My friend Jim said to me years ago “Mark, good ideas are a dime a dozen. The difference between a good idea and it’s fruition and practice, involves a huge amount of work, blood, sweat and tears, plenty of failures and a willingness to not give up”. I have had plenty of great ideas since… Continue reading

The story I am about to share is about one of the most courageous persons I have ever encountered. I first met Crystal a couple of months ago. She lives in the center of old Denver just west of City Park. I picked her up with her kids, to take them to school. I thought… Continue reading

I have a “Bucket List”.   I did not call it that until the movie by that name put the phrase in our common lexicon.  Just in case you never saw the movie with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, it’s about two old guys who set out to accomplish life goals before they “kick the… Continue reading

Anyone who knows me well knows that one of my mottos is: ‘If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing’. I certainly have ended up in more than one12- step group as a result of this gift of character/character defect/ anomaly of DNA. Friday is my drive-for-Lyft day. My son Mateo, describes my approach to Lyft… Continue reading

Around four in the afternoon on Friday I was parked in my driveway and had just turned my app back on. I got a call to pick up a young woman about a mile from my house. Remember, most live riders have a profile picture along with their name. I pulled up in front of… Continue reading

We took a little mini-vacation to Las Vegas early this week.  I find that about about three days in Vegas about every three years is plenty.  The people watching, a show or two, a donation to the Willie Wonka slot machine and some pool time and I am good.  We find that using Lyft is… Continue reading

Yesterday I pulled up in a cul de sac in Golden.   The app showed me that I was where I was supposed to be.  I waited the allotted four minutes but no Rebecca, so I called her and let her know I was there.  She answered and said “Oh this #&@##*% app, I am… Continue reading

So it’s Friday late morning and I am taking a Lyft break.  I haven’t driven for well over a week and I have decided to take my “day off” to ‘fire up my Lyft Ap’.  My decision to skip golf was based on the three-day weather forecast (which called for wind and cold) was rewarded… Continue reading

It was Friday and we had just finished 4th period Gym Class.  We were walking to the cafeteria when we ran into Coach Clay.  He was crying.  He looked at us and said “They killed President Kennedy”.  We went on to lunch… nobody really was eating.  November 22, 1963.  This began a series of moments… Continue reading

I picked her in a classic Victorian neighborhood just north of downtown.  It was a simple ride to LODO on a glorious spring day.   We began an affable conversation about “life in general”.  She was warm, articulate, insightful  and curious about my Lyft stories.  The often asked “What was your most interesting ride”? came… Continue reading