The Semester BEGINS! It's snowing like the White Devil himself, and the forecasters say that we're due for sub-zero (Fahrenheit) temperatures for the next couple of days. Since Christmas we have had a constant parade of snowstorms -- it's starting to mount up, if you get my drift.

Charity Alert: The Children's Health Site All you have to do is CLICK!
(Donate actual $$$$$ to an ethical Tsumani Relief Organization if you can.)

Wildlife: The deer are welcome to whatever the birds don't eat on the ground below our feeders -- they just move on, since those flying rascals don't leave much.

In The Community: We are working our tails off at the Hockaday Museum of Art, trying to get our shows ready for the next opening reception on January 20. I'm going to be using my new SLR-style Sony DCS 5828 digital camera that night.
Hockaday Museum of Art -- New Year, New Shows! See the EXHIBIT page.
I'm turning THIS particular site over to someone else soon, she's bright and capable, their museum has a new director, and I can't do it for no money anymore: NW Montana Historical Society
Flathead Valley Community College almost had to declare a "snow day" on the first day of the semester. That would be hilarious -- FVCC Home page

Media Watch: Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Girl had an inauspicious "sneak preview" last night. It's a new show, but acting out, and being a character doesn't necessarily mean a person actually has character.
Make up your own mind: Meet the Gal Pals
Cable-ubiquitous actress Gina Gershon showed up again -- as co-star in a pretty-good movie called Picture Claire with Juliette Lewis and Mickey Rourke. It was a crime flick, with enough movement to keep things interesting, but most of all, it was made with a unique visual flair that appealed to me. Congrats to director Bruce McDonald.
Reminder: I'd never heard of Gina Gershon before she was a guest on Dinner For Five last August. The "indie" networks have been showing her films and TV shows since then. She's also a voice actor on the less-than-laudable Tripping the Rift cartoon series. She's frankly just another actor, but since I wish all of those folks well, I'm tracking her newly-revived career on this blog as a curiosity.
C-Span: Ain't watchin' no Chris Hitchens, thank you. Jackasses are only good as pack animals. CNN: Good riddance, _ucker Carlson! (Let's hope PBS cancels his waste of spectrum there too. MSNBC is welcome to him.)