By Sig Shonholtz I have been trying to bridge a gap of understanding which seems to define my relationship with my wife. I am calling it a philosophical anomaly for lack of a better explanation. I will explain it best in an experience I had ... Read More
By Sigmund Shonholtz. Several years ago, a seemingly insignificant event launched me on a thought about the importance of the word “perspective.” While it was always an important word to me, I had never realized how much fun I could have with it. It happened one afternoon. ... Read More
By Jeffrey the Barak In the United States, not long after several “bailouts” of financial institutions, we are being warned and prepared for a similar round of bailouts, this time with the auto-industry as the beneficiary. Do General Motors, Ford and Chrysler deserve to be ... Read More
By Louis the Scooterer Stinking cigars and running out of fuel = not a good start.. but it gets better…. The other morning…After having an early coffee at the square, and being chased away by the smoke from a guy smoking the stinkiest cigar I’ve ... Read More
By Cherie Magnus What is it about trains? We all love them–the waiting, the leaving, the whistles. Who can hear the distant “woo-woo” of a train without feeling something’s longing, nostalgia, the urge to hop on and leave your old life behind? Literature abounds with ... Read More
By Jeffrey the Barak New things are better than old things and new gadgets are better than old gadgets, right? Wrong! Sometimes the impetus for tools and gadgets to evolve is not to make them better, it’s to change the marketplace to receive more expensive ... Read More
By Mike Marino The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming! Those madcap ale drinking, pub hopping bloody Brit Redcoats ain’t just figments of the imagination Mate! Nor are they strangers in a strange land to the landscape of American history. Over 200 years ago, ... Read More
By Jeffrey the Barak New things are better than old things and new gadgets are better than old gadgets, right? Wrong! Sometimes the impetus for tools and gadgets to evolve is not to make them better, it’s to change the marketplace to receive more expensive ... Read More
The Victims of Fame By The Advice Diva We all have the capacity to fall for the allures of fame and fortune. Elevated from the innocent hopes of the American Dream stands the illusion of immortality which accompanies the lofty aspirations for money, power and ... Read More
By Mike (Roadie) Marino Colorado has a schizophrenic schism that is more pronounced than the Continental Divide! This Rocky Mountain duality manifests itself in it’s approach to the arts, history and tourism. It is also this very same lets split-the-atom personality that has also been ... Read More