Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Opening
<blockquote>Please join us Thursday, June 16th from 4:00-9:00 p.m. at the JailHouse Gallery in Hardin for a presentation of Cabel Noteboom's most recent photographic endeavor. "The Montana Cowboy" showcases some of the area's finest ranches and the cowboys that keep them alive. Cabel has tried to capture the spirit of the cowboy during the many…
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Pictures
My Darling Wife snapped some pictures I wanted to share.<br />n<br />n<a href='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/finch06152005.jpg'><img width='179' height='220' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/finch06152005.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' /></a>She loves feeding the Finches.<br />n<br />n<a href='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/flowerfly06142005.jpg'><img width='165' height='220' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/flowerfly06142005.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' /></a>The fly on the flower really caught my eye.<br />n<br />n<a href='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/mudswallow06142005.jpg'><img width='171' height='220' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/mudswallow06142005.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' /></a>The Barn Swallows are…
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Changes
It finally appears the weather is changing around here. There is a chance it will be 90 by the weekend. We are going to die from the heat since we are so used to the 60-70's we've been having. I notice there is even a 0% chance of rain for a change. The moisture has…
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Ripples
I see I'm not the only one questioning why the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> decided to retest these samples.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5455648.html?SID=nh686vs6v9qj3jchpmlbg5oeg1"><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> pressed about new mad cow tests</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>"That's…
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Wild Rose
<img width='222' height='222' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/wildrose.jpg' alt='' />The <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/flowers06122005.jpg" onclick="window.open('http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/flowers06122005.jpg','popup','width=770,height=1100,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">wild roses</a> are blooming and they are beautiful. Thought I would share.<br />n<br />n<b>Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days!<br />nCome near me, while I sing the ancient ways:<br />n<br />nWilliam Butler Yeats</b>
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A Gift For Women
My Darling Wife received an E-mail the other day that I found very interesting and insightful. I publish it here for all the men to think about and as a tribute to all the women that stop by.<br />n<br />nOne Flaw In Women <a class="block_level" href="http://www.sarpysam.com/archives/1010-A-Gift-For-Women.html#extended">Continue reading "A Gift For Women"</a>
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye. Congratulations Are In Order
There is a <a href="http://www.mtpolitics.net/archives/2002">new member</a> of the mtpolitics family arrived in the world and congratualtions are in order.<br />n<br />nCONGRATULATIONS CRAIG AND THE SPOUSAL UNIT. Another adventure on life's road awaits you and your family. Enjoy.<br />n<br />n<b>I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it…
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Advertising
I have been reading blogs for a while and notice more and more of them support advertising in one form or another. Can somebody tell me why this is necessary? It seems to me by supporting advertising, you are selling your soul to the highest bidder, even if you agree with them. Some people make…
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What The Heck
The way things are reported intrigue me sometimes.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/06/12/build/nation/35-mad-cow.inc">New mad cow case raises questions</a><br />n<br />nExcuse me, this is not a <u>new</u> case of <u><acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym></u> but is retesting. Why do they call it a "new" case? To undermine confidence in the beef industry maybe.<br />n<br />n<b>You told a lie, an…
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The Case of The Killer Cow
I will start up front by saying this is kind of tragic since someone was killed but the way it is reported makes it funny.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4080010.stm">'Killer cow' arrested in Nigeria</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The stray animal attacked the man from behind as he was urinating on a motorway near the country's commercial city of Lagos,…