GIVE WARM FUZZIES . . . RUN, RUN, RUDOLPH, SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN! SPARKLE. GLITTER. GLOW. SHINE. TWINKLE! THERE IS ADVENTURE IN THE READING . . . TUFF COUNTRY, NATURE'S BERRY PATCH, PLAIN DIRTY! SOME SAY THAT MOUNTAIN LION WAS MEANT FOR ME, BEING THE COUGAR I AM! LOL! YOU SET LIZARDS UNDER MY SKIN! NOW MY VERY TOUGH FRIENDS, ARE FREAKING OUT, ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN LION TRACKS FOUND NEAR ST. PAT'S HOSPITAL ON ONE OF THE BUSIEST STREETS IN MISSOULA, MONTANA . . . ONE GUY, BUILT HIMSELF A WOOD LEAN-TO, OUT OF SCRAP LUMBER, AND IS BEING ALLOWED BY A PROPERTY OWNER, TO CAMP OR LIVE THERE--BUT YESTERDAY AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE POSSIBLE MAULING OF THE 53 YEAR OLD NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN, HE TOLD ME, LOOKING SCARED--EYES BULGING OUT OF HIS HEAD, THAT THERE WERE BIG CAT PRINTS OR TRACKS AROUND HIS PLACE LATELY, AND YESTERDAY MORNING HE NOTICED THAT THEY CAME RIGHT UP TO HIS FRONT DOOR OF HIS HUT--HE CAN HEAT WITH TWO CANDLES! I TOLD HIM, HE BETTER MAKE A SHIT LOAD OF NOISE--BANG POTS AND PANS, EACH TIME HE COMES OUT OF THAT SHACK! HIS EYES WERE BIG AND HE SAID, HELL YEAH, I WILL! LOL! HE TOLD ME, THAT PEOPLE SAID THERE WERE NO GRIZZLIES AROUND THIS PART OF MONTANA . . . HE WAS OUT TAKING A CRAP IN THE WOODS, AND HE LOOKED UP AND A GRIZ WAS STANDING OVER HIM! HE SLOWLY GOT UP, WALKED OVER TO A TREE, AND CLIMBED IT! THE GRIZ LUMBERED OVER AND JUST STOOD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TREE FOR A MINUTE, TURNED A WALKED AWAY! TOO SKINNY--NOT WORTH THE TROUBLE! LOL! WILD ASS MONTANA! MY DAUGHTER, GRETA, WAS JUST DISCUSSING THE BERRY BEACH, RAPE CONVICTION, 100 YEAR SENTENCE, NEW EVIDENCE, RELEASE, MONTANA SUPREME COURT SENDING HIM BACK TO PRISON, HAVING ALREADY SERVED 27 OR SO YEARS, THEN, THE GOV. COMMUTING HIS SENTENCE TO TIME SERVED OR GRANTING CLEMENCY . . . SHE SAID, MY FUTURE, LITTLE LAW STUDENT, MAN, FOR MONTANA HAVING SO FEW PEOPLE, THEY SURE HAVE SOME HORRENDOUS CRIMES AND STORIES . . . WILD, WILD WEST, UNCONQUERED . . . COME WEST, MY BOY! LOL! SHE ALSO SAID, PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT JUSTICE IN THE CITY, AND IN THOSE RURAL COMMUNITIES, THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER, CRIMES, PROPERTY THEFT, ETC. A WOMAN I MET FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY, LIVED IN A VERY MODEST HOME, THAT WAS SITTING ON PROPERTY, WITH URANIUM ON IT. THE GOOD OLD BOYS CLUB, ACTUALLY EVICTED HER OUT OF HER OWN HOUSE, GOT HER FIRED FROM HER JOB, AND ALLEVIATED THEIR GUILT BY PUTTING HER ONE SOCIAL SECURITY! I TRIED TO HELP HER GET HER FAMILY PICTURES BACK, AND HER PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT HAD BEEN STORED AT THE SHERIFFS STORAGE LOCKERS . . . I TRACKED HER SHIT DOWN, BUT SHE HAD TO DO THE REST. ANOTHER WOMAN, BOTH DIVORCED, FROM GREAT FALLS, THE FORMER WIFE OF A MILITARY MAN, WHO GOT CUSTODY OF THE FAMILY HOME, NEAR THE BASE, SAID, THERE WAS SOMETHING SIMILAR, LIKE OLD MINE DIGS, UNDER HER HOUSE, OR SOMETHING OF VALUE, AND THEY DID THE SAME TO HER, JUST CAME IN, POSTED AN EVICTION NOTICE, SHE WAS PUT OUT ON THE STREETS, AND I AM NOT SURE IF SHE EVEN GOT SOCIAL SECURITY. PATTERNS, OF RURAL, GOOD OLD BOY NETWORKS, IT IS ALMOST AS IF A SINGLE OLDER WOMAN, WITHOUT A HUSBAND TO PROTECT HER PROPERTY INTERESTS, IS FODDER FOR THEFT . . . CASE IN POINT, AND I AM A FUCKING ATTORNEY, TOOK TWO HOMES, ALL MY FURNITURE, LAW PRACTICE, ART, ETC. IN TWO HOMES AND ONE CABIN! BACK IN THE 1800'S, SHOWING WHERE THESE OLD BOYS MIND SET IS, WOMEN COULD NOT OWN