Commentary

July 22, 2009 Like 0 James Burrus

By all indications, the grace period on our Profligate Human Progress charge account is over, we missed the minimum Kyoto Protocol payments and the interest and penalties for failing to meet our environmental obligations is poised to take us to…

Cuisine

Refreshing Flavors

July 22, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

“This is my old stomping grounds!” my friend shouted to me as I slid into the seat opposite her at Centro Latin Kitchen. “I used to get drunk here all the time when it was the Samba Room. And I…

Scene

Duly Noted: Reach Out and Violate Someone’s Right

July 22, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Thanks for nothing, Judge Walker. Last month, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled in favor of AT&T in its landmark wiretapping case, upholding the law former President George W. Bush signed in 2008 effectively immunizing from prosecution all telecommunications.

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Burrus at the Bar: High-Octane Beer Gets the Wine Treatment

July 22, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Big beer. It’s a creeper trend that has, in the past year or so, gone ballistic as evidenced by the proliferation of high-alcohol, massively hopped special brews often sporting familiar names with “imperial” bolted on the front. Avery’s Maharaja Imperial…

Commentary

Confessions of a Disgraced Driver

July 18, 2009 Like 2 Lacy Boggs

In the post-Inconvenient Truth world, there is a certain amount of guilt that comes with driving a car and taking a bath and turning on lights. Guilt is the new ignorance. Playing dumb or indifferent is no longer the thing…

Uncategorized

You Want Justice? Be Justice.

June 16, 2009 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

One of those “ha-ha” emails landed in my inbox a couple of weeks ago. It was a notarized affidavit, hand-written by a guy named Erik from Montana, explaining why he should be excused from jury service.

Scene

Can You Hear Me Now?

June 16, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Music is changing. Do you have an iPhone? If you do, and you have an inkling to create music, there are a couple apps you should check out.

Notes

Summer Lovin’

June 14, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

A few years ago, I was given an assignment to cover a romance novel writing convention in Thornton. The whole scenario had a “stranger in a strange land” quality to it: me in the waning half of my feminist rage…

Commentary

Who’s Your Momma?

May 11, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

In general, I carry a heaping bushel of disdain for holidays and their seemingly contrived celebrations. I’m not talking about Christmas or the candy carnivals of Halloween and Easter. I’m talking about The Days: those observances that fuel the greeting…

Commentary

Guilt Trip

May 11, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

So often I bump into those “super stoked” newcomers who live for winter weekends when they make the pilgrimage up I-70, not bothered by horrid traffic or blizzard conditions. Or those guys—you know, the ones who spend more time in…