Yesterday, folks who get the physical Denver Post were greeted with a wraparound ad for DenverPostPerks.com, a new website designed to reward people for subscribing. Readers who visit the site and enter their Post account number for a subscription that’s been active for at least ninety days will be able…
Although Broncos wideout (and past Shmuck of the Week) Brandon Marshall has made it mondo-clear that he wants to be traded, he’s attending training camp anyhow — presumably because he doesn’t want to fork over thousands of dollars in daily fines if he skipped out on the sessions. Yesterday, however,…
I’ve just returned from two weeks away from my job — but that doesn’t mean I spent that time jetting to exotic locations. My family and I had already decided against that kind of an adventure due to the economic downturn you may have read about. After all, I work…
Today in The Latest Word: -A few hundred pages inside the NFL. -Southwest’s prices will probably go up. -Boobs! I dare you not to click that. -Top ten Apatow joints. -101.5 the Pole? Trust me — click that. Today in Cafe Society: -Boulder Beer Festival. -Half-price cheesecakes. -Best Denver burgers…
Give us this day our daily blog. And send links. Broncos training camp opens. (Mile High Report) And the Rockies make a move, right under the trade deadline, for some left-handed relief. (Purple Row) Another Jared Polis link? Why not. (Square State)…
I’m in love with a stripper (radio station). Cue the medieval flute-sounding music. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, allow T-Pain to school you.) I was driving in my car this afternoon, and I got a text from a friend of mine. (Don’t worry. I didn’t holler back…
This week’s shmuck is state Senate minority leader Josh Penry of Grand Junction. He’s also gunning for Bill Ritter’s Governor job, and the short version of the past few weeks’ convoluted saga of schmuckitude is that Penry cares a lot more about his political future than his constituents. (Which makes…
Did you remember Chicken Little, the classic children’s story of a lunching chicken who comes to the conclusion that the sky is falling after an acorn hits his head? In the fable he is joined by a cast of animal characters with rhyming names, and they all get eaten by…
303 Magazine, the local glossy lifestyle mag known for pretentious fashion photo spreads chock full of nearly nude models, is supposedly going in a whole new direction for its August issue: pretentious fashion photo spreads chock full of COMPLETELY nude models. According to the marketing mavericks at Denver Egotist, 303…
It’s not the salty peanuts, the goofy seating arrangements or the even goofier flight attendants that Denverites are thinking about this morning after Southwest Airline’s bid to buy Frontier. No, most of them are thinking about the prices. More specifically, they think they’re going up. I think they might be…
The Broncos start training camp today, and, sure, you could go watch. But unless you sneak into the locker room and hide behind Brandon Marshall’s ego, going to camp won’t give you even a hint of what life is really like for the Broncos. For that, you’ll have to hit…
We don’t have an outpost of author Dave Egger’s 826 program in Denver, where kids can learn to dream like a writer and write like a writer and even get published like a writer. What we do have, however, is a group of people inspired by Egger’s project to do…
In this week’s cover story, “The Bridge to Somewhere,” I look at the rising animal-vehicle collision rate across Colorado and the effort to build a wildlife bridge over Vail Pass. Our relentless interstates have fragmented habitat, disrupted migration patterns — and led to a lot of nasty roadkill, along the…
Since when does July transition straight into mid-September? Today in The Latest Word: -Here’s your daily installment of the Adventures of Jared Polis. -Singalong with former CU football player. -Denver: We’re list-tastic! -Things are getting exciting in the buyout of Frontier. -Jay Cutler is a p***y. I mean a pussy…
Funny story out Chicago yesterday — especially if, like most Broncos fans, you desperately want Jay Cutler to wind up working as a bouncer at the one strip club of Santa Claus, Indiana. The story went like this: Vikings receiver Bobby Wade went on a podcast in Minnesota, and was…
I’ll show you mine if you show me yours. Betsy Markey is one of Capitol Hill’s 50 most beautiful people. Ummm, huzzah! (Colorado Independent) You know that brewing scandal Face the State wrote involving a Longmont Councilwoman? Yeah, that wasn’t really fair. Or entirely true. (Colorado Pols) Biofuel Plant comes…
At one point in his life, Elvis Presley wanted nothing more than to be taken seriously as an actor. And although that never happened for the King, he did create his own genre of film — although the genre died when he did; you can’t exactly make an Elvis Presley…
Did you know that Denver’s numerous neighborhood shopping districts used to be filled with stores? Back in the day they were all dry goods and groceries, today every storefront is a wine bar. Learn new ways to build community relationships this Saturday, August 1, at Coors Field. Mayor Hickenlooper is…
Several outlets are reporting that Southwest Airlines is trying to outbid Republic Airways and swoop up Denver’s bankrupt hometown airline, Frontier. From the Associated Press: A court had already approved the sale of Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. to the parent of Republic Airways for $108.8 million, but that deal can…
Colorado is a great state for doing business. Did you know that? It’s true. CNBC told me so, in its latest business-friendly-city rankings. And thank God, because otherwise I might have up and moved to Arizona or something. You know what’s great about living in a business-friendly city? You get…
If there was only some way to retroactively haze him, Keith Miller’s old Colorado teammates would have plenty of fun with the recent story in the New York Times celebrating the old fullback’s upcoming solos for the Metropolitan Opera, and revealing his old movie-watching habits: Mr. Miller’s life-changing moment came…
