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Also: Get Smart about Macs, Durango needs 24-hour food, 4 paintings to live inside, how “South Park” mocks Colorado

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What’s inside Volume 1 Number 22

March 31, 2016

Chief Executive Officer

10 Spring cleaning

for style

Douglas Bennett V.P. of Finance and Operations

This time of seasonal renewal can inspire us to freshen up our wardrobes and be ready for the burgeoning summer with a streamlined and organized closet full of the goodlooking, well-fitting clothing we want to wear while cavorting in the sun.

Bob Ganley V.P. of Advertising David Habrat V.P. of Marketing Kricket Lewis Founding Editors Amy Maestas David Holub Katie Klingsporn

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Christopher Gallagher Bryant Liggett Jon E. Lynch Heather Narwid Cyle Talley

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Get Smart about Macs Turns out that Macs are like minds – we use less than 10 percent of them.

Let Justin Duncan, service manager at Connecting Point, tell you how to get more out of yours.

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Downtown Lowdown

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Album Review 7 9

Beer

16 Movies

Durango painter Miki Harder discusses four works that capture her imagination.

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14 4 paintings I’d like

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David Holub

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7 As needed in Durango:

24-hour food Durango needs a 24-hour food place.

And before you bring it up, I know we have Denny’s, and Denny’s is open all the time. But that’s hardly any consolation.

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Got something on your mind? Have a joke or a story idea or just something that the world needs to know?

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Seeing Through the Smoke 18

Review 19

Netflix and chill ‑ 420 edition 19

20 Savage Love

15 How ‘South Park’

mocks our fair state

21 Happening

“South Park” is set in the fictional mountain town of South Park, Colorado, and consequently pokes truthful fun at dozens of quintessential Centennial State clichés.

23 Horoscope/ puzzles/ Bizarro

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On the cover Jessica Fairchild plays Hecuba in Fort Lewis College’s provocative, erotic, sensual, grimy and dirty production of “Trojan Women: A Love Story.”

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What my bike says about me, and what it says about you

N

ot since I moved to Durango – and forever before that – has anyone said something mean to my face. This except for one small area of my life: my bike.

I’m a bike commuter and ride a seven-speed townie. It has a basket on the back, fenders, front and back lights, a bell and curved, raised handlebars. And for some reason, this bike has made a handful of people here rather agitated, so much so that they need to communicate it to my startled face.

There was the young woman in a large group who said as I unlocked my bike outside The Ranch, “Are you actually going to ride that?” and was all like “ehh” when she said it.

Again unlocking my bike, this time outside Moe’s, there was the group of sleepy-eyed drunken young roustabouts who all reeked of trouble and the one who couldn’t resist saying, “I bet you get a lot of fat chicks on that bike.” If I wanted to fight, I absolutely could have. But I haven’t thrown a punch since ninth grade, and I’m cool with keeping that streak intact. I was more confused about his reasoning and could only think, “I don’t even know what that means!”

There was the guy at a friend’s party who just kept making digs at me in front everyone. The last one he made was about my bike as I stood outside chatting with folks. (“What, you gotta warm up your bike before you ride it?”) I happened to have my lights fired up chatting with friends before I rode home. Touché.

Then there was the pickup truck that buzzed me as I rode home on Florida Road with the bumper sticker that said “mean people kick ass.” I assumed the 3 feet of space he gave me as he whizzed by was him “kicking ass” and that some of it had to do with my bike. I’m a bit sensitive these days, you understand.

When telling these stories to a

table of friends, three of whom were gay men, it was determined that the reason I might be getting such flack is that my bike is – how should we say it – not very masculine. They suggested, in fact, that my bike just might be attracted to other bikes of the same sex. Good, I thought.

If someone vandalizes my bike for being too effeminate, it could qualify as a hate crime.

It was good-natured ribbing from my friends, and I’m not sure if it explains all of the contempt I’ve received about my bike, but I’ll entertain it for a moment.

What all these people were trying to do in my estimation was to take me down a notch. And what is the go-to way to insult a man? You insult his masculinity; you imply that he lacks toughness or, to use a genderstereotyping word in this context, manliness.

My bike is not one you can hop boulders on. It wouldn’t do well on anything rougher that a dirt road. Its seven speeds and small, effeminate tires allow it to go only so fast. It’s not a thrill-seeker’s bike. And how delicate must I be if I do not seek thrills every time I ride a bike?

The question, even if it were true, is that somehow I lack masculinity and ride a bike that reflects this. So what?

Why is that threatening? Perhaps we need to redefine the word “manly” to encompass something beyond brawn and boring jockishness.

Of course, this doesn’t have anything to do with me or my bike. As if addressing bullying at school, one friend said the comments I’ve received say more about the people saying them than about me or my bike.

I’ll go with that.

It was also suggested that if I’m going to ride such a non-manly bike, perhaps I should commit and really glam it up.

Maybe I’ll get some long pink streamers and douse the whole thing in glitter. That’ll show ’em.

Going to the movies Love it Going to the movies can be a spiritual experience. Movie theaters are like sanctuaries or cathedrals, especially for those of us who don’t darken the doors of real churches too often. They’re dark, cozy, the music swells, color and light emanate from the screen, and you achieve a particular intimacy with the actors whose faces you’re scrutinizing.

Sure, it can be a pain sitting next to someone you don’t know, who smells or crinkles their candy wrappers too loudly. And when you inevitably get up to pee halfway through the movie (because the drinks they sell are [bleep]ing huge), you have to squeeze past people’s legs, squashing their toes and tripping over that sticky part of the floor where your shoe gets stuck. That part is not so great. Pro-tip: Always sit on the aisle.

Still, nothing beats the collective experience shared by a group of people watching the same movie. Comedies are funnier when you see them in a crowded theater; viewing the same film alone on DVD just isn’t the same. Dramas are more powerful, too; hearing your fellow audience member’s visceral reactions – their gasps, ooo’s and ahhh’s, furious intakes of breath – makes your own involvement with the film more intense. We’re all impressionable. Hearing the sighs and sniffles of neighboring spectators during a particularly tearful moment only serves to justify our own sadness.

By god, this IS sad! It’s not just me!

— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold

Hate it Never mind that the movies I watch are typically emotionally weighty, psychologically intense dramas or cultural documentaries or cerebral comedies – the types of movies where the size of the screen matters little. Even if a blockbuster-superhero-shoot-’em-up strikes my fancy, going to a movie theater is a terrible idea.

My hatred of movie theaters, like most things I hate, stems from a hatred of one thing: humans.

The last movie I went to, the kind gentleman next to me spent two solid hours scrolling mindlessly on Facebook. That he missed a cool movie (“The Hateful Eight”) was of little concern. It’s just the constant glowing from the adjacent seat made me want to submerge his smartphone in a 64-ounce Diet Coke.

If it’s not cellphones ringing or – gasp – being answered (yep, happened), it’s humans talking. And it’s one thing if it’s just the noise and distraction of talking.

But during a recent theater trip, a human sitting behind me would whisper (loud enough, clearly) to her companion what was about to happen. “Ohhh,” she would say, “Get ready: He’s about to walk in on his wife and her lover ...” I could only peer painfully at the ceiling and roll my eyes audibly.

And if it’s not the talkers or texters, someone’s bound to accidentally kick the back of my seat 16 times or be an irritable baby, doing what irritable babies do best.

I suppose when it comes to watching movies with others, I prefer it to be with one or two handpicked humans with a command of common decency.

— David Holub

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[Expert Advice on Trivial Affairs]

Cyle Talley | Get Smart

Macs Turns out that Macs are like minds – we use less than 10 percent of them. Let Justin Duncan, service manager at Connecting Point, tell you how to get more out of yours.

What’s the most common issue people come to you with?

Most of the time, it’s not an issue necessarily. People are coming to me because they want some training – they want to come in and learn more about the machine. They say that an end user utilizes only about 5 percent of the Mac’s capability. A technician only uses about 15 percent, so there’s a lot that even I’m not using as a technician. Most of my spare time is spent learning more about the capacity of the computer to do my job, and my own creative work, better.

What’s an end user?

The customer using the computer.

I have a Mac, but I doubt I’m using even 3 percent. Guide me, Master Yoda.

Or am I mixing nerd references? Or should I call you “Genius”?

»» Justin Duncan, service manager at Connecting Point sits in front of impending work, Macs in various states of disrepair.

It would be, but I’m not a “Genius.” Those are the guys wearing matching T-shirts at the Genius Bar in the Apple Store.

Well, help me. Give me some tips on how to bump my game to at least 4 percent.

Have you ever watched a movie where a person using a computer is going really fast and never touches the mouse? A lot of stuff you can do with just the keyboard. The main tips I show people are keyboard shortcuts – how to open things with just the keyboard, skipping the mouse altogether. It’s so much slower to scroll and move the mouse than it is to just know how to use the keys.

CMMD-Z, CMMD-X, CMMD-P, even ALT-J. Maybe I’m doing better than I thought.

