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I'll be up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby this evening (Tuesday) to read more Montana History. We're enjoying the "Empty Mansions" book about the mysterious life of Huguette Clark & the spending of a great American fortune. Wh...

Tall Todd, the custom harvester fellow, says there's still a lot of grain left to be harvested in the Cut Bank area. Todd has moved north of the border to begin harvesting up Alberta way. Earlier, heavy rains delayed the Canadian harvest & early snows put much of the crop FLAT on the ground. Th...

The new hardback thriller, "Predator; The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution" by Richard Whittle is up for grabs this afternoon (Monday) at 4:30 on Puffman Musical Trivia. "Predator" is the untold story of the birth of the predator drone-a wonder weapon that reshaped modern warfare & transformed the American military. Af...

At the start of each season there are just 1,696 men in the world deemed talented enough to play in the NFL, the most popular sports league in America. & of that tiny number, only a handful become household names. Most players, like Nate Jackson who spent 6 years as a Tight End for the Denver Broncos, fall somewhere in the middle, fighting their way onto a roster every year, putting their bodi

Besides getting the "story-behind-the-story" this afternoon (Tuesday) on the new Ripley's book, I'll be reading another cool book tonight up at the Marias Heritage Center during Montana History. We're all enjoying "Empty Mansions; The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune" by Bill Dedman & Paul Clark Newell, Jr. Tu...

I'll be giving away the BIGGEST prize that I've ever given away this afternoon (Monday) at 4:30 on Puffman Musical Trivia! The book I'm giving away is more than 700 pages & if THAT isn't BIG...I don't know what is! The book is Carly Orosz's "Devil Music." C...

You don't have to remind me...my MIDDLE name IS "Sports." Tomorrow (Saturday) morning at 7:30 on Puffman Sports Trivia, I've got a spectacular new sports read up for grabs. Tim Delaney & Tim Madigan (I call them the "2 Tims!) have put together a cool new book: "Sports: Why People Love Them!", &...

The book that we're presently reading Tuesday evenings up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby, has been described as "engrossing portrait of a forgotten American heiress & a fascinating meditation on the crosswinds of extreme wealth." I...

Puffman Musical Trivia doesn't take the day off today (Monday) & I was "Laboring" into the wee hours of the morning to come up with a neat trivia prize along with a GREAT Puffman Musical Trivia question for this afternoon. I've put together a musical trivia question on one of the cool TV shows from back when I was a teenager. I'...

It's Labor Day today (Monday)...a national holiday that originated back in the 1880's at the uging of union officials who wanted to show "The strength & esprit de corps of the trade & labor organizations." The U.S. Department of Labor submits that at one seminal event in New York City, "At first they were afraid that the celebration was going to be a failure. Many o... Read

I'm looking forward to reading more Montana History tonight (Tuesday) up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. "Empty Mansions; The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune" is turning out to be one of the most compelling books we've enjoyed at the Heritage...

Hang on for the ride tomorrow (Saturday) morning at 7:30 on Puffman SPORTS Trivia. I've been in the "research mode" this week & put together a Saturday morning sports trivia question on what I like to call "The All-American Sport": BOWLING! I'...