Oct
30
GR8PL8S
October 30, 2005 | 4 Comments
PlumKrazzee has a wonderful post about personalized license plates, also known as “vanity plates.” Like her, I am convinced that Montana has more custom plates than any other state (per capita). She has some great examples, both good and bad. The best one I’ve seen here in GF is “ELKH8ME.” Any [...]
Oct
29
Google Video: Montana
October 29, 2005 | 1 Comment
Test-driving the Google Video site and did a search for (duh) “Montana.” One of the results is a 53-second clip that will show-n-tell you, “…what a frozen Montana lake sounds like when the sunlight warms the ice and it begins to expand.” Neat! On the other hand, there is also a demonstration [...]
Oct
27
Haunted Montana
October 27, 2005 | 3 Comments
I came across this neat article, just in time for Halloween about all the supposedly haunted places in Montana. I really like reading things like this. My favorite thing was reading all about Bannock because I spent some time at Granite Ghost Town last November and found it fascinating.
Bannock – This is a [...]
Oct
26
Lively Times
October 26, 2005 | 1 Comment
I discovered just a few weeks ago that Montana has an monthly “newspaper” of arts & entertainment called “Lively Times.” I like the story about how Lively Times came to be:
Lively Times was created in 1993 by co-publishers Susan Bearse and Kristi Niemeyer. It was Sue’s big idea, really. She was missing too many [...]
Oct
22
New Theme
October 22, 2005 | 2 Comments
Found a nifty new theme that some of you may enjoy here at Big Sky Blog – it’s called “News Time.” It presents this site in a sorta “newspaper”-like format. Click here to see it in action. If you don’t like it, just use the Theme Switcher over on the sidebar to [...]
Oct
22
Big Sky Blogroll
October 22, 2005 | 1 Comment
With help from other Montana bloggers, there is a large list of Big Sky Bloggers located right here, created using Blogrolling. There’s new additions to the roll every few weeks, so be sure to click through and check ‘em out. The newest YAMB is none other than Wulfgars brother, Moorcat. Welcome him [...]
Oct
18
Big Sky Blogger Bash!
October 18, 2005 | 4 Comments
Dave Budge is laying the groundwork for an official Big Sky Blogger Bash! OK, it could also be called a “Montana Meet-Up,” or even the “Montana Wild Food Cook-Off,” but the point is: let’s get a whole buncha bloggers together in one place, share some foodstuffs and beverages, and have a good time. [...]
Oct
17
“It Always Snows!”
October 17, 2005 | 5 Comments
Listening to NPR several weeks ago I was amused to hear the tale of a Hurricane Katrina evacuee in Houston who was being wooed by a Colorado “recruiter.” The evacuee quickly backed away, stating that it’s too cold and it always snows in Colorado, and opted instead to relocate to Florida. Heh…I’m sure [...]
Oct
13
The Lottery
October 13, 2005 | 10 Comments
No, not the Shirley Jackson story; I’m talking about the Montana Lottery (can’t you hear the radio jingle in your head when you read those two words?). The jackpot for Saturday’s drawing is now in the $290 million range; quite a chunk-o-change, ever after taxes & the lump-sum option. Hearing all the commercials [...]
Oct
5
Winter Arrives!
October 5, 2005 | 1 Comment
Well, not quite, but you could have fooled a lot of people yesterday! Many places got their first snowfall of the season yesterday — take a look at how much was reported down in & around Billings! Lots of snow and power outages in the eastern plains, too. Ed puts things in [...]