Author Archives: mike

No Shin Guards Without a Phone Number

Over the weekend, I went to a Sporting Goods store here in Denver to get some new soccer shin guards for my 7 year old daughter. I tried to tell her that getting cleated repeatedly in the shins was actually a good learning experience that would serve her well later in life when she grew …

February 9, 2012 – 10:33 am | By mike | Posted in Business, Customer Service, Economics, Kids, Life Lessons, Parenting, Sports | Comments (3)

The Overwhelming Importance of 11 Dollars

            At the risk of diving headlong into that terminally whiny “woe is me, I’m an artist and no one appreciates me” place that absolutely no one enjoys hearing about, let me just say that in my limited experience dabbling with artistic endeavor (music, radio, writing, speaking, and trying to learn all of John Travolta’s …

January 24, 2012 – 10:54 am | By mike | Posted in Art, Economics, Life Lessons | Comments (2)

The Price of Convenience

  Earlier this week I stopped at one of those convenience store slash gas stations to fill up my tank and while I was standing 6 deep in line at the counter to turn over my money, I started looking around the store.   While the space itself couldn’t have been much bigger than 50 feet …

January 3, 2012 – 2:50 pm | By mike | Posted in Business, Economics, Mid-Life Crisis, Pop Culture | Comments (1)

Let There Be Light

If you spent any time outside two weekends ago, you may have noticed a low grade grumbling sound moving across the front-range in intermittent waves. No need to panic.  That was just the sound of men everywhere responding to the following observation from their wives:  “Supposed to be pretty warm this weekend, honey.  You might …

December 5, 2011 – 2:28 pm | By mike | Posted in Holidays, Man-Dom, Marriage | Comments (0)