Good-bye 2012

This evening is always a Hi-lite of the Year. Rita and I at the strike of midnight ,having already disrobed, take a few minutes to look each other over and compare the moles and birthmarks from the previous year for changes and possible growth. Can't be too careful with melanoma. then we hold hands and make a wish. Can't tell you what I'm hoping for but let's say "We Are ND" and I don't mean North Dakota! Tom that's how you get up for a game. Went to Havre this morning to visit with my accountant about year end.He was rather upset about the tax changes to be coming this next year, especially the Estate tax changes. Lowering the limit to 7 million ,in his opinion will hurt a lot of farmers. The Taxman will at death sweep in and take 55 percent of the value over this amount. Seems rather UnAmerican I think.  IU had a tough game today, but pulled out a 4 point victory. 1-0 in The Big Ten.  Kind of Gay to do a Year End summary. Will leave you with this.     Saw an advertisement for medication for Diarhea.  "Four out of Five People Suffer with Diarhea" Does that mean that one guy Enjoys it!  HAPPY NEW YEAR we endured another!

Say it ain't so Rita!

  Rita says I'm in Love with Ryan Gosling! We were watching an advertisement for His upcoming movie and I said " I think he's a good actor" and within a few seconds I remembered his name. Ryan Gosling.If you know how poor I am at remembering names you would understand why her response was " Your in Love with Him". I am not!    Oh maybe a little. Visited with a neighbor today who has killed 48 coyotes in our neighborhood in probably the last six weeks , he told me of a pack of 4-wheeler  Hunters who  have been terrorizing the country, bringing mayhem wherever they ride killing coyotes by the dozens. Sounds rather dramatic don't you think. Actually they ask permission, and are granted it by this farmer. Hard to feel pity for the killing machine that was such a powerful Mascot  for my alma mater. For "We are the Chester Coyotes can't You See". "We are out to Challenge You to Victory" and so on and so on. There I've made you Think I'm insane.

Home sweet Home

Returned To the farm this afternoon, not sure if anybody else feels this way  , but there is something about the Prarie views after being in the Mountains for awhile that is comforting. Nothing against our Beautiful Mountains , to be truthful they are what most people cherish about our State. Probably Just me. Missoula has 11 reasons why I love western Montana and will always call Her Home. Have 2 or 3 inches of snow on the ground, fell in the last couple of days, along with sub-zero weather . So cold that it froze my game camera batteries, did have a few pictures of does and a medium Buck, saw 50 plus deer, going up to retrieve the camera. Also a neighbor was running the rock rows looking for coyotes said his brother got one on our place earlier today. Have to ask you Aaron, that Christmas card picture? We're you and your Posse looking at a rerun of Family Guy? Or maybe Jeopardy?Interesting! Better go and watch Oregon State in their Bowl Game , Big Fan as long as they win by 3.

Back Baby!

Hello everyone, missed me? I 'm sure. Well It has come to my attention that you don't think my story's are true. Broken hearted would be an understatement, who do you think I am Clinton, with the Old " I didn't Inhale crap". No my bullshit is real, or is it?   Will share three stories with you  children, two are real one made up . You figure it out. I was sitting on the Hood of our 1958 Chevy grain truck spying on my neighbors who were also harvesting their wheat, waiting for my Father to blow the siren, he had jimmy rigged on the 510 Massey ferguson combine, to let me know when his grain hopper was full. My duty was to bee ready at a moments notice to come when called, and with my dad that was with a sense of urgency. I noticed a trail of smoke in the sky trailing to my North, just out my line of vision, an explosion ,huge ball of fire, nearly knocked me off the truck. I raced up to get Dad and we raced as much as a 1958 truck could race 1 mile north to my uncle Richards farm where we found a crater of unknown depth filled with fire and smoke. For you see what happened was that two Fighter Jets F 15's were playing chicken just to the south of the SweetGrass Hills and clipped wings ,one landing not 1000 feet from Richards house. The other landed some 20 miles away. Real story?    One evening while I was single in 1973 , being the swinging single that I was I went into Joplin  for an evening of embibing with my fellow losers, happened to be January 25 temp minus 45 . Took Dads 1968 Dodge 100 pickup had a flat just out of town, fixed it fine but it took about 20 minutes and it was the right rear tire which happened to be where the exhaust was. After nearly finishing I stood up and proceeded to pass out from the fumes. Thankfully I woke up sometime later with just a  touch of frostbite on my cheeks. Most morons would have gone home with a feeling that they just lucked out , not me. Went directly to the Palace Bar ,  got stupid drunk headed home around midnight only to roll said pick-up end for end 2 miles from home on a gravel road. The top was flattened 18 inches or so, all glass broken out of cab , landed on her wheels . After I blinked a few times I thought as only a Hi-Line drunk would do wonder if she'll run? It started up a nd I drove her home -45 degees, was sober as Judge Thomas when I got to the Farm. I am watched over.  Last  ,Sitting on a 24 passenger Plane on the runway in Spokane ,already nervous , BlackJack is not too crazy about flying especially on these little puddle jumpers. I noticed this nervous acting passenger two rows ahead and across the aisle, using my super human senses, by the time we landed in Great Falls !I had deducted thar this gentleman was the same person that I had seen on the evening news the previous night. He was the suspected serial Arsonist that had Butte Mt in a tizzy, The one thing that had this sleuth somewhat off was that he didn't have a mustache like in the photo. First chance I called the Great Falls Police Department to report this, The perp stayed on the plane , was heading on to Billings Mt.  Later that day I called the department back and low and behold,   Wait for it.    He was arrested when he departed the plane. With a clean shaven upper lip.

