The Breakfast Flakes

Now we start getting the supposed predictors of how bad our winter is going to be. You know, like the wasps are trying to get inside. Or, we had millions of grasshoppers, so we will have 27 feet of snow.

Retail has changed and downtowns are now for restaurants, bars and banks. Not to mention, online shopping has hurt small downtown retail stores.

I had lunch with an old buddy of mine yesterday who is my age and single. We were getting caught up on what we had both been up to and he mentioned that he was doing online dating. I laughed and said, "You're kidding." Nope.

I'm glad to see that Billings school buses now have cameras on board to catch people who disregard red flashing lights at the bus stop signs.

My game starts with a 32G iPod complete with customized playlists for different moods.

Before six a.m. this morning Paul was telling us about his three college roommates. I've been sitting here recalling my many, many roomies and what quality stood out for each one. Here's my list:

It just dawned on me that almost all my pictures on my phone are all ranch pictures.

I want to talk about the relationships we have with people who have listened to us for a long time.

Two weeks from tomorrow it's the Flakes barn raising. If you're coming to the ranch to help, here's what you need:

I was in a bar inside Albertsons in Boise, Idaho a couple of weeks back, and I thought that was a good idea. They SELL beer, so why not have a bar that serves food?

The kick-off party for Flakes trip qualifiers starts tonight at The Den from 5pm - 7pm.

I still love my country and I'm proud that we have the men and women that serve it every day.

I played Miranda Lamberts "Automatic" this morning and heard the line. "We'd take along a Rand McNally" referring to those old books of maps that we used before GPS came along.

I saw this plate in traffic the other day and it made me laugh because I DO know "Jack." I'm a little surprised that they let you get that on your plate.

Even though you probably know what we did on our vacations, I'll blog you a little something about it.

I'm looking at two dates for the Flakes Barn Raising.

Just so you know, Mark and I will be taking some time off for a couple of weeks.

Some of this week's more interesting topics covered on our program included Chinese Cialis, how my beer never lives to its expiration date, the temperature in hell, and whether or not I should start drinking at least a little milk.

After weighing the comments from the milk vs. beer blog, I've decided that Mark can make his own decision on not drinking milk.

In 30 years of doing our show, a lot of things have changed. But, one thing has always remained constant: reading the menus from the schools on the air. Back in the early 90's Paul and I did "School Lunch Visits" to every school in the outlying areas.