Maybe. What about COMMAND-SPACE? That opens up the Spotlight search where you can search on the Internet and the computer. You type a search, and within three letters, the Mac recognizes what you’re looking for and – BAM – you’re good. That’s a lot quicker than going to APPLICATIONS and then finding the application in the list and so on. I also use COMMAND-OPTION-ESCAPE. That opens Force Quit on the applications, which is a quick way to close applications quicker rather than going FILE-QUIT, then going to the next one.

How about some fun ones? Teach me something cool.

Here’s one that’ll make your hand cramp. If your

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Mac’s acting up, turn it off and hold P-R-COMMAND and OPTION. So, you have to hold four keys and then hit the power button. Then you’ve got to hold those keys for 45 seconds, so your hand can really burn. I’ve gotten it so that I can hold all four with one hand, but most people have to use two and then get someone else to press the power button.

That’s not fun, that’s useful.

True. That’s a “Power Reset,” which resets a chip on the motherboard that regulates power. I use that if your computer is acting up: your volume won’t go up or down, it powers down on its own, things like that. It’s a quick fix that usually gets you on your way.

How about some shortcuts for searching the ol’ web?

Most of the shortcuts in Safari are based in the trackpad. If you take two fingers and swipe them left or right, it’ll go back or forward a page, which is pretty convenient. You can do two-finger pinching to zoom in.

What are your tips to people looking to get more out of their devices?

Dive in. Get your hands dirty, so to speak. Short of throwing it out the window, there’s nothing you can do to your Mac that will break it – or that I can’t undo.

Try new apps, explore new areas of your computer that you’ve never tried before. Go through everything. Check it out. It’s fun!

Got any good tech jokes?

The other day, my assistant was laughing at a motherboard that came in, and I asked him what he was laughing about. He said, “Somebody ran the power line right through the block for the battery!”

I don’t get it.

Oh. Uh, it’s a joke about incompetence.

Cyle Talley just pretends to know what he’s doing on his Mac. If there’s anything you’d like to Get Smart about, email him at: cyle@cyletalley.com

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Downtown Lowdown | Bryant Liggett

Courtesy of The Great Contention

»» Americana and folk band The Great Contention plays at 9 p.m. Saturday at El Rancho Tavern.

The Great Contention has an affinity for darkness

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he music world will never have enough murder ballads and historical tales of woe.

There are plenty of droning songwriters armed with a guitar and an opinion that over and over have written the equivalent of a watered-down drink.

That’s fine if you like a weak drink, but for many, including this critic, a weak drink is lighthearted fluff. Yawn.

Enough with the Jack Johnson, 5 Seconds of Summer and a Kenny G. solo. Enough with Americana that spurs a happy dance. It’s important to dig deep into Americana both new and old to find some dark substance.

The Townes Van Zandts and John Prines of the world all have some feelings and stories to convey. More contemporary acts like The Handsome Family or Slim Cessna are like Edgar Allen Poe put to song. There are loads of great artists of the “No Depression” magazine era exploring murder, revenge, sadness and sorrow via their lyrics, including The Great Contention, a Durango quartet playing Saturday at El Rancho with old-time band Six Dollar String Band.

The Great Contention came together last summer. Guitar player and singer

Bryant’s best Saturday: Rock, country and swing with the Will Cooter Four, 7 p.m. $8. Irish Embassy Underground, 900 Main Ave. Information: 403-1200.

Saturday: Americana and folk with The Great Contention, 9 p.m. No cover. El Rancho Tavern, 975 Main Ave. Information: 259-8111.

Joshua Standard met fiddle player and singer Sunny Gable while both were playing in other bands; it was a perfect match ripe for future musical pursuit, something they both realized from the beginning. The pairing of their voices, a striking, instantly noticeable match that’s beautifully subtle, gave way to quick realization that they should make music together.

“We met when we both walked into practice. We played a couple of songs together and this light bulb went off,” Standard said in a recent interview. “We said ‘alright, we got to start something.’”

They then added bass player Guy Ewing, followed by dobro player Jeff Moorehead, who asked to sit in at a show in New Mexico.

It’s not bluegrass. It’s not folk. It lies somewhere in between: a gritty and aggressive marriage of the two with influences of acoustic blues and alternative country.

There is no fluff, and it’s not even lyrically “happy,” as both Gable and Standard have an affinity to listen to and write darker songs. There’s beauty in these dark tales of jilted lovers and drunken revenge, men who have had their hearts ripped out and stomped on by an ex, or miners off to work in the ground day after day, year after year and coming up penniless. It’s real. There are enough songs in the world that celebrate the obvious beauty of mountains and rivers, especially in genres that have been ruined by the jam-band scene and crowd.

Leave it to punk, cow-punk, burly folk, oldtime and bluegrass to provide lyrics dealing with gothic tales of American history.

These are all necessary doses of reality.

“These are songs about life. Not everything’s great all the time,” Standard said.

“It’s easier to make you feel something with a sad song.”

New at Southwest Sound April 1 »»1. Weezer, “Weezer” (White Album) »»2. Cheap Trick, “Bang Zoom Crazy Hello” »»3. Black Stone Cherry, “Kentucky” »»4. Black Mountain, “IV” »»5. Explosions in the Sky, “Wilderness” »»6. Kaada/Patton, “Bacteria Cult”

Bryant Liggett is a freelance writer and KDUR station manager. liggett_b@fortlewis.edu.

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As needed in Durango: 24-hour food Durango needs a 24-hour food place. And before you bring it up, I know we have Denny’s, and Denny’s is open all the time. But that’s hardly any consolation.

Denny’s is mostly tolerable if you’re so drunk you don’t know what you’re putting into your mouth. The food is not very good, and the atmosphere is not pleasant. Here in Colorado, we boast about liking organic, gluten-free, locally grown, whatever. Ergo, we can do better.

Durango is not necessarily known for its super-thriving nightlife. Most bars close around midnight or 1 a.m., which actually isn’t too bad – we all came here expecting that. However, Durangoans remain in desperate need of somewhere to go after the bars close, to eat and soak up all the booze they drank. Or to satiate the late-night munchies (because marijuana is legal here, after all) somewhere they aren’t embarrassed

they might be hungry too and don’t feel like cooking. College students who stay up all hours of the night cramming for exams would also benefit; learning all the information you failed to absorb throughout the semester in one night is hungry work. Technically it’s not healthy to eat before bedtime, but it’s also impossible to fall asleep with your stomach growling. You pick the lesser of two evils.

Don’t even get me started on the lack of delivery options here. Yes, it’s better for your body to grudgingly get up off the couch and go walk somewhere to gorge yourself. But it’d be a lot nicer if more places brought the food right to you. Yes, the citizens of Colorado are notoriously healthy (we’ve ranked consistently in the top five or 10 healthiest U.S. states), but sometimes you just don’t wanna leave your house. And that’s OK.

to be seen (would you tag yourself on Instagram at Denny’s?)

Admittedly, many of the bars downtown do serve food (Steamworks, Irish Embassy, Lady Falconburgh’s). But what about those people who aren’t out drinking – what about introverted types, who better enjoy a quiet night at home? Come 2 a.m.

the historic Strater Hotel presents

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Explosions in the Sky, “The Wilderness” Available: April 1 via Temporary Residence Limited as a download, CD, 2xLP, and a limited run of transparent red and opaque maroon (double) vinyl.

April 15, 16, & 17, 2016

You’ve heard this band. You may not be able to place precisely where you’ve heard them, but you’ve heard them. They’ve had tracks featured in countless television programs, commercials, feature films, adventure films and documentaries. Explosions in the Sky make rock music. They prefer you not refer to the music they make as post-rock, and they prefer to not be called a post-rock band. Their particular brand of rock music is primarily instrumental. It is often grandiose and dense with inherent orchestral and cinematic qualities.

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Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley Chris Henry and Hardcore Grass Sideline • Wood & Wire Foghorn Stringband Mipso • Songs of the Fall and many more!

“The Wilderness” is the first proper full-length studio album since 2011’s “Take Care, Take Care, Take Care” and was well-worth the wait. After 17 years as a band, the Austin, Texas-based quartet has honed the craft of building a song to a pulverizing crescendo, with acute attention to quiet-loud-quiet dynamics. Many have attempted to mimic Explosion in the Sky’s approach, but few compare. “The Wilderness” is a testament to that.

Highly recommended for fans of instrumental (don’t call it post-) rock and artists such as Mogwai, This Will Destroy You, Russian Circles, El Ten Eleven or Slint —— Jon E. Lynch KDUR_PD@fortlewis.edu

Don’t miss the Super Jam, Gospel Sets, Old Time Barn Dance, Bar Gigs, Jams, Powerhouse Science Center Concert, Workshops, and Band Showcase!

