Past five weeks left lasting impressions

Bad roads, bad food and bad luck. Three things that could sum up my last five weeks of work.

That's why I have only had one column in that time, because I've been on the road or running around town every weekend covering something or another.

And the column I did write about Wayne Hogan doesn't actually count, because I had that thing written in my head the day after Don Holst was fired as the University of Montana men's basketball coach.

Sure, it took me some time to hammer out exactly what I wanted to say about Hogan and make sure everything could go in print. But I would much rather write a...