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I used to be an elementary school teacher. It was the best job I ever had; I laughed all day, and would work six weeks at a time, rewarded by three weeks of vacation (I taught in a year-round school). Oddly, I drank more my first year of teaching than I had during my first year of college.

So when Gilligan Van Yikes and EJ promised t… Continue

I have a confession: I get a little giddy every time I watch an X-Men Origins: Wolverine trailer: Wolverine exploding out of that nightmarish tank in the lab, that stunt where he jumps onto the helicopter...uh, Liev Schreiber as Sabertooth?

What really gets me, though, is the quick glimpses of mutants heretofore absent from the movie oeuvre, like Gambit the card-wielding anti-hero, Deadpool, and, seriously, The Blob! So, with that in mind, I set out… Continue

It was supposed to be a “man date” in honor of this week’s Six Shooter sponsor, the flick I Love You, Man. But Colonel Bravado moved to the ‘burbs, and our dates with debauchery have gone the way of the sub-prime mortgage. We started seeing other people; the Colonel sticking to Boulder and vicinity, and me wreaking havoc with EJ, who knows even more bartenders than Hector and me put together.

So this was a chance to relive some of the old glory;… Continue

My mom visited Denver for her birthday weekend, and I knew I wanted to treat her to more than just another extravagant dinner. I wanted to take her to six bars. It’s important for the ladies to know that I treat my mother well.

6:05 PM
Double Daughters Salotto
16th and Market
Absinthe, $9

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