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Vicarious Ski Mountaineering
Monday, May 7th, 2007Don’t get me wrong. Having a new kid (and selling/buying a house at the same time) is a big adventure. But I am missing out on my favorite time of year—ski mountaineering season. So I’ll just have to live vicariously through friends… Chris Dickey, who works for Jackson PR shop Stanwood and Partners, skied the […]
Extreme Parenthood
Sunday, April 29th, 2007Kieran Jacob Schnitzspahn
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007On April 18, Radha gave birth to Kieran Jacob Schnitzspahn. The stats: 8 pounds, 20” long, 13” head, blue eyes and his mother’s good looks Radha spent about eight hours in natural labor and truly was amazing, pacing, breathing, taking time to watch Much Ado About Nothing, and, at 11:13 delivering a healthy boy. Kieran […]
Farewell, Mr. Rosewater
Thursday, April 12th, 2007“We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.” “And Lot’s wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human. So she was turned to a pillar […]
Crispin Porter + Bogusky Acquires Radar Communications
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007Last week, top creative ad firm Crispin Porter + Bogusky, which recently moved here to Boulder, Colorado, from Miami to give its employees a better, more active quality of life (that would, in turn, spur creativity) bought Radar Communications, John Winsor’s creative marketing and research company. Here is an excerpt from the letter Radar sent […]
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad River Glen
Monday, April 9th, 2007I have a confession. I have never skied at Mad River Glen, yet I feel as if the place is at the root of the way I ski, the way I see a mountain. That’s because I have spent 10 years headed full speed through the tightest tree lines in Colorado and Washington with my […]
Chinese Carbon Offset Firedrill
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007Ah, some things never change. From the New York Times a day after the Supreme Court ruling that the EPA has to acknowledge CO2 as a pollutant… “Mr. Bush made it clear in remarks on Tuesday that he thought his proposal to increase automobile fuel efficiency was sufficient for the moment; he gave no indication […]
Yes, EPA, Carbon is a Pollutant
Monday, April 2nd, 2007The Supreme Court ruled in favor of states and environmental groups suing the EPA for not recognizing carbon dioxide as a pollutant. This is very good news for the emergence of state and federal legislation that will start cutting back on the amount of carbon pumped into the atmosphere. And according to the New York […]
Nothing New is the New News
Saturday, March 31st, 2007In other words… Syria is the new Cuba Nau is the new Patagonia Ahnu is the new Keen Local is the new Organic Bush is the new Nixon Blogs are the new Resume Blogs are the new Borg Porn is the new Crack Bamboo is the new Cotton Individuality is the new Conformity MFA is […]