Earlier today, I expressed astonishment that Ricky Lee Harnish, who’s admitted to having raped and murdered teenager Holly Andrews in 1976, will likely face a sentence that maxes out at 24 years. Clear Creek Sheriff Don Krueger, in whose jurisdiction Andrews’ body was found, understands this reaction — because he’s…
The yard pictured above clearly showcases how “American Crapitalism” has ruined the world’s best holiday. Halloween is an ancient autumnal ritual of impersonating the dead and tossing bones into bonfires to placate evil spirits. It is celebrated on October 31, because that is the one day of the year when…
The highway conditions early on Saturday morning were absolutely horrific. During a commute from the Ken-Caryl Ranch area to Denver International Airport between 5:30 a.m. and 7:15 a.m., I saw at least two dozen vehicles that had crashed, gotten stuck after sliding off the road, etc. Tow trucks and police…
The first unintentional zinger my wife fired at me on Monday immediately after we visited the Newseum, a lavish media museum in Washington D.C.: “I feel like I did after we went to the Holocaust Museum.” The second unintentional zinger: “It’s probably because I live with you.” To clarify: My…
Yay! You’ve just won some money playing the lottery — and being as you’re a 75-year-old woman, you can definitely use it. So you head to the nearest grocery store to cash out, feeling mighty fine about life in general. If only Leonard Bedon wasn’t watching the whole thing over…
I take second place to no one in Brandon Marshall bashing over the past six months or so — and I continue to feel it was entirely justified given allegations about bad behavior by former squeeze Rasheedah Watley, among many other things. Now, however, Broncos owner Pat Bowlen is talking…
So I was sitting in an A&W in Virginia on Sunday when I received a text from one of my daughters: The Broncos were tied with the Patriots in overtime. Because my cheap phone isn’t Internet-enabled, that meant my only chance of hearing the action was the radio in my…
Of course it’s good news that 54-year-old Ricky Lee Harnish, the killer of Holly Andrews, who went missing in December 1976, has belatedly — really belatedly — taken responsibility for the crime. But the price of this confession was a reduced charge of second-degree murder and a likely sentence of…
I got an intriguing e-mail yesterday from my buddy David Thomas, a local syndicated videogame columnist and professional contemplator of all things related to joysticks. “I am meeting the Nintendo van tomorrow at 1 if you want to come along,” he wrote cryptically. I’m not a big videogame player, but…
Last week, we asked actual twits why we should follow them. We received many amusing responses from lots of people, including an unreasonable amount from one Mr. Cargo (@defconqueso) who gets th enod this week for both his dogged persistence in winning us over, and the fact he’s actually a…
In the early hours of New Year’s Day in 2002, Denver police arrived at a home in Congress Park after dispatchers received a call about an attempted suicide. But when they arrived, the front door was locked, and the man, Kurt Sonnefeld, either wouldn’t or couldn’t open the front door…
Colorado State grad student Greg Schroll has taken the idea of the spherical robot — basically a robot contained in a ball, as seen above — and made it a reality. Well, not quite a reality, but close enough for Schroll to be named one of Popular Mechanics’ 10 Most…
The end of baseball season is always a sad day, no matter when or how it ends. It means, among other things, that Saturday-afternoon errands will no longer be buoyed by the baseball on the car radio; that excuses to drink $9 drafts and yell at grown men are limited…
State representative Glenn Vaad was appalled to discover recently that corrections officials have delayed opening a $200-million supermax because of Colorado’s fiscal woes. There’s nothing that offends Vaad, a Republican who represents the Greeley area, more deeply than the idea of a brand-new lockup sitting empty, forlornly bereft of the…
The selection of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird for this year’s “One Book, One Denver” city-wide book club program must have seemed like a safe bet politically. The book’s long been entombed in the shrine of high literature, a staple among middle-school curricula everywhere. Plus, this year is the…
As part of our search for a marijuana-dispensary critic, we asked applicants to write in and tell us what marijuana means to them. In the coming weeks, we’ll publish some of our favorites, including this one, from a badass hippie girl from Manhattan…
Our daily gathering of local bloggage. On the Huffington Post’s local page, Jim Thomas makes the case for changing the name of Columbus Day. And unlike most of the things written on the topic, his take is reasonable and measured. Colorado Pols breaks down (in their Colorado Pol-y way) the…
Having to utter the words “emergency room” is almost never good. And when the sentence also involves your kid, it’s even worse. Such was the case for me recently when I took my seven-year-old kid to the ER at Rose Medical Center after the fever he’d had for two days…
On CBS last night, 60 Minutes added to the pile recent stories about brain damage being suffered by NFL football players. Among the story’s lead characters was former Colorado Buffalo Ted Johnson, who went on to star for the New England Patriots. Johnson’s post-career life has been marred by health…
The study of neighbors through their lawn decoration … Figure 37. Ruby Hill: Mixing themes gives yard art a new slant The Ruby Hill neighborhood is unlike any other in Denver. Ruby Hillers seem to have a different perspective on life than most other Denverites. Perhaps it has something to…
I know, we couldn’t believe it either. But it happened — at least according to the slideshows on the slideshow page and the many concert reviews on the Backbeat blog…
