I was hit by a car when a man drove around a corner (sort of cut the corner) and hit me in the back, despite my seeing him come and trying to run away. He stopped just short of having the oil pan scrape my back and head. I was bloodied, and only a few houses away from home. I either walked, or let him drive me home, and my sisters threw me in a bath. One of them had the presence of mind to try to get a name and license plate, but he had already gone.
Read MoreNew to my emails? Here is a very brief year end summary as generated by AI, in a scary 5 seconds after having to read 13 PDF files from last year. “The emails reflected an active, engaged community grappling with growth, change, and national political tensions while working to maintain Golden's character and address local quality-of-life issues.”
Read MoreThe stated goal of the experience now, is to “keep it going”, and have fun. As the parking makes use of private property, by permission, and the route makes use of public roads, it really comes down to dare I say, not being jerks. Don’t spin-out, don’t roll coal, don’t rev your engine to increase exhaust or turbo noise, don’t speed, drink, leave trash, etc. In other words, somehow share your love for souped up cars in a very low-key way.
Read MoreThere may not be as much humanity in the world, as you’d like to see, but there is some, there’s more than one would think….The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people….Look around the street of any city, any afternoon, and look around you. What you’ve got to remember is that what you’re looking at is also you. Everyone you’re looking at is also you. You could be that person, you could be that monster, you could be that cop. And you have to decide, in yourself, not to be.
Read MoreI saw this Wyoming plated vehicle, with an “ONLY GAY COPS PULL ME OVER” window sticker. What message are they trying to send? It seems pejorative, and aggressive. If a non-gay cop did pull them over, would they take this as an attack on their manhood (or sexual orientation if a female cop)? That would seem to be the point. Click on the picture to read more.
Read MoreA summary of much of the visible growth from about 1980 onwards from a long term Golden Resident, Charlene Pazar. Click for the picture to read the full post.
Read MoreWhile the settlement by Euro-Americans of the Clear Creek Valley created lasting and profound effects for the Indigenous people of the area, it is a secondary, and less important part of their history. More important, were the lifeways and histories that preceded Euro-American settlement for the 12,000 years prior. Ute bands, including the Moghwachi̱, Tabeguache, and Uncompahgre have called the area home since the time of their Creation, and Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes view the Front Range of Colorado as part of their traditional homelands for over three centuries.
Read More...we have a bridge with pretty lights that have failed, powder coat that has failed, and a partner in CDOT who is very constrained for maintenance too. We have investigated the bridge to the degree necessary to ensure it is safe, but it is still shabby.
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“For some people, sleeping outside is their only option.” That the local laws impose fines and potential jail time for people “sleeping anywhere in public at any time, including in their cars, if they use as little as a blanket to keep warm or a rolled-up shirt as a pillow” effectively punishes people for being homeless, she wrote. “That is unconscionable and unconstitutional,” Justice Sotomayor said in reading her dissent from the bench, a rare move that signals profound disagreement.
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