But I Want It Now I am not a patient man. I was reminded of this fact recently when I started to teach my daughter how to play guitar. As I heard the distorted twangs that echoed from her instrument as she haphazardly attempted to strum a G chord, I was harkened back to my […]
Me Too, Me Too!!! You ever sit down at the computer and know you are about to write something that is really going to piss some people off? But you write it anyway. Why? Because sometimes it just needs to be said. Yeah, that’s how I’m feeling right about now. It’s not that I’m trying […]
Not Reading is Killing Our Democracy As an English teacher for fifteen plus years, I am uniquely qualified to attest to just how little American students read. It’s pathetic. Throughout my tenure in education, I was presciently aware of how few students had actually read the given homework assignments for my class; I didn’t even […]
Price Gouging Your Eyes Out I am going to start this week’s TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less with a traveler’s advisory for all frequent drivers of the I-70 mountain corridor outside of Denver, Colorado: Don’t stop for gas at the Conoco station located just off the exit for Copper Mountain. You’ll know which one […]
What the World Could Live Without Part II, More New Year’s Resolutions from a Hopelessly Deranged Mind When I started writing TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less a couple of years back, I wrote a column of New Year’s resolutions that posited a list of things the world would be better off without. You know, […]
The End of the Internet As We Know It So you like the internet, do you? Well, you’re about to like it a whole lot less. Despite a disturbingly apathetic and uniformed public, the internet as you know it is set to change dramatically, and it’s all because of three stooges who form the majority […]
The Tacky Things Your Neighbor Puts Up for Christmas It’s that time of year again- time for your neighbor, in all of his unbridled holiday spirit, to illuminate your neighborhood with more strands of light than the Disneyworld Main Street Electrical Parade. In a horrifying display of Christmas cheer, he will once again erect a […]
They Paved Paradise If you live in Colorado, you have more than likely hiked to the top of Devil’s Head Lookout, and if you haven’t, you probably should. The iconic trek up to the last remaining fire tower in service in the state of Colorado not only provides remarkable views stretching for over 100 miles […]
Shouldn’t Sexual Harassment Cross Political Lines? I need to begin this week’s installment of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less by suggesting that it certainly has been a disheartening past few weeks when it comes to the topic of sexual harassment. Seriously, if there is anyone left in Washington, D.C. or Los Angeles that has […]
Technology Makes Us Dumber You know, believe it or not, there was a time once long ago, back in the 1990’s I believe it was, when I knew how to find my way to places without a GPS. They had these things back then; I believe they called them “maps”. I’m not sure what became […]
