Year: 2006
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Rejected Titles for the movie ‘Brokeback Mountain’
OklahomoHigh NoonerThe Magnificent Seven InchesJeremiah’s JohnsonPolesmokeButch Assidy and the Bundance KidThe Man Who Shot All Over Liberty ValanceHow the West Was HungThe Legend of the Long RangerDoc’s Holiday with Billy the KidVery Raw HideLonesome DougA Fistful of NedHi, Plains Drifter!Quickly Down UnderBareback MountingBone-nanzaDon’t Mess with Tex’ AssHome on the RangerRooster CockburnPrances with WolvesBaloney Pony RodeoTubesteak…
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Progress
Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.Aldous Huxley
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Date Night
Jill and I went out for Thai food at Tum Rup Thai in Uptown; followed by a really neat salon concert, Zo performed by Paul Cantrell, a composer, amateur pianist, and software developer I came in contact with through the Ruby Users Group. He played some beautiful short classical pieces by Chopin, Brahms, and Bach;…
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Two days after election day
Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy 2% that get all the publicity. But then—we elected them.Lily Tomlin
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Ten reasons why some men prefer guns over women
10. You can trade an old 44 for a new 22.9. You can keep one gun at home and have another for when you’re on the road.8. If you admire a friend’s gun and tell him so, he will probably let you try it out a few times.7. Your primary gun doesn’t mind if you…