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Or, as I like to call them, the “Big Sky Bloggies!” We all owe a debt of gratitude to Wulfgar, who organized the entire thing and kept it fun and friendly. Some very good stuff – the nominees and the winners are all worthy. Hope everybody enjoyed the “best of” the Montana blogosphere, and [...]

Quite an interesting website that documents the “7 Wonders” of each state, in addition to the 7 Wonders of America as a whole. As far as I know, all of the items listed are solely the opinion of the guy who created the site. What do you suppose made the list for the “7 Wonders [...]

Time is running out: voting for the Montana Weblog Awards ends on Wednesday, December 27th at midnight! If you haven’t voted yet, head on over to Wulfgar’s place and cast your votes!

* KHAHG sah-MEHY-ahkh = A Joyous Holiday
** KHAH-nik-uh, KHAH-noo-kah = Rededication
This year, the 8-day rabbinic Jewish Festival of Chanukah ends two days before Christmas, at sundown on Saturday, December 23. But, despite this coincidence and the misperception that Chanukah is a Jew’s Christmas, it isn’t.
For what Chanukah is:

> read the rest (click here) [...]

Montana is famous for some great writers, such as A.B. Guthrie, Pete Fromm, Norman Maclean, Ivan Doig, and many others. But now, Montana is becoming better known as the home of Christopher Paolini, who is likely going to earn more money within the next several months than all Montana authors have earned collectively forever. [...]

*BUMP TO TOP* the deadline is approaching – get your nominations in NOW, people!

All Hail The Mighty Wulfgar! Yes, Wulfgar has fired up the ole’ “Montana Weblog Awards” for 2006, and he’s taking nominations right now – gitcherself over to his place and nominate blog in any (or all!) of the following categories:
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In a true display of bipartisan charity, folks from the right and the left are teaming up for a good cause: Craig and Matt have kicked off a charity campaign for Montana bloggers to donate to the Montana Food Bank. It’s a very easy process, using the FirstGiving.org service; I used the site this week [...]

I finally got around to installing a plugin for the Archives, and it looks pretty cool. There’s a link to the Archives up in the header, or you can just click right here to check ‘em out!

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