Thursday, August 31, 2006

Meow



I saw this kitty at the MSU Student Union.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Yikes

I thought my page had been hacked, but was just a typo in the url: bozeman-mt.blogPSOT.com (Mega site of Bible studies and information).

Weasels ripped my flesh...



...and deer munched my arborvitae.

Monday, August 28, 2006

Fashion police

Thankfully, baggy pants are not a problem in Bozeman.

Friday, August 25, 2006

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Calliope

My car now has just over 15,000 miles (500 miles/month on average). Maybe it's time to pimp my ride with an exhaust-powered calliope?

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Bozeman photostream

bozeman - Everyone's Tagged Photos - a stream of flickr photos that have been tagged "bozeman".

Note: similar streams exist for Great Falls, Missoula, etc.

Sunday, August 20, 2006

By the numbers

0 - pieces of bedroom furniture other than bed
1 - number of houseplants
1.5 - quarts of milk consumed per week (average)
3 - pieces of furniture accidentally broken this summer
20 - pairs of shoes & boots
38 - circumference in inches
232 - weight in pounds
500 - miles driven per month (average)

Friday, August 18, 2006

Goin' snakey

Re Snakes on a Plane - I only wish airplane lavatories were that spacious. Other than that minor quibble, I enjoyed the movie. Ssssssssssss........

Mayonnaise - in the news

I used to be amused by those competitve eating contests - until I read the mayonnaise record: 128 ounces in 8 minutes. Yuck.

Just as gross: recipe for Deep-Fried Mayonnaise.

And, I knew a guy in college who raved about sun-baked mayo sandwiches (a joke, I hope).

"World View" Quiz

You scored as Materialist. Materialism stresses the essence of fundamental particles. Everything that exists is purely physical matter and there is no special force that holds life together. You believe that anything can be explained by breaking it up into its pieces. i.e. the big picture can be understood by its smaller elements.

Materialist

81%

Cultural Creative

63%

Postmodernist

63%

Existentialist

63%

Modernist

56%

Romanticist

44%

Fundamentalist

31%

Idealist

25%

What is Your World View?
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Thursday, August 17, 2006

Home decorating

I'm considering painting my bedroom gray or blue, but maybe I should be more ambitious.

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Classics lists

I've read sixteen of these "classic hits".

Section Line Ditch



The Section Line Ditch runs east of Fowler Road. The "Farmers Canal Company" owns and operates the irrigation ditch. Whenever they get the chance (e.g., when a bordering piece of land is developed), they replace the open ditch with a buried culvert ;-(

Cul de Sac exit



This cut-through at the south end of Sweetgrass Avenue is very convenient.

Gosling



This fellow discovered one of the perils of visiting Bozeman Pond Park: one of the goslings might follow you around all day.

Turtle @ Bozeman Pond Park



Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Matrimony story

I was talking to a recently married 50ish man the other day. He remarked that he did not miss looking for love in Bozeman's bars (not even the bars that attract a non-college clientele, such as Plonk).

I asked him where he found his wife....... he re-married the woman he had divorced a few years previously ;-)

Meta: blogroll updates

1. I added killerliving.com. This blog is by a real-estate person whom I know from meetings of the Bozeman InterNeighborhood Council.

2. I deleted a bunch of defunct blogs.

3. I decided not to add some Bozeman-based MySpace blogs. Although there are some exceptions, MySpace blogs tend to suck big time, IMHO.

4. I'll keep Revolving Duck on the blogroll for a few more weeks even though it has gone on (probably permanent) hiatus. The proprietor of this "personal journey blog" wrote an informative final post.

Argentum

I received a 1948 quarter in change today. The silver in the quarter is worth about $1.50. Woo-hoo!