Friday Night Lights
November 4th, 2006
Windows Mobile shows up in some pretty odd places…
Last night I went to a music event at the University of Colorado with my buddies Adam, Brian, Dave, and Joe. We had a great time hanging out and having a good time. The show ended at 12:30 or so and we decided we’d head over to the hill (this is the place to be in Boulder, CO if you are a college student) for a beer and some food… I was secretly hoping for a late night cup of joe (beer ain’t my thing anymore).
We started walking through campus recalling war stories and saw a gal who was drunk out of her mind, stumbling around with a cigarette pasted to her lip. We started to laugh, but quickly looked at each other and said “been there done that†and started to feel her pain. At this point, Adam was looking for a burger, Dave was ready to party or play volleyball, Brian had the look of an eternal grad student, and Joe could have easily passed for a philosophy prof. We moved along…
We then got to walk by the place where it all started for me, my wife Holly, and my first dog Jake (he is still kickin’ btw). Sadie, dog #2, and the three kiddos came a bit later. When we first moved to Boulder 12 years ago (that’s right, that would make Jake 12), we moved into an absurdly small cottage smack dab in the middle of the hill. It looks like a tool shed, but Holly and I had some good times there. I think the boys thought I was joking.
We then were pointed to the place where Dave and Adam had been roommates back in the day as well as the party house where Dave earned the title “Poker Daveâ€.  We joked about crashing a frat party (we have no business there) and opted to find a restaurant instead. We poked our heads into the Sink, a happening pizza joint in town where I think Robert Redford had worked, and that is where Windows Mobile comes in…
The Sink was packed with sorority and fraternity kids who were well on their way to being heavily intoxicated (this brought back some memories… go Pi Kappa Alpha). It was way too loud so we decided to move on. But, I had to use the bathroom before rolling out, so I made my way to the back. On the way out of the bathroom, some drunk dude asked me if he could get a ski pass… huh? I had a Eldora fleece on, so I got it pretty quick. I said, “not sureâ€. He said, “right on bro†and then proceeded to pull out his Windows Mobile Motorola Q…. nice! I was tempted to ask if he wanted to try NewsGator Go 
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November 5th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
KC..that was a good time. Perhaps the Boulder Historical Preservation society will be posting photos of that hovel when you are as historically significant as those first miners in Leadville.