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I love my wife. Valentines Day is more than just a day for cards and candy for us. It serves as the anniversary of the day we met 19 years ago. Because of that I wanted to get her something really special this year. The idea of a vasectomy wasn’t a total surprise. We had talked...

NFW Autopilot Watch Review

Finally, I found what I’ve been looking for in a watch – the NFW Autopilot has it. This isn’t just a watch, it’s a timepiece, it’s a work of art, it’s the badass forging of masculine machinery. My love of the Autopilot began before I ordered...

Do What You Love

We’ve all heard it – “do what you love and the universe will support you.” Sounds good in theory, but how do you actually pull that off while making an income? I’ve always taken jobs that pay the bills, whether I’ve liked them or not, mostly...

Head Over Heels . . .

When people ask how I got into telemark skiing, I have to be honest and say “chasing a girl”. I met the woman who would become my wife during the summer season. We were guiding rivers and somehow I convinced her that I was fit for a season fling. At the end of the...

Managing Expectations

I am not normally one for New Years Resolutions, but I have decided to make one for 2012. My resolution: To manage my expectations. As someone who loves outdoor activities, I am looking forward to doing the things I love with my kids. Sometimes I find it hard to wait for the...

Changing Airlines

United Airlines has had my business exclusively since 1999. Denver is a primary hub for United, and offers the most flights with the most diverse routes from DIA. When I lived in NY, I would fly Continental. First I flew with them because they served Newark, which was much...

A True Epic

It is one of the most spectacular rides in Colorado. It extends for over 20 miles, crosses a pass at 11,700 feet, drops about 100 feet in an 1/8th of a mile, rolls through scree fields, and ends with a screaming single track. Where you start the climb on the Kennebec Pass ride...

East Meets West

Buzz and I grew up biking the sloshy trails of the North East. Now we’re spoiled ripping the dusty single track of the West. Out East, riding is a touch more technical than out West. First you have to contend with the weather since it’s a rarity to have a few...

Free Song from Clark Colborn

When you live life on the edge, you need music to accompany you. Through Pandora we discovered some new music that gets the adrenaline pumping! I wrote to Clark, and he graciously provided us a track from his new album. Hear it here first. Sign up for Clark’s...

Life on the Edge

My wife recently released me for a 3 day weekend, allowing me the opportunity to take a trip north to the mountain biker promised land of Fruita and a 4 to 5 hour ride on the Edge Loop. Fall was rapidly giving way to winter. I tossed an invite to the usual scoundrels but was...

Compounding Non-Injuries

With much fan-fare hockey started last week. Here comes season 2! I knew that I was going to be a little slow out of the gate but I thought I was better prepared than I was for season 1. Low and behold . . . So, 2 weeks in to last season I pulled a groin muscle. I took a couple...

What Is Courage?

As an adrenaline junkie who likes to think he sticks his neck out a little bit farther than others, though not as far as some, I have often put myself in scary positions. To a certain extent I have thrived on them and searched them out. Does it take courage to face up to the...

New Changes

Since my change in stature from managing campaigns and projects to chauffering children and answering non-stop demands I have had weeks where I feel that the skies the limit and weeks where I feel like my road was cut short and it pisses me off. I love my children and I do...

Change Taking Places

{EAV_BLOG_VER:f59e68396cf20920} About eight months ago I lost my job. The specific circumstances are not important. I was subject to poor decisions and poor management. What is important is what had to be done to make sure that my family remained healthy and thrived. I know...

Old Dog . . . New Tricks

Sorry folks for the delay in posts. I was off on vacation with the family at the fishing resort I used to work at as a teen. My family has owned the resort for somewhere around 60 years. As a teen I spent my summers as a dock boy, “responsible” for burying fish...

I used those words together in a sentence . . . Seriously?!

As a parent of young children I have begun to notice that there are sentences coming out of my mouth that I never would have thought anyone would utter. My idea is to create a running list of the craziest word combinations I have formulated. I figure this will be an ongoing...

A Tale of Two Rides

I find that I often get my greatest ideas when I am out riding. Something about the physical exertion that stimulates my brain. I can turn out more ideas than I know what to do with. Trouble is I have to remember them so that I can explore them further. As a result, when I am...

Ode to the Head Plant

I like ski porn as much as the next ski junkie but I have noticed a disturbing trend. All photos and articles in the magazines and movies focus on skiers that stay upright. What the ski media needs is an ode to the head plant, an elegy to the yard sale, and an homage to the...

One Way To Get A New Bike

For years I pedaled a 94 steel hard tail. I love that bike. It climbs like a beast and carves turns like butter. A little over 2 years ago I found a Moots Smoothie full suspension ride for a screaming deal on E-bay. I got to ride it for a season and I was beginning to feel a...

The Truth is . . .

So, I looked back over the posts that I have put up over the past couple of weeks and I began to notice a pattern. In reading the past posts I have made a lot of comparisons between yesteryear and the current state of affairs and targeting having children as the turning point...

ROADTRIP! . . . canceled

One time, when I was on a break from college, a buddy and I decided to go on a road trip. It was late in the afternoon, and instead of heading home we pointed the car west and started to drive. At about 10:00 it was dark and we were on a rural strip of road in Pennsylvania. We...

Coffee in the Freezer?

Where’s the best place to keep your coffee? In the pantry, or in the freezer? Since you should grind and use your beans within 2 weeks of buying them, you really should have no excuse to store them anyway. But if you really need to store them, maybe the below article...

Snunderstorm!? Snowderstorm?

Weather can be unpredictable in Colorado, no doubt about it, and this spring is no exception. So I am not entirely surprised that I woke up to snow on May 18th. It kept coming and on the 19th the storm built to include thunder. The snow and thunder reminded me of my early days...