Tickets on sale now at Animas Trading Company or online

www.DurangoMeltdown.com

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[Sartorial over-enthusiasm with Heather of Sideshow]

Style Fetish | Heather Narwid

Spring cleaning for style This time of seasonal renewal can inspire us to freshen up our wardrobes and be ready for the burgeoning summer with a streamlined and organized closet full of the good-looking, well-fitting and seasonally appropriate clothing we want to wear while cavorting in the sun.

An organized closet makes it easy to get dressed: everything in there will be desirable, will match other garments and you will create more space. These tips work at the transition to other seasons, too.

Spring closet-cleaning is also a great time to acquire.

Look at all of your garments for what needs replacing so you can save cash and stock up during end-of-winter sales and plan ahead for what you will need new for this summer.

Change with the season Pull anything out that isn’t an appropriate weight for spring and summer. I put all my heaviest coats, pull-over sweaters, hats and gloves as well as any winter-only outdoor gear into a lidded tub in storage, or wherever I don’t have to look at it. Leave out a hat, scarf, one pair of gloves, one pair of tights or thighhigh socks (because you live in Colorado) as well as a few jackets and cardigans.

Release what may be in storage or the very bottom of the laundry hamper, the things you do love but haven’t worn since last summer and evaluate stay/go by the same criteria of seasonality, condition and fit.

Get rid of ...

What doesn’t fit right now!

Be a friend to yourself and do not hoard too-small or too-large garments. They are redundant and make us dissatisfied with the perfection we seek in this moment.

Have faith that if or when you adjust your size there will be fantastic and beautifully-fitting clothing awaiting your perfection of that later moment.

What looks like hell.

Sorry, Durango, but apparently I DO have to explain this: No yellow armpits, no holes, no paint, no food stains, come ON. You know who you are, and I know you are better than this! Have low standards and just can’t tell if the thing is

wearable hell? Get an opinion from someone you trust or a clothing professional who is likely more discerning than yourself.

Do not ever, ever throw away decent clothing as it is a douchey crime on the level of wasting food or burning down a perfectly good house.

What you never, ever want to wear.

If you find yourself having to get rid of necessary winter things, don’t worry. Use the season’s change to snag bargains on coats and woolens, then store them until the fall and be pleased and amazed at all the new-to-you items that you forgot buying for so cheap in spring.

This is where your closet-curating can get tough. Why don’t I wear it? Why is this thing still here? Common reasons for rejection can be: the piece isn’t flattering, doesn’t fit well, was an ill-considered gift, and/or needs mending in order to be wearable. Closet space is usually the hottest in-home real estate. Kick out the crap that isn’t earning its keep!

These acts of culling are liberating but can be fraught with indecision so remember that if it is not an immediate “yes,” then it is a “no.” Use the time to think about what you like to wear and why. Why is there this bad shit in your closet? The answers will help you save money, space and face.

Saying goodbye should always be gentle.

Donate the undesirables to a charity thrift store or shelter, but only the things in good shape and wearable condition! They don’t want your garbage.

Selling or trading the best pieces to a resale store is still recycling and you may make a little beer money or credit for new things. This maybe the best options for the utterly un-you and unworn garment gifts received from your auntie and the illconsidered, alcohol-fueled impulse buys. Clothing-swaps among friends are a fun way to get social while doing a chore.

Help each other out and get those garments circulated and worn.

Clothing that has been absolutely worn out can be cut up for sewing or crafting (especially vintage fabric!) or ripped into rags for cleaning and painting.

Pull it out, pull it all out.

Make piles of what to put in storage, what you love and want to keep but needs mending or alteration, and piles of what to sell, swap or donate.

Take all the clothes needing mending and alteration to a seamstress at the same time, you will be so satisfied when you get them back fixed, wearable and with a custom fit.

Put all the bags of stuff to sell and donate in your car right away so you will actually drop them off in a timely manner.

What DO you wear?

Set aside and study the clothing you adore and want to wear every day. I bet the pieces serve your style well by being versatile, fitting nicely and by revealing your authentic self.

Make note of your reasons why you like it, who made it, the design and material used, and then buy similar things in the future. You can use these insights when shopping for your replacements of your beloved clothing pieces rejected because of worn-out condition. It is perfectly OK to buy two or three of the same garment in different colors if you love it and will wear them often. This trick helps with versatility in creating outfits, too.

Let’s use this time of renewal as inspiration to spring clean that closet, refresh our wardrobes and get excited for balmy breezes, sun and river water on our barely-clad skins.

Heather Narwid owns Sideshow, a vintage and modern clothing store in Durango. Sideshow will be re-opening 4/8/16 in a new location at 208 County Road 250, where they will be for next 1,000 years.

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First Draughts | Robert Alan Wendeborn

#Drainpour, take 2: I admit, there are times to pour out beer

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fter writing about #drainpours, I started feeling a little bit like a hypocrite: I’ve definitely poured out beer. Usually, it’s the day after a big party and I’m pouring half-full cans and half-empty bottles of warm beer, but there have been beers that weren’t good for one reason or another and it wasn’t because they were warm and flat. Maybe I had to send it back to the bar, because it wasn’t what I ordered (most of the time I’ll still volunteer to drink it).

Maybe I passed it to a friend because I just wanted to try more beer; maybe there was a serious flaw and I gave it a serious try, and couldn’t finish it. But I’ve definitely poured out beer. So, I admit, there are occasions – very unique occasions – to pour out beer that do have to do with flavors, expectations, and most importantly, your intoxication level.

More than anything, I want people to pour out beer for a good reason, not because they’re a pretentious asshole.

The first beer I ever poured out was a Corona Light, purchased from a discount shelf at a bottle shop in Las Cruces, New Mexico. I was buying beer for my Brewing and Society class and I wanted to buy as much beer that fit the criteria. I think I bought three or four bottles. The beer was skunked. Skunked beer is one of the standard beer flaws, and there’s a half dozen or so of those, none of which includes “infected!”

Skunked beer is the result of the beer being exposed to UV light. Cans and dark glass prevents this, but Corona is packaged in clear glass, so being light-struck is pretty common for Corona and Beck’s and Heineken, which are served in green glass.

Some other common flaws are DMS Instagram (dimethyl sulphate, tastes like vegeta»» On second thought, there are a few decent reasons to pour beer out. bles, caused by improper brewing techniques), Diacetyl (tastes like butter, or movie theater popcorn, caused by poor yeast and caused by improper brewing, cellaring or packaging fermentation management), and oxidation (tastes of the beer.

Different people are more sensitive to each of like a wet cardboard box, caused by improper transthese flaws. I have a hard time tasting Diacetyl unferring, storing or packaging). Each of these flaws is

less it’s really, really bad. Oxidation, on the other hand, hits me hard. The thing to remember with these flaws is that sometimes they are OK in small amounts. In barrel-aged beer, oxidation is acceptable at low levels and expected as the barrel will allow for a small amount of oxidation. Diacetyl at low levels is acceptable in English-style beers, but still just as a subtle hint, not a dominant flavor.

DMS is a byproduct of the brewing process, residing in every beer to some degree. But if wort is boiled with the lid on, or if it doesn’t boil vigorously enough, the DMS can produce condensation and the flavor can be bad enough to ruin the beer. There are probably a dozen other “off-flavors” in beer and each has its own cause and criteria for when it’s acceptable and when it’s just bad beer. If that’s the kind of thing you’re into knowing, it’s pretty easy to find a list online.

So yeah, a beer can be unequivocally bad if it has a flaw, but a beer can also be undrinkable if it’s not what you expected. I’ve been very, very close to sending back a quality and respected beer: Avery’s Rumpkin, a 16 percent pumpkin ale, aged in rum barrels. I asked what was on tap, the server said an Imperial IPA, which I ordered, but I was brought Rumpkin. I immediately thought it was some kind of joke beer. Like, a beer you give someone who you hate. I was not prepared emotionally or spiritually to drink a beer of such flavor or potency, and I hated the beer. I even made jokes about how it smelled like the bathroom of one of those Halloween stores that stays open all year. On another day, and had I known what I was actually drinking, I would have loved Rumpkin.

In the end, I still drank the Rumpkin after I got a straight answer from the server about what I was drinking.

I think even when your expectations are let down, and maybe you taste an off-flavor, it’s probably better to try to reach out to the brewer of your beer if it concerns you enough. If you’re at a brewpub and you think you taste a little diacetyl, and you’re comfortable talking about beer, ask your brewer if it’s intentional. If you want the IPA to have more of a malt balance to hop bitterness, say so. I think the real thing that’s awesome about craft beer is that a dialogue with the brewer is possible. You can’t really do that with other arts.

