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com.pen.di.um   noun  a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject

Books Unplugged ~ Batteries Not Required

5/21/2014

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Can you imagine a future where bookstores have died out completely? Cracking open a book is definitely an experience with no equal. I'm not saying it's better. I'm saying it's unique!  I love reading on my tablet, but on the other hand I'm worried that it will break over the years and I'll lose access to some of my eBooks. Then you hear those horror-story cases of...(more) 

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Into The Coal Miner's World

5/15/2014

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This is the summer that I fulfilled a wish that I’ve had my entire life as a Coloradoan. I went deep into Mother Earth and saw the workings of a coal mine. I wanted to experience, even in the smallest way, what miners do to earn a living.

Mining is a way of life that might not be easily shared in a simple explanation. It’s a workplace in which one could not exist for very long without forming some very tight bonds. A coal mine is a place where one must remain alert, watch each other’s back and a place where...(more)



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Once A Gunslinger, Now A Gunsmith   

5/12/2014

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They say a gunslinger is a man who’s known for being able to handle a gun and shoot well. To some, he’s an outlaw; to others he IS the law but to anyone who has ever spent much time in Crawford, Colorado, it would come as no surprise to see a neighbor sitting at the local diner with a gun strapped to his hip.  In an effort to avoid all the recent political hoopla over personal rights, intimidation, protection and who gets to tell whom what they can and can’t do with a gun…(more)

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