Monthly Archives: April 2009

Why I Love Montana…

…in a few words and some pictures. It’s hard to describe the hold the country has on us, and how the beauty and majesty of the Rocky Mountains overwhelms a couple of Easterners. From a local flyshop near Bozeman comes the April water update: Gallatin River Fishing Report Fishing Conditions & Comments: The Gallatin is [...] Read more »

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The Ross Sisters – Solid Potato Salad

I really have no comment on this clip other than to express my doubt that such an exercise will find its way into one or the other dance routines of the current crop of "artists"…   All credit and whatever else to Sippican Cottage Read more »

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Ethics in the Age of Narcissism

Something’s not right in the affairs of Men. Something has gone wrong. The stirrings of unease, doubt, and uncertainty pinch painfully at the edge of my consciousness. We don’t seem to be the kind of people we once were. Something is missing. Today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription, alas, required) contains a piece written by John [...] Read more »

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The Fork in the Road

"Life is all about choices" – Wise Old Man "When you get to a fork in the road, take it" – Wise Old Baseball Manager   Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I [...] Read more »

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But What If The Pirates Don’t Respect Our Legal System?

Multi-cultural. Nuanced. Consensus. In consultation with other countries. Searching for diplomatic solutions. None of these high minded concepts have slowed the pirates of East Africa from continuing to board ships and hold crews for ransom. I think of it in the same way as the English privateers of the 16th century must have considered the [...] Read more »

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