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Scandal Stilettos Secrets

Jerry Puffer — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:40:33 +0000

It's the gripping new book that I'll be giving away tomorrow morning, Saturday, on Puffman Sports Trivia at 7:30. Murder, scandal, high fashion...it's all here in "Murder in Stilettos & hits you like a knuckle sandwich & comes at you like a freight train bearing barreling down the tracks at 90 miles an hour! This riveting read was born out of author's Barbara Bryant's fascination with becoming an investigator. Barbar

Time Warped

Jerry Puffer — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:51:32 +0000

You don’t have to tell me about being in a “time warp.” I’ve been stuck back in the ’60′s since the 70′s! “Time Warped; Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception” is the title of the new book that I’m giving away this afternoon (Wednesday) on my Puffman Musical Trivia contest at 4:30. Writer, broadcaster, & [...]

Hi-Line At The Heritage

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:49:24 +0000

I’ll be back up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby this evening, Tuesday, at 6 o’clock sharp to read more “Montana History.” These days, we’re enjoying the book, “The Hi-Line; Profiles Of A Montana Land” by Daniel N. Vichorek. That’s the book that features chapters on both Cut Bank AND Shelby with our [...]

Being Me

Jerry Puffer — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:15:13 +0000

The eagerly awaited 2nd installment of the "Inside Out" series, "Being Me", is being released this coming Monday by Gallery Books & I'm excited to be giving away the new novel, "Being Me" for my prize this afternoon (Thursday), at 4:30 on Puffman Musical Trivia! "Being Me" is the continuing story of Sara Mcmillan, an"ordinary" high school teacher with an uneventful life whose surprise acquisition of a storage unit key leads her to discover the journals of a woman she never met. Ri

Let's PARTY

Jerry Puffer — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:19:07 +0000

Tailgate Party, that is! It’s the Golden Triangle Bobcat Club Tailgate Party coming up this Friday night down at the Pondera Golf Club in Conrad, & this afternoon (Wednesday), Jeff Billman, Debbie Hicks & Sandra Steiner will be stopping by the Puffman Show to share all the excitement on this Friday night’s tailgate. The GOLD [...]

GFHS Class Of 1964

Jerry Puffer — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:39:47 +0000

The Great Falls High School Class of 1964 is already fired up for the 50 year class reunion coming up NEXT August, & this Monday evening, there will be a second reunion planning meeting down in Great Falls. The meeting’s scheduled for THIS coming Monday evening at 7 in the basement (lower level!) of the [...]

Let's Put On A Show

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:53:01 +0000

A children’s show! It will be fun! I recall those old movies I used to watch as a kid when a bunch of young folks would get together in the barn & put on a spectacular production. Shades of the old Judy Garland/Andy Rooney/Little Rascals movies. There were some good ones! Our local Pondera Players [...]

Bonderud's My New Hero

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:57:40 +0000

I’ll be starting a new book this evening (Tuesday) up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. For tonight, I’ve chosen a book that my friend, Marie Ostrem, recently passed along to me. The book is “The Hi-Line: Profiles Of A Montana Land” authored by Daniel N. Vichorek. Whenever I select a book for [...]

Dinner Theatre In The North Country

Jerry Puffer — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:37:13 +0000

Community Dinner Theatre comes to the North Country this Friday & Saturday evenings as the Sunburst actors” hit the boards” during the Annual Dinner Theatre at the North Toole County High School Auditorium. Their play is a regular laugh riot! It’s entitled “Krazy Kamp”, & you know wheneverr “C” words are spelled with “K’s”, it’s [...]

Meeting A New Author

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 28 May 2013 14:27:01 +0000

It’s Tuesday(!) & that means it’s “Montana History” Reading tonight up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. I’ll be there at 6 sharp to finish up reading our Glacier Park book, “Glacier From the Inside Out” & I’m bummed that this great collection of stories from former Glacier Park employees is coming to [...]

Ride Like A Fox

Jerry Puffer — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:09:17 +0000

The Curry Comb 4-H Club is sponsoring the annual Doug FOX Clinic tomorrow, Saturday, through this Monday over at the Cut Bank Saddle Club. The annual Doug Fox Clinic begins at 9 in the mornings. The clinic is $15 for kids age 18 & under & it’s $20 for adults. If you have any questions [...]

