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On Pins and Needles
I served on the Health, Insurance, and Environment Committee when I represented Centennial in the Colorado House. One of the many bills we heard dealt with ear acupuncture. The testimony, which I initially took with a grain of salt-actually, a truck load of salt-was...
Surprised By History
My wife and I are in the process of purchasing a condo in Silverthorne, Colorado. The paperwork is enough to make my head spin. Maybe not as alarmingly as the scene in The Exorcist. But plenty enough for me, who is a real coward when it comes to scary movies-and to...
12 Gallons
I made a whole blood donation again at the Lowery Bonfils location last week. As I left, the lady at the front desk gave me my 15 gallon lapel pin. Boy, did I ever feel dizzy after that donation! (And, if you don't know I'm shining you on, do I ever have a bridge...
The Christians.
My wife was out of town recently visiting our daughter's family-especially our little grand daughter-in Spokane. And, as the saying goes, "When the cat's away, the mouse will play." I saw Lucas Hnath's play, 'The Christians' at the DCPA. I feared that this would be...
Brother, can you spare a dime?
This last Sunday evening I made a quick trip to our local, suburban grocery store. As I left the nearly empty parking lot and waited at the red light to turn on to Arapahoe Road, a young/old woman stood to my left holding a worn cardboard sign that read, "Single mom...
Captains Courageous
My son-in-law's sister, April, is married to a commercial fisherman who works in the North Pacific. With her six month daughter in tow, she is visiting my daughter's family here in Denver from her home in a small community on the Oregon coast. She needs the break:...