It’s a good week to be a UFO fan here in Denver. The Mutual UFO Network, or MUFON, is putting on their 38th annual UFO Symposium this weekend at the Denver Marriot Tech Center. They’re promising a line-up of top-notch speakers in the field, including Stanton Friedman, Timothy Good and…
According to this story, the Thai police are implementing a novel way to shame bad cops: making them wear a bright pink Hello Kitty armband. Call me an optimist, but I think this could work in Denver, and god knows we have our share of bad cops. The Thai cops…
Thousands of man hours a week go into adding to academic databases that make reports on the latest and greatest human achievements available to the public, and this is what America is searching today: Hillary Nutcracker The production of this toy will likely have the same kind of divisive reaction…
Click here for larger image. Total Number of Delegates: 9 Pledged: 3 Unpledged: 6 How to Recognize an American Samoan Delegate: As Pacific Islanders, American Samoans look like Hawaiians, only a lot more “gangsta.” Their traditional nave-to-knee body tattoo (pe’a) is inked with a pig’s tooth attached to a drumstick…
KOA talk-show host Bob Newman, known to fans and foes alike as Gunny Bob, has received plenty of honors over time, many of them related to his service in the Marine Corps. Yet the plaudit that came his way on August 3 topped (or perhaps bottomed) any previous salute. On…
The font of human intelligence overflows on Al Gore’s wet dream, and this is the stuff people are using Google to search today: Cirque Lodge Lindsay Lohan is headed to this posh Utah detox center to clean herself out for the next paycheck-induced binge. Last month, Slate.com answered the question…
Lagging foot traffic at the new Twenty Ninth Street retail development in Boulder has prompted harsh words from tenants and a lawsuit from the owners of Laudisio. The Italian restaurant that moved to the outdoor strip after mall management promised millions of patrons annually. The development’s planners over at Macerich,…
On Saturday, the Denver Post reported Duane “Dog” Chapman, bounty hunter and quipmaster extrordinaire, said from his Hawaiian home that growing up in Denver meant something really special to him. In addition to telling Post columnist Bill Husted that he used to orchestrate drug deals in order to steal money…
Boy howdy, you can learn a lot about rich people by touring this year’s Parade of Homes, located on the cusp of Aurora and Kansas. At least, you can learn a lot about what the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver and its architects, designers, spa dealers, kitchen-and-bath hustlers, furniture…
The extent to which layoffs, buyouts and attrition have slimmed staffs at major metro dailies is illustrated by the August 6 Rocky Mountain News. As usual on a Monday, religion writer Jean Torkelson (pictured) is represented by her regular column: The latest edition concerns an open house at Colorado’s largest…
Kiwi International Hotel Auckland, New Zealand Boss, My sketchy travel mode had to catch up with me at some point, so I guess I’m glad it happened here instead of, say, Zambia. At any rate, I came into the Auckland airport kinda loopy as I finally got SOMEONE to take…
Sydney, Australia Hey Boss: I knew that in order to get my head right and tight down under this rock, I had to stay clear of the cities and concentrate my efforts on the small towns. I’m talking hamlets like Gin Gin, Bil Bil, Yeppon, win the hearts and minds…
Underdog opens tonight, but the good people over at Buenea Vista Pictures decided not to host press screenings until after most weekly’s print deadlines. But never fear, Underdog is here … now. But before we get to that, if you’re looking for reviews of other movies opening this weekend, try…
Check out the Plankton Art Co.’s “Gamecock” and other works at Limited Addiction Gallery on Santa Fe Drive. It may be the dog days of summer, when most art galleries close down — but not in Denver. No things just keep buzzing along in a post-Libeskind haze. So gear up…
The morning did not end well for Steve Horner. After Horner had spent several hours sorting through piles of paper and piling on the circuitous arguments to prove that he had been grievously injured by ladies’ nights ads in Westword, had been “humiliated over not being invited to the party…
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It’s not nice to string along a 106-year-old man. Last night, the Tonight show ran its piece on Denver — Mo Rocca’s advance look at the town in anticipation of 35,000 descending on it for the Democratic National Convention — but the promised bit on Jack A. Weil, founder of…
The dance begins in the eyes of a man, searching from woman to woman. Some of the women will make eye contact for a second, then break it off. Others don’t even acknowledge him. But when his eyes land on the right one, there’s no confusing the look. And there’s…
Reporter Heath Urie has faced plenty of obstacles while covering Jefferson County for the Columbine Courier newspaper, and he’s convinced that many of them were placed before him improperly. “When it comes to open-records laws and open-meetings laws, they are clueless,” he says, “and it’s frustrating as hell.” Rather than…
“So I’m working on a piece about Jay Cutler,” I told the dubious Broncos PR guy I’d finally been connected to after being bounced from flack to flack as I attempted to land an interview with Cutler, the Broncos quarterback returning for his second season and thus the fourth-most-important man…
“Welcome to Denver,” says a friendly male voice as the DIA train heads to the terminal. The man sounds familiar — and he’s certainly familiar with where passengers should pick up their luggage, the gist of his message — but he does not identify himself. Why, it’s Mayor John Hickenlooper,…
The man with the cart at the corner of 13th Avenue and Broadway sure sells a tasty Cuban sandwich. The bread is made with lard instead of oil or butter, so it has a crunchy exterior and a chewy interior. Between the pressed slices are strips of marinated pork, Swiss…
