The hot weather is over, and even though a little rain sometimes falls, the runoff is much more manageable. The Flathead River overran it's banks 'way up in West Glacier, but not too badly -- no lives were lost, no roads washed out. The water table is very high all around the area, so there may some property damage before the runoff ceases.

Sitemeter Sez: Visitors from Madison, Wisconsin: Ddingen, Switzerland; La Jolla, California; Thompson Falls, Montana; Mhlin, Switzerland; Arcata, California (researching Eric McFadden and Bernie Worrell); Palm Coast, Florida; Ione, Washington; Princeton, New Jersey and Garberville, California.

ROCK against Reaganomics at: Theater X-Net

Starring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
Ida's Places in Paris -- from my first jet-lagged day by the Seine.
Read more about Ida in Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley

Visit: Michael's Montana Web Archive
Theater, Art, Flash Gordon, Funky Music and MORE!
NEW --Launching NOW! Outre Space Cinema -- Featuring: 1930's Rocketry, Spitfires of the Spaceways and Cellulose to Celluloid, Flash Gordon in the Saturday Matinees and Sunday Comics.





Many thanks to Jim Keefe (Visit his Website) -- the LAST Flash Gordon illustrator of the 20th Century, and Flash's first illustrator of the 21st, for his recommendations -- HERE!

Charity Alert: Check into Terra Sigilata blog -- donate $$$ to cancer patients just by clicking onto the site. Keep that Resolution to click on The Hunger Site every day.

In The Community: Two new shows going up at the Hockaday Museum of Art Frank Tetrault's sculptures, and Greg Siple's playful photography A.K.A. Bicycle Eclectic. There's an opening next week.
Alicia from MAM in Missoula checked into the blog, just like I thought, reading about my cra-zee trip to Anaconda.
Check out Fall for Glacier -- a fundraiser for several programs that make Glacier National Park even better!

Media Watch: Trash A Go Go did the right thing and gave their mirror ball trophy to Kristy Yamaguchi. Her partner Mark Balast should be a two-time champ because he danced with Cheetah Girl last season. The judges didn't mess things up this time. Usher's first song was excellent, but the second number Yeah was a no-no -- the arrangement didn't fit the music, and he missed the lip-sync'd vocal track too often. He's also a good dancer, but his backups are better, which should surprise nobody. The choreographer kinda made a mistake by demonstrating that fact more than once or twice. The 13 year old kid champions were cool, as were representatives of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.

Kitsch Alert!
(From an advertisement circa 1978)