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For the past few months I’ve been following the Colorado senate race between the Republican Bob Schaffer and the Democrat Mark Udall. Someone once told me that if I want to get into politics, I should seriously consider volunteering for a local race, like for senate. So, I’ve been reading up on Mr. Schaffer to [...]

Some of you may have seen this already – but here is one of the best videos I’ve seen youtube: Elephant Paints Self Portrait. While you are at it, check out the Asian Elephant Art and Conservation Project website.

The Online Journalism Blog posted revealing charts depicting the world through the eyes of editors-in-chief, in 2007. Countries swell as they receive more media attention; others shrink as we forget them. Here are three examples: New York Times:   The Economist: The Blogosphere: The authors of the charts use them argue that, contrary to what [...]

Jess and I have a new favorite restaurant in our neighborhood, called Encore. It opened a few months ago in the now renovated Lowenstein Theater, right next to the aforementioned Tattered Cover book store. The service is always great, the atmosphere is fun and the food is delicious (and comes fast). I only wish I [...]

I met with the Grant Writer of ACC today for lunch to discuss various foundation and corporate funding opportunities. There are a lot of grant making organizations out there and the first challenge is to find them and once they are found, to match the funding mandates of the organization to an aspect of what [...]

A few weeks after I met my future wife for the first time, she invited me to go to tango lessons together with her friends. There is a Tango Club at CU, and they organize classes every Friday night. It was during those Friday nights that I completely fell head over heels in love with [...]