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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Taylor Swift Charming and Gracious in Victory
Taylor Swift's album "Fearless" has gone Gold or Platinum in 14 countries. That garnered her a FIFTH award at the Country Music Awards show this past Wednesday night. Brooks and Dunn, who won t…
- November 11th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Boomer with a View
A Little Modesty Would Become Today\'s Teens
I hate the way ten-year-old girls begin to emulate 14 year-olds, and in turn 14 year-olds do their best to become 18 year-olds about four years ahead of time. Today's girls emulate the older kids in…
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
No Excuse for Tolerating School Bullies
We had a recent incident of a family withdrawing their autistic son from a public Middle School due to constant taunting and bullying. The problem with this is not just that a kid is bullied; it is t…
- November 8th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Boomer with a View
Robert Vaughn Staying Power and Longevity
Robert Vaughn was the star of one of my favorite shows of the mid-1960s, The Man From *U.N.C.L.E. On the air from 1964-1968, *U.N.C.L.E. was a take-off on James Bond, and Vaughn starred as Napol…
- November 7th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Full Speed Ahead! Writing the Novel
First of all, I am happy to report that my internet speed is back to normal. After conducting a two-hour PC scan and finding nothing wrong, I went to my DSL modem's URL site and saw that my spee…
- November 6th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Slow Internet Speeds while Writing a Novel too.
My Internet connection is incredibly slow today. It doesn't seem to matter which browser I use, IE, Firefox, Chrome, they are all bogging down. I depend on the Internet for doing research, and tha…
- November 5th, 2009
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Veteran\'s Day Observance November 11
Veteran's Day 2009 Poster provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Veteran's Day recognizes all veterans who have served in wartime, and by recent tradition, all those who have served, w…
- November 2nd, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Michael Jackson\'s This is it! is a big hit!
This is It! has earned over a million dollars, Worldwide, in the first five days since opening. The United States audiences have pushed This is It! to the top for this past weekend. I went to see T…
- November 1st, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
National Novel Writing Month Kicks Off November 1st
Here is a fun and challenging project to tackle: write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. No editing, no re-writes, just fast and furiously pounding away on the keyboard, averaging 1667 words per day!N…
- October 31st, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Real Horror Beyond Halloween
The real horror in the world transcends any frivolity attached to Halloween. Human famine in Africa and elsewhere claims far more lives than war.Selling human bones, including skulls, for use in reli…
- October 30th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Boomer with a View
Obama Pays Respects to Fallen Soldiers
This Associated Press photo ran in many newspapers around the United States today. It shows President Obama saluting as caskets containing remains of American soldiers are off-loaded from a military a…
- October 28th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Boomer with a View
Halloween, Holiday, or Day of the Dead
Halloween for my sisters and me was always a simple affair. We received candy from trick or treating and that was it. Of course we wore masks, but nothing fancy; no big costume things like some kids…
- October 27th, 2009
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- October 26th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Grugger's Way
Shellback Initiation and Crossing the Equator
A very long time ago, and far, far away, out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, we crossed the Equator, and engaged in the time-honored tradition of sailors everywhere, and became Shellbacks. Belo…
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Puppy Chowdown Time. It\'s Plastic!
What am I going to do? This pup just chews anything plastic, wood, rubber, vinyl or DIRT!She also managed to "dig" and 'chew" a big hole in unfinished dry wall in the garage kennel area. She dug it…
- October 24th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Autumn Harvest Festivals in Montana
Football season is here and the Farmers' Markets are closing down, but there are Harvest Festivals to attend. Sometimes called Octoberfest, or OktoberFest, these events bring local folks together wit…
- October 23rd, 2009
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- October 22nd, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Boomer with a View
Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962
On October 22,1962, President John F. Kennedy addressed the nation on television and proclaimed that he was imposing a "quarantine" around Cuba due to the presence of Soviet offensive ballistic missil…
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DOUGKUEFFLER has added A Blog for Wapiti Waters Fly Fishing Montana, Jack C. Mauer to his favorite blogs.
