Pied Type, Denver, CO (2024)

09/23/2023

Coach Prime is the new sheriff in town This year, up in Boulder at the University of Colorado, there's a new head coach. "Coach Prime." Ugh, gag. It's "Neon" Deion "Primetime" Sanders, still riding on his college and NFL reputation and nicknames. Okay, so he's good. Maybe great. But please, does he ever grow up? He still struts around like a movie star, now sporting trademark sunglasses and cowboy hat....

Coach Prime is the new sheriff in town This year, up in Boulder at the University of Colorado, there’s a new head coach. “Coach Prime.” Ugh, gag. It’s “Neon” Dei…

09/22/2023

From the Grizzly Rose Today is the last day of summer. Tomorrow is the first day of fall. Normally I'd be celebrating because fall has always been my favorite season. Fall has always brought great things, but especially respite from heat and drought. (That was even more true in Oklahoma than it is here.) This year, however, I'm not quite as jubilant....

From the Grizzly Rose Today is the last day of summer. Tomorrow is the first day of fall. Normally I’d be celebrating because fall has always been my favorite season. Fall has always brought …

09/22/2023

The odd things one remembers ...

The odd things one remembers …

09/20/2023

Come on, Fetterman, get serious....

Come on, Fetterman, get serious.

09/18/2023

Lost: One US Marine F-35B Lightning II fighter jet. Last seen wandering on autopilot near Charleston, South Carolina. Steel gray in color. Loves high altitude but will approach runways and hangars. Will go to ground if left alone too long. Does not swim well and may have drowned in a nearby lake. Owner desperate for return. I can only laugh at this story, although it's costing US taxpayers somewhere between $80 million and you-name-it, depending on the source....

Lost: One US Marine F-35B Lightning II fighter jet. Last seen wandering on autopilot near Charleston, South Carolina. Steel gray in color. Loves high altitude but will approach runways and hangars.…

09/13/2023

Unprecedented flooding along Colorado's Front Range A backyard in Boulder Flooding in Colorado. I don't know how detailed the national news has been because I've been watching the local stations. Wall-to-wall coverage of wall-to-wall water. Flooding in low areas across the entire Denver metro, including some homes less than a mile from my house. Flooding in many areas of Broomfield, Boulder, Longmont, Lyons, Estes Park, Jamestown, Allenspark....

Unprecedented flooding along Colorado’s Front Range A backyard in Boulder Flooding in Colorado. I don’t know how detailed the national news has been because I’ve been watching the…

09/11/2023

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09/10/2023

Every once in a while Estes Park photographer Erik Stensland presents a new photo to which my reaction is "Wow!" An image that grabs me, that stands out notably from all his others. This is "Ancient Stand," an image Stensland captured somewhere up on Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. I had just been reading one of my old posts, …...

Every once in a while Estes Park photographer Erik Stensland presents a new photo to which my reaction is “Wow!” An image that grabs me, that stands out notably from all his others. Thi…

09/08/2023

This post was originally published Thu, Sep 11, 2008, under a different title. Broken links have been fixed and missing images replaced. It has been expanded slightly for this reprint. What is it about music, anyway? Even if you aren't currently in a music-loving stage of life, you probably have been. And certain songs evoke emotions we didn't know we had, or remind us of things long forgotten, not to mention things we'd rather not remember....

This post was originally published Thu, Sep 11, 2008, under a different title. Broken links have been fixed and missing images replaced. It has been expanded slightly for this reprint. What is it a…

09/06/2023

Just sayin'

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced yesterday to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy. Even though he wasn’t present at the US Capitol on January 6, he was convicted …

09/04/2023

I've mentioned it before: the increasing and distressing misuse of the word verse when the word should be versus. Versus is often abbreviated vs. or v. and is used when speaking of competition; for example, Rams vs. Broncos or in legal cases like Roe v. Wade. Verse, on the other hand, is an element of poetry or song, or a brief biblical passage, and is never abbreviated....

I’ve mentioned it before: the increasing and distressing misuse of the word verse when the word should be versus. Versus is often abbreviated vs. or v. and is used when speaking of competitio…

09/03/2023

Fall already?

09/03/2023

I grabbed this screenshot tonight from the Indian Peaks we**am in Nederland. It looked familiar, and sure enough, back before I lost track of the camera, I posted a different purple-sky evening from the same camera. Or this camera's predecessor. Not being in Nederland, I've no way of knowing if the sky really looks purple from there, or if this particular camera's technology creates the color....

I grabbed this screenshot tonight from the Indian Peaks we**am in Nederland. It looked familiar, and sure enough, back before I lost track of the camera, I posted a different purple-sky evening fro…

08/31/2023

Exceptional journalism

Monday there was a shooting on the University of North Carolina campus. Associate professor Zijie Yan was killed. The shooter, a graduate student at UNC, was arrested and charged with first-de…

08/31/2023

Currently making the rounds in media and political circles, discussions about Donald Trump the disqualification clause of the US Constitution: Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3: "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."...

Currently making the rounds in media and political circles, discussions about Donald Trump the disqualification clause of the US Constitution: Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3: “No person sha…

08/29/2023

Several years ago I lost track of what may be my all-time favorite we**am for long scenic views. I don't know if the owner changed URLs or what, but I spent several fruitless hours trying to find it again and failed. It's the we**am at a weather station in Nederland, Colo., and looks directly west to the Indian Peaks wilderness. A spectacular view, especially at sunset (mountain time), weather permitting....

Several years ago I lost track of what may be my all-time favorite we**am for long scenic views. I don’t know if the owner changed URLs or what, but I spent several fruitless hours trying to …

08/28/2023

I've not written anything about the Republican debate last week because I managed to miss the live telecast and almost fell asleep watching the video the next day. A few things stood out, however, and since then an interview on CNN reminded me that Vivek Ramaswamy is intensely irritating!! He's cocky, arrogant, hyper, and sometimes just flat out wrong. He constantly smiles a smug, patronizing smile that someone needs to wipe off his face....

I’ve not written anything about the Republican debate last week because I managed to miss the live telecast and almost fell asleep watching the video the next day. A few things stood out, how…

08/26/2023

Sure, it appears Russian revolt leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane was brought down by an internal explosion. And we all laugh at Putin's expression of concern and sympathy about Prigozhin's death because we assume that, of course, Putin was responsible. But what if Prigozhin, knowing Putin would be plotting to kill him, faked his own death? He could have sent his plane to Moscow with his name on the passenger manifest and a bomb in the cargo hold....

Sure, it appears Russian revolt leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane was brought down by an internal explosion. And we all laugh at Putin’s expression of concern and sympathy about Prigozhin& #821…

08/25/2023

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08/23/2023

Spotless!

08/21/2023

Happy daze

08/19/2023

All I did was turn on the tv

08/18/2023

A stitch in time ...

A stitch in time …

08/17/2023

Munchin' in the meadow

Munchin’ in the meadow

08/15/2023

Burn, baby, burn

Coal mine fire near Wise Hill in Craig, Colorado, started soon after the mine closed in 1970. (Photo courtesy of Tetra Tech) Almost everyone has heard of the 2021 Marshall Fire that burned in Bould…

08/12/2023

What if you'd won $1.5 billion?

Wednesday somebody in Florida won the powerball jackpot worth — what was it? — $1.5 billion? I stopped counting at a billion. But this morning I was meandering through this blog fixing …