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NAHBS 2013

Feb

2013

Well, after years of wanting to go, I finally got to attend the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, and it was worth the wait. Started in 2005 by framebuilder Don Walker, NAHBS is an annual trade show featuring bespoke bicycle framebuilders and accessory manufacturers. This year, with the show right down the road in Denver, ...

Elk Insanity

Jan

2013

You’d think that after seven years of living in Boulder, CO this shit wouldn’t faze me anymore, but, alas. Since there’s no way this made the national news, let me tell ya what happened here in our little hamlet of Boulder on New Year’s Day. An on-duty Boulder cop shot and killed an elk that ...

The Price of Freedom

Dec

2012

I recently read a righty editorial that suggested the notion that the massacre at Sandy Hook was the “price of freedom” — that the right of all American adults to own firearms is inherently going to make such massacres possible, even regular. And you know what? I totally get that. I agree. Problem is, I ...

Rebuttal

Dec

2012

A friend of mine recently asked me to post a clarification to a comment on one of her Facebook posts. My friend had posted this piece about how climate change skeptics/denialists are so underrepresented in the scientific literature, and someone hit back with many of the standard denialist talking points, including such hits as: There ...

Flagstaff 4

Aug

2012

Let’s talk about rarities. It’s rare that an individual discovers his passion at five years old; it’s also rare that an individual follows that passion through high school, against great odds and bias. It’s rare for an individual to love a thing, a sport, and a place so much, and yet wait 36 years for ...

The Way it Should Be 4

Oct

2011

Today I stopped in at my credit union, to get a credit card. I had recently told Bank of America to go fuck themselves, and to take the credit card account I had with them for years and shove it up their asses, because they are the devil and all of their upper management should ...

Intern Punks, and the Failure of Science to Teach (Movie) History 1

Jun

2011

The education system in the United States is broken, we all know that. There are several theories about why this is, but that’s not what this post is about. This is about intern punks. I work at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and I am happy to do so. I also commute by bus more ...

Next to Normal 1

Jan

2011

Yesterday Brenda & I trekked down to Denver to see “Next to Normal” at the Denver Center. It’s been a while since we’ve seen something there, and even longer since I’ve seen a musical anywhere. It was great. I know, I’m generally known for liking hardcore punk rock, grunge and anything on the far side ...

2010 in the Rearview 2

Jan

2011

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything at all on this blog. I blame Facebook; too easy to snap a photo with my phone and upload it, too easy to link to funny or interesting things on the interwebs via FB or Twitter. But something has been lost in the process. And so begins ...

Thank You, Contributors!

Sep

2010

Thanks to all who contributed to my fundraising efforts for the 2010 Cause for Paws, benefiting the Humane Society of Boulder Valley. About 500 people (plus dogs!) participated in either the run or the walk, and together we raised $50K to help the shelter help animals and their owners alike. Team Hooper (Hooper, Rob & ...