Midnite at Pete’s Cafe on Colfax

You can get anything you want - including a big shaved slice of off the gyro meat thing, and eggs, at Pete's

(scroll down and start the Elvis Costello music video – it makes a good audio backdrop to this story) It’s a quarter til midnight. It’s 18 degrees f and the inch-er-so of snow that fell last night in Denver squeaks and gives just a little under your tennis shoes. Mom and Dad and the SUV [...]

Welcome to Stardust Factor

A blank sheet of blog paper turns into a new and unique place for a strange little group of people who want to be speakers. Am I talking to you? Whether you are a successful professional speaker looking to sharpen your biz, just getting started, or anywhere along the way, this site will help you [...]

An open letter to an alcoholic friend

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Note from Rick: This began as a private email. I decided to publish it in the hope that it would help someone else. Please comment and forward to someone you think would be helped by these words. My old and friend – my little brother – my soul brother in the struggle I can only [...]