Robert Alan Wendeborn puts the bubbles in the beer at Ska Brewing Co. His first book of poetry, “The Blank Target,” was published this past spring by The Lettered Streets Press and is available at Maria’s Bookshop. robbie@skabrewing.com

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paintings I’d like to live inside

»» Durango painter

Miki Harder discusses four works that capture her imagination

Boy did this open up a Pandora’s Box! When asked if I’d pontificate on which four paintings I’d choose to live in and why, I thought, “Oh how fun!” Well it IS. But, holy cow. Only four? It has made me deconstruct, or re-examine rather, the WHY of what I am drawn to. I thought at first it would be wild, phantasmagorical paintings, like Bosch’s “Garden of Earthly Delights.” But as I wandered around in there: NO ... I’d go insane. There’s plenty of that upstairs already. Then I perused paintings I liked and found they were either very atmospheric with lots of space, no subject really, and upand-out perspective. Or, they were in-your-face character paintings with minimal background. Aha. Made sense: I am an illustrator mainly interested in the foreground subject. And after the glaring light of introspection, the four paintings: Harder

“Turning Away,” Stanton Englehart

“Before the Parachute Opens,” Tullio Crali

“Late Winter,” Russell Chatham OK this next bit hits me as crazy! I only discovered this today as I write this. Many years ago I was passed a book to read, Rick Bass’s “In the Loyal Mountains”. I loved the book, mostly because I imagined the story taking place at the image on its cover (truth be told, I had a hard time reading as a kid and into adulthood, so I depended a lot on the pictures to guide me through). I found this book and researched the painter, Russell Chatham. Googling him I discovered he died the same day Stanton Englehart was born, March 26 (many years later, of course). Ah well, I don’t know what they say about coincidence, but that’s interesting!

I could live in this Chatham painting becaaaauuuuuse ... Duuh! You can smell the air! It’s the first snow and it’s chilly out and you’re walking across these glorious open spaces toward that cabin where there’s a fire and all things cozy. Sublime is the word that comes to mind. Yup, this is a good home.

Futurismo movement early 1920s, Italy. These kids were intrigued by speed, technology, youth and violence. I’ll skip the youth, violence and some of the technology for this fabulous falling scene.

I have always wanted to fly. I got to skydive once (you’re SO not scared because there’s nothing to crash against. It’s just you and ...) I’ll admit I’ve dated a few pilots. But I, by myself, no tether, no plane, nor pilot, want to fly. And yes, I envy birds.

I love this image of just falling. I could live forever in that soft belly feeling of the free fall.

Ohhh, I want to live here.

Oh wait, I already do.

Stanton was my first college art professor who marveled at anything you did. I swear you could spit on a canvas and he would awe for an hour about the meaning behind it. I think the main thing he did was to allow us to THINK. He accepted anything that oozed from us. He’d tell us stories of his own crazy experiences and I thought he was nuts, and told him so in the stream-of-conscious journals we were assigned to keep. When I was particularly harsh on him he’d write “bless your heart” in the margins. I thought “holy cow I can get away with ANYTHING with this guy!” It drew me in though, to accept him as he was accepting me, and we became kind friends. He always said when I got married he’d give me a painting. Well, dammit Stanton, I’m finally getting married and you’re not here anymore.

“Wild Horses of Nevada,” Maynard Dixon I have this fantasy that in my past life I was a Pony Express rider. Driving across the beautiful expanse of Nevada makes me nostalgic, like “I’ve been here before.” I’ve never felt more at ease than in that barren Nevada desert. I LOVE IT! So I would live in this painting, make friends with that gang of horses and explore every nook and cranny of that desert till it took my bones.

Miki Harder is a Durango painter, illustrator and sculptor. See her work at http://www.mikiharderart.com/

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[television]

Anya Jaremko-Greenwold | DGO

South Snark: How ‘South Park’ mocks our fair state

“S

outh Park,” an adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, satirizes and lambasts just about every pop culture topic in existence. With vulgar humor, sly wit and surreal narratives, the cult Comedy Central program has garnered praise and vicious offense for nearly 20 years. The show follows the exploits of four elementary school boys (Stan, Kyle, Eric and Kenny), all of whom possess a wisdom and dirty vocabulary far beyond their years. Both Colorado natives, Parker and Stone first met at the University of Colorado; their show is set in the fictional mountain town of South Park, Colorado, and consequently pokes truthful fun at dozens of quintessential Centennial State clichés.

The episode “I Should Have Never Gone Zip Lining” mocks Coloradans’ penchant for hearty, backcountry adventuring (you can even zip line in Durango). But the episode unfolds in the style of a cheesy TV docu-series, where traumatized people recall horrific situations they’ve been in, and dramatic reenactments serve to further heighten the mood. The boys do almost die while zip lining – of boredom. They learn, too late, you can only zip with a large tour group of loquacious old folks. “In a tour group, the brain has to work overtime, acting nice and pretending to care about people on the tour,” explains a somber voiceover. After engaging in hours of soul-crushing small talk, the boys finally get to zip line – only to discover it’s nothing more than sliding down a cable. “Four young boys in Colorado are on a trip from hell,” the narrator describes.

In “Asspen,” the kids’ parents whisk them away for a ski trip to Aspen, a wintery tourist paradise; all they have to do is attend a timeshare presentation, and the families receive a free condo for the weekend. It seems like a good deal, until two relentless salesmen trap the parents and force them into purchasing timeshare property they can ill afford. The episode embodies Aspen in all its ritzy glory; a businessman snorts cocaine on the street, and a woman decked head-to-toe in fur takes a stroll with her poodle. A ski instructor teaches the boys how to move forward on their tiny skis (“french fries”) and how to wedge them together to stop (“pizza”).

“Medicinal Fried Chicken” heralds the legalization of marijuana in Colorado. Suddenly, all KFCs have been banned from the state (everyone knows fast food is unhealthy), and medicinal marijuana dispensaries sprouted up in their place. Randy (Stan’s dad) tries to get a medical card from his doctor but he’s too healthy to qualify. “What’s the quick-

»» The “South Park” boys in Season 16 episode “I Should Have Never Gone Zip Lining.” est way to get cancer?” he wonders. After smoking cigs and tanning to no effect, Randy finally sticks his balls in the microwave, in hopes of getting testicular cancer from the radiation. It works – Randy’s balls grow so big he has to cart them around in a wheelbarrow, but he finally has access to legal weed.

“Everyone is just abusing this medicinal system anyway. Can’t we just make pot legal?” a dispensary employee asks mournfully.

In “Red Man’s Greed,” the boys visit a Native American casino. The episode could be criticized as “racist,” as it’s full of nasty native stereotyping; but “South Park” has lampooned every race, gender and creed you can shake a stick at, sparing no one’s feelings. The Native Americans encourage foolish casino visitors to gamble away their savings, making endless animal and nature metaphors as they go (“Welcome to the blackjack table. May luck run through you like the spirit of the buffalo.”) Eventually, they attempt to purchase South Park itself, planning to demolish the homes of everyone in town and build a superhighway to Denver. South Park’s citizens protest; “What if the Native Americans just keep building their casinos and their highways, until we have nowhere else to go?” Naturally, this is poetic justice for what early Americans did to Native Americans.

“Their cash flows out of them like diarrhea from the buffalo,” says one casino vendor greedily.

“Die Hippie Die” is one of the funniest episodes.

Cartman acts as a hippie exterminator in his spare time, but finds an unexpected infestation in an old lady’s attic. Quickly, he becomes the scientist in a disaster movie, noticing patterns and disturbing signs – but no one will believe him. The impending catastrophe? A hippie music festival in South Park.

Cartman’s concerns are very real; once the hippies stream into town, there are drum circles, clouds of pot smoke, and gentle guitar strumming everywhere. The hippies wear Birkenstocks, dreadlocks, Phish T-shirts, and rage indistinctly against “corporations.” The worst kind of hippie, says Cartman, is the “college-know-it-all.” This breed shows up with University of Colorado Boulder bumper stickers and tell everyone, “We just spent our first semester at college. The professors opened our eyes.” The boys realize these beatniks won’t actually take action against the corporations they so despise – they just want to get high and jam out. They’re as selfish as the corporations. Cartman blasts the “angry” music of Slayer over the festival loudspeakers, and the hippies quickly disband, leaving South Park safe again.

This show is brilliant. It’s mean, provocative, hysterical and it pisses people off. But it’s made with love. After all, the creators are from Colorado – and the better you know something, the more cleverly you can ridicule it. “South Park” does some of smartest scorning around.

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The violent and erotic

‘Trojan Women’ Director and lead actress weigh in on their provocative production

By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold DGO Staff Writer

“T

rojan Women: A Love Story” is provocative, erotic, sensual, grimy and dirty. At least, that’s according to Melissa Firlit, director of the upcoming 26-person production at Fort Lewis College’s MainStage Theatre. The story is rooted in Greek mythology, based on the 10-year Trojan War the Greeks waged against the city of Troy. The play’s original version was scripted by ancient Greek tragedian Euripides, but American writer Charles Mee transformed “Trojan Women” into a multi-faceted collage of sorts. “Mee steals classical stories, takes the structure, smashes it to pieces, and builds a new play on top of it – that’s how he describes it,” said Leah Brewer, a Fort Lewis senior who plays Dido the queen of Carthage in “Trojan Women.” Unusually generous with his work, Mee has encouraged adaptors to rewrite and cut out scenes as they see fit, making the production their own. The resulting opportunity for imaginative collaboration has been a welcome one for Firlit. “It’s an exciting process, watching my students rise to the occasion and start to take ownership of the work,” she said.

