Faithful readers of Bank Gothic Overload: As you might remember from last year, I traveled to Washington state in February 2008 for a fundraising event called the Jimmie Heuga Snow Express for Multiple Sclerosis. Once again, this year my brother Alan and I, along with some people who hail from the Pacific Northwest, are traveling [...]

I’ve had this idea for a vacation (well, this is one idea I have). Fly to Edmonton, see the Oilers play some hockey against the Avalanche. Cruise down to Calgary, see the Avalanche play the Flames. From Calgary, go to a few places. One of those places is to drive 90 minutes west into the [...]

There is a bill in Colorado that will charge a $5 toll at the Eisenhower Tunnel on I-70. This tunnel runs right through the Continental Divide and is Denver’s link to various ski towns (Vail, Aspen, Breckenridge, etc.). There is a bunch of opposition about it, but I feel that something needs to be done [...]

Woot.com is a pretty cool shopping website. They sell one item a day, and there’s usually a very limited quantity for sale. Sales begin for each item at Midnight. They also publish an RSS feed, so I can read via Bloglines Often, the item sells out before I wake up. So I check what’s up [...]

Check out Lipstick-Films.com. They’re making a cool ski movie called “Since We Last Spoke” – it’s a movie that highlights telemark culture, and has some amazing, amazing powder scenes. Here’s a link to the movie trailer directly.

It blizzarded in Denver, so I took the opportunity to go telemark skiing within the city limits. Enjoy!

I’m also in Winter Park right now, doing a little bit of telecommuting. I think that Apple laptops, especially the new ones are absolutely fucking fantastic. I’ll probably never get a desktop again. I would also hope that they come out with the goddamn phone/iPod/Newton thing soon, with some real computer functionality. That way I [...]

At Vail, when a new ski lift is purchased and built in the Summer, invariably you will have a brand new 4-person chair made by Dopplemayr or Poma. This is a very nice thing for them to do! Quads are fast. At Winter Park, however, they expand by using a 6-man chair (last season) and [...]

I wish I could do that! http://www.silvertonmountain.com/gallery/album86/aab