PROPERTY, HER WAGES WENT TO HER HUSBAND, AND SHE COULD NOT INHERIT PROPERTY . . . NEWSFLASH, ASSHOLES, THAT ALL ENDED AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, THE 20TH CENTURY, IDIOTS . . . AND EVEN WORSE, NONE OF THE COPS WOULD DO ANYTHING, AND HALF OF THEM WERE IN ON IT, AND I MY CASE, SO WERE THE PROSECUTORS, AND JUDGES! DASHELL, A CHICK, WHO, IS JUST LEAVING THE POVERELLO HOMELESS SHELTER, BIKER BITCH, TRUCKER, FORMER BAR OWNER IN BOZEMAN, AND OVER ALL HARD CORE CHICK, SAID, THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO HER, OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS, SINCE SHE SOLD HER BUSINESS, AND DECIDED TO RETIRE, AT THE RIPE AGE OF 51, BEING TOTALLY SUCCESSFUL, HER SHIT WAS STOLEN TOO, LEAVING HER PENNILESS AND STRANDED! WHAT, ONCE THE FUCKABILITY QUOTION GOES DOWN, OLDER FEMALES BECOME A FEEDING GROUND FOR AMERICAN GREED, RAGE AND REVENGE AGAINST WOMEN? WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON? I AM STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE, OUT RIGHT RAGE AGAINST WOMEN, MOSTLY 60'S, 70'S CHICKS LIKE ME, WHO HAVE CLIMBED THE SOCIAL LADDERS, BROKEN GLASS CEILINGS IN THE LEGAL AND CORPORATE WORLD, ONLY TO BE ATTACKED AND VICIOUSLY, BY MALE PROFESSIONAL INFERIORS, AS IF WE DID SOME PERSONAL ASSAULT ON THEIR MALENESS, BY BEING BETTER, SMARTER, MORE SUCCESSFUL, AND SO, WHEN WE ARE READY TO RETIRE AND ENJOY THE "FRUITS OF OUR LABORS," INSTEAD OF RELYING ON SOME FRUIT CAKE MAN . . . 'TIS THE SEASON . . . WE ARE BRUTALLY PUNISHED FOR DECADES OF CONTEMPT AGAINST WOMEN, WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE, TOOK OUR LIVES IN OUR OWN CONTROL AND SUCCEEDED, A LOT OF US IN A VERY MAN'S PROFESSION, AS THE :LAW STILL IS, LONG CONSIDERED A GENTLEMAN'S PROFESSION--STILL IS, UNDER-COVER, EVEN THOUGH FEMALES MAKE UP 51% OF THE LAW SCHOOL POPULATION, THERE IS STILL, AFTER 20 YEARS OF MY PRACTICE, PROFESSIONAL JEALOUSY, ENVY, AND THE FEELING THAT WOMEN, JUST SHOULD NOT BE HERE--IN COURT, THAT IS! THINK AGAIN, ASSHOLE! I'D PUT MY RESUME AND RECORD AGAINST ANY MALE ATTORNEY, IN ANY STATE, OTHER THAN, POSSIBLY, THE DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON OR D.C., AND EVEN THEN, IT IS JUST THE FEDERAL VS. STATE CREDENTIALS! IT IS TIME TO WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE, DICK HEADS! ANYWAY, MY RANT AND VENT OF THE DAY . . . THIS BLOG IS GOOD MENTAL HEALTH! SWEARING IT TOO . . . PEOPLE CAN WITHSTAND 75% MORE STRESS, IF THEY LET OFF SOME STEAM AND SWEAR! I LOVE IT! I THINK EVERY PERSON SHOULD SPEND A MONTH IN A HOMELESS SHELTER! LOL! GOOD PUBLIC HEALTH, GOOD PEOPLE AND SURVIVAL SKILLS . . . IN THIS WORLD, YOU ARE ALL COMPLETELY EQUAL! AFTER A MONTH, HARD CORE, ASSHOLE, UNDERCOVER COPS, MELLOW, YESTERDAY, I NOTICED THE COP, SITTING BY THE GAY GUY, THE COWBOY, SITTING BY THE LONG-HAIRED HIPPIE, INDIANS HANGING WITH THE WHITE MAN, MEN WITH WOMEN, THE DISABLED WITH THE ABLE BODIES, GETTING HELP AND BEING LOVED ON, THE VET WITH THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR, THE WAR PROTESTER, BLACKS AND WHITES, OLD AND YOUNG, JEW AND GENTILES, MIX IT UP! . . . IN A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE WAY, IT IS PURE MAGIC! DIVA'S BECOME DOWN TO EARTH, JOCKS GET PUT DOWN A NOTCH, BULLIES DON'T LAST! GOOD LIFE SKILLS TAUGHT, UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL . . . ALL CLASS, EDUCATION, PHYSICAL PROWESS, EMPLOYMENT, STATUS IS ERASED . . . YOU ARE ALL ON AN EQUAL FOOTING, ALL HOMELESS! CONSTITUTIONAL IDEALS, SOME HOW, COME CLOSER TO REALITY IN A HOMELESS SHELTER, WE ARE ALL IN THIS WORLD--TOGETHER!!!!!!!!

