http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest blog posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5I'm sure, like me, you know exactly what it's like to be sitting at your laptop computer on a gloriously balmy spring Sunday morning, sipping on a deliciously rich, ironically Italian (you'll get that part later) dark roast while reading your weekend emails when 70+ messages come flooding in from...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Technology-The-Web/Web/Blog~308769.aspx5/15/2007 3:14:03 PMRob Guthrie A couple of weeks ago was the third anniversary of my mother's passing, so Mother's Day ends up being a holiday that stirs up wonderful memories and at the same time wields a blade that cuts deep. My son once asked me if I held any regrets in my heart. It seems so cliché, but the truth is I...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~300846.aspx4/27/2007 1:52:08 PMRob Guthrie There are those who would malign youth sports and who might brushstroke a portrait of overzealous parents and children, unrealistic expectations, and damaged hearts and minds. Some would argue against athletic competition altogether, relegating its existence, and more importantly, its popularity,...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverSouth/Blogs/Archive/Sports/National-World-Sports/Blog~290617.aspx4/7/2007 9:47:46 AMRob Guthrie There are those who would malign youth sports and who might brushstroke a portrait of overzealous parents and children, unrealistic expectations, and damaged hearts and minds. Some would argue against athletic competition altogether, relegating its existence, and more importantly, its popularity,...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Sports/National-World-Sports/Blog~290622.aspx4/7/2007 9:57:17 AMRob Guthrie There are those who would malign youth sports and who might brushstroke a portrait of overzealous parents and children, unrealistic expectations, and damaged hearts and minds. Some would argue against athletic competition altogether, relegating its existence, and more importantly, its popularity,...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Blogs/Archive/Sports/National-World-Sports/Blog~290639.aspx4/7/2007 10:14:38 AMRob Guthrie There are those who would malign youth sports and who might brushstroke a portrait of overzealous parents and children, unrealistic expectations, and damaged hearts and minds. Some would argue against athletic competition altogether, relegating its existence, and more importantly, its popularity,...http://denver.yourhub.com/LoneTree/Blogs/Archive/Sports/National-World-Sports/Blog~290642.aspx4/7/2007 10:21:39 AMRob Guthrie There are those who would malign youth sports and who might brushstroke a portrait of overzealous parents and children, unrealistic expectations, and damaged hearts and minds. Some would argue against athletic competition altogether, relegating its existence, and more importantly, its popularity,...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Sports/National-World-Sports/Blog~290580.aspx4/7/2007 7:27:47 AMRob Guthrie Front-Range Area Rapid Transit, or FART, may be a long day's night from TREX and the soon-to-be ready-for-prime-time Douglas County light rail (in the form of the Lincoln, Ave light rail station grand opening), but a grand dream is, in the words Ken Kesey penned, sometimes a great notion....http://denver.yourhub.com/LoneTree/Blogs/Archive/Blog~149347.aspx11/12/2006 10:24:42 AMRob Guthrie Front-Range Area Rapid Transit, or FART, may be a long day's night from TREX and the soon-to-be ready-for-prime-time Douglas County light rail (in the form of the Lincoln, Ave light rail station grand opening), but a grand dream is, in the words Ken Kesey penned, sometimes a great notion....http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~149343.aspx11/12/2006 9:30:13 AMRob Guthrie I came to an ugly realization today. Politics disgust me. I know, big news flash, right? But I really mean it. Political chaff (not to be confused with political chads ) is a microcosm of what is wrong with our country as a whole. The problem begins with polarism. What we have are factions...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~143538.aspx10/28/2006 1:37:49 PMRob Guthrie Halloween is almost here. Candied apples, ghouls, goblins, jack-o-lanterns, witches, Michael Myers , costume parties, headless horsemen, and of course, the trick-or-treaters. The Scottish call them guisers ; to us they are (sometimes not so) little hooligans running around in everything...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~137780.aspx10/15/2006 9:58:06 AMRob Guthrie It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel. ~Pierre Corneille The Internet, while a powerful and revolutionary tool, is also a cesspool into which the choice to dive should necessitate at least some forethought and a lot of trepidation (particularly as our children climb up to the springboa...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Technology-The-Web/Blogs/Blog~134568.aspx10/7/2006 9:12:10 AMRob Guthrie This is a recycled post from my previous blog life. Since signing up with YourHub.com I've not frequented there. But I think, when creatively dry, I will grab a piece from there and regurgitate here. This will be an occasional filler post (continuing, at least, until I reach the number of 20)....http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Literature/Writing/Blog~133488.aspx10/4/2006 5:27:34 PMRob Guthrie This is a recycled post from my previous blog life. Since signing up with YourHub, I've not frequented there. But I think, when creatively dry, I will grab a piece from there and regurgitate here. This will be an occasional filler post (continuing, at least, until I reach the number of 20). ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Literature/Writing/Blog~133237.aspx10/4/2006 12:54:20 PMRob Guthrie I was eleven when I committed my first and only serious violation of the law. I was no Gotti or Soprano , but in the small, humid burg of Independence, IA , I am not sure there was (or is) much organized crime, so perhaps mine was more of a reign of terror and intimidation than I recall...