Johnny Ringo Clues, Birth Order Mugs & A Moon Over Music Mountain

 November 24, 2025

   We're revisiting the death of Johnny Ringo with a tad more theory on who may have killed him. Thanks to Doug Hocking and Mark Lee Gardner we have narrowed it down.

"Johnny Ringo Being Sniffed by a dog

in a clump of Blackjack Oaks"

   Both my parents were middle children and they both had some serious angst about it. When I spied these birth order cups, I immediately thought of them.

The Curse of The Middle Child Coffee Cups

     Sent this to Stuart Rosebrook, who replied: "Where is the Only Child Mug? Here's my suggestion: 'I'm the Only Child—What Rules?'"

Newsstand & Magazine Rack Drill

  Everyone here knows the drill. If you are near a newsstand you need to go and search for True West magazine and when you find it, move it to the front and center. Case in point:

Mark Lee Gardner gave us a two-fer,

straight out, front and center at

Colorado Springs King Soopers

   We never made it out to Music Mountain last week, but one of our hosts did and got this shot to prove it.

"Moon Over Music Mountain"

By Peter Bungart

   If you'll remember, we ran into an armed meth-head and had to turn back.

"The bad news is, we didn't get the shot. The good news is we didn't get shot."

—Rob Mathiasch