Conrad Burns is embarrassing, sure. And Judy Martz was our governor for four whole years. And people still ask me about the Unabomber, even though he was from Chicago and Harvard.
But experiences like those in this post in which a Guardian "netjetter" waxes rhapsodic about Montana's friendliness and quirkiness and beauty is the reason I keep coming back to my home state. Here's her opening:
"I love Montana. I love Montana so much, if Oprah Winfrey were here I'd requisition her couch and show Tom Cruise a thing or two about bouncing."
Aw, shucks.