Whiskey River Take My Mind

It Did. There was an hour or two yesterday that the Mayan option was attractive. For you see Blackjack dove into a fine bottle of Whiskey and swam around for sometime. Barely surfaced . Yep I was that guy, the one at a Christmas party whom everybody finds obnoxious . Personal Responsibility Sorry Folks . Laying low for awhile. Pray for me. Actually don't use them up on me.

Music for the discerning listener

Lets all gather round chillen and talk about Rock and Roll. These opinions are of the Writer of this blog and therefor always right. ELO is the most under appreciated Group of all time, That's ALLTIME as Warner Wolfe says. From "Do Ya"-  "Strange Magic"-"evil Woman" ". " Telephone Line" will be panned by some of you as dopey but your wrong. The one that seals the deal is "Showdown". Surely you all remember the classic movie "Kingpin", the scene where Big Earn struts into the Bowling Alley ready for his run to stardom in The Las Vegas Open Tourney, only to be challenged mightily by Munson. With this tune playing ,and all those great athletes , As Chris Mathews from MSNBC would say "It sends chills down my Leg" . Listened to some Sirius Radio today they have whole stations for Bruce Springsteen, Grateful Dead,  and the one that really sucks is PearlJam. Try listening to these for 10 minutes each. You can't do it ,  You can't do it !  I've been asked to rail about our Leader Obama, but now isn't the time. You see I've been under the weather and fell and hit my head, concussion they say called the Hillary Syndrome promises to go away whenever I want it to. Just received a phone call from a neighbor who traps some ground to my North. He was checking his traps and came across a gruesome sight ,a herd of deer had been chased thru his traps. One had been caught in a snare which usually is set to break loose but he feels that the Wolves caught the said deer at the time it became entangled. Not much left of the deer, and Two sets of tracks that need to be verified by the Wolf Dude. The neighbor is quite sure that tracks are too big for a coyote. To be continued.
And remember If Your going to go out and "Wang Chung Tonight " Wear Protection!

What do you think Paul?

 Had the pleasure of sharing a cup of coffee with the gentleman who sold us our home in Missoula . He will be 92 in May. A very rare and interesting man to be sure. For example ,He wrote a Book on How to Live in Mexico on 5 dollars a day. He married a woman 34 years younger than he, this dude has it going on. Love to run things by him such as the latest tragedy in Conn, his take is we need more commen sense in everything. He joined the NRA in 1956 , felt that it was a great organization until 15 years ago when it "was taken over " by radicals. This from a man who lived off wildgame when we met, he and his wife would go to the Musselshell river valley and harvest 7 to 10 whitetail does every year. The ranchers would welcome them back because of an over population  problem. Before deer season they would also kill as many antelope as they could draw permits.He was bummed because 10 days before deer season this year he had a fall and ended up in the Hospital for 5 days . So my point is he knows there is a place for guns in our society. He correlated the need for common sense in Gun control , with the same needed in introducing and managing Wolves, and Bears and God knows what else in to society. He then went on to tell me a story of when his Dad and his brother would go down to the Guadalupe River  in Texas after the harvest was in, and fish for big Catfish. Their methods were quite effective, first put Lime in the bottom of a purex jug , the cork the top. Take an ice pick , put small hole in Cork. Tie rope to jug and rock on end of said rope, throw in deeper hole in river. Wait as jug slowly fills with water till thru the magic of Chemistry, BOOM . As JImmy Walker says DYNOMITE!  Catfish by the bucketful. Hope to visit more this winter with him, more stories to come .

blue Jays get their new Dick. Ey

 Taking a break from reality , lets talk baseball ,catchers and pitchers will be reporting in around two months. I'll welcome the distraction. How the Hell much did the Red Sox pay the Blue Jays for our new manager John Ferrill? Those crazy Canadians are trying to buy a pennant AYE. My SOX are going the route of spending big money on small talent, but what the Hell the cheapest seat in Fenway goes for 40 per game and there are 35000 seats and  84 games so you do the math, The owners were overheard saying "It is Good to be King". My sincere hope is when Gay Rod has his hip replaced they put the Damn thing on Backwards. So much Hate in me. IU lost to Butler over the weekend pretty hard for even me to root against a team like Butler, Love the way they play. IU could use some Testosterone Treatments.  Plowed snow today around the neighborhood and elsewhere, "They call me Mr Plow". That was a great Simpson's. There now I feel better.

Don't do it Obama

   I am giving him the benefit of the doubt , in saying that he wants to help . But 50 percent of the country do not like him or necessarily trust him so, his speaking on the tragedy in Connecticut will not help. Sorry to be blunt but there it is. Someone today said as much and I agree. The greatest change on the national social scene has been changes in drunk driving acceptance or better put not accepting it. The majotrity of these changes came not from Washington bt from Grassroots organizations like M.A.D.D,  and the likes ,so any Politician who grandstands now runs the chance of alienating too many people who otherwise might be open to change. And we do need an open and frank discussion about all aspects of this tragedy.

