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Through what appears to be a technical mixup, all the content of simpleton.com
is now being reproduced at the web site for
Montana Sunrise Lodge,
a resort that appears to be somewhere in the Treasure State's Castle Mountains
Region. If you click through the link in the preceding sentence, you will
find yourself back on this same page, reading this article. Except that now
you will no longer be a guest of simpleton or its holding company Calzone
Ventures; you'll be a virtual guest of the ski/massage resort
Montana Sunrise Lodge.
And if the lodge's accomodations are even half as good as its
Pierre Menard-like
ability to reproduce simpleton content, this is certainly one of the finest resorts
in the tri-state area.
Montana Sunrise Lodge
doesn't just reproduce simpleton's current index page. Lodge proprietors
Melissa and Dave Taylor provide the complete
archive, the
(not quite up-to-date) Tim elsewhere page, the
whole works. If, for example, you type
" montanasunriselodge.com/20020108.html"
the Lodge will treat you to our recent encore presentation of The West Pembroke
Hobnob. You can enjoy our legendary
special report on the
South Jersey police officer who enjoys chasing naked gay men around state parks, or
even read the
first simpleton ever,
all without ever leaving the cozy confines of the Montana Sunrise Lodge.
How did I find the Montana Sunrise Lodge?
When my current web host began sending out warnings that simpleton.com is getting
too much traffic for my current bargain hosting rate, I promptly checked my
web "referrer logs" to find out where all this "traffic" was coming from. The biggest
culprit, of course, was simpleton.com itself, since most web traffic comes from
good people clicking around within your site. But the number two generator of
simpleton.com traffic turned out to be the mysterious montanasunriselodge.com.
My attempts to find out about the Lodge, and why Dave and Melissa Taylor have
taken such a keen interest in me, mostly proved futile. With a P.O. Box in
White Sulphur Springs and a disconnected phone number, the Taylors are one tough
couple to reach! A search for the Taylors at
Showdown Montana's
lodging page did turn up this useful entry:
SunRise Lodge : Melissa & Dave Taylor welcome you to
their four guest-room home. The spacious master
bedroom has a Queen bed and its own bath. The other
three bedrooms each contain a queen bed and share
two
baths. The great room includes the kitchen, dining area, living room and an indoor sunroom. Your hosts
are both Nationally Certified Massage Therapists, so
enjoy Therapeutic Massage, River Rock Massage, Salt
Glows, or Herbal Body Wraps during your visit.
Nothing
feels better after a day on the slopes. Call
406-547-3811 or visit them on the web.
Unfortunately, that was all I could find, and the phone number listed in
this blurb is the same disconnected one listed at Network Solutions. I tried
sending email to Dave Taylor's address,
taylors@ttc-cmc.net:
Mr. and Ms. Taylor,
Our web site addresses appear to be crossed. Everything
from simpleton.com is appearing simultaneously on
montanasunriselodge.com. If you know anything about this
mixup, please let me know. In the meantime, I'll do my
best to advertise your resort.
yr pal,
tim
This message bounced with permanent fatal errors. But I feel - especially
since the
Montana Sunrise Lodge site is helping me in a way, by taking up some of the visitor
traffic that might otherwise be exacerbating my problems with my web host -
that I should help Dave and Melissa out. So although I have not had a chance to
find out anything about their Queen-sized accomodations or "nationally certified"
massage credentials, and in fact have never met, seen, talked to or communicated
with the Taylors at all,
I feel confident in recommending Montana Sunrise Lodge for all your winter sports
and massage needs.
If you're an Olympian looking for a little last-minute training
in an out-of-the-way spot, this is the place for you. No doubt the Castle Mountains
provide some excellent skiing and snowboarding opportunities, with a heapin' helpin'
of western hospitality. If you're just looking to unwind, why not do it with
professional massage artists in a scenic location? I'll bet there's a good chance
Dave is blessed with a firm and penetrating fingering style, while Melissa just
has a "knack" for finding the pressure points that have your muscles in a bunch.
Your massage or body wrap will be enjoyable whether you choose Dave or Melissa.
Who knows, if the Taylors are open-minded enough, you might be able to take on
Dave and Melissa at the same time! No matter what your pleasure, I'm pretty sure you'll find
Montana Sunrise Lodge
provides the kind of quality and value you've come to expect at this site.
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