Q: Why haven't you written on the windfarms? HK

A: Definitely one of the most FAQs the last couple of weeks. I have been visited by both sides of this highly controversial issue (I haven't seen so many letters to the editor since the cat leash laws of some three decades ago), and this is what I have told them. To paraphrase the lyrics in Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick": "I hope you don't mind if I sit this one out." The political theater is fantastic. My visitors, both pro and against, were always courteous, well-informed and respectful. Needless to say, there are a few on both sides that have went astray on the treatment of their opposition.

That being said, I have signed the petition against this project.

At the risk of being accused of being a "not in my backyard" fella, I will say, our backyard in western Kansas is huge; find a different backyard. Don't firebomb my house or question my intelligence or heritage. I just feel bad for the folks that spent a bunch of money for a house in the country; I don't know if they are "of the land" or whatever.

I just see it as a bit unfair. I have been honest with both sides. If they are built, even at the risk of my excellent health, I will be visiting them often. The best quote I've heard on this subject is, "Either side of the wind turbine thing is tough. One side sucks, the other side blows."

Q: How can Marion Dreher be the second-longest serving Kiwanian if he signed your new member certificate? MM

A: In my column two weeks ago, I wrote that I was the fourth-longest serving member of our Kiwanis Club. Well, that's what I meant to write. When I inadvertently omitted "fourth," I instantly became the longest serving member. That being said, I follow Harlan Murphy (with more than 40 years of service to our local club and more than 50 years of Kiwanis service overall), Marion with 35 years and Lou Tinkel with more than 30 years.

Q: Speaking of Kiwanis, I saw a Kiwanis flag truck pulled over by the local police. I can't believe they would give someone performing a great service like that a ticket. JU

A: Listening to tales of flag delivery, I would say the infraction committed most often, would be traveling the wrong way on a one-way street. Not purposely, but paying more attention to the route - well, then the route. No, the Kiwanian you witnessed, Mike Briney, was not getting a ticket. The officer pulled over as he was placing a flag, in order to put in a request for a flag in her yard; which she received in less then an hour.

Q: I hear you are going to be grandpa for the first time. What do you want your granddaughter to call you? DM

A: That's true. Craig and Trish will be having a baby girl very soon. We'll be flying out to Virginia Beach to visit all three of them in the next few weeks. To answer your question, she can call me anything she wants. After all, she's my granddaughter.

Q: Have you read where some folks are comparing George W. Bush to Harry Truman? MW

A: I have, but I thought they had to be kidding. Harry Truman said, "The buck stops here." George W says, "The buck stops there. Or there. Or there. That buck ain't coming anywhere near here."

Q: Any new stories on your golf game? DB

A. Funny you should ask. Recently, Dottie, Michelle and I traveled to Hutch to visit John, Dia, William, Ben and Maddy Montgomery. Before Maddy's recital, John and I had time for a quick nine at Carey Park. After I took a 12 on a hole, John quipped, "That's the No. 1 handicapped hole, if that makes you feel any better." I responded with a much shorter message.

Q: Does a museum in Garden City really display the world's largest bovine hairball? PP

A: Absolutely. I was more then a little surprised at the amount of people who have viewed said hairball.

That being said, I think a blue-ribbon committee, headed by the executive directors of the Convention and Visitors Bureau, Jana Jordan, Chamber of Commerce, Gina Riedel and Ellis County Eco-Devo Coalition, Mike Michaelis, should be formed to search for a larger hairball and bring this great honor, after much pomp and circumstance, to our own Sternberg Museum of Natural History. It won't be easy as they will be looking for a bovine ball that weighs more then 20 pounds and has more then 35 cubic inches of mass. Good luck to the committee.

Q: Are these real questions? CB

A: Absolutely.

(My post first appeared in the Hays Daily News)