Is it time

  This will seem like a rambling mess, But I need to vent my spleen. Where do you start, maybe. With the old Who? A mentally deranged weak individual, What? A senseless tragedy that should be called a Murder of what seems like people we all know ,even though I couldn't find this city on a map. Where? What from all accounts is a upper middle class neighborhood that most of us would feel safe in living.     Now the four letter word Why?   This is where it gets tough. Ok, I,vs been sitting here for 5 minutes, time to go. Freedom, it is what makes America really Great, Responsibility. I think is what makes America even Greater. We that's right You, are responsible to keep an eye on each other and ourselves, to try and Help when needed, protect when possible, show courage when called upon. we can do this thing. As for me and I stress ME, it is time for a Nation wide discussion on all aspects of what happened. Gun control, violence in the media,mental health, etc. For the love of God we've had enough of these that there must be common denominators that we as a society can start putting the pieces together, I think there have been many that were stopped before they were able to kill, but not enough. We have learned we can't rely on our elected officials to get it right, or get anything done, so please look around pay attention to people around you including those closest, and get involved. I know that Evil is among us and It will be with us always. I got to quit!

Herding up

Took a drive this afternoon, stopped at one of our farmsteads and sighted Ina couple of guns, a 30-30 Winchester lever action peep sights.A very old gun not to sure my grandpa didn't shoot it. Put four shots at 75 yards in a circle I could hide with one hand, not bad. Then shot my 38 special pistol, not near as good with it! Need to practice with it, do have some shells that will fit in either my 38,Or the Highway Patrolman 357 that scares the Hell out of me. These shells are like 410 shotgun shells, would be great in a scuffle with a pothead maniac don't you think? Then the Big dog killer 223 Remington, Three shots at 125 yards inside of a 6 inch circle , as good as I can do.   Some of you are familiar with the recent story about The Fish and Game Commision voting to purchase land on the Milk River North of Hingham Montana.  Well My a opinion is it doesn't pass the smell test. I don't pretend to know all the details, just what I've read in the paper, they say the ranking of priority moved up from 15 to 1 recently that's strange. Also I am a little familiar with the ground and know people who are very, the consensus is this stretch of the Milk River will NEVER be a fishing River in fact I was told it regularly freezes solid in this location. As for hunting I have heard both extremes Great to Terrible, One of the quotes in the paper  I believe was from someone inside the Commision, was " We had to buy it, If we didn't someone else surely would" There have been talk of this ranch being for sale  for at least the last  15 years. When I was young and foolish in the 80's there was some land that came up for sale next to us and damn I wanted it bad, Dad just said ,do you really want it or do you just want to stop someone else from getting it? Wise words, I bought it.paid half again more then we should have, hated those payments for ten years. One thing I do feel is ,don't blame the seller  for taking an offer that was inflated. Also within 4 miles of the Homestead saw 80 whitetail deer Herding up, a few medium bucks and some helmet heads. Happy Hannukha.

it's not easy being Mr. Blog

 Just try and come with something new to write about every day.  Not easy, but all things are possible thru God who strengthens me,right?  Brings up the great song writer Billy Schafer, who once said " If you don't love Jesus,  Go To Hell!"  Sums up Christmas don't you think? I'm not on board with the Mayan Calender, you know the whole end of the world thing. But think there will be a Blog about it before Armegedon strikes.Had a great time yesterday had a coyote on the run with my faithful steed 1978 Wagoneer, was quite an adventure. But to my delight it ended well for me not to well for him . Nothing running around the creek, but my neighbor said that big Buck we had photos of during the season might, have survived he said he has been spotted up creek about 4 miles partying with some Does. Merry Christmas everyone.

Bob Costas is an Idiot

Let this Humble reporter be the first to say to Mr Bob Costas.  Sir it would be safe to say " If there were no cars in the world , that Football player from Dallas would be alive today!" He just couldn't let it go.  For your listening pleasure, I highly recommend the Christmas Cd, "IL DIVO" The CChristmas Collection". Four gay looking dudes who can really sing.  What makes it really good is they  sing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" on a Christmas CD, how cool is that.  I consider myself the worlds greatest authority on the best versions of this classic song. If you need to know my order goes 1.  Harry Nilsson's on the album "A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night"     2. Judy Garlands original Movie version.  3 The CD "IL DIVO" that I'M pimping,  4. The one sung by that fat Hawiaan King or something accompanied by the Ukelelly " sp".   Would consider any of yours. If anyone out there knows of a coulee  18 miles down river from Miles City called, Cohn's Coulee let me know. This came up in a non-fiction book I'm reading about a famous robbery by Big Nose George in 1878. Good shit, don't you wish we could call each other by such colorful names,  Dog Breath? By the way Harry Nilsson had the best voice in the History of Rock and Roll, Your thoughts?

The Camptownlady

Make note of the title of this post....My take is that most of my loyal followers are either Montanan's or want to be. Google this title " Camptown Lady "and you are in for a real treat. Some of Montana's best and brightest people who happen to live in Missoula have started this website to cover the whole state with articles from Chester to Ennis , from Terry to Superior. You will thank me,  please send money. After watching an interview with the two leading candidates for the Heisman Trophy, Johnny Football who has an uncanny resemblance to Mitchell's friend "Barney", and MantiTeo the stud from Notre Dame. I feel better about the future of college football, both great men. Wish I could spend this evening talking with Rita's dad Phil and Uncle Bob, about their rememberances of their time during World War Two.  Just another regret, If you can talk to someone from those times , Do It.

