Category Archives: Colorado

I Killed at Kaiser Palliative Care Department

Ok. That’s not funny. Yes it is. Well… it depends. Humor is relative. (No, I don’t mean your relative is funny. I mean that what is funny to some people in some circumstances isn’t funny to others, and that’s OK.) I recently spoke in Colorado for the Kaiser Permanente Palliative Care department. We had nurses,…

Get Off Your Butt — (And put on your skis?)

My kids and wife wanted to go skiing. I didn’t.  I’ve been on the road traveling as a motivational speaker to Florida and Pennsylvania, I wanted to sit home, eat Cheetos, watch the Olympics and veg out.   But I’m glad I went skiing…my family was right.  Doing ANYTHING beats doing nothing nearly all of the…

I’m Supposed to Eat *%$^@!! What?

I was flattered to speak at a diabetes forum in Canon City, Colorado recently.  I love my job as a speaker.  And I love being a Colorado Speaker because I live here.  (Yay, no airplanes today!) But this one was personal:  my daughter has Type 1 Diabetes.  This is a big deal, requires constant vigilance,…

I Don’t Do School Shows — Unless You Ask

Years ago I did school assembly program called the Magic of Books.  It’s a motivational literacy program — I use magic and comedy to demonstrate the cool things you can learn through reading. I did at least 800 shows, and over 200 schools — nearly all of them in my home state of Colorado.  Recently,…