Never mind that I’ve spent the last three hours in the kitchen with Ian, O’s chef de cuisine and the mad scientist responsible for this cheese plate. Never mind that I’ve followed every step in its construction, been in on the testing and tasting, watched him make caviar out of…
The Colorado Rockies have been idle for the better part of a week, awaiting the first game of the World Series on October 24 — and rather than focusing on other matters until action returns to the diamond, local media outlets have churned out loads o’ Rockies-oriented, cutesy-poo items capable…
Here’s a brief look at some of the items Americans are desperate to learn about today: Paciolan That’s Paciolan, as in, the reason you can’t get your Rockies tickets today. It’s the company responsible for the software that died an ignoble and horrific death at the hands of 8.5 million…
It could be another year before the fate of the I-70 viaduct between Vasquez and I-25 is known, but the list of options continues to shrink. Off the list is the option of dropping the viaduct down onto the road that runs directly under the highway. That option would’ve surely…
At a press conference on Friday afternoon, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced that all charges against New Times, its owners, editors and writers have been dropped — and that special prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik has been dismissed. The shocking move came a day after Phoenix New Times published a story…
While the Rockies opened up ticket sales to season ticket holders yesterday, the rest of us schmoes had to wait until today. I got no sleep last night; I had visions of watching the Rockies take the new Evil Empire in four games. I woke up early. I coordinated with…
View larger image Guam Total Number of Delegates: 9 Pledged: 4 Unpledged: 5 How to Recognize a Guam Delegate: Guamanians are gorgeous. Their exotic mix of Malay, Chamorro, Filipino, Spanish, Asian, and American ancestry has produced people who are extremely easy on the eyes. Although the Pacific island is a…
This week, Joel Warner gives us some insight as to what it’s like to be a part-time stay-at-home dad and a full-time neurotic obessessive with fantasies of prehistoric predators eating his young. Read his feature about the baby products industry here. There should be a certification for this. We need…
The sports departments at local media outlets are working overtime right now in preparation for the Colorado Rockies’ first trip to the World Series. Yet journalists with other specialties continue to do good work that’s all-too-often obscured by purple haze. Take the Denver Post. The broadsheet’s Sunday, October 21, front…
Heading into Friday’s awards ceremony at the Solar Decathlon on the Mall in D.C., the University of Colorado team knew it wouldn’t defend its title as two-time champions. They’d made too many mistakes, and hadn’t been able to get their message across to judges. They hoped to at least place…
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday: And on the fifth day he rested. A lot of us don’t work five days a week. At nine to 10 hours a day you don’t really have to. Those of us with days off spend it pursuing our other ambitions: Music, art, shopping, beer…
At 6 p.m. Saturday, as day winds down to night on the 16th Street Mall, the zombies will be out in force, limping and moaning, invading the space of the living. There’ll be zombie men, zombie women, zombie children, and zombie drunks alike. Maybe a zombie dog or two. Zombie…
Javon Walker is getting his knee suctioned out today. Starting offensive linemen Tom Nalen and Ben Hamilton, as well as tight ends Stephen Alexander and Nate Jackson, are finished for the year. Travis Henry awkwardly awaits appeal on a suspension that could end his season, and possibly his tenure in…
Last night, Village Voice Media (VVM) Executive Editor Michael Lacey, and VVM Chairman and CEO Jim Larkin were arrested by plainclothes officers in Phoenix on misdemeanor charges related to the alleged revealing of grand jury information in a Phoenix New Times feature story. Westword is a part of the VVM…
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday: Hopping back on my bike in the morning nearly brings me to tears – I can feel my ass having an argument with my saddle, my ass trying to work things out with it, the saddle not wanting to budge. Nobody is really willing to compromise…
With the Rockies in the World Series (it still feels weird to type that) and the Broncos two last second field goals from 0-5, Denver’s sports hierarchy is in disarray. But lost somewhere between the praise and the panic are the Colorado Avalanche and the Denver Nuggets, the two teams…
Or was it the Great American Beard Fest?…
It’s not looking good for the University of Colorado. On the second to last day of the U.S. Energy Department’s Solar Decathlon, CU is ranked eleventh overall. They haven’t scored in the top three for a single juried competition, but the major contest – engineering – has yet to be…
And then there was one. Rather than face the possibility a life without parole sentence, Matthew Davies plead guilty to second degree murder for shooting and burning a 20-year-old with whom he was dealing drugs and guns in Colorado Springs. Davies faces 40-48 years at his December 18 sentencing. Davies…
The Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News are clearly going to ride the Colorado Rockies’ horse until it breaks the tape first or winds up as dog food. Rockies-related matters dominated the covers of both dailies again on October 18, even though the only real development of note involved…
The October 18 edition of the Message dissects a confrontation at an October 2 class taught by recently fired University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill involving Heath Urie, a reporter for the Boulder Daily Camera. Among the additional developments: an article in the Campus Press, CU’s online newspaper, featuring comments…
“Rock Bottom,” Patricia Calhoun, October 11 Fossil Fueled Thank you for the column about getting rid of Dinger, the Disgrace of Denver. Seriously, we got rid of Jake the Mistake; we need to keep this good trend going. I originally moved to Denver at the same time the Rockies arrived…
