Author Archives: RichieD

Less cowbell!

February 19, 2010 – 11:45 pm

Wow, these people at the sliding center in Vancouver really need to find another noisemaker. Preferably one that makes less … noise. This part of the Olympics is virtually unwatchable without muting the television.

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My Church

January 30, 2010 – 10:19 pm

It’s not for lightweights.
In a day when user-friendly is the byword of everything from churches to software, here was worship that asked something of me. No, DEMANDED something of me.
“You don’t know what Theotokos means? Get a book and read about it. You have a hard time standing for 2 hours? Do some sit ups […]

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Obama responds to the SOTU address

January 28, 2010 – 6:25 pm

Yeah, I’m breaking my promise not to post on anything that’s not local. Deal with it. Thanks to Perfunction.

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Aurora declares its own land “blight”

January 13, 2010 – 12:32 am

The Aurora City Council agreed Monday that a nearly vacant field near Interstate 70 and E-470 could be considered blight, paving the way for negotiations to begin on tax incentives for a massive $1.5-billion urban development.
Blight. Merriam-Webster defines it as something that frustrates plans or hopes. Maybe the new plans for that area don’t mean […]

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Nose, meet face

December 16, 2009 – 10:12 am

Well, this is a story that just defines the self-defeating nature of modern society’s urge to do something - anything!
Cities around the country that have installed energy-efficient traffic lights are discovering a hazardous downside: The bulbs don’t burn hot enough to melt snow and can become crusted over in a storm — a problem blamed […]

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