Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
-
Profiting From Speech
I <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/blogspotting/archives/2005/08/blog_sells_for.html">read</a> that a blogger, Jeremy Wright, has sold his blog, <a href="http://www.wealthyblogger.com/">Wealthy Blogger</a>, for $2000. I wonder how much I could get for mine?<br />n<br />nI probable couldn't get a thin dime but the concept of people starting to sell their blog is very interesting. Makes a person wonder what might happen in…
-
Huh?
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/21/build/state/92-wheelchair-stolen.inc">90-year-old's wheelchair stolen</a><br />n<br />nMaybe somebody out there could explain to me why someone would steal a wheelchair. This just totally baffles me.<br />n<br />n<b>I am disgraced, impeached, and baffled here. William Shakespeare</a>
-
Pictures of Beauty
<div class="serendipity_imageComment_left" style="width: 220px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><a href='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/wetweb08192005.jpg'><img width='220' height='174' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/wetweb08192005.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">Click to enlarge. It's well worth it.</div></div>Now anybody who has been around or read my blog for long knows how I feel about spiders. Monstrous, loathsome creatures that are out to eat me. My Darling Wife took a picture of a…
-
Stooges
<a href="http://today.reuters.com/business/newsarticle.aspx?type=reutersEdge&storyID=2005-08-20T190838Z_01_N20424197_RTRIDST_0_PICKS-MADCOW-MONTANA-DC.XML"><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> 'bunch of stooges'</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>"A few years ago, the four big meat companies, they expanded their role in this country. They bought a U.S. company called the United States Department of Agriculture," Montana <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> said in…
-
Hell Of An Idea
Grow your own Dope – Plant a Politician.<br />n<br />n[found at <a href="http://ozguru.mu.nu/archives/2005/08/fortune_of_the_263.html">G'day Mate (Mk III)</a>]
-
Wolves at The Door
Ever since wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone Park the mantra of locals is they ought to turn wolves loose on the East Coast so they can have some fun too. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/08/19/build/nation/30-wolf-recovery.inc">It looks like</a> they might be getting their wish to some degree. It might not be in New York City but it is in…
-
Ethanol’s Failure
<a href="http://www.mises.org/story/1886">Ethanol and the Calculation Issue</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>In the end, the federal government's subsidization of ethanol through various energy bills created the current debate over the efficiency of ethanol production. In an unregulated and unsubsidized economy, the market pricing system for ethanol consumption and the capital goods required in its production will soon signify if…
-
Things That Don’t Add Up
1. August 19 + dry Montana climate = Fog<br />n<br />nIt was foggy here this morning. In August of all months. This isn't right.<br />n<br />n2. Private Property + No Trespassing = More pickup tracks than cow tracks in the Pasture I gathered this Morning<br />n<br />nSomeone(s) has been wandering around all over my far…
-
Friday Cat Blogging
I just had to share a recent picture of my favorite cat, CP. <a class="block_level" href="http://www.sarpysam.com/archives/1152-Friday-Cat-Blogging.html#extended">Continue reading "Friday Cat Blogging"</a>
-
Upcoming Fair
Calling all Montana Bloggers.<br />n<br />nCalling all Montana Bloggers.<br />n<br />nHURRY! HURRY! HURRY!<br />n<br />nThe next edition of Rascal Fair is coming up next week and Craig at <a href="http://www.mtpolitics.net">mtpolitics</a> is set to host it. Get your posts, good, bad or ugly, in to <a href="mailto:rascalfair@mtpolitics.net">rascalfair@mtpolitics.net</a> before Tuesday's deadline. See you there.<br />n<br />n<b>Being in…