Sitting across the canyon from the Alpine Visitor Center in Rocky Mountain National Park is Arrowhead Lake. This is perhaps the most pristine and visually spectacular place in the park. The problem is how to get there. Without any trails and its location in the cliffs, only a handful of hikers get there each…
author
The Denver Patent Office Opens Today
It hasn’t been since Thomas Jefferson opened the first patent office that there’s been a patent office outside of the confines of Washington. With the annoucement of regional patent offices, that has all changed. Today the Denver Patent Office officially opens. It has been a ten year ordeal, with too many politics to mention. Last night…
Boo Boo Goo on Shark Tank
So what of Boo Boo Goo? I came across this stuff last week while watching Shark Tank. Sounds like some kind of slimmy play dough, but it’s not. The stuff is a paint-on bandage. If you get a cut, you’re supposed to paint this stuff over the wound. Sounds like a good idea, at least…
A New Way to Train for a Tri
I’ve been running Olympic distance triathlons for more than a decade, and my training was getting a little stale. This past winter, I was thinking about stopping altogether. I was pretty tired of just running, swimming and biking, and I was running out of time to train properly. Before throwing in the towel, however, I…
My Book Wins International Book Award
This morning I was combing through my emails, hurrying to get off responses to Europe before their day ended while deleting the hordes of accumulated spam. I was just ready to hit the delete button when I realized this was an important email the I really should read. At first, I thought it was…
Baseball as a Road to God
I just finished this little gem of a book. If you like baseball history, this one’s for you. The author, John Sexton, also cleverly overlays the game of baseball with modern religion. It’s amazing how much they have in common. While I’m not going to give a full blown book review, I had to point…
My Review of Beautiful Ruins
I don’t read a lot of literary fiction, but the title of this book caught my eye. When I learned the story took place in Italy, I decided to give it a try. And, I am glad I did. It was one of my favorite reads this year, and for good reason. Kudos to Jeff…
Al “Bubba” Baker on Shark Tank – Those De-boned Ribs
I thought it was funny that none of the Sharks knew anything about “Bubba” Baker, about how he was a really good football player. But they revealed that they know even less about patents, and I feel it my duty to set the record straight. During last week’s episode, Bubba presented his “de-boned” ribs. While…
Kevin O’Leary Reveals Secretive Wine Society on Shark Tank
I was at a party this weekend and was asked whether I’d come up with the idea for The Vintage Club from Kevin O’Leary, the brash investor on ABC’s Shark Tank (some equate him to Simon Cowell). Evidently, on the last episode of Shark Tank, Kevin, always good for a nice sound bite, revealed his…
Best Predictor of Party Affililation?
This morning I read an article on the front page of the Wall Street Journal indicating that where people live is a good indicator of their party affiliation. The article showed a graph that rural people tend to be Republication while urbanites are Democrats. While that may be true, I think there may be a…