With the “so-called” National Championship game now over and the NFL playoffs edging closer to a conclusion, I always feel a sense of panic this time of year.
And the fact that one of my favorite teams (the Saints) is out of the mix it even makes even more pronounced. I’m not an NBA fan. Haven’t been since the days of Magic vs. Bird and really since the era of Unseld and Maravich. Besides, I’m really tired of the Melo trade talk here in Denver.
It seems a long way off until the Rockies open spring training. They trained in Tucson until this coming spring and I made many journeys to that lovely city during that time. It pains me to know the people of Tucson are going through what we experienced at Columbine.
I am back on board with the NHL, after giving it a rest after the ugly Bertuzzi cheap shot years back so there’s that. But, still, the end of the football season is always tough on a lot of us. If you feel like I do please, oh, please feel free to comment.

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Give Thanks and remember those less fortunate.
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Denver, December 21, 2010 – For the twenty-fifth year, several hundred concerned citizens gathered on the steps of the Denver City and County Building this evening to attend the Homeless Persons’ Memorial Vigil.

Hosted by the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH), the candlelight vigil and name-reading ceremony paid tribute to 145 people who lived on the streets of the Denver metropolitan area and died during 2010. This was the only memorial service that will be conducted for most of these individuals.

The 145 Homeless Persons’ in Denver who lost their lives on the streets in 2010:

Daniel Adkins
Gerardo Aguilar, Jr.
Orlando Arellano
Michael Barker
Elfriede Beall
Marshal Beck
Donald “Sarge” Beebe
Jason Beierle
John Edward Bienick
Jeremy Bitner
Marie Boudreau
Juan Bravo
Morris Brooks
Benjamin Brothers
Bethel James Fierro
Paul Finney
Sean Fresques
Patrick Gallivan
Francisco Garcia
Jonathon Garrett
Gregory Gasser
Scott Gillette
Freddie Gioia
Thomas Glass
Roslyn Goodrich
Gabriel Gonzalez
Kerry Gordon
Ginger Griffiths
Tanya Guervara
Douglas Robert Hall
Kenneth Harlan
Enoch Harvey
Thomas Hecomovich
Deborah “Noah” Helmke
Jeff Hengst
Carlos Herrera
Janet Hodgson
David Jenkins
Luca Keep
Delores Keithline
John Keys
Marvell Kindred
Rebecca Koughn
Terry Kramer
David Krogman
Chuck Kutscher
Katrina Larson
J.D. LeLeeuw
Kent Long
Lilly
Gailey Brown
Leerolline Burke
Christopher Cappuccilli
Nick Capra
John Carter
Cyndy Castellano
Danny Castillo
Rachel Castro
Nick Chavez
Charles Christo
Matthew Cochrane
Daniel Lee Coleman
Avril Collier
Quenton Condon
Michael Lovato
James Lynn
Michael Marchant
Deborah Martinez
Raul Martinez
Viola Martinez-Trujillo
Manual Marquez
Michael Meredith
Daniel Miles
Joseph Miller
Ralph “Halfbreed” Miller
Tom Moffitt
David Montoya
Danny Moon
Paul Moreno
Randy Morse
Luis Muniz
Jim Nelson
William Norris
Nanette Kay O’Brien
Mary Olson
Ralph Opgenorth
Abdullahi Osman
Joe Pelham
Tim Peterson
Barry Pierce
Eric Pittman
Richard Ploski
Marcos Prado-Valencia
Justin Purkey
Peter Quibell
Lisa Ragsdale
Eugene Redwine
Raymond Scott Renkert
Matthew Reynolds
Carol Cordoba
Liboria Coria-Campos
Danny Craig
Ronald Craggs
Vince Cullotta
Thomas Dalgetty
Michael Anthony DeRogatis
Casey Dean
Sally Dean
Rory Dechant
Scott Decker
Justin Drew
Lisa Ersland
Tom Fehervary
Anna Robuck
Antonio Rodriguez
Lee Romero, Sr.
Anthony Roziers
Armond Sarracino
Paul Aaron Savely
Larry Schelkopf
Andrea Scherer
Kim Schrock
Susann Marie Segundo-Garcia
Christopher Sherwood
Phillip Smith
Gerald Strickland
Joseph Sullivan
Anita Susco
Michael Templeton
Keith Torgersen
Marvin Torres
Douglas Towell
Kimberly Tubbleville
Steven Trujillo
T.J. Trujillo
Sam Valdez
Veronica Vigil
Loris Walker
Dwain Walmsley
Brian Wichek
Johnny Yeager
Monte Zing
Jerry
Viola
Crowzee

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A Blast from the Past: Some Super Bowl cartoon replays
Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction

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The End is Near!
The season can’t be almost over already. I don’t know about you but the worst funk of the winter for me is always right after the Super Bowl. I don’t ski, it’s still cold outside and there isn’t any football left. Now if they played those lousy bowl games we have to endure in December in February they might be on to something.

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Here’s to the Saints
NFL’s doormat no longer. This one goes out to all of the brave and courageous people of New Orleans, who have faced more adversity than any of us will ever know. It has bee a long time coming. Enjoy the journey, it’s long overdue.

A Secret
I guess it’s finally safe to come out of the closet. I was the only kid in West Texas to wear a New Orleans Saints jacket to school. This was in the heart of Dallas Cowboys country but I chose to root for the Saints and a young quarterback named Archie Manning. The Saints of course just got the crap beat of them game after game, and as I recall, so did I. Not a bright move wearing the Saints Logo on my sleeve. I eventually relented (after much violent coercion) and converted to the Cowboys. Soon I was the only kid in West Texas to cheer for Craig Morton over Roger Staubach. Bet you can guess how that went over. So yesterday I sat proudly wearing my New Orleans Saints hat as they marched into their very first Super Bowl. In the comfort of my own living room, thank you very much.

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