Survived

Yes ! I survived, just woke up actually took a two hour nap could have slept longer but Rita woke me up .Seems I was sobbing and crying out loud " Oh Damn I've been Buggered again!  Truth is it went perfectly , did find a set of keys for a 74 Chevy Monte Carlo and 3 bottle caps, Schlitz of course.  That's how we rolled in the 70's. Just a thought why aren't the Major Leagues full of Pitchers  from the Middle East?  The way those morons throw rocks at protests they all should be Sandy Kofax's, bad choice actually he is a Jew.  That is all for now off to my Support Group

" Oops I crapped my pants"

 Not yet, going thru the prep for a Colonoscopy tomorrow. A scheduled procedure nothing wrong. Had one five years ago in Great Falls,  time for another.  Not in Great Falls this time. As I was coming out of the Anesthesia I witnessed some sort of transaction between Dr Molloy and three rather unsavory gentleman. There seemed to be money changing hands and they were sharing a good laugh...... Sorry I had a shudder. Will fill you in on what they find in there, hoping for an early Christmas gift.  Just finished watching the great speech by Jim Valvano  20 years ago , to Quote  Emmit Smith " Don't Give up,  Don't EVEN Give Up."    What a tool.  got to Go.......

PS.

Forgot a couple ,1974 was the first year the Bar Code was used in supermarkets,   And also the first MRI was used. And all of Cory's buddies had to start wearing pocket protectors for the new invention,    Pocket calculators.

I love my wife!

Our anniversary has come and gone , and I need to say a few things.  November 30,1974 will go  down in infamy, that was the day my life started. Like Rick Majerus once said " Never marry a beautiful woman, because she'll leave you. An ugly one will leave you too, but who cares."  God rest the fat mans soul. I was lucky enough to marry a beautiful woman and if I do say so getting prettier every year. As for 1974 Here are some facts for you.  Hank Aaron broke Ruth's home run record 4-8-1974. Hit his #715, Who did he hit it off Ted?   Oakland A's won the World Series.   Miami Dolphins bested Clara's Minnesota Vikings in the Super Bowl.    Oklahoma Sooners won the College Football Championship.     Headlines from the Year, Global recession deepens,    Kissinger convinces Syria and Isreal to try a ceasefire, Sound familiar?  IRA bomb The London Tower.  India successfully test an Atomic weapon making them the 6 th nation to acquire nuclear capabilities. Doesn't Wyoming have that now?   Nixon and Breshnev meet in Moscow to talk of weapons treaty, and also to see who was the crazier of the two. my money was on Breshnev, best eyebrows EVER.  Then " Sure as Hell" Nixon had to resign, over some silly misunderstanding, it's not like he was getting Hummers in the Oral Office or anything.   some of you might remember this story ,A rich socialite girl from San Francisco was kidnapped by a bunch of whack o's called The Symbionese  Liberation Army. their demands were  " You must give every needy person in California 70 dollars of food" Or else the Dame gets it. As it turned out the little "Rich Bitch" was in on it from the start. That was how we rolled in "The 70's".  Ps.  Gas went for 55 cents a gallon,       Average Home in America went for $34,500,     Avg.  rent &185 per month,   That new Chevy went for &3,750.   Best flicks were The Sting,   Godfather II.   my personal favorite,  was Blazing Saddles.   Boy do I feel old.....

Is this racist?

  A Muslim, a Liar and a Kenyan walk into a bar. Bartender says "What'll you have Mr  President?"A little to harsh? I think not. That joke came from an Irishman with a drinking problem.  So a man walks into a bar in Shelby mt. goes up to a man sitting on a bar stool, says, are you the dogcatcher?  Answer "Why yes I am."  First man pulls out a large caliber pistol, shoots said dog catcher dead .  And in the process ,bullit travels thru  him and into the next patron . Also killing him.     No punch line, happened same year 1956, as Deputy Fossen was killed. THe innocent victim, one Gordon Lyle from , You guessed it Joplin Mt. home town of Fossen. Now that is how we role on "The Hi-Line Bitch"  don't you go messing with my dog

A new spot for the camera, looks like a popular spot for traffic. Noticeing a lot of deer moving at daylight and sundown.  Quite a bit of fog mlately

random crap

First news flash..... 51 percent of those of us who took the time to vote, elected a dumb ass.  Obama is still campaigning,  the dumb ass is telling people to tweet their congressman  to push for a tax hike. I understand he won the "big Erection" but it's over.  Please for the love of Allah  get your ass back to D.C. and LEAD. Compromise . Is it arrogance   ignorance , maybe he knows he can't do it . God Bless America... Please.     Now for some random stuff.  Two of the greatest movie songs ever, "Why should I care"  from the forgetable movie, "True  Crime".   Starring Clint Eastwood,  sung by Diane Krall, Rumor has it Eastwood was shtuuping one Diane Krall and it broke up his marriage  I'm just saying.. A hauntingly beautiful ballad  , when you listen tot it picture yourself in a  bar on the corner of 6th Avenue and 34 th Street.Your sitting on the last stool at the end of the bar, 4 martini's into a 8 martini night wondering if happiness will ever be within reach. I know I sound like a chick. I don't care, the Sax in the song is fantastic,  the  one thing this world  needs is more great SAX.  Next   tune is the theme song for  "The Deer Hunter ". A movie that is at the top of my list for the greatest ever... I know it is not everyones cup of tea, maybe it is the fact of the Vietnam War was during my years.  The acting  is top notch , unforgettable scenes , go online and watch the interviews with the actors after the movie came out, it changed their lives.  Also the actor John Cazale , who had a very prominant  role in the Godfather movies as well, was dieing of cancer during the filming unbeknownst to many of the other actors.  He and Meryl Streep had a fling during the filming, she did know of his illness. OMG I sound like a TMZ reporter. That is it from here for now, my shoulders are acheing, maybe it's because I've been carrying this drivel around all day...

nice photos

Hope these turned out a neat sunrise buck,.  and a doe talking to a rooster roosting.   Also a nice medium buck with tail up looking for a girlfriend.  Recieved about an inch of snow last night pretty chilly ,Highs around freezing lows 15 or so.

