With several weeks to go before the election, Colorado's Amendment 33 is already setting records. The supporters of the amendment say it will provide much needed tourism funding for the state. In fact the supporters first commercials mentioned nothing about putting slot machines (euphemistically called "Video Lottery Terminals") on the Front Range. The amendment's detractors (which includes nearly every, if not every, newspaper and political party in Colorado) say the man goal is to line the pockets of London-based Wembly corporation who owns 4 of the 5 dog tracks where the slots would be located.

After serving a 10-day quarantine Montecore, the tiger who mauled entertainer Roy Horn was released Tuesday. A spokesman for the Mirage said Montecore will continue to live at the Secret Garden, an animal habitat at the Mirage.

Growing up I spent a great deal of time down the street from the white walls of Siegfried and Roy's house. The memorable roar of their famous large cats would fill the evening air.

Increasingly I've become more of a typist than a person who writes. Writing in the sense of putting pen (or rarely pencil) to paper and leaving marks is something I do less and less. Today while cleaning the garage I came across two of my pens from high school and a couple of bottles of ink. While many would argue that my oft rushed script was not the easiest thing to read, it is none the less an additional part of my expression that is lost in putting electrons to spinning platters.