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Littleton, Colo. — In an Italian man’s life, family means everything. And within every family there are stories that are retold that make everyone laugh. One of my family’s favorite stories comes from when I was 8-years-old, and I lost a fight with a tackle box. From the time I can remember, I used to [...]

Nonstick baking spray with flour
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3 cups sugar
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped
6 large eggs, separated
3 cups cake flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup sliced almonds
Mix butter, sugar, vanilla, eggs in large bowl. Slowly add the remaining ingredients to the bowl. Bake at 350* for an hour to an hour and 15 minutes.

By Monica Garcia Surveys. We all love to hate them. They are everywhere! On the bottom of your receipt at the store, in your email after you make an online purchase, in your mail, need I say more?! My latest survey experience took it to another level of hate, I mean love for surveys. I [...]

By Tyler Grimes “We can’t move him by Mutatu or his blood pressure will sky rocket and he’ll die.” “Well, he can’t stay here, he’s not improving.” KIPKAREN, Kenya – I opened my eyes just enough to see the soft light from the lantern cast tall shadows of the doctor and Nelly as they discussed [...]

Bob Dylan once said his most-popular song, Like a Rolling Stone started as a “20-some page piece of vomit.” Along with other writers, I know that I feel like I am sometimes achieving the same vomit-like result of something that is unfinished, or unformed. Recently, I found my best way of dealing with this feeling [...]

To misquote Ross Perot, “A billy goat ain’t no coyote, and box pancake mix just ain’t Mom’s scratch.” When I was 10 years old, Mom tried to shuffle, stack and deal off the bottom of the pancake deck without anybody being the wiser. I’ve always been a picky eater, and had proudly spent the first [...]

Call me foolish. Call me irresponsible, but I hate visiting the dentist. I’ll tolerate pain for days, take aspirin like they are M&M’s, and hope that by ignoring the pulsating spasms, they’ll stop. Let’s face it, a trip to the dentist’s office is about as enjoyable as … a trip to the dentist’s office. So, [...]

Auraria campus- home to those of a different race, culture, ethnicity, attending either MSCD, UCD, and CCD and home to those trying to get an education while running from class to class… on stiletto heels?…

It was a period in his life which he feels will never evaporate in his thoughts, for the danger that went with it could have landed him a life in prison, while the rewards promised a shortcut to a future of extravagant wealth. To cultivate and market hashish, or kif, in Morocco was no easy [...]

Kindergarten has been a long time coming for us. For most people, it is simply the next step after preschool and the scary beginning to the hopelessly speedy race through their childhood. When my son Ewan was 2, he was flagged at his school, Auraria Early Learning Center, for speech problems. I ended up butting [...]