Seven

Selling Everything You Own in 77 Days

My goal was to sell all my belongings, including my house, in a short 77 day period of time in order to travel the world with just a carry on bag and computer bag. Although I ultimately ended up renting out my house rather than taking a $60,000 loss, I[…]

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Downsizing Clutter

One of my goals for 2011 is to simplify my life and reduce the amount of belongings I have. I had no idea when I started into my goal how much stuff I actually have. While I wouldn’t consider myself a hoarder, it has taken me months to sell hundreds[…]

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Planting Flower Bulbs Upside Down

I’m great a growing weeds; they thrive under my close care and gardening skills. However, it is the rest of the green stuff that doesn’t seem to do so well. Perhaps it is my lack of watering or not understanding soil types or fertilizer. I seem to do better with[…]

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denver

Seven Great Things to Do in Denver

Occasionally I have friends who come and visit me from out of town and I want to show them what Denver is like. So, I’ve created a short list of seven place I like to take friends when they are here showing them things I think are unique to Denver.[…]

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coffee

Wifi Coffee Shop and Etiquette

I work out of my house and over the last 19 years, there have been many times where I have not left my residence for days at a time. Over the last few years I’ve tried to make a goal of getting out of the house at lease for a[…]

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luxor temple

No Pyramids in Luxor Egypt!

I lived in Las Vegas for 17 years and the entire time I was very annoyed by one thing, the Luxor Casino and its big glass pyramid. Why? Well, because in 1991 I spent time in Luxor, Egypt and there are no pyramids there–absolutely none! So, why in the world[…]

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Spirit of America Jet Car

The Spirit of America Jet Car Team

At one point fast cars–really, really fast cars–became the focus of my attention. I started following the race for a new land speed record between Craig Breedlove representing the USA and Richard Nobel of UK (who was defending his title). In 1997 both teams had their jet cars on the[…]

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turntable

Running a DJ Business in High School

About the time that I landed my first job ever working in a drug store, I began my obsession with HiFi equipment. I begged my parents to take me to the hifi store at every opportunity. I then began saving my money for a ‘true’ hifi system. After buying a[…]

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festivus

Review: Festivus Film Festival 2010

I attended my first film festival this weekend–the third annual Festivus film festival based here in Denver. I really had no idea what to expect; overall I enjoyed it, but it was, well, different than going to a commercial movie theater. I should also mention, I only attended one night[…]

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mac

Macintosh Evangelist

I started playing on computers back with a Radio Shack TRS80 in about 1981. In my senior year of high school, I began taking V0-Tech classes from the local community college in computer programming on an Apple IIe computer. I learned to write code in BASIC and it was not[…]

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avatar

Review: Avatar Movie

Over the new years weekend of 2009 I had the opportunity to see the blockbuster movie Avatar. I had heard it was fantastic with the most amazing special effects. What I didn’t know, is that in addition to amazing effects, it had a powerful and compelling story line. The combination[…]

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Imax Screen

Tips for Watching IMAX Movies

IMAX theaters are know for their massively huge screens, impressive sound systems, and stadium style seating. I saw my first IMAX film in Las Vegas years ago. Back then, none of the main stream block buster titles were showing at IMAX. Only PBS style nature and science films were showing.[…]

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