Why?

Rita and I went to mass this morning, we go most weekends. I at times am that guy who at 55 minutes starts looking at my watch, but do try. Today Father  Carver  Came as close as anyone has to answer the question " Why ?" , at least for me. Why does God let that little 5 year old girl go into the Opthamologist with a little blurry vision and her family come out , crushed knowing she might not be there baby for more than a few months?  Why does God let those bastard terrorist hide behind their children using them as shields forcing the just to feel unjustified.  Why does God let our Fathers and Mothers who showed us the way to lead a good and honorable life go thru their last few months in misery and  pain?  I won't even attempt to paraphrase Father Carver .But using Gods love for us as a anchor he got thru to this old cynical Scotsman. That's enough of " The Sermon from the couch",  hope all is well with you. Would really like to know if you folks viewing from Europe and points of the globe are for real. Give  me a comment if you can. Heading back to the farm tomorrow will let you know if it is still there.     Padre BlackJack

CIA

We've been watching Homeland lately. Quite a program, I'm a little paranoid actually . Not sure who has noticed but there is a lot of views lately from countries who traditionally haven't been friendly to Blackjack. I won' t go into it , But if you don't hear from me for a couple of days.      Please get the text  of the I.U fight song to Russell Crow ASAP,  I trust he has the ability to decode the answer to the...........

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Lots to be thankful for except

Happy Thanksgiving one and all . This time of year I do feel for those of us who are out of work and don't have a lot of Hope. Especially when America basically elects those who for 4 years have been saying " I 've tried nothing man and I 'm all out of ideas". Not to sure how we are going to get out of this mess, very glad my immediate family are working. You probably didn't know this but the Laird motto is "We hope for better things". Found that little nugget when looking thru some old papers from Scotland. It's almost as if they left off the remaining sentence of " We expect the worst". Truly sums up the Scottish way.   If you are wondering what I want for Christmas, and I know you are. Wouldn't it be nice if someone could come up with a damn pillow that a normal person could sleep on without waking up with a headache , my pillow my ass. And how come the slippers you buy now days fall apart in a week, my old man had the same slippers for 40 years. Ok  I know I sound like  Walter Matthaw. Hope you have a relaxing day  remember what happens at thanksgiving stays at thanksgiving.  Leave you with this  I'm most Thankful for my grand kids here are a few of there isms see if you can guess what the hell they mean when they say these.     1.  Badoot.     2 Amish.  3 I. U.       4. caw I mam. 5 Gob Gaw.  6 Foosie.     7 Dandies.                                                                                             1 Vacuum. 2 Ice cream. 3 I love You.  4. Yes I Am.  5 Popsicle. 6 Fart. 7 Deer.     That was painful

Get this off my chest

I apologize up front , for offending you and for going for the lowest hanging fruit. Hope you got a chance to watch Nancy Pelosi in her press conference last week. she had a couple of dozen woman standing behind her in support of her being named the minority leader. Wow the women in that photo, were scary.Either some one in the room had thirds of  the refried beans special for lunch or The plastic surgeons in D.C. Are doing two -fears. You know guys that look like the one the School librarian gave you when you simply asked  "Is Oh, Calcutta. Available in a pictorial version?"   That  actually happened.    Good to be in Missoula for the holidays, will be over to potheads later this evening and scoring a lid of weed, his 6 year old does the measuring , think he' s ripping me off man.

PS

Looks like a pattern developing. First Germany, then Bahrain, followed by Sweden.  Now look who showed up for the party. Hello Mr South Korea nice to see you.  I think this thing has the look of sequel to TEAM AMERICA  Your thoughts?  I'm  so Roan Ree.

the future looks good

This is one pretty girlfriend, How about a kiss?  Why sure sugar.  This is a look into the future,Hope the pictures turnout  . I   am sitting here writing this blog dressed in nothing  and I mean nothing but a Grizzly beanie on. Trying to get up for the game. Now try and get that visual out of your head . Griz by 3  witha a late field goal.

Calling all coyotes

 The cat and I were just sitting on the wood pile telling each other how much we admired Elvis Pressley. When a shot rang out from our property to the south. Edna the calico cat said  "He'll no your on your own". So I piled in to the Jeep and headed over to confront whoever it was. My attorney Cory, has advised me on numerous occasions that it might be good for my health to NOT confront half drunk hunters who are pointing guns out of their windows.  as I approached this pickup I recognized the two inside to be neighbors , they were laughing and said Laird you were gonna jump all over us weren't you. I said Damn straight as I pulled my 357 and leveled it at them. Now wait a minute that didn't happen . That is just silly talk , but I had you didn't I.  Actually they were hunting Coyotes which I encourage. They said his brother is coming up this winter with some friends from Missoula for a Coyote hunting competition. Wondering if any of you would like to put a team in the competition? Sounds like fun. By the way they had three dead dogs in the back go his pickup he said they might be worth 100 bucks skinned later this winter.

ps

Probably should mention the mileston WE have crossed today. 1000 page views  [pause for effect] I couldn't have done it without you. Like Mitch said I'm 1% of the way to 1,ooo,ooo  you will not hear another milestone update till then. I would love to hear from my adoring fan in Sweden, is it true what they say about the girls there?

wee ones left

Looks like a few little bucks are hanging around the big trees  and of course weirdo made it thru the season .  I think the bigger bucks might be in hiding for a couple of weeks, we'll wait and see. I watched just enough of Obama's news conference to realize he wasn't going to resign , turned tv off. I think we are seeing some Chicago style politics going on with  all of this adultery and shenanigans with the Generals.  It is  going to make one hell of a book someday, like my Rabbi always says "The truth always comes out" Houy. Leave you with this . Am I sick because I laugh out loud at "The Family Guy".  Don't tell my Grandkids , they still believe in me, as for my children. Well lets  just  say they have been making excuses for me for going on 25 years.

