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We All Need A Little Gentle Stimulation Now & Then

I saw this in the Gazette this morning. Almost snorted my juice through my nose. Sometimes it’s hard to believe there are actually people out there who think along the same line you do.
The only problem, of course, is that yawning cavern of emptiness in the Rocky Mountain West. If anybody needs a little infrastructure… »

Is Super Bowl Sunday on the Church Calendar?

If it’s not, then maybe it ought to… »

Kingston Trio Welcomes the New Year

Every seat was filled with enthusiastic, mostly mature folks last night, New Year’s Eve, at the Alberta Bair Theatre. They were there to hear the good old songs of the Kingston Trio—here is a sample of the original group: M.T.A by Kingston Trio—and to remember parts of their more youthful days and nights. I was… »

Once a Cheesehead, Always a Cheesehead

Just in case you can’t get tickets to any of the more high class football bowl games coming up on New Year’s Day here is a suggestion if your travel plans take you in the vicinity of Green Bay, Minneapolis, Milwaukee or even Chicago: Here is the bumper-sticker above.
And a short note about last year’s… »

Notes on Christmas in Billings A.D. 2008

I haven’t seen stalactites from my front window for awhile.
Is this a sign of climate change?
Inquiring minds want to know.
And finally, I received a present from my wife that was unexpected. When I looked it up on Wikipedia I found nothing there about this version of Monopoly. I was a little surprised.

The Atlantic City properties… »

The Four Stages of Life

1. You believe in Santa Claus.
2. You don’t believe in Santa Claus.
3. You are Santa Claus.
4. You look like Santa Claus.
Merry Christmas… »

Live Nativity Scene @ First Presbyterian

This is the centerpiece of a live Nativity Scene in the gym of First Presbyterian Church on the corner of Poly and 13th, just before Christmas 2008. St Luke says the babe was “laid in a manger” which implies that He was born in a stable.

There were a host of angels around the periphery though… »

More Holy Days Happenings

The Meistersingers, Westwinds, Vox Nova, and the Chamber Choir, all vocal groups from Billings West High School, together with their instrumental friends were in good voice Thursday evening at Mount Olive Lutheran Church. Parents, parishioners and alumni filled the sanctuary. This was billed as a Holiday Concert. And it was, and curiously enough the holiday… »

Rejoicing in the Best Season of the Year

Of course I mean the Christmas Season, more accurately the Advent/Christmas/Epiphany Season if you are using the Church calendar or simply the Holiday Season if you are like most of us. Whatever bad things you may have to say about our schools, you must agree that they turn out large numbers of good singers and… »

Another Look at A Christmas Carol @ Venture Theatre

Charles Dickens wrote a “little Christmas ghost story” as   quickly as he could in the 1840s because he needed the money. It was an instant success and has had many variations played on its theme of social injustice and poverty using the unlikely redemption of the miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, all in one night, Christmas Eve… »