The Best Domain Name!

Most websites are named after the company name. apple.com, rei.com, the list goes on and on. But with domain name availability dwindling, companies have to get creative when choosing theirs. When Peanut Butter & Co. registered their website, they didn’t have this...

Rx – Cup O’ Joe

I love my morning coffee. I like it dark and thick and strong enough to make my taste buds cringe. Every now and then friends tell me they are quitting coffee or cutting back. My first response is always “Why?”. They state health reasons or jittery feelings and...

The First Ride of the Season

The weekend was working to a close and it looked as if it would pass by without the bike hitting the trails for yet another week. The family had recuperated from the plague and errands had been run, but play had been set aside. At 3:00pm the text came. “Ride around...

I Can’t See Clearly Now

Growing up out east I never really understood the need for decent sunglasses. I never paid more than $20 for a pair of “shades”. I bought them at gas stations and shops on the board walk. They were the kind of sunglasses that you find with a large white sticker with...

Getting Sick Sucks Even More

It has been about 3 weeks since I broke my ribs and I had big plans for starting to play again this week. The waters are on the rise so maybe doing some boating, or, with recent rains, the single track in the area is in great shape, so maybe a ride on the local trails. But,...

How to Sauté Mushrooms

My favorite meal of the day is breakfast. There’s nothing like waking up on a Saturday morning and preparing a full cooked breakfast. Some of my fondest memories are cooking a full-on breakfast with dad. It’s still a ritual we look forward to when we get...

Mr. Men Google Doodles

Roger Hargreave’s would have turned 76 today, Happy Birthday! I grew up reading and being read the Mr. Men. My favorite is still Mr. Strong, he’s just really cool. Today Google featured doodles honoring Roger. If you were looking for all of them, they’re...

Bright and Shiny

Q. Should a 15 year old have a cell phone? A. That’s a debate for another time. Q. What do teenagers do on their cell phones? A. Text and really, nothing else. Q. What’s the most important feature of a cell phone to a teenager. A. This is where the story...

I Want My Rib Back, Rib Back, Rib Back Baby

For the past two weeks I have been nursing a couple of broken ribs. This is the third time I have broke ribs, and probably the most ridiculous. First Incident: Running the Gauley River in a friends boat. The primary method for operating a raft on the Gauley is a paddle rig....

B . . . B . . . Back With the Classics

When Grind and I were playing our hardest and trying to find our limits, one of our favorite bands was the Beastie Boys. I don’t think the fight was as hard as we made it out to be but we did work hard to PARTY! We even tried to start up our own Beastie Boy type band. We...

Two Broken Ribs

40 years and not a single broken bone, then crack – two in one day! My parents tell me that I shouldn’t be fighting, my wife tells me I should do some other form of exercise, my mind tells me otherwise. To me, one man competing against another is the purest form...

I Totally Get Shrek

In Shrek 4: The Final Chapter, Shrek asks Rumple Stiltskin for one day of his old ogre ways. As a newish father and someone who played hard for many years, I totally get that desire. In the absence of magic, we look for moments where we catch glimmers of our hold hard core...

What the Hay . . . Fever!?

My allergies this spring have been brutal. It doesn’t help that I have two broke ribs (another story) and that sneezing lets loose a world of hurt, but I can’t recall ever having itchy eyes and stuffed nose to the degree that I have now. Then I was sitting on the...

Don’t Ride Like Pee Wee

Today I took the kids to ride their bikes on some dirt trails. They’ve only just started riding, so technique isn’t very important to them just yet. But, just to make sure they get off to the right start, I made sure their seats were just the right height....

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I love my wife. Valentines Day is more than just a day for cards and candy for us. It...

Finally, I found what I’ve been looking for in a watch – the NFW Autopilot...

We’ve all heard it – “do what you love and the universe will support...

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When people ask how I got into telemark skiing, I have to be honest and say...

I am not normally one for New Years Resolutions, but I have decided to make one for...

United Airlines has had my business exclusively since 1999. Denver is a primary hub for...

It is one of the most spectacular rides in Colorado. It extends for over 20 miles,...

Buzz and I grew up biking the sloshy trails of the North East. Now we’re spoiled...

When you live life on the edge, you need music to accompany you. Through Pandora we...

My wife recently released me for a 3 day weekend, allowing me the opportunity to take a...

With much fan-fare hockey started last week. Here comes season 2! I knew that I was...

As an adrenaline junkie who likes to think he sticks his neck out a little bit farther...

Since my change in stature from managing campaigns and projects to chauffering children...

{EAV_BLOG_VER:f59e68396cf20920} About eight months ago I lost my job. The specific...

Sorry folks for the delay in posts. I was off on vacation with the family at the fishing...

As a parent of young children I have begun to notice that there are sentences coming out...

I find that I often get my greatest ideas when I am out riding. Something about the...

I heard about this guy while working on a project. Some people dream of flying,...

Every time I’m schlepping the family to and from Breckenridge we have the...

I like ski porn as much as the next ski junkie but I have noticed a disturbing trend....

For years I pedaled a 94 steel hard tail. I love that bike. It climbs like a beast and...

So, I looked back over the posts that I have put up over the past couple of weeks and I...

We’re all used to the typical smiley, aka emoticon, but there are hundreds of...

One time, when I was on a break from college, a buddy and I decided to go on a road...

Where’s the best place to keep your coffee? In the pantry, or in the freezer?...

Weather can be unpredictable in Colorado, no doubt about it, and this spring is no...

Most websites are named after the company name. apple.com, rei.com, the list goes on...

I love my morning coffee. I like it dark and thick and strong enough to make my taste...