Thoughts & Experiences from the Mile High City
ESPN – Kurkjian: Rockies vs. Diamondbacks – MLB
Rockies still get no respect. I don’t think they will sweep, but the Rockies will win in six games. The memory of Arizona celebrating the National League West championship on the Rockies home field will be too much of a memory.
Plus the home field advantage for the Rockies will be great. The Diamondbacks can’t even sell out the NLCS games at home.
Well Neumann Homes may be out of our neighborhood, The Village at Harmony Park in Westminster, Colo. They had to auction off their remaining inventory because they couldn’t move them in this real estate climate.
Problems continue in the sub-division with many homes that were bought on spec are remaining on the market. Our subdivision does not allow renters, so many of them were left out in the cold when the market crashed here in Colorado.
Also, there are many problems with the infrastructure. The sidewalks are cracking and are not sloped correctly. Also the concrete was not finished correctly and the top layers are flaking off. But according to Neumann, it is not their problem. They are blaming the concrete contractor, but they hired the contractor, so I don’t see the problem. Continue reading “Neumann Homes Problems Continue”
TiVo’s Comcast roll-out behind schedule | Reuters.com
Well I am a Comcast user who can’t wait to get Tivo on my Comcast DVR. But I have been waiting for quite a long time. I don’t know why it is taking about two years to get this rolled out.
You would think that they would be able to get this rolled out sooner.
MSNBC Interactive News Acquires Newsvine – washingtonpost.com
I wonder how this will continue to work for Newsvine. They are a good company that is doing something intriguing and allowing people to comment on the news stories. With MSNBC acquiring them, what does it mean for Newsvine?
It appears that they are not making any big changes and even incorporating some of Newsvine’s technology into their own website. According to Dan Gillmor of the Center for Citizen Media Blog, feels that this is a good thing, “…pulling Newsvine under its wing make perfect sense.”
We, as bloggers and the net community, need to make sure that this is a good thing for Newsvine and MSNBC does not diminish the impact that Newsvine has on the net.
An Exit Toward Soul-Searching – washingtonpost.com
This is a great article on the stress that employees of the White House go through on a 24 x 7 basis.
It is an incredibly stressful job. I don’t think the American Public realizes how much work these public servants put into their jobs. They are all good people just doing a job.
It will all change over here in just over a year and a new crop of people will go into the grinder. It is sure a thankless job.
I just want to wish my wife a Happy Anniversary. Twelve years ago today we were married.
Happy Anniversary honey!
It doesn’t get any better than this.
The Colorado Rockies beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 tonight to sweep the Phillies and take the National League Division Series. They now get ready for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night.
The Rockies proved tonight that they are a good team and that they are real. To show the nation how well they are doing is incredible. They are erasing a lot of doubts that the pundits were throwing around at the beginning of the series.
All but a couple of pundits predicted the Phillies would win easily. No one east of the Mississippi knew of the Rockies and thought they would fold. But they didn’t and are sending a message to baseball.
This is the happiest that I have ever been not to be going to a baseball game. I had tickets for the game if it went to a fourth game. But if you can close out a team, you do it and the Rockies did.
Go Rockies! Beat the Diamondbacks!
I am watching the TBS coverage of the Rockies-Phillies game tonight and listening to them, it appears that they do not know anything about the Rockies or Coors Field.
They keep calling it a home run ballpark, it is not. It does not even fall into the top 5. Citizen’s Bank Ballpark in Philadelphia is number 2 giving up almost three home runs per game.
Also the keep talking about the humidor effect. Well the humidor is keeping the ball legal. What they were finding in the dry climate of Colorado, the ball was shrinking out of specifications. So they put the humidor in the ball is heavier, not as heavy, and within specifications set by Major League Baseball.
So when is the national media and east coast media going to give up the home run hitters ball park shadow that Coors Field has and finally give the Colorado Rockies the credit that they deserve. Probably never.
TheHill.com – Wilson to seek Senate seat
It is going to be an interesting election season in the mountain west. This election in New Mexico is going to be closely followed and the Senate election in Colorado to fill Wayne Allard’s seat is going to be another one.
In New Mexico, like most of the west, is turning from a conservative state to a more balanced one, mainly due to the population growth in the Albuquerque area. In the last election, Heather Wilson (R) survived a tough battle against Patricia Madrid (D) in the Albuquerque area.
But this is a state-wide election and I think that Heather Wilson brings name recognition throughout the state compared to the Democrats who are running and outside of Albuquerque, most of the state is conservative and votes Republican.
Plus Wilson will have Senator Domenici out on the campaign trail with her and he is revered in the state.
It is going to be an interesting election in New Mexico.
I listen to the News.com Daily Tech News podcast, but I have a problem, it always cuts off early. As they are finishing up the podcast, it just cuts off.
Most recently, they have been running the new Buzz Out Loud Podcast commercials, and those are what is getting cut off.
You may wonder why I care about the commercials at the end of a podcast being cut-off. Well, the new Buzz Out Loud commercials are pretty good and funny, especially the South Park one.
Also, it is sometimes not a commercial. Sometimes it is the content of the show and sometimes a story that I am interested in.
This does not happen on any other podcast that I listen to, so I am assuming it is something that is happening in the production of this show. I use iTunes and have heard of problems like this. But it does not happen to any other podcast.
News.Com Daily Tech News podcast, I would appreciate you taking a look at this. I would also be interesting in hearing if anyone else is having this problem. Leave a comment and let me know.
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