I really wanted it to be true. Let me back up a bit: A while ago I was reading an article in Runner’s World by Scott Jurek, world famous ultra-marathoner of Born to Run fame. The gist of the article is that he has become vegan and it has revolutionized his running and athleticism. It’s an interesting article and the purpose of it was to plug for his new book Eat and Run, which is an interesting read as well. In the…
A long time ago when I worked for the United States Postal Service in Alaska I made the mistake of making a passing comment to the postmaster about junk mail. Immediately she launched into a lecture about how I was lucky there was all that presorted standard mail (the postal service term for junk mail) because it paid my salary. She was right too, I mean probably 80% of the mail volume was stuff that nobody wanted. Most of it never even…
We’ve had occasion to rent a car quite frequently lately. It is one of those transactions that can be maddening. Costs are all over the board. Timing is critical. The customer service experience is terrible and manipulative. What I’m getting at here is that I think I’ve got this renting a car thing figured out. Here’s how you do it. You’re welcome. Making the Reservation I usually start by searching two sites: Kayak and Hotwire. (Full disclosure: I get a kickback…
Everyone who has had LASIK tells you about that moment, that magical moment when the surgery is over and you sit up and can read the clock on the wall in perfect clarity. I’ve heard it several times from several people. I wanted to experience that. To go camping and not have to leave dry, icky contacts in for days. To be able to actually find the binky in the middle of the night so everyone can just go back to…
So my kid sister ran off to Vegas last week and got married. It was a much more jovial occasion for the whole clan to congregate than the last time we got together. Good times were had by all. We drove a lot. We ate a lot. We slept not much. Many awkward gifts were given. Joy and Chris, we’re so happy for you starting your life together. Also, we’re jealous of you getting to go to Hawaii….
I think the Weather Service folks here in Colorado are feeling left out with all the hurricane action on the east coast. I checked the local forecast this morning and found the following “Hazardous Weather Outlook:” DRY CONDITIONS AND WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT…EVEN WITH PERIODS OF HIGH CLOUDINESS. A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS SLOWLY TOWARDS COLORADO DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. So,…
Well, it was bound to happen eventually. Friday around noon Audrey and I were talking in the kitchen during my lunch break. Cooper had silently wandered off as he often does presumably to drive cars or shoes on our unmade bed. Except he wasn’t. I heard him coughing in the bathroom and went to check out what was going on to find a pool of bright red liquid all over the bathroom floor and in the tub as well as…
Sometimes when people find out we go camping with a two year old and a four month old they’re a little shocked. Reactions range from admiration to wondering if a call to child protective services is in order. Fortunately nobody has done the latter…yet. Nevertheless, Audrey and I love being outdoors so even though we don’t make it out as much as we used to, we have gone camping several times with the kids. We just got back from an…
Update: the original video was removed from YouTube, but someone posted a better one on Vimeo. Here it is. Update again: the Vimeo one is gone now too. But Daily Motion has it. “Everything is amazing and nobody is happy” by Meowbay So true. I see myself being like that too. I get all irritated with the dishwasher when something won’t fit in there or a bowl has a few specks of food remaining after the cycle. Somehow I forgot…
The Plan Camping at the world famous Maroon Bells near Aspen with Audrey’s family. What Actually Happened A lingering ban on tent camping due to a bear scare from last fall nixed that one pretty quickly. Our first thought after that was to find another campground nearby. Wait, this is the first week of summer, did you really think there would be an available campsite? Fortunately, we had this realization before driving all the way there. So, we punted and…