Meet Me In Missoula for the holidays is the theme for this year's seasonal attractions sponsored by the Missoula Cultural Council. The hyperlink above, and the graphic to the right, both link up with the Meet Me In Missoula schedule of events, beginning on December 4th, with the Festival of Trees, a theater performance of A Christmas Carol, and the First Friday Evening Art Gallery showings. Events continue throughout the weekend, and many are free.  Everyone is invited, and a great... Read Full Story

The University of Montana Grizzlies defeated their cross-state rival, the Bobcats of Montana State University, 33-19, on a cold, blustery day in Bozeman. The Football Championship Series will begin this next Saturday, with the Grizzlies of Missoula hosting a first-round playoff game.  The Grizzlies grabbed the number ONE seed, which I believe they deserve, but must have surprised many of the Eastern Conferences.  The Grizzly opponent will be South Dakota State. Here is a schedule ... Read Full Story

University of Montana Grizzlies vs Montana State Bobcats. This Saturday is the "Brawl of the Wild" and will be the 109th meeting of the two teams--and their fans. The game is in Bozeman and kick-off is at 12:05 pm. The UM Grizzlies have won 20 of the last 23 meetings, including the last three.  A Grizzly win would give them a perfect 10-0 season and will be important for the FCS playoff seedings. Bobcat Stadium was full of snow a couple of days ago, and you can see that the crews wer... Read Full Story

Progress on my novel is at fifty percent.  This is half-way, on a 50,000 word journey to complete a novel in 30 days, during the month of November. By now, there have been numerous posts about National Novel Writing Month, abbreviated as NaNoWriMo, and United States participation this year is in the THOUSANDS!  There are so many aspiring novelists in the United States, all of us competing for the reading audience, one has to have self-doubts about ever writing a "best-seller." ... Read Full Story

Taylor Swift's album "Fearless" has gone Gold or Platinum in 14 countries.  That garnered her a FIFTH award at the Country Music Awards show this past Wednesday night. Brooks and Dunn, who won the award last year, presented her with the award backstage at the CMA's. She had quite a night.  In sports, they would call it a "career" night, one in which she won as many awards as a successful star might win in an entire career.  She did it in one night, representing just one year ... Read Full Story

We had a recent incident of a family withdrawing their autistic son from a public Middle School due to constant taunting and bullying. The problem with this is not just that a kid is bullied; it is that the weakest in the pecking order is chosen by the others to be picked on.  Usually there is a ring-leader. He is the bully.  It is like onto a "gang" mentality.  What one does the others must follow, in order to prove themselves or to "fit in." This is animal kingdom behavior ... Read Full Story

We had a recent incident of a family withdrawing their autistic son from a public Middle School due to constant taunting and bullying. The problem with this is not just that a kid is bullied; it is that the weakest in the pecking order is chosen by the others to be picked on.  Usually there is a ring-leader. He is the bully.  It is like onto a "gang" mentality.  What one does the others must follow, in order to prove themselves or to "fit in." This is animal kingdom behavior ... Read Full Story

First of all, I am happy to report that my internet speed is back to normal.  After conducting a two-hour PC scan and finding nothing wrong, I went to my DSL modem's URL site and saw that my speed was only about twenty percent of what I am accustomed to (and paying for)! I performed a "reboot" of the modem (I could have simply cut the power and turned it back on it seems).  Speed is back to normal at 7 MB/sec and we are happy campers again. Progress on my novel for National Novel... Read Full Story

First of all, I am happy to report that my internet speed is back to normal.  After conducting a two-hour PC scan and finding nothing wrong, I went to my DSL modem's URL site and saw that my speed was only about twenty percent of what I am accustomed to (and paying for)! I performed a "reboot" of the modem (I could have simply cut the power and turned it back on it seems).  Speed is back to normal at 7 MB/sec and we are happy campers again. Progress on my novel for National Novel... Read Full Story

My Internet connection is incredibly slow today. It doesn't seem to matter which browser I use, IE, Firefox, Chrome, they are all bogging down. I depend on the Internet for doing research, and that bogs me down in general. So it is with my Novel. I am bogging down here too, and just six days into National Novel Writing Month. I looked for some feedback and was not happy with the result. Another problem is that I moved my story along too fast, or just lacked enough material. The resul... Read Full Story