The Spectacular Awesome Truth

Jerry Puffer — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:59:04 +0000

This describes the new novel that I’ll be giving away tomorrow morning, Saturday, at 7:30 on Puffman Sport Trivia. Earlier this week, I gave away (in my opinion) a really BORING book having to do with financial management(!) & I figure that tomorrow, I’ll kick it up a notch or two…OR 3 in this case! [...]

Make Me Laugh Bill

Jerry Puffer — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:21:31 +0000

Funnyman Bill Cosby is coming to Great Falls this November. Tickets for his show went on sale last Wednesday, & if the pace of ticket sales in other Montana cities is any indication of how Great Falls & north central Montana respond, then those wishing to see Bill Cosby "in person" will want to purchase their tickets NOW! That's what the Event Chairperson, infamous media celebrity Norma Ashby, tells me, & my good friend, Norma, will be joining me this afternoon (Tuesday) at 4:30 on the Puffman Show. If it's a

We're All Brothers In This Revolution

Jerry Puffer — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:01:30 +0000

That's what we used to say back in the 60's, but today I'm blogging about the REVOLUTIONARY new "FOOD book", "Voices of the Food Revolution: You Can Heal Your Body and Your World with Food"! Pioneering food & social activist, Huffing Post contributor, & bestselling author John Robbins, along with his son, Ocean Robbins, sits down with 21 of the world's leading experts working on food issues & policy today, in "Voices Of The Food Revolution", due for nationwide release next month. Each contr

I'm Doing It Again

Jerry Puffer — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:45:13 +0000

I have ONE(!) copy left of the hardcover book on the Yankee Clipper, Joltin" Joe, that I'll be giving away tomorrow morning, Saturday, on "Puffman Sports Trivia" at 7:30. This is a cool presentation by Tom Clavin that just hit the major bookstores this week! "The DiMaggios: Three Brothers, Their Passion for Baseball, Their Pursuit of the American Dream" is a "home run" for sure! Simon & Garfunkel famously asked, "Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?" I've got the answer to that...i

I'm Buying A New Vehicle

Jerry Puffer — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:59:06 +0000

My friend, Peter Franklin, the Gabby Cabby, tells me for that for the 1st time in the history of humankind, each & every person on the face of this Earth can own their very own FULL SIZE actual New York City Taxi Cab! I'm going to get all the details when I have the Gab Man on my program this afternoon (Thursday) at 4:45. I

I Have My Chef's Hat On

Jerry Puffer — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:49:18 +0000

I’m giving away the FIRST book in Anthony Bourdain’s line of books this afternoon (Wednesday) at 4:30 on “Puffman Musical Trivia”! It’s a beautiful coffee table presentation put together by Texas Monthly’s Barbecue Editor, Daniel Vaughn, with really neat photographs by Nicholas McWhirter. The book is “The Prophets of Smoked Meat”. “Publishers Weekly blasts that [...]

Winter Is A Winner

Jerry Puffer — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:28:14 +0000

I’m happy to pass along on my Puffman Blog that Shelby’s own Al Winter has been chosen “The 2013 Shelby Senior Center Citizen Of The Year”! We’re all invited to come CELEBRATE with Al this Wednesday at noon at the Shelby Senior Center. If you ask me, Al’s been on the “winning track” for quite [...]

Where Have U Gone Joe DiMaggio

Jerry Puffer — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:54:00 +0000

Simon & Garfunkel were wondering about that back in 1968. Well, for one thing, the man’s in a book! And not just the infamous “Yankee Clipper”, but also his 2 brothers to boot!. The new hardcover from HarperCollins Publishers is “The DiMaggios:Three Brothers, Their Passion for Baseball, Their Pursuit of the American Dream”. The author [...]

Riding The Rails

Jerry Puffer — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:33:36 +0000

THIS Saturday, May 11th, will mark the 5th annual National Train Day, a date chosen to mark the anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike out in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the 1st transcontinental railroad in the United States. The “Golden Spike”…that would be a good name for a bar(!), but that’s [...]