April 2012
79 posts
“People say I write really depressing stories. I’m thinking, ‘Wow, you should see the source material.’ This is our world, now, in the present moment.”
—Paolo Bacigalupi, author of “The Drowned Cities.”
“We paid more in student loans than we paid for the first condo we bought together.”
—President Obama on his and his wife’s own experience with student debt
Listen
Brett Dennen will play Macky Auditorium this Saturday, thanks to a concert promotion company started by a CU student and alum.
Check out our preview, and give some of Dennen’s folk pop hits a listen.
“If it were up to those at a public feedback meeting Monday on a proposed ban or fee on disposable plastic and paper bags in Boulder, the city would start by charging fees and then move to a total ban. … The Boulder City Council is scheduled to discuss a plastic bag ban or fee at its May 15 meeting.”
—Public feedback positive on Boulder plastic bag ban
“At Eldora, the Forest Service also has approved a plan calling for adding three new lifts and replacing five lifts. The plan would add 104 acres of new terrain below the Corona lift, which now serves four advanced and expert trails.”
—Monarch and Eldora ski areas plan to expand terrain, add lifts
“All of us somehow want to be and believe we’re Harry Potter. That we’re forgotten, misunderstood, abandoned people who, if someone truly discovered us, we’d find out we were the most powerful person in the world.”
—Scot Douglass, CU professor of the literature class, “Harry Potter and the Conflict of Being”
“There are many ways of being funny: creating comic characters, comic actions, comic stories… But each one of us is stupid in a very specific and original way. The sublime stupidity of the clown is his enduring trust in life, despite his radical imperfection.”
—Giovanni Fusetti, clown
“The most important thing is to be solid, to get stable and not be moved. If you’re stable, it’s easier to figure out what you want to do next. If you’re off balance, it is hard to make a decision.”
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Mary A. Casey II, Boulder ninja, in 2007
“It is OK to put yourself first sometimes. You are worth it. By allowing yourself to be a priority and honored and respected, you teach others to treat you — and themselves — that way. In order to be a giver, you have to replenish your supply. You cannot give from a place of deficiency.”
—Jamie Gordon, Boulder stylist and wardrobe consultant, during a makeover of three readers
“You have to find your niche and feel comfortable in it. Don’t try to be people you’re not. Just find who you are and be that. And that reads through photographs and on stage in your stage presence. … Own what you have.”
—Tara Page, Boulder Suicide Girl and alternative model
“A 14-year-old and a 12-year-old are arguing over an iPod. No alcohol involved.”
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As Heard on the Police Scanner
Caught by @mitchelbyars
“Balancing is not effortful. It’s about finding the equalibrium. You find that more through relaxation than stress. But not just relaxing, and not just firing everything - every muscle - at once; tension throws you out of balance. Balancing is achieved when you learn what to relax and what to fire.”
— Alice Diamond, gyrotonics instructor in Boulder
“Every second, 10,000 of our cells die, and at that same second, 10,000 new cells are born. If we train our bodies to do something different than we’re used to, we can reprogram the neuropathways of those 10,000 new cells. In other words, every single second we have 10,000 new chances for new patterns and physical, mental and spiritual transformation.”
— Katherine McIntosh, Boulder dance teacher
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blogs.denverpost.com
This is the link to the photo series that won Craig Walker of the Denver Post a Pulitzer. There are some absolutely incredible shots in this collection, and going through them truly makes an impact.
Take a look.
Interesting to note: This was an online feature only, with these photos never appearing in print.