»» Austin Minard, playing Aeneas, and Leah Brewer, playing Dido rehearse their roles in “Trojan Women: A Love Story,” a Fort Lewis College Theatre Department production on Tuesday.

The drama’s larger theme centers on man’s pervasive need for war. Humanity can’t help but crave violence, though it becomes a vicious cycle. “It’s interesting how our basic human needs never go away, regardless of circumstance,” said Firlit. “One of my acting teachers told me, ‘When you deal with death – like if someone in your family dies – what you want to do is go have sex, because it makes you feel alive.’ This play deals with that opposition, like, ‘I have nothing left, but I still need to connect, to love and be loved.’ I think that’s one of our most base human needs, the reason for everything we do.”

The play’s first and second acts are jarringly dissimilar. Brewer’s character Dido is only in the latter half; but “Trojan Women” is the actress’ senior project, so she has researched the entire play extensively. The production’s first section is based directly on Euripides’ “Trojan Women,” and follows the women whose husbands have been killed or taken away as prisoners of war in Troy.

“They’re living in the ruins, and this is the story of how they deal with their grief,” Brewer said. The second act

Firlit

Brewer

GO! What: “Trojan Women: A Love Story” When: 7:30 p.m. April 1, 2, 7, 8 & 9 and matinee at 3 p.m. April 3 Where: MainStage Theatre, Theatre Building at Fort Lewis College Cost: Free for FLC students; $12 adults; $10 FLC faculty/staff, seniors, & non-FLC students with ID; $5 children 12 & under

»» Erin O’Connor, playing Helen, and Evan Pappan, playing Menelaus, rehearse their roles during the first act in “Trojan Women: A Love Story.”

To purchase tickets, call 247-7089 or visit: https://www. fortlewis.edu/theatre/ ShowsEvents/StudentTickets.aspx

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»» Chloe Speshock reaches to Jake Miller, a soldier, as they rehearse their roles during the first act in “Trojan Women: A Love Story,” a Fort Lewis College Theatre Department production on Tuesday.

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happens in another country entirely – one that has never known war, a peaceful paradise. The surviving Trojan warriors leave Troy with plans to begin a new country elsewhere, and discover the existing Carthage (where Dido is queen). Aeneas, leader of the Trojans (and the only remaining character from Act 1), falls in love with Dido upon arrival.

“Thematically, the two acts are clearly related,” Brewer said. “Mee gives the play the subtitle ‘A Love Story’ because both acts study the relationship and dynamics between men and women, and how that interaction changes our society. In Act 1, it’s a violent relationship; men have no regard for women’s lives, they’re treated like property. In Act 2, the gender dynamics are sensual and euphoric.”

The play’s swift tonal conversion at intermission might leave audiences reeling: “You end Act 1 feeling devastated by what happened, then Mee reverses that,” Brewer said. “The second act shows an entire relationship. From falling in love and making love, to insecurities starting to seep in, and what masculine societal expectations can do to a relationship.” This juxtaposition and ensuing complexity will keep spectators on their toes. “Mee doesn’t hit the audience on the head with one thing or another; he puts a lot of true things on stage next to each other, and says, ‘What do you think about this?’” she said.

Firlit was invited as a guest artist to FLC this semester. Her initial foray into the theater universe came via acting, but her eventual

transition to directing happened after playwright friends repeatedly asked her for input on their scripts. She realized quickly how much she loved honing the story an audience would see, and wanted to be on the other side of things. Before attending grad school for theater direction, Firlit freelanced for seven years in New York. “The only reason I applied to school was because my apartment in Brooklyn had a huge fire,” she said. “I don’t consider myself that type of intellectual – I’m more of a doer. It was hard to shift my brain back to grad school, but it was the right time for me.”

Firlit has traveled back and forth to New York for years, though she has contentedly resided in Colorado since September. “I like incubating work,” said Firlit. “I like being somewhere and working without the potential distraction of the city. And I mean, the mountains here – come on! Plus the community of Durango; it’s been healthy and refreshing.” “She put a lot of trust in our ensemble,” Brewer said of her director. “It’s hard to maintain a level of trust with a group this large – but she got us there, somehow. She’s pushed me harder than any director I’ve worked with.”

Lots of people go to the movies, but theater attendance is much lower in this day and age.

In our country, more money goes to sports than to the arts. But theater remains a worthwhile endeavor. “It’s an ancient art form,” Firlit said. “It’s where storytelling started!

There’s something so visceral about knowing, as an audience member, that you could potentially reach out and touch the person who is sharing a story with you. It also has the ability to challenge your belief systems, your ideas, and to unite people.”

A few things you might not know about acting Being overly intellectual can actually become a hindrance if you’re acting. “Sometimes I’ll say, ‘Stop thinking and do!’” said long-time theater director Melissa Firlit. “To act is to do. You learn the information in trying. Use those impulses, don’t sit on them. I can’t do anything if you come in with no opinions or ideas about who you are in this role.” Firlit’s performing adjustments change based on the input actors provide her with. “It’s a blending, and that’s when great collaboration starts to take place,” she said.

Movie stars are celebrity gods in America, the most esteemed examples of acting we hold dear. Stage actors are respected, too – but not nearly as widely. Other countries (like England), revere their classically-trained stage performers, and those same actors tend to become film stars in their own right (Alan Rickman, Lauren Olivier, Helen Mirren).

However, film acting and stage acting are divergent forms of expression. “It’s interesting how you have to adapt to your space in theater,” Firlit said. “For film, it’s really more the angles and the shots, which a director has to work through.”

In film acting, it’s all about the face, the delicate nuance of an expression, what you can convey with your eyes to enchant the camera. That omnipresent device gets so close, it easily captures the slightest, quietest movement, and imbues it with an intimacy that resonates on-screen. In theater acting, everything needs to be bigger. Actors have to emote more vividly. There are no closeups, zooms, or myriad angles from which to view a scene. Audience members in the nosebleed section are meant to experience the same performance as those rich people in the front rows.

“We were in a smaller space before we moved into this theater (at Fort Lewis College), and once we moved, everything had to get larger,” Firlit said. “What was enough in our other space, a quarter of this size, wasn’t enough to move an audience here.”

—— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold DGO Staff Writer

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a Fort Lewis College Theatre Department production on Tuesday.

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Want to have a career in the arts?

Plenty of young people hope to foster a burgeoning career in the arts – but it’s not easy.

“You’re going to have to do other things in order to supplement your income and your art,” said Melissa Firlit, director of theater production “Trojan Women” at FLC. “I do believe the more you commit and connect to it, it’s almost like survival of the fittest.

Perseverance is key to your craft.”

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»» Cast members rehearse their roles in the second act of “Trojan Women: A Love Story.”

Assertiveness is important, too; constantly seeking out opportunities can be grueling work, but it’s necessary. The meek or thin-skinned will have a much tougher time. “Nobody is going to come up when you’re starting out and ask you to do something!” said Firlit. “You have to be advantageous and have a business sense of mind. What are you doing for your craft every day? Are you sending out headshots, resumes, applying to fellowships and internships? You don’t have to be working on Broadway to be successful in theater; there’s regional theaters with excellent programs. There are ways to utilize your community.”

Leah Brewer, Fort Lewis senior and lead actress in “Trojan Women,” plans on moving to New York to begin auditioning post-graduation. “There’s a lot of competition, and part of this industry is having to accept rejection over and over and over again,” she said. “When I tell some people my career plans, they’re like, ‘Oh ... good luck with that.’ Trying to fight that attitude is definitely a challenge. You have to maintain your confidence. As long as you don’t stop, you’ll get somewhere eventually.”

—— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold DGO Staff Writer

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[movies] Hello My Name is Doris Playing at the Gaslight Rating: R Genre: Drama Directed by:

Michael Showalter Written by:

Laura Terruso, Michael Showalter Runtime: 1 hr. 35 min.

Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 85% Synopsis: When Doris Miller meets

John Fremont, her company’s hip new art director, sparks fly – at least for Doris. In the cluttered house she shared with her late mother, Doris mines the Internet for information on her one-and-only, guided by the 13-year-old granddaughter of her best pal Roz. When Doris begins showing up at John’s regular haunts, she wins over his Williamsburg friends. Her new life brings Doris a thrilling perspective, but also creates a rift between her and her longtime friends and family, who believe she’s making a fool of herself over a guy half her age. Eager for all the experiences she has missed out on, Doris throws caution to the wind and follows her heart for the very first time.

God’s Not Dead 2 Playing at Stadium 9 Rating: PG Genre: Drama Directed by:

Harold Cronk Written by:

Chuck Konzelman, Cary Solomon Runtime: 2 hrs. 1 min.

Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: n/a Synopsis: A high-school teacher

(Melissa Joan Hart) fights for the right to discuss Jesus in her public classroom. This sequel to the 2014 faith-based box office hit “God’s Not Dead” also stars Jesse Metcalfe, David A.R. White and Ray Wise.

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»» Even if Moore doesn’t say so explicitly, “Where to Invade Next” is aimed squarely at the nature of what makes America a remarkable place.

Michael Moore’s ‘Where to Invade Next’ is surprisingly optimistic

By Alyssa Rosenberg © 2016, The Washington Post.

In the middle of the lead crisis in his hometown of Flint, Michigan, and a hotly contested Democratic primary, the last thing you might expect from the crusading filmmaker Michael Moore is optimism. But not only is “Where to Invade Next,” which opens this weekend, a vote of confidence in America at odds with the bleak tone Moore has often taken on everything from gun policy to American engagement abroad, it’s a surprising, even subtle intervention into one of the core ideological disputes that animate American politics today.

Even if Moore doesn’t say so explicitly, “Where to Invade Next” is aimed squarely at the nature of what makes America a remarkable place. Is America’s greatness in the country’s ability to grow and evolve, adapting new ideas and at times, new categories of people into citizenship? Or is America’s greatness located firmly in the past, something we have to restore from the degradation it has suffered, or protect from future encroachments?

This disagreement shows up in the Supreme Court’s escalating fights over the nature of the Constitution: Is it a living document that helps guide us through changing circumstances, or an expression of the Founding Fathers’ intentions that can be used to curb the pace of

Where to Invade Next Playing at Animas City Theatre Rating: R Genre:

Documentary Directed by: Michael Moore Written by: Michael Moore Runtime: 1 hr. 50 min.

Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 77% Synopsis: This is an expansive,

rib-tickling and subversive comedy in which Moore, playing the role of “invader,” visits a host of nations to learn how the U.S. could improve its own prospects.

that change?

The 2016 presidential election has been defined, on the Republican side, by a vision of American exceptionalism that’s squarely rooted in the past. The leading candidates have different riffs on this concept.

Marco Rubio focuses on the idea that “Judeo-Christian values are one of the reasons why America is such a special country.” Ted Cruz embraces an originalist vision of the Constitution rooted in his legal training; he

has dubbed his campaign plane Constitution One. And Donald Trump, always an odd fit in the Republican Party, appealed to a broader sense that America’s best years are in the past with his omnipresent “Make America Great Again” slogan.

At first, it seems like “Where to Invade Next” embraces the evolutionary vision of American greatness.

Moore’s shtick this time around involves visiting various countries to talk with vacationing Italians, French schoolchildren eating their way through gourmet meals, middleclass workers in a German pencil factory and residents of Norway’s prison system. He then plants an American flag and claims those nations’ wonderful ideas for America.

But in its final moments, “Where to Invade Next” offers a rather different solution to what seems to be a gaping difference of opinion running through American political life. He goes back to his interview subjects, who tell the audience how their policy innovations were inspired by American ideas.

Moore’s argument in “Where to Invade Next” is ultimately that America’s past willingness to evolve – whether to adopt a more humane standard of work or a less-punitive approach to punishment – is the key to its future success. He’s all for making America great again. It’s just that Moore’s vision of the past might not be what Rubio, Cruz or Trump has in mind.

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[pages] This week’s Maria’s staff pick The Brothers Vonnegut, by Ginger Strand Quite simply, I really, really love the works of Kurt Vonnegut. His books are brilliant, honest, funny, and heart breaking. He does a fantastic job contrasting what we do as a society and species against what we know we shouldn’t.

Most people know him for his book, “Slaughterhouse-Five,” his book explaining the firebombing of Dresden. I knew Vonnegut’s personal life greatly influenced his work, but I had absolutely no idea how much.

In “The Brothers Vonnegut,” Ginger Strand follows the lives of Kurt and Bernard Vonnegut just after the end of World War II. Bernie was a scientist working on atmospheric studies, and Kurt was a (secretly) aspiring writer. Both of them ended up working at GE in New York, a place that was every scientist’s dream for the short peace that existed momentarily between WWII and the start of the Cold War, where money was abundant and scientists were encouraged to follow their curiosities and to discover knew things about the universe. Kurt and Bernie looked on as these discoveries and the prevailing attitude toward science shifted from one of creation to one whose purpose was for war. These tensions greatly shaped the brothers’ lives as they struggled with the same deep questions.

They led Bernie to make great discoveries that still affect us today (Project Cirrus eventually led to an examination on how man affects climate), and the questions that Kurt pondered in his books are ones we must answer today.

“The Brothers Vonnegut” was fantastic, and Strand’s storytelling is brilliant. It pulled me through the book quickly, as she moves between the brothers flawlessly, effectively mixing their two stories to find the big questions surrounding science and morality that plagued both of them. She did a wonderful job relating both the technical scientific ideas and the complex moral ones, all while brilliantly relating the history of Project Cirrus, which changed the way we think about weather and climate.

— Jaime Cary

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[ weed ] Seeing Through the Smoke Christopher Gallagher

Explore mind-expanding, soul-tickling aspects of cannabis “When the state sends us to prison for, essentially, exploring our own consciousness, it’s a grotesque abuse of human rights.”

— Graham Hancock, author

W

hat are we, homo sapiens?

Just another mammal species, perhaps; milk-making, lightly covered with hair, mostly built of water, a group of chemical equations bubbling around between junctions of flesh and bone ... but somehow different from the rest of our earthly cohabitants.

The difference between us and a badger or a mountain lion or, to bring things a bit tighter, a chimpanzee, may not be a difference in essence.

Rather, it is one of process, one of a longer, more organized, more unified use of our faculties – memory in particular – to expand upon our survival base, to establish a steeper learning curve in order to end up what we are today: holders of dominion over all but the most extreme conditions presented to us here on our earthly home.

Sometimes in the evening, the Missus and I sit on our back porch and watch as the sun works its way west over the mountain’s ridge, that time of day when the light is filtered beyond the horizon, through the atmosphere to create those oranges and purples and pinks that seem to have been designed to shorten our breath at that very moment; and sometimes, as we wait silently, a fox comes trotting down the neighbor’s fenceline, sniffing and poking around to spook a mouse or a mole – dinner!

The point of this little idyll?

When I watch the fox, that beautiful little guy with his gorgeous red coat stippled with black, bathed in the glow-

ing light over the edge of the foothills behind him, I become soaked in the sublimity of the moment.

He is following his genetic code – burrow, hunt, eat, breed – in pursuit of smaller creatures, escaping the bear or the lion or the pack that might hunt him. I sit freed of that cycle, a few steps from shelter, cabinets full of food, knowing (sapiens) that I have the luxury to appreciate this moment – the colors, his fluid movement; my separation from the fight for survival affords me the option to sit quietly, allowing myself to be filled with the beauty in this world, to let it happen, to take a quick breath as he freezes, tenses, and then jumps a few feet in the air and comes back down, leading with his paws, maybe a small squeak from his prey, and then he pads off to a less open place to eat, sleep, repeat.

My chemical processes create a slowing and shortening of breath, a stillness of anticipation of the moment to come, a wash of profundity and insight soaks my mind – a vision into the moment and the recognition that this is one of many paths that leads to the sublime, that moment explored by artists from Lascaux to Mozart to Hendrix to preschool children wearing a parent’s shirt as a smock stained in fingerpaint.

Botanist and author Terence McKenna argued that our species’ development came about as a result of interaction with “plant teachers,” mostly psilocybin mushrooms ingested by our ancestors, which led to the development of bet-

ter hunting skill and teamwork, the expansion and improvement of language and symbolic understanding and an expansion of shamanic rituals that form a base for appreciation of all that we see. They lead to artistic representations of both the literal and the interpretative elements of the world around us, foundations of the higher-order thinking processes upon which we have built our current world.

Cannabis, perhaps more than any of these plant teachers, grew from the same swampy primordial earth that we human beings did; our body’s endocannabanoid system provides ample evidence of the evolutionary relationship. And things are shifting politically and culturally. Our Mexican neighbors have declared its use a human right, our Canadian neighbors recently elected their prime minister partially on his promise to legalize, and, here in the states, the fight for nationwide recognition travels state by state with NORML chapters underscoring its essential health benefits. Accordingly, it is a proper time to look at cannabis as a right given to us not by an assembly of elected officials, but rather, as part and parcel with the expansion of our consciousness – a mind state that any occasional user can testify to.

This will be the focus of Seeing Through the Smoke as winter melts into spring, DGO, an opportunity to step back from the petty politics surrounding the Little Plant That Could and to explore some of the more mind-expanding, soul-tickling aspects of cannabis and some of the work done by its staunchest advocates. Have a great week; this is going to be fun.

Christopher Gallagher lives with his wife and their four dogs and two horses.

