Donald Trump, Kim Davis and Cook Out: because the Constitution guarantees redeemed sinners the right to fast food. First, the headline: ‘Hell No!’ Cashier refuses to serve Trump backers Shannon Riggs and her cousins were famished after attending a Donald Trump rally last week in Richmond, Va., so they decided to drop by Cook Out – a regional restaurant chain known for
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Artists don’t decide what their calling is. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. When I set out to become a photographer way back in 2012 I had an idea what I was going to be. I live in Colorado, you see, so I was going to shoot majestic western landscapes. You know, like every other photographer in the state. I
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I think we all have something we nerd-out over. One of my weaknesses is a capella. I grew up Southern Baptist and in some ways my entire musical aesthetic is driven by the sounds of my childhood: the choir, of course, and also gospel quartets. Every Sunday I’d get up and flip to WXII for the weekly quartet show before church. Modern a capella
Read moreOld men are signal. Young men are noise. When I was a young writer I swung for the fence with every syllable. I felt like any word that didn’t crush you with profound implications for eternity was a wasted opportunity. I resented articles. I didn’t understand white space, breathing room, the need for silence between beats, and I had little time
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Not everybody loved The Greatest: what Muhammad Ali meant to one racist Southern kid That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didn’t entirely conquer – he came as close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed generation. – Hunter S. Thompson
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Saturday, June 2, 2012: I drove out to Wolf Camera in Wheat Ridge and bought a Nikon D3100. It was official. I was in the process of retiring from 35 wasted years as a failed poet, and had now decided to learn how to shoot things.
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This is the most important question Democrats face in 2016, and perhaps in our lifetimes. I recently had dinner with a woman who plans to vote for Donald Trump, and the conversation was interesting for a number of reasons, not least of which was its implications for the Clinton campaign. Betty (not her real name) is in her 70s and is
Read moreOn infrastructure and immigration, half measures and vested interests dominate Hillary’s planning. Duh. There’s news about what would-be President Hillary Clinton has planned for her first 100 days in office. Pending details, there are things to be cautiously optimistic about. A Clinton aide indicated today that within her first 100 days in office, the likely Democratic nominee would send Congress a
Read moreI took the camera to the local nursery recently and had all kinds of fun. I don’t understand the idea of putting a couple of these things in a garden, but hey, I just point and shoot.
Read moreThor and Dr. Jones LIVE! And we arrive at the final installation in our series of lines from The Big Bang Theory that would make good band names. I love the first one. Liquor and Poor Judgment The Unified Theory of Comedy Malibu Koothrappali and His Totally Bitchin’ Dream House The Wolowitz Coefficient Tangy Bowl of Cheerios
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Spinocerebellar ataxia sucks the joy out of another day… As I have mentioned before, I have a degenerative brain condition. It’s called spinocerebellar ataxia, and is essentially an atrophying of the portion of the brain that coordinates and regulates muscular activity. If you read the details at NIH you’ll probably understand pretty quickly just how nasty it really is. It has
Read moreConventional wisdom says only Clinton can beat Trump. All the polling data says otherwise. I keep being told that I have to get behind Hillary Clinton because she’s the only one who can beat Trump in November. That would be a more compelling argument if there were any evidence that it’s actually true. Instead, every single poll I have seen shows the
Read moreWelcome to our ongoing series of great band names drawn from actual Big Bang Theory dialogue. A’one, a’two, a’one two three four… Topless Natalie Portman My Good Robot T-shirt Turbriskafil Haroon and Tanvir
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