Category Archives: Mid-Life Crisis

Raising 20th Century Parents in the 21st Century

As I may have mentioned before, I love my parents.  They’re great people, good role models, and back in the day when they were raising me, they did a damn fine job. Of course, that doesn’t mean they don’t sometimes make me want to pull my few remaining hairs out. Especially when it comes to travel. Case …

May 15, 2012 – 9:03 am | By mike | Posted in Driving, Life Lessons, Men and Women, Mid-Life Crisis, Parenting | Comments (1)

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)

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)

The Speed of Life

When I was a kid and I used to go to work with my Dad, I could never figure out why the family pictures in his office were at least 10 years out of date. In addition to the horror of having to see a desk picture of yourself in kindergarten or 1st grade when you’re …

July 7, 2011 – 5:39 pm | By mike | Posted in Kids, Life Lessons, Mid-Life Crisis, Parenting | Comments (0)