Behind Aspen’s international skiing luster lies a deep, competitive hockey culture that makes for a tough beer league. A drive to win the bragging rights to the battered Pell Cup turns architects, bartenders, contractors, lawyers, teachers, ski bums, and friends into fierce, fist-throwing rivals…former pros, Division I college players, and old goats—or, more accurately, has-beens […]
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Over the years when I invited friends over for dinner they got pretty excited. One day I asked a guest what’s with all the excitement? Chinese food! They were expecting something I really sucked at making. To this day I don’t make much Chinese/Asian stuff. I’d rather go out and eat something someone actually knows […]
When I finished reading The Writing Life by Annie Dillard I realized my writing will never achieve the level of the great ones. But I am OK with this just as I was OK with deciding not to pursue writing for a living. Too hard, too demanding, too much time spent writing words into the […]
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Santa is smart. He follows CDC recommendations!
He has Santibodies too. Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays my friend.
I’ll take both merry Christmas and happy holidays. It’s funny as I walk my 3 mile route every morning in the neighborhood many many houses have decorations up. But I have not seen a single one with a nativity scene. I see lots of cartoon characters, most of which I don’t recognize. And a few Santas and reindeer and sleighs. But mostly just the cartoon characters. I’m not religious, I just like the festiveness. Are usually say happy holidays to people. But I still like merry Christmas. It reminds me of happy childhood times.