Author Archives: wanderingthecdt

Breaking News — Bronies Hits Podunk

I sat down to catch up on chronicling life in Podunk — the latest with the Cold Muthas, thoughts on Groundhog Day, maybe a police blotter or two — when Odd Number approached me with a look of concern in his eyes. “Guess what’s going around Salmon … well, really around the world?” My sidekick […]
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What Price Data?

My parents, the Notorious Babs and Big L, declared 2013 the year of the iPhone, thusly granting Her Royal Highness and Odd Number their own royal instruments. I use a flip phone that is reminiscent of Captain James Kirk’s “communicator”. My texting prowess consists of prose such as “?” Or “ok” sometimes shortened to “k” […]
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Woof

Sometimes my hometown of Podunk makes the news for its downright podunkery, for lack of a better word (and for promotion of my new line of podunkery merchandise). This time, we’ve made the headlines for a planned wolf derby. And no, a wolf derby is not a bold variation of our signature community event — […]
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Coal in My Stocking

It may come as no surprise to loyal, or even accidental, Podunk readers that I have received coal in my stocking on more than one occasion. Carrying on about Osama bin Santa most likely did not help my case. So all in all, I consider it an upgrade that I’m now receiving gifts like this: […]
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Sports Injuries

Last weekend, the Podunks split up — I took Her Royal Highness to a hockey tournament in Bozeman, and the Iron Chef took Odd Number to a hockey tournament in Sun Valley. It sounds glamorous, I know. Aside from the mega freeze in Bozeman that turned my hockey touring car’s battery into a useless rectangle, […]
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Warming Up at the Ice Rink

Yeah I know — hockey doesn’t conjure visions of warmth. But this is seriously messed up. My loyal and faithless readers (hey mom and dad!) will think I am making this up, but it finally warmed up to single digits below zero Fahrenheit here in Bozeman, Montana. As Her Royal Highness and I drove to […]
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Sponsorship — What Not To Do

Podunk is pretty lean on post-Thanksgiving shopping sprees. We are legitimately 150 miles away from the nearest mall, and thanks be to God, the nearest Walmart. Instead, we have Alco, a Texas-based down-home department store that pops up in places like Podunk and Hettinger, North Dakota. But now I feel like Alco is judging me […]
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More Tips on Sponsorship

My friend Mary is breaking out of Podunk for a few days and heading for civilization. Civilization including a Whole Foods market, no less. She’s preparing for the journey by reading girl genius Kelly Maclean’s account of her most recent trip to the green grocer. As I continue my quest to find a sponsor for […]
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Out of Character, Out of Credit

Our credit card got hacked last week, and my potential new sponsor — Capital One, what’s in your wallet? — called it from a mile away. Before you could say, “Bob’s your uncle,” Capital One had restricted the card’s use. So what tipped the geniuses at Capital One off? you might ask. The attempted purchase […]
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Distracted from the CDT — Again

I want to be writing about the awesome Continental Divide Trail, but between a twisted hail storm beating the crap out of my home and garden and having 2 teenagers, I keep getting distracted. Maybe we’ll talk about the hail storm later, but for now — share my terror. Her Royal Highness just gave Odd […]
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