It's a Broadband Life

The old saying, "You make a living with what you get, but you make a life with what you give" is on my mind this week. We're coming up on one of my favorite Comcast events. We call it Comcast Cares Day and it's one day each year when all of us Comcasters fan out into the community together to focus our efforts on making our local world just a little bit better.

This year, Comcast Cares Day is on Saturday, April 25. I'll be at Ernie Pyle Middle School in Albuquerque’s South Valley. We're partner… Continue

5PM, December 11, 2008 - Eastbound on 550, 39 miles West of Albuquerque. The thin ribbon winds its way Southeast from Farmington. Its a day when I’ve spent more time on the road than in the meetings that took me to that far corner of New Mexico.

We avoid driving at night here. The skies are a breathtaking distraction of diamonds scattered across black velvet. Help is far, far away if yo… Continue

Saturday night in Alamogordo, New Mexico. It’s 7:15 PM and the house at the Flickinger Center is filling up. It’s not a movie, a rock concert or a stand-up comedian. The Spencers are in town and people are coming from White Sands, Las Cruces and Cloudcroft to see a magic show.

It’s a field that The Spencers have almost to themselves these days. David Copperfield occasionally takes his gig on the road, but most of the better known magic acts, Penn & Teller, Lance Burton, Mac King have semi-p… Continue

I admit it. I’ve never gotten over my love for radio. Even as the art of terrestrial broadcasting recedes into anachronism, I’m still attracted to a well executed Top-40 format. There are few who can do it the way I remember, with personality that doesn’t offend, contagious exuberance, and a presentation that seamlessly blends each element in a symphony that touches your very soul.

I grew up listening to rock radio in the Detroit area, and as I’ve written ad nauseam in this space, my dream radi… Continue

Being a Midwesterner by birth and having lived in many a town and city across the country, I've found special things to love about every place we've called home. Now that Colleen and I have been Duke City Folk for a little over a year, here are some of the things we think make ABQ special.

The Mountains - Waking to a Sandia tableau every morning reminds us that we're a couple of steps closer to heaven. Riding the tram, viewing the skyline and breathing the alpine air from the crest is a religio… Continue