Random Stuff Branding Montana 14 Mar 2025 I wrote this article in April 2015, and was updated in March 2025. The brand in the lower right corner of the title picture was mine from when I had…
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…
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.…
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…
Random Stuff A note to the ladies about gentlemen in kilts 2 Mar 20151 Feb 2026 There's a lot of talk right now about men invading women's personal space, thanks to recent high-visibility touching by John Travolta and Vice President Joe Biden. It is definitely an issue,…
Random Stuff Arizona’s “Turn Away the Gay” boycott – Not so fast, George 25 Feb 20145 May 2023 It's been a while since I've written anything controversial or political here, so I guess it's about time to address a topic I haven't expounded upon much: discrimination and gay…
Random Stuff Kilts vs. Lederhosen 16 Sep 20131 Feb 2026 I have always seemed to identify more with my father's Scottish ancestry than my mother's German ancestry, and I'm not sure exactly why. I have three kilts representing two different…
Random Stuff… Schedules and meta-blogging 26 Jun 20135 May 2023 Ever since I split my blog in two, creating this blog and Tea With Gary, I have tried to keep the writing-related items here and the tea-related items there. Yesterday,…