A nice Saturday evening at Coors Field
A nice Saturday evening at Coors Field, originally uploaded by Peter S on Flickr.
Sitting behind home plate on a nice evening in Denver.
On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble
Talking Business - On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble - NYTimes.com
Google gets positioned as the company that everyone wants to work for because of all they do for their employees. But in the case of day care, they are falling through the cracks.
By raising the cost of day care, they are creating an elitist atmosphere and a division within their employee ranks. In creating this division, employees are not happy and many of the brightest are now leaving for other companies.
I am hoping that this shows other companies how not to treat their employees.
Rising Convention Costs and Delays Worry Democrats
Rising Convention Costs and Delays Worry Democrats - NYTimes.com
An interesting article on the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Denver at the end of August. This is nothing new to the residents of Denver. But the National media is finally beginning to recognize the problems.
The host committee is struggling with appropriate financial decisions, is having trouble raising money, and making some bad decisions. It is falling through for them and now they are discussing having Obama accepting the nomination at Invesco Field.
Some of the bad decisions include wasting money on upscale office space at $100,000 a month and then not needing it all. They are then wasting that unneeded office space including unneeded office furniture.
In previous articles they are cutting back on parties around town, including parties to recognize the numerous volunteers that are going to be helping with the event. That is one thing that you don’t cut back on, providing recognition to the people who are giving their time to help you.
It will be interesting to see how this comes off and if fundraising increases. Obama has sent a team of people to help, but is it too late?
The Democrats have found ways to lose the last two elections. Let’s see if they can pull off the convention or blow that also.
I just hope that Denver does not get a bad name because of their incompetence.
Update: See the comments section for clarification from the Democrats on their blog.
Rockies win a wild one, win 18-17
The Colorado Rockies won a wild one and had fireworks before the fireworks show at Coors Field tonight. They came from 9 runs down to beat the Florida Marlins 18-17.
This was an amazing game. The Rockies were down 7-1, 13-5, and 17-12 to win.
Coors Field is known for some crazy games, but this one was just crazy. The pitching was horrid on both sides, but that might be the offenses were just amazing. Lodo magic was in full-force.
Let’s hope this will carry the Rockies forward and propel them back into the race to win the NL West. No other team in the National League West wants to take over.
Go Rockies!
Colorado Rockies Fireworks Display
I went to the Colorado Rockies game last night versus the Florida Marlins and then watched the fireworks display afterwards. It was a fun game and evening, especially since the Rockies came back and won the game 6-5 in the bottom of the 11th evening.
But, as always, the fireworks stole the show. It was amazing. I was able to capture it on my Flip Video camera. Enjoy.
Getting older and to a better year…
Well here is to getting older. Tomorrow, July 3, is my 39th birthday. Not again, for the first time. The funny thing is that I don’t feel any older.
Birthdays are always fun, especially when my birthday is on July 3. We are going as a family plus my niece, nephew, and sister in-law, to the Rockies game and fireworks afterwards. It is always a fun evening and we enjoy the evening out as a family.
But this is better than last year for me. Last year at this time I was in the hospital to have my appendix out. I was a hurting puppy and it is much better to be home hanging out with the family than in a hospital in quite-a-bit of pain.
Well here is to another year.
Can you own the rain…
A column in the Denver Post this morning by Daniel Fitzgerald asked that very question. Can you own the rain?
Kris Holstrom lives on the western slope of Colorado and wanted to capture the rain that fell off her roof to be able to water her yard and her burgeoning organic farming business. It wouldn’t have been that much and she applied to do that through the State of Colorado.
But the State Engineer said no and the Water Court of Colorado agreed. They ruled that the rain that fell on her house was tributary to the San Miguel River and thereby previously appropriated. She can’t capture rain and use it on her garden.
This is the same thinking that is causing water problems in the western United States, prior appropriation or otherwise known as first-in-time, first-in-right. This is the same rule that has applied to water appropriation since the west was settled.
Since there is a tremendous increase in population the consumption and need of water is ever-growing. We (the residents of Colorado and the West) need to start planning and developing innovative solutions to water management. Being stuck in the same ol’ ways will not help us, but hurt us.
Studies have been done in capturing water that runs off the roofs and used to water gardens and also for waste supply (like toilets) and it will save a lot of water while still returning it to the river or transpired into the air to fall as rain somewhere else.
Most likely, the water from this persons roof would not make it to the river. It would have either evaporated or transpired through the vegetation.
We in the West need innovative technologies and a new thinking of water management. If we don’t the water crisis will only get worse.
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