There was never a dull moment with Hunter S. Thompson. He wrote this cover letter in 1958. Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times shared it today with his Facebook fans and remarked that it was the best job application letter he ever read. It also appeared in the Fear and Loathing Letters Vol. 1. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Colorado’
How Hunter S. Thompson Looked for a Job
Posted: January 14, 2012 in News and ViewsTags: blind alley, Canada, Colorado, fear and loathing, Hunter S. Thompson, job application letter, Journalism, marquis de sade, new sun, New York City, New York Times, Newspaper, Nicholas Kristof, Vancouver, Vancouver Sun, Woody Creek
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The New Normal: Moose in Newfoundland
Posted: November 30, 2011 in Animals, Business, Canada, Colorado, Environment, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Politics, Random Thoughts, Television, Travel, United States of America, WildlifeTags: Canada, Collisions, Colorado, Greg Locke, HDNet, Moose, Newfoundland, St. John's, Straylight Media, Teletrends, USA, Vicky Collins, World Report
When I’ve produced stories in the past I’ve always been on location with my crew. But times in television, well sometimes, they are a changing. This story about the serious problem being caused by an overpopulation of Moose in Newfoundland was a collaboration between cameraman Greg Locke of Straylight Media in Newfoundland and me in [...]
Gone to the Dogs
Posted: August 18, 2011 in Animals, Arts and Culture, Colorado, Community Service, Dogs, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Philanthropy, Photography, Random Thoughts, WomenTags: Alaska, California, Chihuahua, Colorado, Denver, Dogs, Dumb Friends League, Gone to the Dogs, Knoll Gallery, Niza Knoll, San Francisco, Santa Fe Arts District, Santa Fe Drive, Talkeetna, Teletrends, Union Square, Vicky Collins, Vicky Collins Photography
My friend, Niza Knoll, has an art gallery in the Santa Fe Arts District in Denver. Knoll Gallery is a fantastic array of creativity and is emerging as one of the best galleries in Denver (in my humble opinion.) Each year Niza does a juried exhibit featuring art on dogs. Gone to the Dogs 3 [...]
Happy Birthday, JonBenet Ramsey
Posted: August 6, 2011 in Children, Colorado, Crime, Law and Order, Media, News, News and Views, Parenting, Random Thoughts, Television, United States of America, WomenTags: Boulder, Colorado, Italy, John Ramsey, Jonbenet Ramsey, NBC News, Patsy Ramsey
JonBenet Ramsey would have been 21 years old today. I covered this story for years for NBC News. For a time the world could not get enough of this murder mystery. Was riding a train in Italy one day and mentioned to my seat mates that I was from Colorado. All they wanted to know [...]
Blaine Harrington’s Photo Exhibit
Posted: December 17, 2010 in Africa, Colorado, India, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Photography, Random Thoughts, Travel, United States of America, WomenTags: Bhutan, Blaine Harrington, Burma, Colorado, Denver, Denver Photo Art Gallery, Fiji, India, John Fielder, Namibia, Photography, Rajasthan, Santa Fe Arts District, Santa Fe Drive, Society of American Travel Writers, South Africa, Thailand, Travel, United States
My friend, Blaine Harrington, is one of the most accomplished travel photographers in the world. He will be the featured photographer in an exhibit called “Unifying the World through Color” at the Denver Photo Art Gallery (for those of you in Denver it is John Fielder’s gallery at 833 Santa Fe Drive) starting on Friday, [...]
Benchwarmers Bails
Posted: July 30, 2010 in Business, Children, Colorado, Economy, Food, Law and Order, Media, News, News and Views, Parenting, Random Thoughts, Sports, Television, WomenTags: 9News, Benchwarmers Tavern and Grill, Centennial, Colorado, Hooters, KUSA
Benchwarmers Tavern and Grill opened about a month ago in my Centennial, Colorado neighborhood then just yesterday the restaurant, which was an anchor of the retail complex at Arapahoe and Peoria, closed down. Apparently they stiffed all their employees as they shut the door. I heard about it on 9News. It’s all very puzzling but [...]
Politics and Plagiarism
Posted: July 14, 2010 in Business, Colorado, Community Service, Education, Media, News, News and Views, Philanthropy, Politics, Random Thoughts, Television, United States of AmericaTags: 9News, Adam Schrager, Colorado, Colorado Supreme Court, Congress, Denver, GOP, Gregory Hobbs, Hasan Family Foundation, Mayor John Hickenlooper, Rolly Fischer, Scott McInnis, The Washington Post
Middle school and high school students are taught to never plagiarize. When you turn your paper in it better be your work. My then tweenage son forgot the rules and got a big fat zero once. Apparently Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis missed class that day. Or maybe he thinks politicians should be held [...]
Toy Story 3: A Mom Reflects
Posted: June 22, 2010 in Aging, Children, Colorado, Education, Facebook, Inspiration, Media, Midlife, Movies, News, News and Views, Parenting, Random Thoughts, Sports, WomenTags: Boulder, Buzz Lightyear, College, Colorado, Facebook, Goodwill, Kyle Ewalt, Peter Paul and Mary, Puff the Magic Dragon, Spanish, Tango, Toy Story 3, University of Colorado, Woody
I guess it was inevitable. Andy in “Toy Story” would grow up just like little Jackie Paper in “Puff, The Magic Dragon.” To this day I cry when I hear Peter, Paul and Mary sing the song so I wasn’t surprised that I got sentimental when I saw “Toy Story 3″ last night. What I [...]
