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Category Archives: Inspiration

The 10 Best Beers When You’re Snowed In…

Monday, February 15, 2010

…in Chicago! I think I have seen the Dogfish Head at Vintage Cellars, but I am not sure.  I have not seen any of the rest of them in Great Falls. But they all look pretty good! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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A Blast from the Past…errr…Future?

Monday, February 15, 2010

Here are some links to the future…as seen in the past! The Original Futurama: The Legacy of the 1939 World’s Fair Talking about the future as seen at the 1939 World’s Fair Fact-Checking 5 Epcot Rides That Predicted the Future Five rides from the past at Disney World EPCOT (although at least two of them […]

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Walking your dog in the winter in Montana…

Monday, February 1, 2010

! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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R.I.P. Spirit! (sort of…)

Friday, January 29, 2010

Spirit is done a ‘rovin’…Probably lived longer than the Manufacturer’s extended warrantee, let alone the usual 90 day one! Spirit, NASA Martian Exploration Rover, Dies at 6 (Earth Years) NASA’s Martian Exploration Rover, Spirit, could not pull itself from its sandy resting place on Mars and has been downgraded to an operational science station. While […]

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A fascinating history…

Friday, December 11, 2009

…of Greenland’s Viking settlers, back in the day when it was, you know green.  And warm. http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/greenland/ ~Curtis in Idaho {!-{>

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I want to live here!

Monday, December 7, 2009

Pizza on speed dail, a chamberpot and this library.  That is all I need. It has everything from a 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle (the first illustrated history book), to an 1890 Edison phonograph along with three of the wax cylinders, to a Sputnick, to a TRS 80 Model 100.  Nirvana… ~Curtis in Idaho! {!-{>

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Day 255: The 9/12 Tea Party!

Sunday, September 13, 2009

I am not sure how many showed up for our little Tea Party in Great Falls, but it seemed like more than in April.  Lots of honking, waving and thumbs up, too.  A few thumbs down, middle fingers and cursing from passing cars.  I don’t mind the ones who don’t agree with us, but do […]

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Day 227: Off to a Tea Party

Saturday, August 15, 2009

As soon as I got home from the Stacks, I changed and grabbed my friend Vance.  There was a Tea Party protest rally in front of the offices of our two Senators, Baucus and Testor.  Much it is about excess spending, but right now it is about stopping a complete replacement of our health care […]

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something really different…

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Time Lapsed photos of the building of Disneyland…the original tiny one, in Anaheim…with commentary. Excellent stuff! From Holycoast.com! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Something for those you like classical music!

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Western Swing on 78 is an ever expanding collection of Western Swing from the 30’s and 40’s, ripped from the latest 78rpm albums!  Lots  of great old classical Cowboy dancin’ music, scratches and all.  Many are recordings of early radio shows.  There are a lot of current western “classics” here, in their original recordings! Enjoy! […]

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