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April 2009 Blog Posts (63)

Love Workshop Is Back!

April, 2, 2009

I had a visit with my heart doctor this morning. Went very well. Afterwards, Kathy and I met at Chompies' for lunch and I ran into an old KSLX Jones & Boze Show fan while waiting for a table. Larry told me he thought the best thing we ever did was the April Fools' Indian Uprising Show. I thought about it for a moment and said, "You know I think that show was twenty years ago yesterday."

Amazing. Speaking of blasts from the past, got this from fellow… Continue

Added by Bob Boze Bell on April 2, 2009 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Faro

I am new to this forum. My friends Jeff Smith and Shay Maxwell suggested I write a post as a way to contact Bob Bell and the team at True West. I have some interesting new facts and a never before seen tin type of the western figure Luke Short, which would make for an excellent article in your magazine. I am a professional filmmaker but an avid western history enthusiast. My website Pharobank.com sells quality faro equipment and runs old west gambling events throughout the southwest, as well as… Continue

Added by Phillip Gessert on April 2, 2009 at 11:08am — 3 Comments

Pistol Pete And The Criminals

April 1, 2009

Just got off the phone for a radio interview with Greg Martin of the Northwest Ag Info Network, servicing 70 radio stations from Idaho, Washington, Oregon and part of Northern California. We were talking about pioneer farmers and ranchers and how hard they had it in the "good ol' days." Here's their site:

www.aginfo.net

Dan DeWeese has an idea to do high school and college sports mascots based on, or inspired by the… Continue

Added by Bob Boze Bell on April 1, 2009 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments