http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest blog posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5My house sits along Poston Parkway in the Highlands Ranch neighborhood known as Firelight. I'm not sure where the name 'Poston Parkway' came from, but I now call it 'Poston Speedway'. Bandimere, Indy, Daytona, LeMans -- these are all renowned and legendary courses for various forms of racecar...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~474011.aspx5/22/2008 7:30:08 PMBrian Phillips It has happened. It has been happening over the past several months, but now the time has come. I have completely hit the wall and I am reduced to fits of angst, despair, and irrational cravings for Fritos. I cannot tolerate the news any more and dwell in each day's increa...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~486293.aspx6/19/2008 8:27:53 PMBrian Phillips Perhaps it is inappropriate to use this media avenue as a means to ask for help. But when it comes to fighting cancer, I believe there is no shame, and there is no such thing as inappropriate. In the past month, I have learned that a co-worker, and a former co-worker were both diagnosed with t...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~364537.aspx9/18/2007 9:45:30 PMBrian Phillips Along with being a vegetarian, there comes a bit of duty. One cannot simply be a vegetarian without explaining why. Choosing to exclude meat from my diet makes me different and therefore provides an instant conversation in any social setting. Questions such as: "Have you always been a veget...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~339403.aspx7/25/2007 10:29:35 PMBrian Phillips Perfect Colorado weather, pristine scenery, rolling roads, and 7,000 pairs of strong legs. That was the 20th Anniversary, 2007 Compass Bank Elephant Rock Cycling Festival on June 3rd. Riders took to the roads bright and early that chilly Sunday morning on a beautiful course that meandered t...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Outdoors/Blog~317398.aspx6/4/2007 10:27:39 PMBrian Phillips When is it ok to refer to someone as "man". As in "hey man, how's it going?" Is it after you have known someone a few days? Ten years? Ten minutes? "Man" signifies a common bond of coolness. I think you are cool so I shall call you "man" to let you know that I think so without actually tellin...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Relationships/Blog~312112.aspx5/22/2007 9:40:52 PMBrian Phillips It's a funny thing, job hunting. Once you decide you are determined to get out of what you are doing and find something else to do, it occupies every breath of your existence. Every thought, every conversation centers around "how is the job search going?" The search for a new job becomes a job o...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~303800.aspx5/3/2007 9:22:36 PMBrian Phillips I remember as recently as last week telling a friend back in Indiana about how the winters here were not really as bad as everyone thinks. Blizzards only happened every 10 or 15 years. Why, just last year I was wearing shorts on Christmas Day. In Indiana, they have ice storms that turn everyt...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~163255.aspx12/20/2006 4:42:57 PMBrian Phillips On my block, we were late to the game...we waited until Thanksgiving weekend to do the holiday decorating routine. Pretty much everyone else's house resembled Candyland meets Las Vegas just 24 hours after the last trick-or-treater rang the doorbell. It's so bright all night long, in fact, that I...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~155977.aspx11/30/2006 2:28:26 PMBrian Phillips My buddy Monte and I met up one Friday night looking for something to do. The island we were on was lush, tropical, and peaceful, but we needed something more exciting to do. So off we went, magically teleported in seconds to a pub in a far off place that could very well have been Ireland. Mill...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Technology-The-Web/Web/Blog~150379.aspx11/14/2006 1:34:10 PMBrian Phillips Ten years ago, on November 4th, my father passed away, ravaged by the slow, but ruthless grip of prostate cancer. Nine years ago, on November 4th, my mother lost her fight with lung cancer. She was a non-smoker. It should be pretty easy for me to hate November 4th. Anniversaries like this are n...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~146054.aspx11/3/2006 1:37:14 PMBrian Phillips I've written a few too many pieces recently about the dreariness of life at work. After a couple of those, I have vowed not to dwell too much on that topic henceforth. I'm really not all that negative. Sometimes cynical, perhaps, but not really negative and I don't want to seem that way. But I...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~144809.aspx11/1/2006 1:01:23 PMBrian Phillips Have you seen this Second Life thing? If you haven't yet heard of it, you will. It stands to be more pervasive than MySpace and conceivably more useful. The difference is that Second Life is literally a second life in a 3D world right there on the internet. This goes way beyond social ne...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Technology-The-Web/Web/Blog~139831.aspx10/19/2006 2:19:37 PMBrian Phillips I come to work day in and day out without respite, without fail. There isn't much thanks doled out around the office beyond the assumption that the paychecks will continue. Perhaps that is the only thanks that counts when you get right down to it. I ride my bike to work each day dodging traffic...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~127192.aspx9/20/2006 9:24:12 AMBrian Phillips Hi, it's me. Sorry I haven't written, but I have been on vacation and promptly thereafter completely overwhelmed by work travel and a completely ridiculous amount of tedious, menial tasks associated with my real job. Rest assured I am thoroughly disgusted that my real job has kept me from the...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~121150.aspx9/4/2006 9:40:23 PMBrian Phillips One day, our 15 year old 27" TV stopped working. It wouldn't turn on. I quickly assumed that it was the work of my technologically curious children who never hesitate to try various combinations of buttons on the complicated assortment of remote controls that command our entertainment setup. Aft...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~110246.aspx8/3/2006 10:48:54 PMBrian Phillips ( Note: This piece was written before the 7/27 announcement of Floyd's failed drug test: "unusual levels of testosterone/epitestosterone". I can only hope that the test results are faulty or that the readings are a result of naturally elevated levels.) "We'll just have to wait and see." Thos...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Sports/National-World-Sports/Blog~106887.aspx7/25/2006 8:48:26 PMBrian Phillips Gum. I rarely chew it. In fact, the only time I do is if someone offers me a piece. To me, gum is like going to a nudie bar -- largely a waste of time and you are left feeling empty and dissatisfied. But what is it about gum chewers? The social aspect, that is. Maybe gum chewers are just fr...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~104065.aspx7/14/2006 1:00:55 PMBrian Phillips At what point do you begin to accept that your job is your life? I certainly haven't begun to reach that perilous precipice (and refuse to) but it would seem that my job has chosen to interfere with unacceptable gall. If my profession demanded my sole devotion, my every thought, every ounce o...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~103880.aspx7/14/2006 3:05:15 AMBrian Phillips A while back, I had a dream that I was fortunate (?) enough to remember and write down. When it occurred, I woke up in the dead of the night, laughing hysterically. The bed shook, my wife woke up....I nearly wet myself from laughing so hard. Not because the dream was necessarily hilarious, but it...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~97897.aspx6/25/2006 12:16:48 AMBrian Phillips Short notice on my part, but if you want to witness some superb documentary film making, be sure and check out " A Lion In The House " on Rocky Mountain PBS June 21st and 22nd. Part of the Independent Lens series, this film is a must see. If you have children or have been touched by c...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Film/Blog~96609.aspx6/20/2006 9:21:08 PMBrian Phillips Spring, 2005. I opened the door and looked out into the garage and saw seats that belonged in my minivan. No minivan, only seats. This could only mean one thing -- something ominous was coming home with my wife. "Here it is!" she announced, as she pressed the magic door button. Inside were hu...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~93285.aspx6/8/2006 9:55:13 PMBrian Phillips If you ever receive a call from Silver King International, don't answer it. They had been calling us for months and we never answered. One day, my wife gave in and answered their call with the intent of telling them to turn blue. Instead, we were enticed by the wonderful promise of a no-strin...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~91130.aspx6/1/2006 10:20:39 PMBrian Phillips I had started to write this bit about this year's Tour de France and how exciting it would be. "Wait! Lance Armstrong has retired -- why would we even watch it now?" many of you might ask. I was ready to pounce on the fact that, even though I am a huge Lance fan, it would be even more excitin...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Sports/National-World-Sports/Blog~100197.aspx6/30/2006 3:07:13 PMBrian Phillips I wish you could have been here, Mom, to see the sunset tonight. You would have seen the beauty in my daughter's eyes and the amazement she saw in the fading fire of the sun's last rays beaming beneath the clouds. The mountains were nearly violet against the brilliant red and orange; storm clouds...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~90308.aspx5/30/2006 9:02:08 PMBrian Phillips ...at the idea our trusty Republican leadership proposed thatwould give every taxpayer a cool hundred bucks to help offset theintestine-twisting gas prices. Really now. A hundred bucks. Hey, thanks a lot. That willhelp most of us out for a whole week, maybe two. Here's my idea. How ...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Politics/National-Politics/Blog~80175.aspx4/28/2006 9:57:28 PMBrian Phillips So the Tour of Georgia just wrapped up. Great job byThe Floyd and Tommy D. I have never been to this race, but itsounds like a stellar event right here in the Yoonited StatesUhvuhmurikuh. It's a great mix of elite Euro cycling stars as wellas the best U.S. teams - wow - and you don't...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Outdoors/Blog~78232.aspx4/24/2006 1:06:00 PMBrian Phillips Begrudgingly, I work in telecom - specifically, inInformation Technology. This is still a mystery to me since I havea music degree and a minor in Journalism & Mass Communications.Somehow in my post-collegiate adventures, I was able to act my waythrough several tech jobs and convince t...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~71242.aspx4/4/2006 1:18:57 PMBrian Phillips Wow. I was just looking at the stats on my Live Strongarticle and saw that over 400 people have viewed it. If everyone who has viewed it donated $10, that would be over$4,000 in contributions toward a tremendous cancer organization --the Lance Armstrong Foundation. It looks like one of ...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~68381.aspx3/28/2006 8:48:03 PMBrian Phillips What's more frustrating than attending a 3-year-old'sbirthday party on a beautiful spring day? Not much if you're a cyclist. That was me today - chomping atthe bit to get out and put in some tough miles but completely heldhostage while I witnessed runny noses, screaming fits, and a fail...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Blogs/Archive/Blog~67108.aspx3/25/2006 9:11:19 PMBrian Phillips