Category Archives: Life Lessons

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)

Life Is a Total Scam: Get Used to It, Kid

  Earlier this week my 11 year old son and I made our bi-weekly (or so it seems) trip to Sports Authority.   Despite the fact that our plan was to get a mouth guard, I walked into the store with the knowledge that both Home Depot and Sports Authority are just like those old …

November 19, 2011 – 12:48 pm | By mike | Posted in Business, Economics, Kids, Life Lessons, Parenting, Sports | Comments (4)

Babysitting Is a Pass-Fail Class

As crazy as it might sound to my kids, I swear there was a time in my life before I had children.  On a day to day basis, I tend to forget this but according to all available records, it’s true. I have little to no memory of these bright and shiny days since my brain synapses have …

October 5, 2011 – 2:38 pm | By mike | Posted in Kids, Life Lessons, Marriage, Men and Women, Parenting | Comments (1)

On the Loss of My Father-In-Law

My Father-In-Law Walker Nickless passed away last week. Though he had a great run in his 84 years, we’re all still very sad to see him go. A lot of long-time Denverites knew Mr. Nickless because he owned The Esquire Market in Bonnie Brae for the better part of 50 years. I don’t imagine anyone could even guess …

September 7, 2011 – 6:37 pm | By mike | Posted in Life Lessons, Man-Dom, Mid-Life Crisis, Parenting | Comments (6)