Does time seem like it’s moving faster for you? I remember when a weekend felt like forever, and now, in my older age, it’s lost that forever feeling. I talked to a doctor-friend about this, he’s with me, he thinks perception of time literally speeds up the older you get. .
Time, it keeps on slipping slipping slipping, into the Roundup.
Colorado oil and gas industry investigation
The Denver Post kicked off its four-part series documenting how little oversight there is into injury and death in Colorado’s oil and gas industry. Monte Whaley and John Ingold worked this investigation for an entire year, tracking down 51 deaths in the last 13 years in the less-than-properly regulated industry ().
It’s a system , where its extensive network of subcontractors . Parts three and four of this series run Tuesday and Wednesday, we’ll link to ’em in those Roundups but if you want to read ’em hot off the digital presses stay tuned to http://denverpost.com/ (Side note: Did you know there are browser extensions that allow you to refresh a page every X seconds? .)
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The Rundown
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By The Numbers
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Denver Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian threw four touchdowns in the Broncos’ . Play of the day belongs to .
Quick Hits
+ Who’s watching the first presidential debate tonight? 7 p.m. mountain time (). Lotta buzz about this one. It’s a big night. , and here’s .
+ Big news: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture . The Guardian has .
+ We break down .
+ RIP, . Here’s Denver Post reporter Ralph Moore’s , piping hot from our archives to your plate.
+ This is .
+ Feds targeting heroin trafficking in Denver area .
+ With more than 120 million Americans expected to cast ballots for president this fall, the nation’s voting process seems more convoluted than ever and . See also: CBS4 found .
+ Former is now in our opinion pages, this time with this column: .
+ A World War II veteran from Colorado .
+ Now would be a good time to get into the .
+ It may be decorative gourd season, .
+ The following phrases descend from “hey that’s okay” to “oh no, oh no”: Colorado Rapids, ahead with seconds left to play, against a team with ten players on the field, own goal, .
+ The Rockies removed all possibility of a non-losing season Saturday night in good ol’ Rockies fashion, and guaranteeing a seventh-straight losing season. There is , kind of, if you can get over the stench of defeat. Related: .
+ Pension groups .
+ Advice column: What do you do when you wake up in the middle of the night ?
+ MLB pitcher Jose Fernandez escaped from Cuba by boat on his fourth try as a teenager, and when his mother fell into the Yucatan Channel during the journey, he jumped in and pulled her out. .
+ Kevin Garnett .
+ How pets .
+ There was an in Houston.
What We’re Reading
+ Coffee . Is that blasphemous or is it the future? Me, I’m all for our new chewable coffee overlords but I’ll miss the smell of that steamy brew.
+ There’s a nacho chip for sale (yea, one chip per $4.99 bag) that’s . The sales pitch-disguised-as-an-article includes this money quote: “YouTube is full of people eating [the peppers from whence this chip comes], then vomiting, having panic attacks, and being treated for stomach ulcers.”
+ “She has convinced her followers she is a pretty-in-pink naïf, an escort, an unhinged ex, an office drone, and, most recently, an expectant mother. .” Note: Some of the photos are right on the edge of being safe for workplaces.
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+ Bless This .
The Denver Post as it was, 100 years ago today
Song of the Day
The year is 3030, the sky is red and the Corporate Institutional Bank of Time is here to sell you back the time you have lost. Or not. Or .
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Hat Tips and Corrections
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