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I Want it Now
This year, no one gave me a birthday present. Not a real one, anyway. There was cash from my mom, who also treated me to a stellar dinner out. My co-workers bought me flowers and cake, and my friends got…
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Geoffrey Kent
Geoffrey Kent only plays a bitter Christmas elf on stage. In reality, he’s a fulltime actor and fight choreographer, he’s the president of the Society of American Fight Directors and he’s a member of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Also, he’s…
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DIY Merriment
When I was a child, every Christmas was marked by at least one full day of cookie-baking madness. Family friends would come to the house where my mother was busy mixing and rolling and cutting dozens upon dozens of sugar…
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3 Questions with Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham
Ventriloquists creep people out. We’re not sure why, but they rank just below clowns on our informal office pool of things that make people’s skin crawl (also on that list, strangely: The chubby guy on Outsourced. Go figure). It doesn’t…
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Don’t Fear the Beer at Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is the best of all the holidays. Feasting all day on a table full of fresh, home-cooked food amongst family and friends is a true oasis amid the marketing tsunami of Christmas that gets its green light when the…
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Walkman Walks on By
Progress. That’s what they call it when things you love become obsolete. Things like broadcast television. Your 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass SS 440. Bowler hats. Jazz music. Al Pacino. We’re never allowed to ignore the ticking clock of life’s second-hand movements.…
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Prehistoric Thanksgiving
My nostalgia for Thanksgiving dinner extends this year to the Cretaceous Period. Yes, I’ll be feasting on dinosaur, or at least a cousin about 75 million years removed. Not Tyrannosaurus Rex or Stegosaurus or a Velociraptor—although I’m frightened to learn…
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Season’s Fleeing
‘Tis the season for the gathering of the tribes. From November through New Year’s Day, the dining table will be circled by family and friends. While that thought may fill you with joy, you’d be less than honest if you…
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Bunny Slopes and One-Piece Suits
Most skiers have their first experiences on snow not long after their first steps. My wife, for example, grew up in upstate New York and learned to ski at 3. It’s in her blood like oxygen. First, she gets excited…
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Slush Funds
When Auden Schendler, environmental director for Aspen Ski Company, sermonized to a congregation of green-minded folk in Boulder last year, his message wasn’t really what the audience wanted to hear. Switching light bulbs, building “green” and buying low-flow toilets will…
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