"Howdy Pardners"

Hello Everyone:
Why am I doing this??? I have no clue. Oh wait, I do have a clue. Lately I have been building up an interest in the "Wild West" and wanted to share it with everyone as it unfolds. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I've just now been bitten by the "bug," It's just that I've developed a new appreciation for that era that probably is more intense than when I was a kid.
Over the years I've seen quite a few Western movies and watched many a Western television show. That still makes me no kind of an expert on the subject but, hey, I'm learning, and I learn fast.
I think what really started my path down the old dusty trail (a great place for an Asthmatic,lol) was when I went with a friend of mine to see the movie "Open Range," starring Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall. We really had set out to see something else but it was sold out. Rather than go home we decided to see "Open Range." Boy am I glad we did. We both liked the movie very much and couldn't believe how good it was. For me it had completely restored my former childhood love of western-themed movies. I was re-hooked. In the seven to eight years since then I've seen quite a number of good westerns, many of them on the Western Channel.
Anyway, through it all I've begun to take notice that more westerns seem to be popping out of the woodwork. Now, on the eve of one very expensive experiment, the movie "Cowboys Vs. Aliens," I figured now was as good a time as any to start up my "Wild West" site. We can talk about the movies, books, comics, whatever, that fuels the need for western-type action. So hop on board and let's get this wagon train rolling into the next exciting chapter of the genre that refuses to die, the "Wild West." In the words of the late, great Ward Bond, "Wagons...HHHOOOHHHH!!!!!"
Have a Great Day!!!
The Crea...,I mean, the "Critter"
C-Ya!!!