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Hooper, the Patron Saint of Kids Afraid of Dogs 3

Aug

2008

Brenda, Hooper & I all piled into the car today for a drive to Denver, to attend a birthday party for some friends of ours. Partners Greg & Ted share birthdays a day apart. Greg aged a year today, and Ted did the same yesterday. And so a joint birthday picnic/barbecue in the park near ...

Eighteen 2

Jul

2008

Eighteen years ago last night, Brenda & I kissed for the first time. For nine years and change after that, July 28 was our “anniversary”, until I finally got my shit together and married Brenda. Nowadays, May 7th is our anniversary, and we’ve celebrated eight of those, but July 28 is still our first official ...

News: Heartless Bitches can Raise Children and Pets (or, why I want to be a vet) 3

Jun

2008

This shit makes me crazy. The local paper ran an article today about the booming pet care business, especially in dog-crazy Boulder. Here in Boulder, there is a “law” that encourages Boulder pet owners to refer to themselves as their pet’s “guardians”, not “owners”. You know how I feel about this one; I have a ...

Afraid of Trout? Bring me Along! 4

Aug

2006

And I’ll scare them all away for you. This weekend Brenda & I drove to Avon (a few miles west of Vail, CO) to meet my Cousin and Uncle for some fly fishing on Gore Creek and the Eagle River. I stunk up the joint. To say my Uncle is an experienced fly fisherman is ...

Mount Audubon 3

Jul

2006

The Long’s Peak preparations continue, and this weekend it was Mount Audubon (our first thirteener!). Once again, the views were amazing and the hike was a huff-and-puff extravaganza as we neared the summit. As usual, the summit revealed views that made it all worthwhile, and something about the effort and the oneness with nature even ...

Vegas 16

Jun

2006

Vegas baby, Vegas. Been there, done that. My 38 year-long streak of never having visited Las Vegas has come to an end, as I just got back from spending three days in that pit of depravity. Lightfair, the architectural lighting community’s annual trade show and convention, alternates between New York City and Las Vegas for ...

Santa Fe 2

May

2006

Well, this past weekend was a bittersweet reunion with the Land of Enchantment — Santa Fe, New Mexico. It’s where I fell in love with the mountains of the southwestern United States, and, in the summer of 1990, working as an electrician for the Santa Fe Opera, it’s where I fell in love with my ...

Happy. 7

May

2006

Six years of marriage today, and closing in on sixteen years of being together! Happy Anniversary to us. May your marriage bring you all of the exquisite excitement a marriage should bring, and may life grant you also patience, tolerance and understanding. May you always need one another, not so much to fill the emptiness ...