Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category

Am I a “Fairweather Fan”?

Today I”m rooting for Colt McCoy and the Texas Longhorns? Why? One simple reason… they are playing the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
I”m a CU Buffs Football fan at heart. I have been since my college days back in the early 90′’s when one of my good friends played in the Marching Band [...]

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Lightbulb test results (CFL vs Incandescent)

For those of you paying attention, back in January of 07 I started a test to compare the longevity of Compact Flourescents with Incandescent light bulbs.
So far the results have been heavily in favor of the CFLs. In the test I have replaced two different bulbs at the same time, one with [...]

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Random things about Loveland

Interesting article in the local paper about my hometown, Loveland Colorado.

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Become a Coverville Citizen

If you don’t listen to Coverville, you should start. If you do listen you should become a Coverville Citizen. $40 a year, bonus tracks, T-shirts and DVD archives. What a deal!

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World’s longest yard sale

So how is it no one told me about this? This weekend, May 27-31, there is going to be a 824 mile yard sale along US 40. The sale runs from Baltimore, Maryland to St. Louis, Missouri.
These type of highway sales have been running for years, but I’m just finding out about it [...]

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Easter Breakfast Ham?

I may have unwittingly started an Easter tradition. My great-grandmother was German. Her family were German colonists in Russia in the 19th century. When the Czar started kicking them out, they decided to come to America and settled in Colorado. My grandfather grew up with German food, and one of these [...]

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Happy Birthday Johnny!

Today is my nephew Johnny’s 5th Birthday!
If you see him, wish him a Happy Birthday!

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Jeep Cherokee hits Mom and Dad’s House

Sunday morning, December 28, 2008, at 4:00am a Jeep Cherokee drove off the highway, through a field, hit a ditch, went airborne and hit my Mom and Dad’s house.
The impact came in the living room, threw the TV across the room and caused significant damage both to the wall and to the contents of the [...]

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I want to change my Gym

Any of you who were Friends fans (and who hasn’t been at some point in the last 15 years) will remember the episode where Chandler wants to ‘quit the gym’. The episode is a bit over the top with extremely attractive membership personnel who keep everyone from successfully canceling their membership. While this [...]

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Stories – Cops in a Terraplane

My grandfather’s recent passing has motivated me to move this blog back to it’s original intentions. One of my original goals was to relate stories about my life and my family’s life. My grandparents and great grandparents were somewhat colorful characters, and over the years we have quite a few stories. Some [...]

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