Life is pretty darn good.

Contact him at chrstphrgallagher@ gmail.com

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[review]

[Netflix and chill — 420 edition]

‘My Neighbor Totoro’

Red Headed Stranger What is it?

Obviously, this insanely strong sativa is named after our old pot smoking buddy Willie Nelson’s 1975 album, but there’s nothing old school about it. It’s a cross between famous breeder Tom Hill’s Haze and Williams Wonder. The Wonder is full of Afghani indica, but our pheno of Red Headed Stranger smoked very sativa, and honors its combination of amazing equatorial haze genetics.

It’s more than 21 percent THC, but is often used as a medicinal strain because of its high CBD content.

The effects This is a powerful sativa and is not recommended for beginners. The uplifting cerebral high kicks into full gear almost immediately, and it can feel pretty fast at first. Once the feeling settles in, it’s extremely euphoric, happy and creative.

The intensity wears off after an hour, and you’ll comfortably come back to Earth soon after that. The experience feels like a roller coaster ride, but like any good coaster, it leaves you wanting more.

Japanese master animator Hayao Miyazaki has shaped dozens of gorgeous films under his production company Studio Ghibli, and all of them can be ecstatically savored under the influence of marijuana. The projects are each rife with fantasy, spooks, mythical forest creatures and strong young heroines. If you enjoy a complex epic detailing the endless struggle between man and nature, you might try “Princess Mononoke.” For an adventure akin to “Alice in Wonderland,” set inside the strange and wondrous spirit world, see Academy Award winner “Spirited Away.” If you are new to Miyazaki, though, you should start with “My Neighbor Totoro,” (1993) the director’s gentlest and most earnest film.

“Totoro” is about two young sisters, Satsuki and Mei, who move with their father to the countryside of rural Japan.

Their mother is sick in the hospital, but they visit her often, and she promises to be home soon. The sisters miss their mom, but dutifully take care of each other. At one point Mei runs away, following a quarrel with Satsuki, but no harm befalls her. And ... that’s it. Nothing else really happens. The story has no villains, and barely any discernible conflict to move the plot forward; it’s more about small moments of discovery and imagination, how playing outdoors can foster

all the thrills you need. The girls encounter friendly forest sprites living near their house; the largest and furriest is named Totoro, and he lets 4-year-old Mei take a nap on his enormous tummy. Totoro watches over the small family – and while in an American film he might also teach the girls some wise lesson, or rescue them from a threat, Miyazaki is more subtle and mysterious than that. Totoro is merely an inscrutable, if benevolent, presence on the outskirts of their lives.

“My Neighbor Totoro” is only a tiny bit frightening and surprising – but not enough to startle you out of a comfortable, cozy high (should you smoke before watching – and you should). The story takes place in a veritable utopia, a world where monsters are cuddly instead of vicious, full of lush green fields, muted pastel colors, and voluminous clouds skating across a blue sky. The animation comes alive with ambient noises like rainfall on a pond or the rustle of wind through trees.

Most adults relish the delights of Disney or Pixar; but if you also crave a movie with less false Western cheerfulness, replete with more whimsy and melancholy, Miyazaki is the right choice for you.

—— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold DGO Staff Writer

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[love and sex]

Savage Love | Dan Savage

Sex questions from an uninhibited audience I was honored to speak at JCCSF – Jewish Community Center of San Francisco – last week as a part of their “Uninhibited: About Sex” lecture series.

The audience submitted questions on cards, which were ably put to me by Jourdan Abel, who was wearing a wonderful uterus-themed sweater. (Check out my Instagram account – @dansavage – to see Abel’s sweater!) Here are some of the questions submitted by the uninhibited JCCSF audience that Abel and I didn’t manage to get to during our conversation.

How do you combat homophobic remarks in a culture that condones and promotes homophobic tendencies?

You combat homophobia – and misogyny, its big sister – one terrified middleschooler at a time. Bearing in mind, of course, that “terrified middle-schooler” is a state of mind, not an age bracket.

I had the best sex of my life with my ex. He [bleep]ed me hard, had a huge cock, and made me eat his come with a spoon. I loved it. Needless to say, we were incompatible in other ways. My current BF is vanilla. Very. Vanilla.

When I masturbate, I think about my ex and can’t help but wish my current guy would make me slurp his come up from a utensil. We are very compatible in other (non-sex) ways. Am I doomed to fantasize about my ex?

You are – unless you open up to your current BF about what’s missing in your sex life and/or get his permission to get your hard-[bleep]ing/spoonfeeding needs met elsewhere.

Got any advice for a bi girl, formerly submissive, who wants to start dominating men?

Move to San Francisco – oh, wait.

You’re already in San Francisco. Leave the house – get involved in local kink orgs, if you aren’t already involved, check out local sex-positive events

(www.bawdystorytelling.com is a great place to start), and let people know what you’re looking for. There’s no shortage of submissive guys in the Bay Area, and no shortage of dominant women up for mentoring women who are curious about topping.

In gay male relationships, what can you say about the psychological boundary between being Alpha in the world and beta in bed?

The boundary between Alpha In World/Beta In Bed is pretty [bleep]ing porous – it’s not studded with guard towers, barbed wire, and death strips, à la the Berlin Wall. (Google it, kids.)

That boundary only exists in our heads.

And once we get that fact through our thick heads, not only do we discover that the Alpha/beta boundary is easily crossed, we quickly learn that crossing it repeatedly – brutally and joyfully violating it at will – is a total blast.

Is Savage your real last name? It’s mine, too! My mother kept her maiden name, I took her name, and she’s a sex therapist! We’re both huge fans.

Could you say hi to Dr. Linda Savage?

She’ll die!

Hi, Dr. Linda Savage! Please don’t die.

What do you do when you can’t make your partner come?

Me? I hand him back his dick and go get myself some ice cream – but you shouldn’t do what I do when you can’t make your partner come. Here’s what you should do: Keep trying, ask your partner what they need, and encourage them, if need be, to “finish themselves off” (without pouting, without laying a guilt trip on them about how they’ve made you feel inadequate, and without treating them like they’re broken).

Cheerfully offer to hold ’em or play with their tits or eat their ass while they finish themselves off – or, hell, offer to go get ’em ice cream. Whatever helps!

Porn is so accessible today. How has it affected society?

What kind of sexual fluid or act would you name after Donald Trump?

One positive effect (among many): Porn’s wider accessibility forced us to stop pretending there’s one kind of sex – heterosexual, man-on-top – that absolutely everyone is interested in.

Thanks to the Interwebs, we can track what people are actually searching for (it’s not all hetero), where they’re searching for it (a shout-out to the great state of Utah, which has the highest porn consumption rates per capita in the nation!), and how long they’re lingering over it (long enough to finish themselves off).

Trump, as I pointed out in a previous column, already has an alternate/more accurate meaning. There is no authority higher than the Oxford English Dictionary, and here’s what you’ll find under “trump” at www.oed.com: “in reference to a sound like a trumpet ... the act of breaking wind audibly.”

So remember, kids, when you see Donald Trump standing in front of a microphone ... Trump isn’t talking. He’s trumping.

One negative effect (among many): The ubiquity of porn coupled with the general lousiness of sex education – in the United States and Canada – has resulted in porn doing something it isn’t designed to do and consequently does not do well. And that would be, of course, educating young people about sex. If we don’t want porn doing that, and we don’t, we need to create comprehensive sex-ed programs that cover everything – hetero sex, queer sex, partnered sex, solo sex, gender identity, consent, kinks, and how to be a thoughtful, informed, and critical consumer of porn.

What is the one thing that concerns you most about the current political climate/election cycle?

Donald Trump getting the Republican nomination. I’m not at all concerned about the potential destruction/implosion of the GOP – those [bleep] ers have it coming – but with the likelihood of political violence. I’m concerned that black and brown people – Mexicans, Muslims, AfricanAmericans – will be subjected to more political/social/economic violence than they already are. People will die as a direct result of Trump getting the GOP nomination. This is a terrifying moment.

What is the etiquette when it comes to social media and open relationships?

It all depends on the preferences of the couple/throuple/quad/squad in question. If a particular couple, etc., wants to maintain the appearance of being monogamous, if they want to avoid stigma, judgment, freaked out parents, etc., then they’re not going to want evidence of their open relationship popping up all over Facebook and/or Instagram. If there’s internal disagreement in a particular couple/ throuple/quad/squad about keeping things quiet on social media, not outing the person(s) who want to keep things discreet may be the price of admission their other partners have to pay.

What was your favorite aspect of the orgy held in honor of your 50th birthday?

The fact that I wasn’t invited. #NotAnOrgyFan

Dan Savage is a nationally syndicated sex advice columnist writing for The Stranger in Seattle. Contact Dan Savage at mail@ savagelove.net or @fakedansavage on Twitter and listen to his podcast every week at savagelovecast.com

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[happening]

Your favorite summer brew is back It’s almost time for lazy summer days spent floating down the Animas River and sipping beer. Ska’s summer seasonal, Mexican Logger, hits shelves again April 6. This Mexican lager-style beer is a huge local favorite – Durangoans wait eagerly for its return every spring. To keep up with demand, Ska Brewing has increased production of the beer by 20 percent.