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~131925.aspx10/1/2006 1:38:12 PMRob Guthrie In reading a blog the other day, I got to thinking about my scientific upbringing again. My dad taught science, and he liked to talk about all things deductive. My brother is a physics major (who also works in computer security with me, so go figure). My sister has followed in the old man's foot...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~130603.aspx9/27/2006 8:52:52 PMRob Guthrie Standard disclaimer to Marsha Phillips , or any other residents of the Washington Park area who are so snobbish regarding their journalistic integrity they can't appreciate personal discourse or a little community cameraderie: this blog is chock full. They say imitation is the sincer...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~127151.aspx9/20/2006 8:13:53 AMRob Guthrie For the moment, I would like you to close your eyes, clear your mind, and consider the following scenario: It is the year 1992. Bobby Knight is still the much maligned coach of the Indiana Hoosiers basketball team. The Duke Blue Devils are the perennial favorite to win the post-seas...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~126093.aspx9/17/2006 9:38:26 AMRob Guthrie This is an open letter to the gentleman I followed home from work, on the outside chance he is reading this. In response to the "For Sale" sign in your rear window, were I to be interested in purchasing your vehicle, there are a few things that would have to be rectified first, at owner's expens...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~120675.aspx9/1/2006 2:42:27 PMRob Guthrie I made a reference in a past blog to my mother and her sister self-publishing some children's stories. The truth is, a handful of years before pneumonia and a merciless staph infection took my mom's life in 2004, she and my aunt got a business started---one spawned from an idea that began when my...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~118502.aspx8/27/2006 8:42:54 AMRob Guthrie As Meagan Savage settles in at Drake University , it does give me pause to reminisce---to recall my time spent at Grinnell College , just fifty or so miles down the pike (which in southern Iowa, like southern Wyoming, is I-80 ). I entered Grinnell , one of the most prestigious ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~118332.aspx8/26/2006 8:26:40 AMRob Guthrie Blogs can't always be gummy bears and syrupy love-me-nots. Sometimes you gotta make a stand. Shrug your shoulders, take a breath, and climb up on the old soapbox. (The audience groans as one collective spirit.) I know, I know. Write from the podium, speak to the crickets. That's okay....http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~114586.aspx8/16/2006 9:07:17 PMRob Guthrie ...You gage which day of the week it is by how many times you've hand-washed the pizza cutter. ..."Jean day" at work is a bad thing. ...The soak-factor difference between mowing the lawn and being thrown, fully clothed, into a swimming pool, is negligible. ...You are more intimate with t...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~111812.aspx8/8/2006 6:43:43 PMRob Guthrie When I was twelve, comic books meant everything to me. The funny thing is, 10-15 years ago that statement might have been charming, or at least somewhat fresh. Now, every comic book I loved has been debased into a Hollywood summer box office grosser. Honestly, a few of the movie versions of said ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Art/Blog~110339.aspx8/4/2006 10:02:03 AMRob Guthrie With Meagan Savage preparing for her sojourn to college, and my own son only a few years away from same, I am wont to reflect on my own days of collegiate quarter, drawing up the memories---youthful scenes, tucked away for ponderous reflection---remembrances that, once freed from the clutte...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~109197.aspx8/1/2006 4:53:23 PMRob Guthrie Actors are human, and movies is magic. Not quite a dichotomy, but perhaps a small lesson in unrealistic expectations. I blogged a while back about escapes from reality. In this world we live in, I do think we need 'em. (Maybe right now Mel Gibson needs them more than most.) Truth is, ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Film/Blog~108379.aspx7/30/2006 9:53:12 PMRob Guthrie Memento vivere. Remember to live. It's really good advice. We hear it all the time: don't take things for granted; be thankful for every day. Carpe diem. The thing is, once you've received the phone call, no other call will ever be the same. A little over fours years ago ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~107714.aspx7/28/2006 7:21:41 AMRob Guthrie It has been my experience that writers can be a jealous hoard. Years ago I moderated an Internet writing workshop. As a requisite for keeping all writers' works unpublished (i.e. saleable), there were very strict rules for submissions and critiques. I don't remember the exact thresholds, but each...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~106222.aspx7/23/2006 8:40:44 AMRob Guthrie It has been my experience that writers can be a jealous hoard. Years ago I moderated an Internet writing workshop. As a requisite for keeping all writers' works unpublished (i.e. saleable), there were very strict rules for submissions and critiques. I don't remember the exact thresholds, but each...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~106216.aspx7/23/2006 8:03:04 AMRob Guthrie My wife recently bought me an espresso machine for our anniversary. The traditional gift for number four is fruit or flowers. Now technically, the coffee bean is a seed , but wait a minute...the modern fourth anniversary is, appliance . Bam! She sticks the landing! I am personally...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Blogs/Archive/Blog~106101.aspx7/22/2006 9:02:56 AMRob Guthrie