Recently in Canada I "baptized" one of our Idiot Brothers after he did just that.  He is much happier now.  The baptism was more or less, pouring beer on a naked rugby player, but it garnered several interesting stares.  It also made me think.  Why had my story not gone as well.  (As my friends can attest to).

My odyssey starts from the days after my wife leaves and continues through our separation, negotiation and finally divorce.  The reason was simple.  She wanted me to give up rugby.  I didn't want to.  Mistake maybe, but it is time to move on and I chose this as my vehicle of rehabilitation.

These stories will mark the days after my relationship ended and carry on over the years, as I wander the lands looking for more adventure.  Super Boy (IB 11) imagined a picture....."Montana facing the sunset, kilt blowing into the wind....spit bottle and beer in one hand, dog eared rugby directory in the other.  His mission, to whore with and party with random teams around the country."

You see, in the Odyssey, Homer weaved a tale of Odysseus, a king in a far away land, wandering the world, being treated to beer, food and song by kingdom after kingdom.  This was rugby to me....and decided I would weave a similar tale and you won't believe the mystical creatures we find in our mythology.

UPDATE:  2/2/06  The long lamenting over the past have been complete for a while.  This soldier is no longer in search of a war to fight in or a beer to drink.  The cause of the wandering has disappeared.  In the beginning the journies provided distractions.  They worked.  So well, that I have been officially distracted from trying to distract myself for over 3 years.  The trips now will be about fun.  These odysseys now will simply fulfill life's fantasies to see the world, where people have died, or the bar stool that hoisted a hero's ass for years.

The Chalice of Porter

2004 the Year of the Flamingo

Flamingos, Wallabies, and a little Leprechaun

Ottawa 2004:  Revenge of the WHORS

2005 Idiot Odysseys

The City that Never Sleeps:  Old Blue Times

Four Whoresman of Ottawa:  6th years in Ottawa

Saranac Can Am Games:  Cherry is popped

2006 Idiot Odysseys

Power Hour:  Fun with wrestling Singlets (Alot of pictures.....no story)

Finding Heidi Tour:  Memorial to Chris Farley

Maggotfest '06

If you are interested in having Montana (me) spend the weekend with your team, send me a note and I might drop in like Uncle Eddy in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.