We are coming into the summer’s Eclipse Season. On June 26th we will experience a partial Lunar Eclipse. Which means that not the whole Moon will be darkened but part of it will be. If you are up early in the morning on Saturday June 26th, at 5:30 am, you will be able to see [...]

Summertime in Steamboat Springs, and especially downtown, is a whirlwind of activity. If you can’t find something to do, it’s only because you don’t happen to like the choices for any particular day. Events have become a way of life for all of us, whether you participate in them, organize them, volunteer to help with [...]

Hi, I must honestly admit that I write to you with a solemn heart and diminished swag to my step. The black feels a little faded, not as crisp and robust. Why….? IT might be World Cup Envy. I think it is a feeling of emptiness and confusion. There are some Americans that just don’t [...]

There also needed to be some discussion on how economic value was going to be assigned. For us economic types, measuring the success of an economy by its ability to generate sales tax is silly. Sales tax is the primary source of our local government's funding, but it is very blunt and ineffective tool for measuring the local economy. The health of an economy is measured by its ability to produce personal income.

Remember when Dr. McCoy waved his scanner over a person’s body and determined what might be wrong? And the fact that it did not hurt, or make the person glow excited us about the future of medicine. Star Trek had some terrific medical cures, but what triggered our imagination was that a harmless tool could look inside our body.

Exploring the Sacred The Rev. Scott Turner There are three basic ways for humans to perceive information: kinesthetic (body sensations), auditory (hearing), and visual (eyes). We all use all these methods for perception unless the function has been compromised somehow. Perceiving the sacred does not for me come through some other mysterious non-material aspect of [...]

I want a new drug One that won't make me sick One that won't make me crash my car Or make me feel three feet thick

Cancer Yes. There is a small chance that you will get into a high speed chase ultimately ending in a massive exposition as you collide with a gas truck. Fortunately, this little adventure will not end your life but leave you with a devastating amount of debt and a short time in prison.... You're right... there is a slight chance that can happen but until it does you might as well enjoy your day.

Props: To Jill Ruppel for making our Lifeguard Certification fun! “Props” to Alpine Bank for supporting the construction industry even though they had no obligation to. Thanks for doing the right thing. I would like to send a props to Todd who called me when my dog was hit by a car.  The car in [...]

According to Todd, this was the first lie detector test ever given in Colorado.

In case you haven't been following the excitement, team USA and their fancy sashes thrilled the world with a heart-stopping 1-1 tie. Go soccer!

Spill the Beans has been a local coffee shop for 12 years, starting as a simple stand in front of City Market and growing with a faithful following of customers into it’s current location just across the train tracks from the library on 13th street.  Now, in a time when it may seem like a lot of small businesses [...]