The Logger has a light to medium body and a crisp, clean taste; it is perfect for warm weather day drinking. The beer is available through September in all of Ska’s regions of distribution, which are largely Colorado, Southern California, Chicago, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

Come celebrate the end of winter at the Mexican Logger release party April 6 from 5 to 8 p.m., at Ska headquarters (225 Girard St.) with live music from Durango’s own gypsy band Carute Roma. Parking will be limited, so save some gas and ride your bike!

For more information, visit skabrewing.com or call 247-5792.

—— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold

Thursday Art reception featuring artist Rob Lendeman, 4:30-6 p.m., Reed Library, Fort

Lewis College.

Tim Sullivan, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle

Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

Jack Ellis, 7 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699

Main Ave., 247-4431.

Wild Country, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Billy

theatre, 247-7089.

Goat Saloon, 39848 U.S. Highway 160, Gem Village.

DJ Squozze, 8 p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main Ave.,

259-9018.

Monday

DJ Incite, 9 p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main Ave., 259-

Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR

9018.

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

Saturday

Sunday

The Saturday Series:“Theatre Games: Building an Ensemble”, 10

Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m.,

Main Ave., 259-9018.

91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org.

Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Ska

Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., yoga and a pint of beer for $10, www.skabrewing.com.

Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com.

Joel Racheff, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

Rob Webster, 7 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

The Met: Live in HD featuring Madama Butterfly 10:55 a.m., $23/$21, Val-

“Trojan Women: A Love Story,” Fort Lewis College Theatre, 3 p.m., $10/$12, MainStage Theatre, FLC, www.fortlewis.edu/theatre, 247-7089.

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

lecito Room, Fort Lewis College Student Union, www.metopera.org/Season/2015-16-Season.

Music in the Mountains: Cocktails with the Conductor, 6 p.m., Sorrel Sky

Friday

Artist reception: Solo exhibition of paintings by Patrice DeLorenzo, 4-6

Gallery, 828 Main Ave., www.musicinthemountains.com, 385-6820.

Opening reception:“Graduating Senior Art & Design Majors Exhibition,”

p.m., Olio, 114 West Grand Ave., Mancos, www. oliomnacos.com.

Reception and awards ceremony for the Colorado 3rd Congressional District High School Art Competition, 3 p.m., Durango Arts Center,

Jazz church (experienced musician drop-in session), 6 p.m., Derailed Pour

802 East Second Ave., www.durangoarts. org.

4:30-6 p.m., Fort Lewis College Art Gallery.

Dustin Burley, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

House, 725 Main Ave., 247-5440, www.derailedpourhouse.com.

Terry Rickard, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

Greg Ryder, 7 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

Blue Moon Ramblers, 7-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

Super Ted’s Super Trivia, 6:12 p.m., free,

Black Velvet duo, 6-10 p.m. Seven Rivers

Joel Racheff, 7 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699

Beer Bingo, 8 p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main Ave.,

259-9018.

Karaoke with DJ Crazy Charlie, 9 p.m.,

Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 3752568.

Karaoke, 9 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

Andy Janowsky, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond

Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

“Trojan Women: A Love Story,” Fort

Lewis College Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $10/$12, MainStage Theatre, FLC, www.fortlewis.edu/ theatre, 247-7089.

Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

a.m.-1 p.m., Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., www.durangoarts.org/performingadults.

Tuesday

Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St., 247-5792.

Steakhouse at Sky Ute Casino, Ignacio.

Main Ave., 247-4431.

Tim Sullivan, 7 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

“Trojan Women: A Love Story,” Fort Lewis College Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $10/$12, MainStage Theatre, FLC, www.fortlewis.edu/

Karaoke, 8 p.m., 8th Avenue Tavern, 509

Open Mic Night, 8 p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main

East Eighth Ave., 259-8801.

Latin music night, 8 p.m., Moe’s, 937

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[happening] Art show for graduating seniors Graduation is imminent!

For an impressive peek inside the creative student brains of our local community, check out the Graduating Senior Art & Design Majors Exhibition.

Where should we

DGO tonight?

Before they leave school and enter the real world, senior art and design majors from Fort Lewis College will exhibit their work in the Art Gallery.

These displayed creations are advanced projects in media ranging from graphic design to fine art. The exhibition has been designed and curated by participating students.

The free event takes place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. April 1 at the Art Gallery in Art Hall on the FLC campus. The exhibition will run until April 29.

For more information, check out www.fortlewis.edu or call Hillary Raab at 970247-7167.

—— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold

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Ongoing

Ave., 259-9018.

“Graduating Senior Art & Design Majors Exhibition,” April 1-29, Fort Lewis

Wednesday Greg Ryder, 5:30-10 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

Ace Revel, 6-8 p.m., Eno Wine Bar and

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Bluegrass Jam, 6 - 9 p.m., Irish Embassy

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Pub, 900 Main Ave. Pub quiz, 6:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900

Main Ave., 403-1200.

Open studio figure drawing, 6:30-

8:30 p.m., $15/$10, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., www.durangoarts. org.

6:30-7:30 p.m., $10, Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 799-8832.

Terry Rickard, 7 p.m., Office Spiritorium,

699 Main Ave., 247-4431.

Poker and ping pong tournaments,

8 p.m., Moe’s, 937 Main Ave., 259-9018.

Geeks Who Drink trivia, 8:30 p.m.,

to the DGO calendar with

802 East Third Ave. Solo exhibition of paintings by Patrice DeLorenzo, April 2-May 28, Olio, 114

Cocktail Lounge, 723 East Second Ave., 3850105.

Two-step and waltz dance lessons,

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College Art Gallery.

Ink & Wax : Intimate Surface Dimensions, through April 26, Durango Arts Center,

BREW Pub & Kitchen, 117 W. College Drive, 259-5959.

Karaoke with DJ Crazy Charlie, 9 p.m.,

Wild Horse Saloon, 601 East Second Ave., 3752568.

April 8, Three Rivers Art Center, 123 West Main St., Farmington.

National Art Honor Society students art work exhibit, through May 21, Du-

rango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. “Earthly Presence”, May 6 through May,

Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave. “Ink & Wax: Intimate Surface Directions,” Karen Riley, through April 26, Art

Library at the Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., www.durangoarts.org.

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Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

Something that excites you today will happen, because you will be impulsive and hyperenthused about the unexpected. A new twist in a relationship is possible.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A surprise secret might be revealed today, which amazes you. It could be about you or about someone else.

Whatever it is, it’s exciting and a bit jaw-dropping.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A friend will amaze you today by saying or doing something that catches you off-guard. Alternatively, you might meet someone new who is a real character – someone who is avant-garde or bizarre.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22)

Bizarro

A boss, parent or someone in a position

of authority might shock you today. This person might say or do something you least expect. (Probably, you won’t mind.)

Nevertheless, don’t quit your day job.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Travel plans will be canceled, delayed or rescheduled today. Alternatively, you suddenly might have to travel if you are not expecting to do so.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)

heat up into something committed.

Hmmm.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Your work routine will be interrupted by computer crashes, power outages, fire drills, staff shortages and canceled meetings. Give yourself extra time so you have wiggle room to deal with this.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)

Check your bank account and legal documents because something having to do with shared property, inheritances and insurance matters suddenly might change today. Make sure you are on top of your scene.

This is an accident-prone day for your children, so be aware and remove them from hazardous situations. Meanwhile, romance could be a real surprise!

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)

Small appliances might break down today, or minor breakages could occur.

An unexpected person might knock at the door. Expect anything, because today is a crapshoot!

A friend or partner will surprise you today. This person might suggest something unusual or have amazing news for you. A casual relationship could

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is an accident-prone day for your sign, so pay attention to everything you say and do. Be mindful and alert.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Keep an eye on your money today because you might find money or lose it. Likewise, your possessions could be stolen or broken. Keep your eyes open!

BORN TODAY You are a fighter who does not give up. You have amazing tenacity, which allows you to face incredible odds and generally succeed. This year you have something valuable to learn. Fear not; it might not be apparent in the first half of the year, but soon, your efforts of the past six years will manifest results!

Expect your well-earned rewards soon. © 2016 King Features Syndicate Inc.

[Overread on Durango Yik Yak] “Life is this big fat gigantic stinking mess. But oddly that’s the beauty of it too.”

“To the person who lost their flash drive full of granny porn... I have your flash drive.”

“All you beautiful ladies out there – has anybody told you that you all are fascinating, smart people? Keep doing you.”

“But seriously, WTF is in the ocean?”

“Debating if I should take a shower and then get high, or the other way around.”

“The minute I decided to finish writing this paper in my bed rather than at my desk was the minute I failed.”

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