Austin Powers is a 5 star general?

It has taken me a couple of days to get my mind around General Petreaus and this man woman rolling around under a desk like a couple of ferrets in heat. Now another General has been caught emailing some over the hill groupie 3000 letters  are you kidding me. What the hell are these fighting men being taught in say West Point, besides that absolute power corrupts absolutely.  Sounds like an honorable leader in the militaty is "Harder to find than teats on a mule".  A Kinky Friedman phrase, actually if you look for teats on a mule they   are    oh forget it. Speaking of the honorable Texan Friedman , there is a fellow from Las Vegas by the name of Penn Jillette, whohas for the time  being moved pat Hunter S.  I don't agree with most anything he believes in, but damn it he's compelling. Just wrote a book of essays that are supposd to be comical I  will be the judge of that. My ongoing saga of Me vs Pothead neighbor has taken another twist, my new BFF Jeremy Moran the builder who remodeled our home in Missoula has came up with a plan to appease the inspectors  at the Courthouse, I won't bore you with details but my treehouse WILL be legal soon.  Then I will be gathering up a posse to tar and feather one Chris miller alias pothead. I do have a little homework for you, listen to, in no certain order " Sugar Pie Honey Bunch" by The Temptations 1965,  and "Build me up Buttercup" The Foundations 1969,   then "Green River" Creedance Clearwater Revival" 1969    then after you sit down from grooving ,  tell me why in the Hell we can't  make music like that today!

it's over

Having some trouble tried to e nter a new post it rejected it , everyone's a critic. So will just say had some nice pictures of a medium buck , but alas he was taken today by a friend of mine who with his friend walked the creek today in 14 degree weather. So it was a good clean hunt , the pictures were deleted in a show of respect.  That takes the total to 8 , at least, the number of bucks killed on the creek this season.  Rita says this might be the last season, she feels for the wildlife. The boys did say between Freds trees and the creek  they saw in the neighborhood  of 50 plus deer today. Mostly does and fawns  with a few  little bucks. Will keep you in the loop on photos of the survivers. Also they said saw a track of some kind of a cat ,not big enough for a mountain lion probably  , possibly a bobcat.  In honor of my brother Jim's family I will kill this Cat.  I apologize for my lack of wit this evening , Good night now.

It was a grand life

The headline in  the Havre Daily read John Laird Killed.  So now my interest is piqued.  It read, John  Laird of Laird Montana, one of the best known men in the northern section of the state, was instantly killed at his ranch at East Butte thursday by a flywheel that flew from a gasoline engine and struck him probably in the head.  The date on the paper is Nov ember 9,  1912.   this was  taken word for word.  100 years ago my namesake  actually my great uncle John Laird,  Blackjack Laird the origional, died some 12 miles from where I sit. The story goes it was the first threshing machine in Liberty Co. Great uncle Frank his brother always said "Nothing any good happened after Jack died".  Probably true  because from then on a very prosperous ranch started to deterioate to the point that the two remaining brothers started selling off property and by 1950 the only land left was where we call home, a mere fraction of what once was. 50000 sheep roamed thousands  of acres , story goes that the ranch broke 1000 horses one winter for the calvary either Canadian or American  not too sure on that.  The home place was only 2 or 3 miles from the Canadian border.  The ranch was started in the year 1888. For your reference Custers last stand was in the Year 1876. Enough about the good old days. As for the present 8 inches of snow, chill factor of -30 winds at 20 mph most of today temps below zero at 6 this evening and falling. Rita and I were planning our Saturday night tickle party in our skivies but might cancel too damn cold.  Looks like Sweden is on board finally, where are you Ireland?

thoughts during a blizzard

Heard today that my friends at the friday  breakfast club are reading,  good on you brothers I  am honored. I was visited by an archangel last night He said that the Devil was not into punctuation anymore he's moved on and is  currentlyrunning Obamas Foreign policy.  Afew random thoughts before i rant. Estimates show that North Dakota is " making " 2000 new Millionaires a year wow. how many did we make in Montana SCHWEITZER? You dumb Ass. My research has shown that in 1925  John Oswood trapped THE LAST WOLF IN LIBERTY COUNTY a big deal was made of it a picture of him holding the pelt  was in the local paper.  He looks to be a man of average height and I say the wolf with full hide was from his shoulder to his knees. AS most of us know there was a wolf killed on our property this fall that weighed 140 lbs  and  would easily held upright from nose to tip of tail would be 6 and a half feet to 7 feet. Our federal Government likes to do things in a big way. You dumb asses. While in Missoula a few weeks ago I noticed the marquee at the Wilma said coming soon "Crosby Still loves hash and young boys" are you kidding me those burn outs are still tricking people out of there money  Quite a quartet of cat stranglers.Big night tonight college basketball finally begins  Indiana Hoosiers are dear to me  could be a special year will keep you updated.As for the blizzard  not much wind yet 6 to 8 inches pretty much on the level  might get below zero tonight though, no deer lately.Did see some dumb asses tracks ouy driving in the fields today  one can hope for death by frostbite.  Actually there will be no ranting this day The lovely Rita is making chicken and dumplings  with a banana cream pie for dessert, my mood is improving. Hope you all are well, except for you,you dirty bastard in Bahrain how did you find me? It's not over  yet!