There is Culture Here in Montana Too . . . For the First Time World Ballet Competition has Come to the U.S., With 200 Dancers from Places Like Russia, China, and Montana, Will Descend on Missoula!  Support this Fine Event!

My Russian Friend, Mila!

Montana Tied For 3rd in Volunteers . . . Peace Corp Announced Monday, that Montana is Tied at No. 3 in the nation for states with the highest number of Peace Corps volunteers per capita, a jump of four places from last year!

Gov. Bullock . . . Need a New Lt. Gov.?  Short Resume'

RESUME OF JOANN S. SECRIST, J.D.

Constitutional Law Attorney

406.309.0011

jobessco.aka.joann.s.secrist@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES:  Former Utah State Bar Association, U.S. Federal District Court of the District of Utah Bar, and current 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, and United States Supreme Court Bar, Utah Secondary Teaching Certificate

EDUCATION:  B.S., English/Communications/Teaching, Weber State University, 1986; Juris Doctorate, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University

EMPLOYMENT & EXPERIENCE:  Former staff attorney, Utah Prosecution Council, Criminal Enforcement Division, Utah Attorney General’s Office; assistant attorney general, administration, Utah Attorney General’s Office, over three statewide programs: constituent service, victim assistance and community programs, 13 staff and 1800 volunteers; assistant attorney general, Driver License and Health Divisions, Utah Attorney General’s Office; staff attorney, Utah Division of Aging, state of Utah; general counsel, Utah Medical Association; Louisell Intern, Americans United for Life, Chicago, Illinois; high school teacher, graphic artist, state of Utah; teaching, substitute teaching, landscaping, housekeeping,  and waitressing (high school & college employment)

UNIVERSITY ADJUNCT & PROFESSOR EMPLOYMENT & EXPERIENCE:  adjunct professor of argumentation and research, English Department, Utah Valley University (4 yrs); professor of family law, Family Studies Department, Brigham Young University; and family law professor, Family and Consumer Studies Department, University of Utah (7 yrs combined); director of satellite tutoring in the dorms, Weber State University

TEACHING & LEGAL WRITING EXPERIENCE:  two years legal writing instructor for small sections torts, research assistant: tort, water law, weather modification, family law and constitutional law. Published 8 articles on GoArticles, and Bad Ass Con Law Chick Blog, billion hits per day, all search engines

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 101: A User Friendly Manual for Prosecutors and Law Enforcement on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, award for national model, under the Violence Against Women Act, given in Washington, D.C., by President Clinton, graphic being used and adapted for Human Body Trafficking, by Department of Justice and states attorney generals; POWERS and DUTIES OF COUNTY ATTORNEYS, a training manual for newly elected and current county attorneys in Utah; A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, published in the University of Utah Medical School, Annual Review; 8 articles published on GoArticles, various political comments

PERSONAL INTERESTS AND FAMILY:  politics, writing, public speaking, hiking, camping, golfing.  Widow, I Corp. Marine; 4 children: oldest daughter, Intelligence, U.S. Navy, Navy Hall of Fame, master degree, natural resource management, married, Navy SEAL, 3 children; second daughter, Air Force, military linguist, Spanish, #1 in class, almost master degree, International Relations, married, Army, linguist in Arabic, 2 children; oldest son, manager for national computer company, cover 300 magazines, newspapers, and professional journals, create files for movie stars, politicians and companies, wife too, 1 child; and youngest son, student at U of U, rock star, 3 CD deal with Sony, subsidiary, Translation Lost, accepted Berkeley School of Music, Boston, waiter