Today was some straight-up freak-ass weather, even for Colorado ( Read more... )

Today: the winter solstice. Shortest day of the year, and longest night. Has it already been six whole months since we came home from our summer trip to the Grand Canyon?

Work has eaten me up for the past couple of weeks (the current job, not the new one yet), but I wanted to take a moment to let everyone know I'm still here and doing well. We've ( Read more... )

Snow came to Denver this week. About 10 inches or so, depending on your part of town.

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Colorado was showing off some more of its characteristic freakish weather as I was driving home from work this evening, including some vivid rainbows.


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It was a crappy day today. Tension with our soon-to-be-ex-housemates, and our dragging search for a new place of our own. I tell you, those mega-apartment complexes, they hold all the cards. When you're looking for a place to live, you need them more than they need you. I feel kind of like Groucho Marx-I wouldn't wanna live in any place that'd have ( Read more... )

Note: Beginning today, I have a paid Livejournal account and a Photobucket Pro membership. Hope you enjoy!


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In the film The Mosquito Coast, Harrison Ford's character asserts that "ice is civilization". This credo comes in the context of his efforts to bring manufactured ice to a developing culture in a tropical climate, but it has farther-reaching implications.

Think back, tens of thousands of years ago. People were spreading out across the world, and ( Read more... )