B.B. “Boen” DeLay

Boen DeLay walked into his Homestead on the Missouri River. He and his cousins John and Jay Cochran had come to Miles City in 1912 but found no desirable land available. They decided to look farther north. John said, “If we go anywhere else, we’ll have to walk.” Boen replied, “I will if you will!”Continue reading “B.B. “Boen” DeLay”

Is the Anecdote the Antidote?

(Making Informed Health Decisions) Humans make life-sustaining decisions based on whatever information is available to them at the time. Sometimes our information is anecdotal. Jill jumped out of an airplane without a parachute. In light of her tragic end perhaps the rest of us should don a chute before we launch ourselves into eternity. SeemsContinue reading “Is the Anecdote the Antidote?”

Cold War Blues

Missiles locked and loaded, bombers overhead, the radiation spread is somethin’ that we dread. Comes a sonic boom, there’s panic in the room. We maybe assume, a mushroom cloud of doom CONELRAD Six-Forty, the radio sounds the tones, “Hide beneath your desk!” the teacher she intones. Dig a fallout shelter, stock it up real well,Continue reading “Cold War Blues”