Our world moves in hyper-speed. We always have too much to do and not enough time to do it. If you’re not careful, weeks, months, even years can pass you by before you realize you’ve been running the race and ignoring that which makes life enjoyable. Recently, I had a two-hour window between work... Read more →
Suck It, Pinons
As you age, you come to realize that your time with some of your childhood friends is limited to a few short moments over the span of many years. You move away from home. You begin a career. Start a family. Life becomes complicated, and as your days pass you find that quality time with these friends... Read more →
Tis The Season To Be Jolly…Oh, Don’t Give me That Crap
It’s the holidays and Aspen, if you haven’t noticed, is about to bust at the seams. I too, you will soon notice, am about to bust at the seams. In all honesty, there is little I enjoy about the holidays since moving to Aspen. Okay, I do enjoy the lights and the snow and the glow of the giant... Read more →
Has Aspen Lost Its Sense Of Humor?
Yesterday I boarded the bus to work at 6:28 a.m. It was still dark and my mind was pondering simple thoughts. Things like “it sucks to have to wake up so early” and “I need a cup of coffee.” Sitting in front of me was a man and a woman in their early to mid-fifties, their minds well beyond... Read more →
Baby Talk
I have a two-year old daughter who started talking several months ago. In that time, a few words have emerged as her favorites. Number one is the word “mine.” According to my daughter, everything is “mine,” even, of course, things that are not. I’m guessing she learned this word at school. ... Read more →
Goodbye, Red Onion
I was truly upset to hear that the Red Onion will be closing its doors for good on March 31, 2007. The Red Onion is where I partied the night I moved to Aspen. Not yet acclimated, I passed out in the booth that night and was escorted home by a friendly bartender, but that’s another story. Initially,... Read more →
Bizarro Night In Aspen
Last night, as the sky grew dark, a serious degree of nocturnal weirdness descended upon Aspen. The day had been normal enough, but as the 80’s pop song accurately proclaimed, “The Freaks Come Out At Night.” It all started at the library. Before I left, I walked into the bathroom to find a shirtless... Read more →
Laughter Is The Best Medicine
A Short List of Humorous Clips from You Tube. Enjoy! Laughter is Universal Okay, this is in a different language, but you can’t help but laugh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH0awSk7i8Q Governor Schwarzenegger’s Victory Party on David Letterman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Tcuo4tHs8 Worst... Read more →
Dump The Dish
I want to warn the television viewing public of a recent mistake I made in the hopes that I might prevent someone from experiencing the same misfortune. My mistake? I subscribed to DirecTV. The problem? DirecTV sucks. DirecTV is satellite fed and requires a dish be mounted somewhere on your rooftop.... Read more →
Hunter S. Thompson’s 1970 Run For Sheriff
With all the hype surrounding the Pitkin County Sheriff’s race, I thought it would be entertaining to take a look back at the last time Aspen politics stole the national media spotlight, the 1970 race between Carrol D. Whitmire and Freak Party candidate Hunter S. Thompson. In this short video clip... Read more →