Writing Copyedit or Copy Edit? 13 Apr 20221 Feb 2026 Oh, the strange dilemmas we encounter when writing a resume! I'm looking for some new freelance work at the moment, and I keep getting dragged off into different rabbit holes…
Random Stuff A B.P.O. Elks Update From a Former Officer & Member 15 Mar 20226 Apr 2023 This is a follow-up to The Benevolent and Protective Order of (non-atheist) Elks, which I wrote in 2011. I never thought that ten years later, it would still be one…
Science & Technology Don’t get cloned on Facebook 7 Feb 20215 May 2023 We've all been seeing a rash of Facebook account cloning. You see it when you get a friend request from someone that you've already friended. If you have a lot…
Random Stuff A Red Lodge Night Before Christmas 25 Dec 20207 Jan 2022 My wife and I have a Christmas tradition. Every year for Christmas Eve we go down to the local radio station (FM99.3 the Mountain) and record Night Before Christmas. We started…
Random Stuff The Modern Tabletop Game Renaissance 29 Oct 20205 May 2023 Note: This post was originally written in 2017. As of 2020, game nights at the tea & game shop have been off-and-on depending on the current state of the pandemic.…
Speaking & Voice Acting Adventures in (longer) podcasting 31 Jan 20201 Feb 2026 About a year and a half ago, I started a podcast for the Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary called 2 Minutes in the Yellowstone Ecosystem. Since it was recorded as a live…
Science & Technology My grandfather and the 1918 flu pandemic 27 Oct 20186 Feb 2023 This was written before COVID-19 was inflicted upon the world. I really thought that when the first viable COVID vaccine came out, we'd be rid of the anti-vax cult; I…
Speaking & Voice Acting 2 Minutes in the Yellowstone Ecosystem 25 May 20181 Feb 2026 UPDATE JANUARY 2020: Two Minutes in the Yellowstone Ecosystem hast morphed into a longer-format podcast called Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. See this blog post for more info. Also, I'm now the Executive Director…
Random Stuff Nature Education: A new (?) challenge 22 Feb 20181 Feb 2026 I have a really exciting announcement to make: I've been involved with the Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary on and off for sixteen years. It was called the Beartooth Nature Center back…