oh one more thing

one MR  DONALD BUJOK     is a prime suspect in  the ZODIAC killings  NO SHIT  same dude look it up

deputy sheriff Fossen dead

the story begins at 8 am thursday  october 10  deputy fossen was called from the police department in hill county that a car was stolen in havre mt  and there is reason to believe it was headed down hiway 2 toward chester   the good deputy headed east to set up road blocks while enroute he notices a hitchhicker at the turn into joplin his hometown stopping to check with the man there was a struggle and according to cecil heydon an eyewitness shots were fired and one man fell into the ditch and the car sped off heading west calls were  made to the liberty county sheriff fossens long time boss mr remington,   the report was mr fossen lay bleeding profusely from 5 gunshots to the neck and abdomen and locals had put him in a car and were headed to the liberty co hospital fossen one who could be counted upon to settle most situations told the men  TAKE IT EASY BOYS      he died before they reached chester.            fossens car was spotted on the north side of the tracks in the municipality of chester  care was taken to approach it with  guns drawn  to the officers dismay   the car was empty  NOW THE MANHUNT BEGAN by 10.00 am  the men started showing up in town  soon the gun carrying posse numbered 200  no time was wasted with any formalities the order was to find this cold blooded killer  who was still hiding in our town  by 1.00 pm  most if not all good people of chester had locked there homes and drawn their curtains  praying that there would be a quick end to this nightmare  the day passed slowly   till it was evident that darkness would soon blanket the good as well as the evil, the cold was numbing with a few inches of snow on the ground,  some were thinking he  must have slipped town  but how, all the trains were stopped  no cars were allowed thru town  for the last 6 hours  he must still be here   at 6 pm barber mahaffey closed up shop  and was walking home  one of a few men not carrying a weapon that evening when he heard a voice in the darkness  coming  from the vicinity of the farmers union elevator outhouse hey he said  " hey come over here i need help"  mahaffey being no dummy flagged down the patrolling posse and  they confronted the voice in the dark    with guns at the ready  sherif remington ordered the man out into the light    silence    again "come out"  this time followed by a blast from mr remingtons 38  into the ground  just in front of the outhouse.   the culprit with raised hands staggered  out thru the door of the commode  screaming "What did I do" restraint was used by most of the men there not all      the  last duty Deputy sheriff Fossen performed was to attempt to arrest one Mr Donald  L  Bujok  21 from  Roundup mt ,  Otto Fossen was a  man who could understand the weakness of humanity, a man who kept the peace in his community, in his state and in his heart. this happened  on October 10  1957  thought you should know

a look back in time

rita and i went into chester today for business and while there helped mother clean out some of her basement in doing so found a very interesting large  say two feet by three feet  album full of old i mean old photos  actually not photos but pictures that some one cut out of newspapers from 1918  the new york times and chicago tribune etc  and glued in this album   who would do such a thing  well my first guess is my great grandmother elizabeth who lived a mile from where i sit and who recieved these papers on a weekly or monthly schedule   my take is this  she kept these pictures  and looked at them  so she could feel like she was there there are a lot of pictures of stylish ladies posing for a camera at social events in new york  also lots of political figures from around the world, i have refinished the table that she and great grand dad jimmy used to sit at and by the kerosene lamp would read these papers   and dream,  almost a hundred years ago   ,  as crazy as it sounds  there are times  maybe when theblizzard hits  so hard it takes your breath away  or when  that melancholy gloaming  crosses the fields on a late fall    evening, i can feel the bond of  the prarie       i am off to milk the chickens  good night

I can see you

Yes I can see you. Even if you are not responding to me. I know you are reading  so I will keep regurgitating  another buck was killed on the creek. Brings total to six that we know of. Seems like enough. Guess the season isn't,t over yet.  What the hell the devil is putting punctuation in. I'm not doing it. Damn Obama is screwing with me again. My lovely and talented daughter in law sent me an article on line about how America has been  reforested since 1900 or so to the point that wildlife of all kinds are intruding on human territory and messing with everything from waterways. Beaver to deer to dare I say it wolves hell I would say we have an epidemic of bastard crows and magpies in Missoula. The solution?  Don't know but we have to determine if we want predators introduced where they haven't been before  hell no I say harvesting them is the answer. By gun toting red blooded Americans  is it just me or am I starting to sound like PBOJ our award winning editor of the weekly brain expander?   I'll leave you with this a good friend of our family is going thru some very trying times  he will under go a surgery in the next few weeks  this is precisely why I am who i am. My philosophy is I will not take myself seriously or  at times just look at the world thru a silly scope because I know good and well that my future will have heartache,sorrow and tremendous loss  so I choose to  put that off till I can't anymore.  Sound  kind of weird. Guilty

good thing the season is over

good evening you few but loyal minions looks like this monster buck has got his work cut out for him  saw quite a few does lately  but not many bucks neighbor got a four pointer today  i think the season endd at sundown tonight   actually sprayed two loades of my pickup sprayer today 60 degrees no wind  they are calling for 70 mile an hour winds tonight thru tomorrow  that is just one of the reasons we do not have a population problem in liberty county  my gut feeling is another four years of OBAMA think romney might come close to winning the popular vote  but lose the electorial vote  wont that just please everyone  as for my v ote  already cast  wont say who  could cost me some readers but lets just say  ROMNEY  the next four years i will faithfully follow my true leaders  KINKY FRIEDMAN  lead singer of KINKY and the TEXAS JEW BOYS  now that sumbitch knows stuff  vice dude will be Mr  HUNTER S THOMPSON  even though he died some time ago  he still brings more to the table then that dipshit BIDEN  your thoughts are read by me or my staff so please feel free to write

