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Show: Summer Lovin’ at Heritage Square Music Hall
We’d been informed that we all had tickets to a “surprise show” for my Dad’s birthday. As we approached the decrepit old Heritage Square amusement park with it’s vaudeville-style music hall we braced for the worst, but ended up having a pretty good time. Drinks were served, which is key for this venue. The show…
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Wedding: Jason & Laurie
I rouse myself painfully early from my spot on the floor of Kim & Toby’s new house, the site of Pete’s going away party. Some breakfast and coffee at the Watercourse revive me, and I head northwest into the mountains to meet Ann at the Shoshoni Yoga Retreat where our friends Jason & Lauri are…
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Farewell Pete
Pete‘s going away party is one of those gatherings that attracts people I haven’t seen in years. I stay up too late and reconnect with some friends, but I’ve never been good at saying goodbye. I just can’t make the realization hit me – it always comes after they’re gone.
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Movie: Donnie Darko (The Director’s Cut)
I saw echoes of Heathers in this dark commentary on high school angst. The characters here have more depth, and they tackle hairier philosophical issues, but ultimately I found the premise of their motivations and behavoir an unbelievable and unsatisfying argument against free will. Still, there are parallel universes, a sexy censored schoolteacher, a hypocritical…
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Wedding Ring Recovery & Hiking Alone
Ann went back to Jackwhacker Gulch today with our friend Alan while I was at work, and, miraculously, recovered her lost engagement ring! The lighter wedding band was nowhere to be found, though. Unbenknownst to us, both my dad and Alan were concerned about Ann going after her rings alone. I hadn’t even thought about…
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Movie: Bad Education
Ann pegged it as soon as the opening credits came up, “Oh, it’s got a noir soundtrack.” This is film noir meets the gay 1970’s. Pedro Almodovar stays true to the genre with a few key reversals. Instead of murky black and white, he assails you with bright, garish oranges and yellows. That, and all…
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Movie: Fog of War
Robert McNamara was involved in much of the warfare of the 20th century. This documentary is an undeniable success at conveying McNamara’s perspective on war based on his experiences. I don’t think I’ll ever be an expert on warfare, but if the subject is thrust upon me for whatever reason, I will watch this film…
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FRM-40815: Variable GLOBAL.LOCATION_IND does not exist
This is a typical error from the software I’m working with these days, Sungard SCT’s Banner, a “collegiate administrative solution”. We’ve been living with this particular error, which pops up regularly on one of the most used forms in the system, at Colorado State University for months, with no end in sight. This error includes…
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Decatur and Revenue Summits
For my birthday hike we head up Guanella Pass Road to Geneva Creek Road, just west of Mt. Evans. Our map makes this out to be an improved dirt road to the Shelf Lake trailhead, but the road is really pretty rough from the start. We take the Subaru in a few miles, then park…
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I celebrate more age
For thirty-three years now my family has spoiled me on my birthday. Thanks Ann, Mom, and Dad – I don’t deserve it. My actual birthday is on Tuesday. More Photos