These days people say to me, “It’s too bad you can’t write about the president anymore, what with the political climate being so volatile.” While it is my dream to be the Ann Coulter of the Left, the truth is, it isn’t the volatile political climate that keeps me from writing about our pussy-grabber-in-chief. Because […]
Jeannie Perry
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Ps&QS: Middle-aged rash guard
I had a rash on my arms and legs that lasted for months. At first, I thought it was a reaction to the president; my body physically rejecting the idiocracy. But I started to notice a correlation to food. Just the base of the food pyramid: bread, pasta, rice, soy… then the kale salad incident […]
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Ps & Qs: Close to the bone
I like to live close to the bone— or as my cousin says, “suck the marrow outta that shit!” I have a very real aversion to becoming plastic; both in the figurative sense of being disingenuous, and in the literal sense of ingesting plastic particles. “A new Australian study has found people ingest an average […]
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Using selfies to defeat blind patriotism
“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.” -Edward Abbey Aah, the Fourth of July: independence, freedom, hamburgers, hot dogs, flags waving over children separated from their parents and kept in cages. What is happening right now in this country is hard to believe, and easy to ignore, especially when […]
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WTF? Have aliens hired Congress to prank us?
The world seems so whacked right now. And yet, every day I wake up, go to work, walk the dogs, and check my inbox — only to get distracted by amazing deals on leggings… remember when we wore real pants? Remember when our president knew how government worked? Remember when WTF meant Welcome to Fruita? […]
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The opposite extremes of Uber experience
I have ordered an uber ride twice in my life, and I believe I’ve experienced the spectrum of Uber. The first time, I needed a ride from downtown Denver to Longmont (approximately 40 miles) and I became fast friends with the woman who gave me a ride. I sat in the front seat and we […]
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PS&QS: MTV started it all
When I was ten years old my best friend, Allie, and I would wake up early on Sunday mornings to watch FMTV on Channel 12. It was a local show featuring music videos from artists like David Byrne and Blondie. Then Channel 12 sold the name to a company in New York for something like […]
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Cute as a monster in a shed
A couple of weeks ago I was walking with my dogs on a remote snow-packed road and I encountered some other people recreating in the woods. As they passed us, a young man (they’re all young these days) yelled at me, “Get your dogs out of here!” “I beg your pardon?” I responded, blinking in […]
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Ps & Qs: Another year of DINK living
Do you know what a DINK is? It stands for Double Income No Kids. And if you think about it, you probably know a DINK— or two. A lot of my friends are DINKs, for various reasons, and I think it’s about time we recognize DINKs officially by featuring DINK Day on the calendar. Just […]
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Ps&Qs: Festivus for the rest of us
When I was a kid, Basalt and El Jebel were two completely different towns, and you had to go to Aspen or Glenwood for any kind of shopping; seasonal or otherwise. In fact, El Jebel was barely a town, it was more of a roadside stop, complete with an old guy sleeping in a chair […]