According to a new study, office workers were only able to focus an average of three minutes. It’s even worse for the youngins: a sample of college students found they could only focus on a task for 65 seconds.
Well, another Snowdown has come and gone. And, as we all detox in the coming days, at least we’ll have the memories to look back on, like of those people dressed as medieval knights beating the hell out of each other. Also, for some: police records.
It happened – astonishingly – again. Recently, another big truck went off a main highway in Southwest Colorado, apparently trying to take a “short cut” led by a GPS system, and became stuck on a narrow mountain road.
If I’ve learned anything about my homeland of New Jersey, it’s that my people don’t like being outside, and we’ve a long history of recreating the natural world in an indoor setting to better suit our delicate sensibilities.
Put this in the strange crime file. Over the holiday weekend, two people suspected of breaking into and living in a closed downtown Durango motel came up with rather bold explanations when caught by cops: not only were they authorized to live there, they worked there as well.
Not a skier and snowboarder, but still looking for some outside fun and exercise during the winter? Well, pretty soon you’ll be able to sharpen your figure skating or hockey skills (or practice just plain balance on ice) at a new outdoor ice rink taking shape at Vallecito.
