One of my favorite movie scenes ever! Pat Garret & Billy the Kid

The Clash - The Magnificent Seven - Sandinista

Just want to see if I can link a youtube video into the blog. And why not The Clash on the Tom Snyder show circa 1981. "The Magnificent Seven" from Sandinista.

Sophie

Thanks to S. Davidson for sharing pictures of his 10 year old Basset and Chow Mix. She looks like she is a real cup cake to me!

Another Bassett Hound / German Shepard mix!

My friend Ray was reading this blog and say the entry for Duke. It seems Ray and his spouse have a Bassett Hound / German Shepard mix like duke. His name is 'Munchkin'. The boxers name is 'Sir Ramsey Jones G.' Would be cool to see a picture of 'Munchkin' standing up! Thats when those Bassett Hound legs really stand out. Thx Ray.

ICBM Silo - Somewhere in Montana

Warning! Do not approach these sites. View them from public roads. If you are driving in Montana and you are in the middle of nowhere and see a chain linked fence with barbed wire on the top surrounding a 1/2 acre piece of land you can be pretty sure it is an ICBM silo. Other give aways are the 12 foot white "pole" which I have read is for security. Also, they all have an electrical pole with two transformers on them. To learn more you can visit the Minuteman Missle National Historic Site in South Dakota or just go to their website.

Kings barbeque placemat (via cellphone camera)

Kings barbeque placemat features a picture of their indoor wood fired pit. This picture was posted via the Google "go@blogger.com" feature.

Rory

Haven't had much to say lately. This is excellent time to post a memorial picture of my chocolate labrador retriever who was my constant companion from September 9 1988 till December 30 2002.

menko.com - Japanese playing cards showcase

I collect Menko cards from Japan. You can see more of them at my website at www.menko.com.

Rain, Rain, Rain.

With all the rain we have been getting even the creek behind my house has a Class II rapid. (This rapid is actually about 1.5 miles downstream from my house.

Duke!

Duke, my friends half German Shephard and half Basset Hound. You just got to love Duke.

Rory and the Union tunnel at the Battle of the Crater Peterburg Virginia

Entrance to the "Crater" tunnel dug by the Union underneath the South's fortifications in Petersburg. The battle was reenacted in the movie "Cold Mountain". There used to be a speaker in the tunnel and you could press a button and the narration would come from inside the tunnel. One day when Me and Rory where walking the park he went to the entrance for a sniff. I couldn't resist the opportunity to press the button and watch him run from there at light speed! Sorry Ror' dog.

Worm Hole - Shenandoah Mountains Virginia

Worm hole fossils I found on a hike in Shenandoah National Park with Frangelica.

Molly

More pictures from my trip back to Virginia. Molly, my friend Tim's yellow lab. She is a junkie for the fetching stick.

Abandonded House - Petersburg Virginia

My favorite abandonded house in Petersburg. As far as I can recall this house has been unoccupied for at least 15 years. Taxes are all paid though.

Old Crow Medicine Show at Lewis Botanical Gardens in Richmond Virgina May 12th 2005

Got to see Old Crow Medicine Show at the Lewis Ginter Bontanical Gardens. Read this great interview with Ketch Secor of OCMS.

The Shem Creek Bar & Grill S.C. dude.

This is not a picture of me. But I have been told that I kind of look like this dude.

Canyon Ferry Lake and refrigerator canyon

Canyon Ferry Lake (Missouri River) and a hike. Spent Saturday afternoon hanging out at the lake. Then hiked part of refrigerator canyon trail Sunday.

SNOW!

April 13th 2005 snow at my house in the Elkhorns.

Power Surge

When surge protectors work.

Old Crow Medicine Show

Woo Hoo. Ordered my ticket to see Old Crow Medicine Show at Lewis Ginter Botanatical Gardens in Virgina next month.

Frangelica's Bikes

Frangelica's first and second bikes.

Napoleon Dynamite: Dang! You got shocks, pegs... lucky! You ever take it off any sweet jumps?
Napoleon Dynamite: [Cut to Pedro jumping] You got like three feet of air that time.

Abbey in Warm Springs Creek in the Elkhorns

Again Abby pretending to be a water dog. Funny thing happened *after* this walk along Warm Springs Creek in the Elkhorns. I go to the local Chinese Food restaurant and get the following in my fortune cookie. "You will be spending time outdoors, in the moutains, near water". Maybe I should play the 'Lucky Numbers' it gave me.

Daisy

Daisy in the Elkhorn mountains near Clancy Montana. This is also a test of Googles "hello" software.

Abbey in the Elkhorns

This is Abby in the Elkhorns. Abby is half chow and half golden retriever.

Trip back to Viriginia and North Carolina

Went back to Richmond Virginia for 2 weeks. During which time spent about 5 days in and around Asheville North Carolina. Had my fill of Krispy Kreme donuts and Carolina style bbq at Kings BBQ in Petersburg and Bill BBQ in Richmond. Strangely enough you can't find decent bbq in Montana.

New dog in the family

Went to Blockbuster Video. Came back with a new black lab named Daisy. Daisy was playing on Montana Avenue. Some people said she almost got hit twice. Took her home because she had no name tag. Called the City of Helena Police. Two days later her owner called and said "...do you want to keep her?" Crazy.

The previous owner claimed she was untrainable. Not true.

menko.com

After about 5 years I finally have done a little renevation at menko.com. Hope to add more stuff soon.

Krispy Kreme

Drove 480 miles roundtrip on Sunday (October 3rd) for some Krispy Kreme donuts.

Ghetto?

I guess I better explain the ghetto thing.

Old Crow Medicine Show

Driving into Helena last Saturday I heard the Old Crow Medicine Show on A Prairie Home Companion. You should be able to check their performance out at the PHC site. Its all I have been listening to this week. Bought the album 'O.C.M.S' from the iTunes site. Read more about them at here a CMT.com. Also their website has some free downloads.

Lyrics to "Wagon Wheel" by OCMS. BTW... Johnson City Tennessee is East of the Cumberland Gap.

DMB at the Gorge in George Washington

This was my third year of seeing the DMB concerts at the Gorge I saw the Sat/Sun show in 2002 from the lawn, Sat/Sun show in 2003 from close-up and the Sat/Sun show in 2004 from close-up. The 2002 show was filmed for a concert DVD movie available at the DMB website. My friend Tim S. from Virginia flew into Helena for the show as well. We also did some fishing on the Missouri river in a drift boat and visited Seattle and Glacier National Park.