The Rocky Mountain News recently won an award for overall excellence from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) in the category of large circulation newspapers. Unfortunately, the award will ring a bit hollow for the Rocky Mountain News, as the newspaper ceased operations permanently on February 27, just a bit short of [...]

I really started getting serious about my writing about six weeks ago. At the time, I set goals for my word counts in future months (I’m somewhat obsessive about that). At the time, I expected to start with 8500 combined words in February for the blog and a few other writing projects. By August, I [...]

The sky is falling! My projected national champion Memphis and runner-up Duke lost within minutes of each other. My bracket is ruins … once again, I’ve have to wait until next year. I’m glad that baseball season is almost here.

Unbeknownst to many people, there are two NCAA basketball tournaments underway. Everyone knows about the men’s tournament, of course. There is also a women’s NCAA tournament underway. The women’s tourney has had some interesting games already. #2 seed Baylor had to go to overtime in the first round again #15 seed Texas San Antonio and [...]

Today, I’m going to provide a few tips on car safety. I’m far from a automotive expert, but I have picked up a few things over the years. Know how to change a tire AAA is great to have, but do you want to be completely at their mercy? Changing a tire was a mandatory [...]

I began college in 1993. Holy cow, that’s more than 15 years ago … how time flies. Anyway, back in 1993, the world wide web was in its very infancy. The number of web sites were a tiny fraction of what is available today. The sites that did exist were mostly text based, with occasional [...]

Evolution of a fan, part 3 Narrowing the focus This is the final installment in a three part series. In the past decade, the majority of my sports focus has been on baseball. I had lost interest in the NBA in the 90s. I am still a fan of the NFL and college football and [...]

How many people make more than $250,000 per year? The short answer: based on information from the IRS, fewer than 3% of tax returns (3.924 million returns out of 140+ million total returns) claimed more than $200,000 in adjusted gross income (AGI) in tax year 2009 (more current data is not available). By definition, the [...]

Wireless electricity About ten years ago, I started driving my friends crazy with the idea of wireless electricity. This idea sprang mostly from an annoyance for electrical outlets and electrical cords. Why can’t I just place an electronic device at point X and have the electricity streamed to it through the air – with no [...]

Crazy fantasy leagues If you’re just here for the PDF of the league rules for the Alphabet Soup League, Download here I enjoy oddball fantasy leagues. In my experience, they tend to draw a crowd that enjoys a bit more of a challenge, and I definitely enjoy a competition. Winning is great, but I live [...]