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Category Archives: Pursuit of Happiness
Good Friday
Johnny Cash, The Old Rugged Cross Continue reading
In Search of…the Holy Grail
My favorite conspiracy theories (or Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get me.) Continue reading
Chicago-Best City in the World?
Today is opening day of Major League Baseball’s regular season. I would normally argue there is no place I would rather be today than that worst seat available in any park in the league. Normally. As as ESPN reports, Mother … Continue reading
April Fool's
Cadillac Sky‘s “Inside Joke” Put together by the great Eric Maxwell and his Amazing Mind this video blazes new cinematic trails and basically, will “probably” upend the music video business. Shot back in October, we thought it had been lost … Continue reading
Posted in Pursuit of Happiness
Tagged Americana, bluegrass, humor, jcshepard.com, Music, video
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Bodies moving in water
Stream Trout general fishing season opens in Minnesota 18 April 2009. Until then, we have time to study the maps, tie our flies and dream our boyhood dreams of bodies of moving water…. San Antonio Express – Fly Fishing from … Continue reading
In Praise of The Rocking R Bar
…the kind of Third Place that a community needs… Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Pursuit of Happiness
Tagged historic preservation, LinkedIn, MT, planning
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Living too close to town
Edward Abbey died 20 years ago today. The American Spectator has a nice essay that sums up my love-hate admiration for the Conservative Anarchist of the Desert Southwest: Cactus Ed was a prickly sort; a conservative anarchist, if you will, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Policy, Pursuit of Happiness
Tagged books, hero, history, Roots, sense of place
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Mapping Minnesota
Minnesota Historical Society video on new exhibit of historical maps, including 1765 French globe. Continue reading
Big Music Will Surrender, But Not Until At Least 2011
Big Music Will Surrender, But Not Until At Least 2011 Posted using ShareThis ***************************** recorded music will largely be little more than marketing collateral, meaning that the Internet services being sued today for copyright infringement will be embraced in the … Continue reading
Bozeman Explosion
#bozexplod thoughts: disaster recovery plans, real-time information gaps, scope can trump scale Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Policy, Pursuit of Happiness
Tagged FaceBook, fire, fly fishing, hazard mitigation, LinkedIn, MT, Social Media, Twitter
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