A Blog for Wapiti Waters Fly Fishing Montana, Jack C. Mauer
Fly Fishing Montana. Wapiti Waters is sharing information and photos of activities, outdoor adventures, and fly fishing in western Montana. -
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benhuebner to his friends list. - October 20th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Montana Festival of the Book Oct 22-24, 2009
The Montana Festival of the Book will bring together the region’s finest writers to celebrate reading and writing in one of the Inland Northwest’s biggest cultural events.For the 10th consecutive…
- October 19th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
In the PINK Zone
Saturday's Breast Cancer Awareness event at the University of Montana Grizzly game was a big success, as this Missoulian article attests. We were all in the Pink, with cheerleaders hoisting pink pom-…
- October 18th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Boomer with a View
1961 World Series Yankees vs Reds
THE AMAZING WHITEY FORDThe 1961 World Series lasted only five games, with the Yanks taking home the prize on October 9, 1961, at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. This was the Yankee team of Mantle, Maris…
- October 17th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Fight Breast Cancer This Weekend and Every Weekend
According to the American Cancer Association, breast cancer ranks #1 in estimated new cases of all cancers diagnosed in America. This equates to 1 in 8 women being diagnosed with breast cancer in thei…
- October 16th, 2009
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- October 15th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
University of Montana Football Grizzlies
The University of Montana Grizzlies, with a 5-0 record this season, are ranked #3 nationally, as they host the Eagles from Eastern Washington University on Saturday, October 17.Montana is 2-0 in the…
- October 14th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
UPDATE on Water Well Pump Failure
The PUMP service guy discovered an electrical short at the pump connection (125 feet down) at bottom of well. He assured me that this was FAR more preferable than having electrical problems between t…
- October 12th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Water Well Pump Failure means NO WATER
Unpleasant surprise this morning when there was NO WATER pressure. Flushed the toilet and NO REFILL! Crap.Found a blown fuse in the electrical service pump shut off box. Drove 8 miles to ACE Hardwa…
- October 10th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Red Wave Middle School Band withdrawn from homecoming parade
NOTE: UM Grizzlies beat Cal-Poly 35-23 in victorious Homecoming week. Montana is now 5-0 during 2009 season.I think it's appropriate that the Missoula County Schools Fine Arts Director, John Combs, t…
- October 8th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Missoula Red Wave Marching Band
This is Homecoming weekend at the University of Montana in Missoula, and the homecoming parade is an event that involves hundreds of Missoulians. We look forward to this day when we can come out and…
- October 7th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Doug Photo from the Footlocker 1981
Sometimes, just for the heck of it, we remember what we looked like 28 years ago. What a baby face I was as a new Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Navy, assigned to the Aircraft Carrier, USS RANGER CV-61.
- October 6th, 2009
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- October 4th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Boomer with a View
First World Series Memory - 1960 - Yanks vs Pirates
I was already a "betting man" by the time I was in 7th grade, so my money in this Series was on the Yankees.I never thought they could lose to the Pirates. The Yanks had all the big names: Mickey Man…
- October 2nd, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Motor Home Malaise
I thought I was doing all the preventative stuff I needed to do for the 18-year-old Class "A" motor home we bought last year.I took care to have an oil change, tuneup, new spark plug wires, air and f…
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Grugger's Way
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast cancer remains a significant health concern for women in the United States and throughout the world. In the U.S., it is the most common form of cancer in women. After lung cancer, breast cance…
- October 1st, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Mimi\'s Lemon-Apple-Ginger Dressing
We've not done this before, but I am going to share a recipe for a home-made salad dressing that Sharon makes for us that I think is better for us than most any store-bought salad dressing, and certai…
- September 29th, 2009
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- September 26th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Boomer with a View
Sputnik Anniversary October 4, 1957
I so vividly recall the "shock and awe" that reverberated around the World with news that the USSR had successfully launched a satellite into Earth orbit.The "shock" was that the Soviets had beat the…
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End of Summer Color
This is probably the last photo of the summer flowers (there is a tomato plant up there too). I have really enjoyed taking care of these little bits of brightness on an otherwise blah and colorless s…
- September 24th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Pet Medicine and Treatments Expensive Too
I had my teeth cleaned last week, $152, which included the annual x-rays and having the dentist do an exam.I had my DOG's teeth cleaned today, $168, which included a pre-anesthesia blood test ($36), w…
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DOUGKUEFFLER has bookmarked the video See You in September-The Tempos-original song-1959.
- September 22nd, 2009
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Four Reasons I LIKE the END of Montana Summer
First, I look forward to the end of summer weather because that means the end of lawn mowing, which eats up about 8 hours a week during the growing season. I can winterize my irrigation system and no…
- September 20th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Boomer with a View
Mary Travers of Peter, Paul, and Mary
Peter, Paul and Mary were the voices of conscience during the 1960's. Folk singer, social activist, wife, mother, friend.Sadly, this courageous woman passed away on September 16, 2009, at the age of…
- September 18th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
First Day of College in 1969
I can hardly think of any words to go with this.Just out of the Navy, 1969, and off to skwuel as a college freshman. Look at that SUIT! Three-piece! A vest! Even in 1969, I was the only "kid" wear…
- September 17th, 2009
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DOUGKUEFFLER has posted a new entry on: Doug's Missoula Blog
Corn Bread In Cast Iron Skillet
This is "CAMP OUT" corn bread! My lovely camp-out Wife put this together, adding some corn kernals from fresh cobs right out of Benson's Missoula Farm, plus a little "sharp" cheddar cheese and VOILA!…
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