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Open Bar: Good News Or No News

My family operates on a strict “no news is good news” policy.  While we are close-knit and perhaps overly communicative,…
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Open Bar: Helping Hands And Hate Speech

Unbeknownst to the reveling hordes that descended this holiday season, the Vail Valley is not a snow globe come to…
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Open Bar: Nothing Else Matters

Take your index and middle fingers and reach for your carotid artery.  If you feel nothing, please stop reading and…
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Open Bar: A Flag For All

Grains of sand whipped his face, a sting preferable to that of the lead that felled his brothers.  The bodies…
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Open Bar: Be An Ally Every Day

If you visited any major metropolitan area in June, you were greeted with a panoply of rainbows, that beacon of…
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Open Bar: Ringleaders Crack The Whip

Granted the gift of free will, many nonetheless choose to abdicate this volition, overwhelmed or exhausted by the prospect of…
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Open Bar: Pennywise And Pound Foolish

The gorgeous couple was backlit by a neon ombre sunset, the orange hues reflecting off the whitecapped Mediterranean.  Staring adoringly…
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Open Bar: The Destructive Nature Of Criticism

Maneuvering through this complex, fearsome, fascinating society requires self-survival techniques that we would prefer not to have to employ.  A…
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