Icewind's Ramblings

Some of the best things about life I learned from Lonesome Dove. Great movie, excellent characters, and tells a story about how to live life. Augustus McCrae “It ain’t dying I’m talking about, it’s living.   I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.” I'm just tryin' to keep everything in balance, Woodrow. You do more work than you got to, so it's my obligation to do less. “Yesterday’s gone and we can’t get it back.” “I'm sure partial to the evening,' Augustus said. 'The evening and the morning.   If we just didn't have to have the rest of the dern day I'd be a lot happier.” Hat Creek Cattle Company Well we don't rent pigs and I figure it's better to say it right out front because a man that does like to rent pigs is . . . he's hard to stop. Biscuits “I never knew you to get excited about anything except biscuits maybe . . . and whores!”    Captain Woodrow Call to Augustus McCrae in Lonesome Dove. Whores L...

It was one of those mixed days here with it starting out early this morning with a cold dark sky out as I left for work.   The day progressed with the usual things of ordering items for several different projects and coordinating between people, tools, and materials. Lunchtime brought with it a quick trip to Peggy’s Place a local eatery which is not up on my list of ‘good’ places to eat.   When we left there and drove by Merrill Field I could see the production crew which is in town right now making a movie, “Frozen Ground” based on the 1980’s serial killer Robert Hansen.   They were preparing two helicopters for a scene in the movie.   One was a police helicopter and the other was the camera platform copter.   About an hour later I went to our shipping and receiving yard and the film company had just taken off in front of me.   The two helicopters flew in close formation with the camera chopper trailing slightly and to the left of the “police” helicopte...

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