60 minutes. (whiney voice) "What's all this I here about people picking on Dan Rather..."

Need a Change of Wallpaper?
Mood:  not sure
Topic: All Other Stuff

Tired of that old wallpaper you've had on your screen, since 1989. Yeah, the big yellow smiley face or is it the Garfield special, or a picture of your kids when they were 4 and have since moved out of the nest? Well this is just the Trick for ya! This guy has tons of images for wallpaper backgrounds on your PC.

Someone Please Stop all the eBay Insanity !!!
Mood:  not sure
Topic: All Other Stuff

Of recent we've had the $25,000 winning bid for a cheese sandwich with the image of the Virgin Mary burnt into it, then the guy from Canada who had a fish stick with Elvis's image burnt into it. And now we have the burnt frying pan with the image of Elvis burnt into it. Too bad folks as the bidding has ended on this, and it only went for $25 AU, $19.13 U.S. !! Other lovely items include the Frog Skeleton ...simply amazing. And... one of my favorites, yes you can still submit a bid for Moose Poop Earings! very sadly to say they are NOT made in Montana. When will it stop! :)

Happy New Year to All!
Mood:  a-ok

What a great way to start the new year. My son and I went skiing at Blacktail Mountain Link on the 2nd. It was pretty dark and gloomy in Polson. At the top of Blacktail it was sunny and no wind, at a balmy 9 degrees. Actually with the sun, it was quite nice. There weren't too many folks there. Many runs we had to ourselves. I think these are times my son and I will never forget.

Blog is Back! I think?
Mood:  happy
Topic: All Other Stuff
Well...
I'm posting this to see if my blog is indeed back from the "other world" Anglefire got back to me and said that there was some corrupted code and I'd have to delete this blog and start anew. (Bummer) But I was just fooling around in here and found a "Publish" button and wallah! I'm baaaack. (I think). We'll see if this works. If so Happy New Year Everyone!

Models, Tools, and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future
Mood:  bright
Topic: All Other Stuff
If you need a little hope, a little optimism, a little positive feeling about the world, the human race, and where we are going check out this site.
Here is the Linkage ! WorldChanging.com works from a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us. That plenty of people are working on tools for change, but the fields in which they work remain unconnected. That the motive, means and opportunity for profound positive change are already present. That another world is not just possible, it's here. We only need to put the pieces together. I just wish that more and more people continue thinking in this positive direction. Kirk out!

Griz vs. Duke for the all the Marbles....
Mood:  a-ok
As stated below the Griz take on the Dukes in Chatanooga for the NCAA I-AA Championship. Now that's what I like to see, a school who is dumb enough to put themselves on a doormat. Well I think it's very appropriate, as James Madison will be used as a Griz doormat this Friday. The Griz will be wiping the Dookie off their feet after they stomp the crap out of James Madison. With the Cumulutive Team Stats of the Dukes being fairly conservative with an average score of only 27.9 points per game and a total of 390 points vs. the GRIZZ with 36.7 pts per game and a wopping 514 total points, this should be a cake walk. The Griz defense is clicking and the offense is loaded with an array of weapons of mass destruction. The only break the Dukes get is, this game is being played at a neutral site (yeah right! :-) ). Don't tell them that several thousand Griz fans will be in attendance, or they may put their tails between their legs before kickoff. BRING IT ON DOOKIE!

FOLLOW-UP: IMO JMU DID NOT BEAT THE GRIZ. THE GRIZ BEAT THEMSELVES WITH MENTAL MISTAKES. BOTH BY THE PLAYERS AND THE COACHES. 2ND HALF ADJUSTMENTS BY THE GRIZ COACHING STAFF WERE INEFFECTIVE, (INVISIBLE TO ME). WHEN JMU DECIDED TO RUN IT DOWN THE GRIZ THROATS, THE GRIZ NEEDED TO ADJUST TO 8 MEN IN THE BOX RATHER THAN STAYING WITH THE 4 MAN RUSH, ESPECIALLY AGAINST THE JMU FRONT 5 MONSTERS. WHEN OUR RUNNING GAME DIDN'T MATERIALIZE BY THE START OF THE 3RD QUARTER WE SHOULD'VE OPENED UP THE FLARE PASSES, SHORT PASSES TO THE FLATS, ETC. PLAYERS MADE MENTAL MISTAKES BY LETTING THE HORRIBLE FIELD CONDITIONS DISTRACT THEIR PLAY. PERSONAL FOULS AND DROPPED PASSES ALSO WERE MENTAL MISTAKES WHICH AFFECTED THE GAME. BUT HEY! IT WAS A HELL OF A SEASON, THANKS TO THE 2004 MONTANA GRIZZLIES! WHAT A WILD RIDE IT WAS!

U of Montana Grizziles to play for National Championship!
Mood:  special
Now Playing: Up With Montana!
Topic: Montana Grizzly Posts

It's been a long road to the top this year and the Griz have made it. The Montana Grizzlies will square of against the James Madison Dukes on December 17, 6 p.m. MST, at Finley Stadium/Davenport Field Chattanooga, Tennessee. After defeating the much touted SHSU fire power of QB Justin Long (Payton Award Candidate) was picked apart by the Griz, 34 to 13. Long's dismal showing and lack of sportsmanship may have put his Payton Award in the most likely hands of the William and Mary QB Lang Campbell (4 INTS), another nominee. Long (16 INTS) and some of his teamates refused to shake hands with the Griz and walked out of the stadium after their loss. For the record there were several SHSU players who stayed on the field to shake hands with the Griz.