I’ve been listening to a lot of John Cougar Mellencamp lately. In junior high school, he was one of my all-time favorites, and so the memories are flooding back… Seems like just yesterday, but it was over four decades ago when I was sitting on a school bus listening to Jack and Diane on my […]
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Ps&Qs: A flying circus
Have you heard of project 2025? (No, that’s not the name of Aspen’s new airport plan.) Remember Trump’s first term? Specifically, when he showed up at the White House with his troupe of misfit carnies, asking where the coffee maker was … government desks and departments left empty for months — even years — as […]
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Ps & Qs: Institutionalized
Boomers say Millennials have no respect for America’s institutions, e.g. Congress, POTUS, the Supreme Court. I say, who can blame them? America’s most hallowed halls have all been corrupted by corporate interests. It’s high time to cut the puppet strings between our government and the lobbyists who pull them.Like most GenXers, I suspect, I’m just […]
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Ps&Qs: Fascist tea parties
“Elon Musk is really doing an incredible job educating the public about how capitalists end up aligning with fascists to maintain their wealth and limit the power of the working classes.” – @maxberger on X Truth. Here’s the thing: If all the rhetoric were true then these billionaires wouldn’t need to sell their souls to […]
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Ps&Qs: Meditating with my fairy godmother
It seems like once we turn 50, we realize that we’re on the back side of the hill and if there’s anything we want to get really good at, we’d better start practicing— like now. Most people choose a pastime that will weather the years: like golf, fishing or yoga. Something they will still be […]
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Ps&Qs: Adam and Eve killed the dinosaurs
Are you on Threads? It’s like Twitter (X), except no one appears to be monitoring the content, which is absolutely random and fabulous! Threads has everything a GenXer could want: political memes, cat videos, sarcastic social commentary, followed by grandma’s secret family recipe for handmade ravioli. Here’s an example of a quintessential Threads post:“What if […]
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Ps & Qs: Where have all the plumbers gone?
There’s a time and a place for everything; it’s called college. I loved college. Well, what I remember of it anyway … Even though I never graduated, I owe quite a bit of my ken to those formative years. Like many college students, I had to work to pay my bills while I was in […]
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Ps&Qs: Sink or swim
Mike Pence won’t endorse Trump for president — it’s like Darth Vader standing up to the Emperor! Is it because Trump tried to have him hanged on the steps of the Capitol? Fair enough. I’ve held a grudge over much less … So, I guess the question is, will the GOP split in half like […]
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Ps & Qs:The story of place
Here is one version of how the story goes … Kate Lindvig was a mail-order bride from Denmark who got off of the train in Nebraska to meet her new husband, took one look around and got right back on the train — headed west. She made her way to Aspen, where she ran a […]
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Ps & Qs: This one’s for you, Brad
When I was in college, my sister and I went skydiving with one of my roommates. We drove out to a field near Longmont where a Vietnam veteran gave us a quick four-hour session on the dos and don’ts of jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. We avoided going tandem on our very first […]