missed me

only picture worth showing  since hunting season not too many bucks  lots of does  my theory is during the rut   or when deer get it on  the bucks go out into the grain fields and fight all night and  make wild passionate love all day  kind of like the hi-line in the 70's  as for the photo  what do you think  at bottom  rabbit  no  coyote  probably  could be a badger  he  just skimmed the screen  a couple of guys walked the creek today got a four pointer  quite wet up here and foggy at times i've been asked to set up some polls  but i don't think you folks are the type, prove me wrong  first poll     stones   vs beatles   2    loved  wizard of oz  or hated it  ? if your  response warrants it  there will be some rather provacative polls in the future such as linda  lovelace  vs marilyn chambers????  i know i'm old   i've been hearing there are people reading this nonsense that don't want to admit it  that's cool  don't blame you          

who are you west

finished my book on the life of jerry west   called west by west   fairly predictable     if you knew that he is crazy   listen  we all know mr insanity has knocked on my door  but i've always turned him away   jerry has welcomed him in to his mansion   did enjoy the dope on  the lakers  kobe is what i thought   shaq comes off real well    the celtics ruined his life litterally  he thinks rick barry was as good as bird  and stockton was one of the most underrated ever   all in all good fire  starter material    as for your question brynn    my remedie  is take two 20 year old pool boys  and call me in a week  go broncos

irrelevant

i just read your comments   as of right now you don't deserve a nickname   if i did give you one and i won't it would be the "whack jobs"  until the gabby cabby gets me into manhattan your all i have so for christ sake step it up  we'll have a black in the white house before ahhhhh wait a minute   what the hell is going on

not just bucks

 

a few of my babies  pheasants and the same weirdo buck    and a sweetheart doe  a neighbor walked the creek for deer today haven't heard if they had any luck  hope not  went to the chester football game today  they laid an egg drummond beat the hell out of us      pretty tired  had a few bumps with old friends   nothing new with them  really   they all miss me terribly   some of them will be in new york city the night of the "big erection"  as iman calls it  look to have riots  most are ready  prepared to throw lead  the limit on riotous new yorkers is 3  only one can be over 250 lbs though   i can attest to the fact that there are a lot of 250's  better voice  whitney houston  vs   marilyn mccoo  from the fifth dimension  don't jump to conclusions  your thoughts????????

firewood

met a man today who spent two days and nights in sub zero weather  stranded  barely survived  froze some of his organs   no cory not that organ   his liver and part of his stomach were actually frozen  not supposed to have made it but did  i am willing to wager  you did not meet anybody like him today an exceptional american  as we travel down this bumpy road  lets not forget to acknowledge the ones who standout  no photos today  the damn camera slipped and we got 4500 pictures of the damn wind blowing the top of a tree  for those of you that dont recieve the liberty county brain expander paper  we have two mooses  living in and around chester mt    that is it  for now   has anybody seen any of the tv show american horror storry    now that shit is wacked

by the way

if i don't hear from some of you   i will  disappear

no you can't shoot him

 i thought richter got the big one but this guy might be bigger the season just closed on our land  look for the other nice buck in the brush just see his horns in one picture quite a snowstorn last night started snowing one hour after the pictures of buck the doe picture was this morning  went up and moved camera this afternoon at 4.30 in grass snow above snow boots good moisture  also saw 35 pheasants   25 deer two medium bucks i think i have seen them before also took shot at coyote but i can't seem to hit any furred animals that weigh less than 140 lbs   hint hint   just so you dont think i am sane  pee wee herman  misunderstood genius??? or just another hollywood pervert  your thoughts?

chapped ass

it is official  my ass is chapped  here is why  the storry starts with a fender bender in shelby mt  john doe said no big deal and drove off and a chase ensued lasted about ten miles then the perp was caught, the over zealous thugs, called shelby pd pulled the bad ass out by his hair  who turned out to be a 96  that is right a 96 year  old hoodlum to be reffered to as convict zell  what has the world turned into  when a veteran of probably 6 wars can't pick up a few tall boys and cruise the drag  that's right he was drunk  so what i say,he was picked up at the golf course on the marias river south of shelby  so they just dropped him off on the way back to town at the prison  the bastard can't be put in society next thing you know he'll be knocking up his girlfriend,  last thing the press saw was him saluting them  with both birds  ONE BAD ASS    your thoughts?

deer fight

 next year buck   with a genetic reject  might be a cross with a mule deer   hope this came thru   had 4000 pictures  on camera  every time a blade of grass blew in the wind it shot a picture   took me 1 and a half hours to look thru them  did catch one poacher   can't tell you his name   he and his daughter are hanging in the shop   he'll be tough as hell but she'll be tender 

nice

cia

i am suspicious    went to write some drivel  and i couldn't  get on the net    while rita was next to me on her computer  on the  net     coincidence?   don't think so      well comrades   we are not alone     big brother is listening    and watching  it reminds me of the rancher from cascade who once told me the eagle lovers watch his ranch so close to be sure no one harms them that he has to be careful which way he stands when he takes a leak  god bless america

hello europe

what the hell only one response from germany  what the hell did i ever do to you krauts pick it up now

holy shit look at that sunset thanks brynn for setting this thing up

my plan is to change the world one blog at a time  i feel that punctuation is the work of the devil and i am a card carrying christian so be damned capitalization  the basis of my blog is to show a view from our little paradise little sage creek  mixed with nuggets of knowledge  sprinkled with  my view of the world

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