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Red white and blue baby
Just for fun I slapped some old photo effects on this fine trio to highlight their vintage. The Poudre River bike trail goes right between this trailer park and the river. There are lots more old cars in this area for future pickins.
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The River Flows
This is a documentation shot of the Cache La Poudre River. It’s been just a trickle all winter. Today is the first day I’ve seen it starting to really flow. I’m also amazed how high the sun is now on my morning commute – the sunrises are long gone!
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Movie: In The Cut (2003)
Is it a horror movie, soft porn, or a film noir? It seems to go for all three, and it really succeeds artfully in each genre. I’m not sure how good a combination it is, but the film is certainly intense and packed with symbols, beautiful cinematography, and even poetry. It’s also so thoroughly bloodsoaked…
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Cycling Risk
How risky is it to take the bike out for a ride? As with most activities, it’s fairly well known how many injuries and fatalities occur in a given year, but out of how many cyclists? This estimate based on bicycle sales of 87 million seems a little high to me, but lets go with…
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Driving Risk
I’m continually wondering about the risks involved in the outdoor activities I love. I probably won’t ever get a clear answer for most of them, because most have too many variables and too little data available. Still, I keep coming back to the questions. Shouldn’t it be possible to at least come up with a…
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Book: Empire Falls / Richard Russo
I can’t remember the last time I got so involved in a story where not much happens. Russo has some method of exploring a setting and the characters in it that kept me turning pages without really knowing or caring why. In the process he offers plenty of observations about the characters that we might…
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Horse and Camaros
My attention has been drawn recently to the number of junked cars along my commute. These two have been abandoned in the pen, while a slightly more hopeful-looking GT awaits work in the driveway. My money’s on the horse.
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Town Ride
We manage a 26-mile loop around Fort Collins on bike lanes and paths in completely blissful weather today.
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Movie: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
A gratifying first feature-length film for Wallace and Gromit, as well as the first vegetarian horror film (not the same sort of vegetarian as Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, at least). While the animation is as jaw-dropping as I’ve come to expect from Nick Park, what I really appreciate is the quirky, creative, good-hearted humor.…
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Vedauwoo Hike
Ann wants to hike in Vedauwoo today – she says it’s been calling her. I can’t help suggesting other activities in the area – skiing, showshoeing, etc, and Ann can’t settle on a plan. Our poor friend Sean gets caught in the middle, literally, as we eat breakfast at the window bar at La Luz.…