Category: How To

  • How to capture a woman (with or without a butterfly net)

    Telluride Daily Planet Sunday, August 5, 2012 First of all forget everything you thought you knew about women. When you and your friend were talking in a bar last night, and you told him you that you were sick of trying to figure women out and that if they couldn’t like you for exactly who…

  • Safety instructions

    Telluride Daily Planet Sunday, June 24, 2012 Before starting anything make sure you have read the directions twice. Reread that last sentence, for instance. First thing is just to calm down and think about someone you know who has lots of patience. Like your uncle Don who can fix everything, including toasters, and not only…

  • Going to great (graduated) lengths

    Telluride Daily Planet, Sunday, January 15, 2012 Another brilliant day at the skate track where I have brought an acquaintance to make a loop. She, an out-of-towner who hasn’t cross-country skied in years, is on borrowed equipment, which turns out to be skate skis, which she is unfamiliar with. I have on my “sport” Rossignol…

  • How to know thyself

    Telluride Daily Planet,  Monday, January 3, 2011 I’m loitering at wikiHow, which is what I do when I’m frustrated or seeking answers to pressing questions. Right now I’m doubly frustrated because there is nothing here at WH telling me how to deal with my particular circumstance, which is that my knee is injured. There’s the…