Author: Mark Egge

As I write, it’s 34 degrees F outside, and snowing. Snowing! In any case, it’s COLD outside. My rental unit came with a natural gas fireplace. When we rented the unit, I asked the landlord if the fireplace worked, since many rental units simply have their fireplaces disabled. She thought it did, and I was […]

Heh. I’ve thought, recently, about getting a pet, but … I don’t think I’m quite ready for the level of responsibility. Case in point: I just went outside, and when I came back in I noticed Bovard’s two cacti, sitting by the back door. They both were looking rather wilted and sad. I realized that […]

From the Montana Standard: It appears that Republican operatives looked to gain an advantage by purging as many voters as possible from counties that lean Democrat. The director of the Republican Party issued a blanket challenge to validly registered voters based on false criteria, trying to persuade election clerks that a mere change of mailing […]

If there’s an art to motorcycle maintenance, I’m Jackson Pollock. Truth be told, I’ve drawn plenty of insights from Robert Pirsig’s “chautauqua”. (Who used to be a professor at MSU, by the by…) Ironically, his meditations on motorcycle maintenance … alluded to significantly in the title Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance have proved […]

Two-hundred and fifty dollars to take the GMAT? Good heavens! … I guess I better do it right the first time. And … for some reason, MSU doesn’t offer the GMAT at its testing center. That doesn’t make sense. Doesn’t MSU pride itself on having a fantastic business school? Why, then, in heaven’s name, doesn’t […]