Last night was the Colorado Book Awards, and it was an incredible experience. Despite losing their federal funding, the good people at Colorado Humanities were able to not only keep the lights on, but they also still managed to throw a kick-ass gala to celebrate local authors. I used it as an excuse to buy new clothes, seeing as I haven’t had anything nicer than a faded black t-shirt or flannel in a good five years.

My wife told me not to wear the sandals, the internet told me to wear the sandals...