Like so many others around the world, I was awed by the spectacle of President Bush ducking to avoid a pair of shoes hucked by Iraqi TV journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi at a news conference yesterday. Apparently, flashing footwear at someone is one of the worst insults a person can give in Arab culture.
Mainly I'm impressed because of all the ways that shoe-throwing could be applied to daily life in America. So watch out, assholes. I'm done with middle fingers and crotch-grabbing. Below are the
After my recent blog about fast-casual chains in Colorado, someone posted an odd comment that didn't really pertain to what I had written about. The gist of it was that Enstrom's candy company had produced mass batches of faulty candy unbeknownst to her friend, who'd shipped ten boxes as presents, all of which had the problem of the chocolate coating separating from the toffee. After reading this post, I e-mailed Enstrom's and promptly received a call from owner Doug Simons.
Simons sa
Yesterday, Greeley's own JBS Swift Beef Co. recalled over 41,000 pounds of meat contaminated with O157:H7 E.coli bacteria, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. The stuff went out on April 21 to enterprises in Colorado and a dozen other states ranging from California to Florida, so there's no telling how much of it's already gone into the gullets of unwitting carnivores -- but for what it's worth, the Ag department folks have provided a list of i
