I left work early Friday so Beth and I could drive to the little town of Wray, Colorado. Wray is on the plains of the northeast part of the state, not far from the Nebraska state line. The reason f...

I finally got a chance to try this taqueria in north Longmont. I’d seen it months ago, while driving through town, but didn’t stop. It’s not fancy, by any means, but what real taqueria is? It’s bas...

I finally got a chance to eat lunch at Mumtaz, the Mediterranean restaurant in Lafayette. I’d seen a sign on the side of Highway 287 several months ago, but I guess I just don’t get to Lafayette ve...

The Portable Dry Ice Maker. at Hammacher Schlemmer I read about this in the latest issue of Wired Magazine. And if I thought anyone would ever get it for me, I’d put it on my wishlist. But at $500...

My 39th birthday was yesterday, March 20, 2008. So I guess I can no longer say I’m in the “mid-30s”. We had an awesome birthday party last Saturday night - probably the biggest birthday party I’ve ...

I’ve never owned a Lenny Kravitz album before. But a couple months ago I heard a song on the radio that was such an authentic homage to Led Zeppelin that it just blew me away. And so I had to buy h...

Quaker teacher fired for changing loyalty oath California State University East Bay has fired a math teacher after six weeks on the job because she inserted the word “nonviolently” in her state-req...

There was a letter to the editor in our local Broomfield newspaper a few weeks ago. My wife Beth wrote a response. The guy who wrote the original letter then wrote a response to her response and ma...

I watched “Garden State” last night. I’d heard about it since it came out, and thought it just didn’t seem like my kind of movie. I was wrong. I really liked it. I thought it was some pretty good w...

Have you heard that putting the pit (seed) of a fresh avocado into a bowl of guacamole will help keep it fresher longer? Well, it turns out to not be true. It’s just an urban legend or old wives ta...