An undated, unused photo post card of the Montaqua
Mineral Health Resort between Joliet and Rockvale, Montana.
In its heyday, Montaqua was a popular place. Several Carbon County locals have told me that they enjoyed the springs at Montaqua more than those at Thermopolis.
After the Yellowstone earthquake of 1959,
the aquifer changed, leaving Montaqua without its springs.
No connection to Montaqua Springs
Image courtesy of NCA
Thanks for the heads-up from Mr. Smithereen -
who isn’t a Montana blogger, but did live here for a time.
Mr. Smithereen and I have been spending too much time and funny money on Blogshares.
He introduced me to a blogger from Helena:
who has started a new blogging tradition -
Half Nekkid Thursday.
Don’t just take my word for it - he has posted guidelines here.
He also has a photoblog
but don’t worry - no nekkid or half nekkid shots there.
And here we’re introduced to yet another Montana blogger,
Rachel of The Inmates are Running the Asylum.
I’ve seen Rachel at Montana Jones, but wasn’t aware of the Helena connection before.
People are ending up at Karbon Kounty Moos when they’re googling for baby copperhead snake photos.
This is why the snake searchers are getting here. Why there is so much interest in them is beyond me. My snake speciality is killing diamondback rattlers. I’ve haven’t spotted a copperhead here yet. Thanks again, Babs.
For your viewing pleasure - or displeasure -
here is what you’ve been searching for.
Still on the subject of animals, we’ve had an explosion of cottontails the last two years. Last year they destroyed every little shrub and tree I planted. The deer haven’t helped either - but the rabbits are exceptionally destructive. Our dogs have gotten too old and fat to catch them. The other morning, Rocky proudly paraded by with a baby cottontail in his mouth. I chased him until he dropped it. The bunny was soggy, but very much alive. I picked it up and brought it back to where I’ve seen some babies. What the heck am I doing? These rabbits are driving me crazy. Which is not a far drive. I want them gone. Yet I’m rescuing their offspring.
Here are a couple of amusing animal links:
The Yolo Cowboy brought this one to my attention. DNA for dog droppings.
Maybe Billings, Montana should look into this to help with their proposed ordinance to contain small animals.
As for us, we just got in from branding the last small bunch. We use a calf table, and electric irons.
Three of us can get it done with a minimum of stress on the animals - and ourselves.
I’ve never done a Friday Cat Blogging Post before.
This is for the cats we’ve lost who have shared their lives with us.
This is Lucy. I was always a dog person, as was my husband. Lucy showed up here one rainy day and adopted the two of us. Then she decided that she was crazy about my husband, and would put up with me. Maybe. . .
This is Rodney. I first saw him as a grey blur, rushing under the boxcar in front of our dog, Lucky. I fed him and he decided that I was his salvation. He no longer ran from the dogs. He knew that I wouldn’t let them hurt him. But he never did “get any respect” from them or Lucy. He was my cat.
This is Pumpkin, who was one of my brother Steve’s boys. He wasn’t with Steve long, but he was quite the character - and is missed by Steve and his cat brother, Max.
This is Buddy, another one of Steve’s big boys.
I just happened upon and added to the blogroll.
A Few Virginia City Links:
Virginia City, Montana Home Page
And the men whose headboards are depicted on this unused photo post card.
More about:
Hopefully, this will be posted during the Yellowstone Genealogy Forum meeting in beautiful Billings, Montana.
Links for Bloggers:
Prairie Mary blogs Browning, Montana newspaper abstracts and information about the Blackfeet.
Bowler Cemetery - this is one of mine, and I’ve yet to update it. I know, I know, Memorial Day is coming. But I think that it gives an idea of what is possible with Blogger.
By Randy Dotinga
HealthDay ReporterMon May 23, 7:02 PM ET
MONDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) — Oh yeah, right!
No, it’s true — many of you don’t go a day without dishing out several doses of sarcasm. But some brain-damaged people can’t comprehend sarcasm, and Israeli researchers think it’s because a specific brain region has gone dark.
The region, according to the researchers, handles the task of detecting hidden meaning, a crucial component of sarcasm. If that part of the brain is out of commission, the irony doesn’t come through, the scientists report in the May issue of Neuropsychology.
“People with prefrontal brain damage suffer from difficulties in understanding other people’s mental states, and they lack empathy,” said study co-author Simone Shamay-Tsoory, a researcher at the University of Haifa. “Therefore, they can’t understand what the speaker really is talking about, and get only the literal meaning.”
The findings, Shamay-Tsoory said, could help rehabilitation centers do a better job of helping brain-damaged patients adjust to the world and understand other people.
In their study, Shamay-Tsoory and her colleagues first enrolled 58 subjects — 25 participants with prefrontal-lobe damage, 17 who were healthy and 16 who had damage to the posterior lobe of the brain.
Then they tested each person by exposing them to several “neutral” and sarcastic comments recorded by actors as part of a story. This “sarcasm meter” was designed to gauge how well the subjects could comprehend the unique kind of irony that is sarcasm.
For example, actors read phrases such as “don’t work too hard” in both a neutral sense (meaning “you’re a hard worker”) and a sarcastic sense (meaning “you’re a real slacker”). Each comment came in proper context as part of a story about, say, a worker who’s sleeping or a worker who’s grinding away at his job.
All the subjects understood the sarcasm except for those with damage to the prefrontal area, which is above the eye sockets and behind the forehead. And among those, people with damage to a specific area known as the ventromedial area had the most trouble deciphering sarcasm.
The researchers think lesions in several parts of the brain can contribute to an inability to understand sarcasm. But, they wrote, this particular area is important because it draws on your innate recognition of the emotions of other people — empathy — and past experiences to comprehend a speaker’s intentions.
Brian Knutson, an assistant professor of neuroscience at Stanford University, said the findings make sense because the brain’s cortex handles a variety of sophisticated tasks, and sarcasm could be on the list.
The findings also reflect a growing interest in how emotion is processed by the brain. “Emotion has not been a popular topic in science for a long time,” because it’s difficult to measure, he said, but things are changing.
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Since I’ve been so out of touch, I didn’t even notice Randy’s post until a few minutes ago. And yes, Craig is supposed to be there, too.
Oops. . .
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from yesterday’s Billings Gazette:
Genealogy meeting to focus on blogging
“Blogging as a Genealogy Tool” will be presented by Randy Heinz and Karen Hergenrider at the meeting of the Yellowstone Genealogy Forum on Tuesday.
Participants will learn about what the Web tool is and how it can be used for genealogy. The meeting starts at 7 p.m., at the Cultural Hall, Sixth Street West and Avenue D. The public is invited.
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The public is invited - so this means you! Privates are welcome, too.
If you’re in the neighborhood, please stop by.
I see that Randy is requesting hecklers.
We’re scheduled to explain blogging this evening. If it turns into an episode of the Three Stooges - can I please be Shemp?