NOTE: I penned this a few months ago but never posted it. I’m now in deep enough to see some of the warts, and COVID certainly does northing to make you feel secure. But I was right. And that feels really good. _____ Finally, I’m off the merry-go-round. “Surely you’re not happy now you no longer play the game…” A
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One of the first things my parents did when I was born was saddle me with the wrong name: Norris Gilmer Smith, Jr.
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I can’t decide what to have them put on my tombstone. Advice? 1: He was a simple country boy. 2: The world ends not with a bang Not even a whimper But with ellipses… 3: He was a blind man playing tag with ninjas in the dark
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My mother could be … difficult.
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Had a rough start to my day. Has anyone else had a similar experience on the RTD?
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My journey from dead-end Cluelessness to the pursuit of happiness…
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Remembering…
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It’s been 20 years. I’m not sure I have anything new to say. On April 20, 1999, at 11:19am MDT, the world changed.
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What was that thing Thomas Wolfe said….
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What do you do when you live in Denver, Colorado and you can’t think of a thing to photograph?
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I have launched myself headlong into the hope interval. As always, the cynic in me is now at war with the romantic.
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Job hunting is hard, and a lot harder once you hit 50. It’s important to keep your head up and stay focused on your value, but only hiring companies can actually do something about the very real problem of ageism.
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No matter how hard the world tries to make you look down, the view is better with your head up.
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We must be prepared to laugh with the universe at the banality of our own immolation. Full moon. Snowfield, vast beneath the mountain: to understand the truth of people, study their contradictions. This morning I posted this little koan (minus graphic) to Facebook: I’m hardly the first to trot out a “there is no future” Zen meme. My grasp of
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Perhaps the iconic trickster Coyote is a symbol for the frustrations of the smart person in a stupid world.
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lullaby pit 