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Not so long ago, I wrote a post about how totally awesome it is to see birds indoors. I am now retracting that sentiment (under certain circumstances). I went into work one morning last week and one of my coworkers came up to me and said, “I hear you’ve got […]

Pigeoned!



St. Valentine’s Day has come and gone and the spirit of the holiday got me thinking about one of the most romantic movies I have seen in a while, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (and yes, I did just watch Love Actually). Even though it did not garner […]

Happy VD



I got sent on my first ‘spontaneous vacation’ at work this week. On Tuesday I booked a flight to head to the UK for a customer service visit leaving Wednesday morning. A wise engineer once told me, “You know you’re important when they send you on (or recall you from) […]

Surprise, you’re in England


I just returned from a successful trip back home for Christmas. It was a bit short but I got much done, saw as many people as I could and I made it back intact. Mostly. My Grandparents have a hill in their backyard with a lake at the bottom. Occasionally […]

Chicks dig scars


If someone asks you if you want to enter a push-up contest, you must answer “yes!” It is the modern equivalent of a duel. I can think of few more manly ways of deciding an argument other than over-the-topping someone in an arm wrestling contest. This is the situation I […]

Prove Your Manliness



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During this whopper of a presidential campaign that we just endured, I was often asked the question of what political party I belonged to. I usually answered with some combination of the following statements. I don’t strongly identify with either party (or more accurately, I do identify strongly with certain […]

Should have done this before the election


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Last night I had the distinct pleasure of having Madonna come to visit me at the Pepsi Center for her Sticky and Sweet tour. The music was great, the show was incredible, and I had a fantastic time. She played a lot off of her new album, and a lot […]

It’s Immaterial


I recently got the thought into my head that I would like to give record players a try. I think it stemmed from the fact that I was feeling a bit of a disconnection with my music. With everything being digital now, there is nothing tangible to associate with the […]

One turntable, no microphone



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That’s Three Letter Acronyms Part of the reason I moved to Colorado was for their sweet license plates. The gorgeous yet simple white mountains on green sky design is fabulous. I soon learned that even better than the design is the content. Colorado plates consist of 3 numbers followed by […]

Better know your TLA’s