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“Y'all take care. I'll miss you more than I know.”
Posted on G'Night! September 10, 2010 7:34 PM
“Would have hated for all this to end without a chance to say goodbye. Take care of you and yours,”
Posted on On The Flip Side September 5, 2010 11:15 PM
“Hey Wendy, you soon to be constitutent of Governor Buck -- I think of it differently. I think the Ripper”
Posted on 'Hey World, Whatcha Say; Should I Stick Around (the Café) for Another Day?' September 2, 2010 12:04 AM
“Well, that's about it for my 24-hour party. But as I close this place up -- at least for here,”
Posted on One last round (or where for art thou, barefooted?) August 31, 2010 10:46 PM
“and here's my soundtrack. http://s0.ilike.com/play#Jimmy+Buffett:Stories+We+Could+Tell:1058627:s37763.4000.2690418.1.1.39%2Cstd_6dbd4278f731611efbaf07d31655d311”
Posted on One last round (or where for art thou, barefooted?) August 31, 2010 9:57 AM
“Since I started it, I'll start it. I remember Stillidealistic's unadultrated joy at becoming a registered Democrat. I remember barefooted's”
Posted on One last round (or where for art thou, barefooted?) August 31, 2010 12:56 AM
“Ecept that when you're broke, a 10% cost difference means a lot. And that's the difference in supporting the small”
Posted on What is wrong with you people? June 28, 2010 6:27 PM
“Lis -- I think CFR limits free speech. I think every idea that has been suggested for CFR limits free”
Posted on The Piece Party June 28, 2010 11:34 AM
“Thanks Wendy. I apprecaite your kind words and your encouragement. Just out of curiousity, were you dealing with Jeffco schools?”
Posted on Off topic and personal; in other words writing just to write June 24, 2010 6:14 PM
“That's a substantial piece. Concrete imagery. I like the use of the word "ports" -- that was a nice choice.”
Posted on Wait (For You) June 11, 2010 8:53 AM
“OT, I've seen you make this statement a bunch of times, so I'd like some clarification about this questi If”
Posted on Lawrence O'donnel: Kagan is a good pick because Obama chose her, and Obama is wise May 15, 2010 7:19 PM
“Steve -- Just as a point of curiosity, do you accept that President Obama is "the wisest and most learned”
Posted on Lawrence O'donnel: Kagan is a good pick because Obama chose her, and Obama is wise May 15, 2010 7:13 PM
“Along those lines, six are Catholic and three are Jewish, in a country where 51 percent of the population identifies”
Posted on If America were the Supreme Court May 10, 2010 3:34 PM
“That's dad, at Shroud Cay, what I consider to be the prettiest beach in the world. The sign says, "No”
Posted on Can You Recreate Magic? May 5, 2010 11:21 AM
“I think the only thing that matters is whether you have fun writing. They were fun questions, you got fun”
Posted on Can You Recreate Magic? May 5, 2010 12:49 AM
“Hey Still -- I'M STILL HERE!! Ixnay on the ushcray! other people read these things. To fess up, I have”
Posted on Can You Recreate Magic? May 5, 2010 12:32 AM
“Wait a second. You live overseas? You're so invested in this guy that you didn't bother to move back after”
Posted on OBAMA-SLIMERS vs. "OBAMABOTS" - a funny thing happened on the way to the *CIRCLE JERK!* May 4, 2010 12:31 AM
“I put this in my profile, because I really think it's true. Life should be a reach. To really get”
Posted on Will Someone please tell me....What is the Purpose of Life? May 3, 2010 12:09 AM
“The Philadelphia Story. Nearly a perfect movie with the best cast and the best characters I've ever seen. Hepburn, Grant,”
Posted on Favorite Films May 2, 2010 1:23 AM
“My computer isn't showing the picture, so I can't comment on it. Sorry about your mom, and to a lesser”
Posted on Do You Have A Story? April 22, 2010 5:26 PM
“My boys were born at 31 weeks, and they spent 6 weeks in the NICU. Great nurses, great people, worst”
Posted on This America Sucks, Admit It. April 22, 2010 12:42 AM
“Are you really having twins? My boys are closing in on three -- so I've got some fairly recent survival”
Posted on This America Sucks, Admit It. April 21, 2010 6:13 PM
“"Do you see any ethical/moral problems with proposing a tax designed to be paid by 'someone else' ?" You know,”
Posted on It's a lie "half of americans don't pay taxes" April 14, 2010 11:05 AM
“"Do you see any ethical/moral problems with proposing a tax designed to be paid by 'someone else' ?" You know,”
Posted on It's a lie "half of americans don't pay taxes" April 14, 2010 11:04 AM
“I'll start, but I can't answer the first part because there's really been no place that seems like home, aside”
Posted on Where is home? April 14, 2010 1:36 AM
“This thing is timing out, so I wanted to thank everyone who wrote. It's good to see the histories of”
Posted on Where are you from? April 14, 2010 12:01 AM
“I'd have to agree with that. I think you really have to get all the way to Miami to lose”
Posted on Where are you from? April 13, 2010 11:58 PM
“Okay, I'll give it a shot. Start a equal-opportunity movement that says that no one is responsible for the sins”
Posted on The Pitchfork Movement April 12, 2010 12:56 AM
“No gradiations, either, right? So it's no a progressive tax, just straight off the top. Everyone pays 13% of their”
Posted on Flat Taxers March 28, 2010 5:48 PM
“You made an interesting point that I'd like to clarify. Do you that those who have a lot should give”
Posted on the tpm echo chamber finally blows out my ear drums March 27, 2010 1:01 AM

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Location In a basement in Conifer, Colorado, about 10 miles up in the mountains out of Denver. 8205 feet above sea level -- soon to be in a house that has been being renovated for 8 months now.
Party Democrat
Politics All I really care about is civil liberties. If you lose that then everything else follows too fast to stop. I think the freedom to speak precludes anyone from claiming a freedom from being offended. In fact, I'm a lot more of a freedom to person than a freedom from person. And I think that everything has to be governed by a philosophy of fairness, and I'm more a believer in equal opportunity than equal outcomes.

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Favorite Blogs I like Greenwald, and then to show my shallower side, Gregg Doyel and Television Without Pity. I also spend way too much time at Gatorcountry.com
Favorite Books The Green by Troon McAllister pretty much has all you need to know about life. John Irving and Pat Conroy make my shake my head in envious disbelief. Pam Houston wrote five of the best short stories I've ever read in her books Cowboys are my Weakness and Waltzing the Cat. Stephen Dunn's poems are a place to come home to when I get lost. When he had a point to make. Tom Robbins could write the socks off anyone. Also, for straight ideas, Neil Gaimen rules, even if his comic-book roots get too stiff sometimes. I also read the Fountainhead every few years -- think what you will about Rand, that is a book about artistic purity, with very little of the rest of it thrown in.
Favorite Quotes The course that's hard f still steers -- a misheard Jimmy Buffet quote Life should be a reach -- an 80s ad for Freedom Sailboats No whining in paradise -- Shelton Adams, my old man. July 1945- April 2000 The path of least resistance is catching up with me again today -- Brandi Carlisle To truly follow her was to wait until she wrote it down, until she herself knew where she had been. -- Stephen Dunn

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Former sportswriter, editor and unpublished novelist turned new home salesman. Father or a nearly-six-year-old girl genius and twin nearly-3-year-old insane boys. I'm tired most of the time.

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