Smittie

Welcome to Montana

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We moved to Montana in August 2018. We rented a classic old house that was built in 1920 something. February 2019 was the second coldest in history in Montana. The cold weather in Montana I expected. That part, I signed up for. On 01 February, the boiler in this classic old house went out. The … Read more

First Priority Van Lines Ripped Us Off

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We contracted with First Priority Van Lines for a household move from Northern California to southwestern Montana. We scheduled the movers to come between 25 and 27 July 2018. First Priority told us a driver, truck and five workers would arrive on the 27th between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm. We ordered First Priority’s “full … Read more

Growing Up to be Cowboys

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When I was young I wanted to be a cowboy. They told me there were no cowboys left in the world; I believed them. I was 37 years old when I discovered that they had lied to me. Saddest day of my life. I love cowboy culture.
At the end of May I left my job at Clover. Using money from Roku stock I will be moving to Montana to start a technology consulting firm that will help ranchers and livestock growers use and manage technology in their operations.
There will be new challenges but I will finally be living and working among the ranchers and cowboys.

Memorial Day – 2018

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DC3 Nathan B. Bruckenthal KIA 24 Apr 2004 SM2 (SW) Christopher E. Watts KIA 24 Apr 2004 BM1 (SW) Michael J. Pernaselli KIA 24 Apr 2004 SGT Regina Reali KIA 23 Dec 2006 SGT Cheyenne C. Willey KIA 23 Dec 2006 Memorial Day – Remember the Fallen

The Joy of Project Cars

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Back in November of last year I introduced my latest project vehicle, a 1963 Chevrolet C10. At that time I had redone the gaskets, rebuilt the carburetor and pulled the gas tank to fix the filler neck. As is so often the case with project cars, a lot has happened since my last article but not much has changed.

Our Roadkill Adventure

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Roadkill is a YouTube by two guys who take sketchy, clapped out vehicles, do crazy modifications to them and then take ridiculous road trips to God knows where. My son and I did our own Roadkill episode when we rebuilt the top end of a 1973 Chevy C10 and drove it to Big Sandy, Montana.

WordPress vs Static Site Generators

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When I first started blogging I built my web site on Moveable Type. After a couple of false starts I finally joined the rest of the blogosphere on WordPress. Jekyll looked like more work to set up than I was willing to do. Further investigation led me to Hugo. Hugo looked so simple I decided to give it a try.