Steve Horner: Judge a “Pussy-Whipped Fart Head”

Undaunted by the dismissal of his case against Westword, anti-Ladies Night activist Steve Horner has been busy with other claims against several local bars including Moontime on Broadway and Coyote Ugly in the Denver Pavilions. And he’s been kind enough to keep Westword apprised of everything he’s doing by filling…

Delegating Denver #4 of 56: Arizona

Arizona View larger image. Total Number of Delegates: 67 Pledged: 56 Unpledged: 11 How to Recognize an Arizona Delegate: The Arizona Look is famous the world over. Just start with a pair of the definitive two-buckle, slip-on “Arizona” style of Birkenstock sandals and a pair of Arizona jeans from J.C…

Matching Up With the Green Jacket

Sure, it was exciting to watch Tiger Woods fend off challengers Woody Austin and Ernie Els to win the PGA on August 12 — the thirteenth major championship of his career. But the thrill petered out as soon as Woods was presented with a generic looking silver-plated cup — a…

Left Behind: Republicans Need Not Apply

Now there’s one more perk to voting Democrat: a discount on your paint job. Patrick Nesvadba, a.k.a. “Patrick the Painter,” taped this sign to a LoDo lamppost recently, advertising 10 percent off to left-leaning folks. “I think it sounds like a good idea to put your money where your mouth…

Left Behind: Republicans Need Not Apply

Now there’s one more perk to voting Democrat: a discount on your paint job. Patrick Nesvadba, a.k.a. “Patrick the Painter,” taped this sign to a LoDo lamppost recently, advertising 10 percent off to left-leaning folks. “I think it sounds like a good idea to put your money where your mouth…

It’s Almost Time for Cocktails…

In honor of cocktail hour, which is almost here, I bring you this sublime remix trailer for the movie Cocktail, which recasts it as a full-blown Bollywood epic. It’s been around forever, but if you haven’t seen it, you owe yourself a look. – Cory Casciato…

Left Behind: Lucha Libre Painting

Quieres luchar, pendejo? In the words of Bart’s bespectacled sidekick, “Everything’s turning up Millhouse!” If by “Millhouse” you mean Adam Cayton-Holland and by “everything,” you mean, like, found a sick-ass painting in his alley this morning. Straight up and down, clown. For whatever reason, my alleyway seems to attract discarded…

Arachnoid Cyst, August 10

Here’s a brief look at what America is searching for today on Google.com: Love Demonstrated Ministries The AP is reporting that arrest warrants have been issued for two caretakers who operate a faith-based boot camp for wayward teens, in Texas of course, who are accused of dragging a fifteen-year-old girl…

For True Broncomaniacs Only

Yesterday I received my official Broncos merchandise catalog in the mail, and along with the usual jerseys, caps and replica helmets there were some … odd items, such as the pictured football car air freshener. Now, your car can stew in the redolent reek of a locker room! Actually, it’s…

Flashback to Kill Time

It’s Friday. You don’t want to work, that’s why you’re reading blogs and watching the minutes crawl painfully by. Because I understand your pain, here’s a link to a great collection of old-school video games recreated in Flash. These are simple, one- or two-button controlled Game & Watch-style games, perfect…

Marketing the Colorado Way of Life

Everybody’s getting into the Web 2.0 game. For those of you not in the know, the term refers to websites that rely on user-generated content and traffic while spending little or no money to get it after the initial infrastructure is built. Startup costs and little else, so the theory…

CSFAC Director Leaves…for Armenia

In what has got to be described as shocking news, Michael De Marsche resigned as director of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center on August 9, just seven days after the new David Owen Tryba-designed wing was unveiled. Even more shocking is why: He’s becoming the new director of the…

Reporting Live from Supermax

Thursday’s decision by U.S. District Judge Marcia Krieger that the Bureau of Prisons can’t stop even high-security prisoners from publishing under a byline may not mean much to the public at large. Is there anyone out there clamoring for dating advice from Ted “Unabomber” Kaczynski or a Forbes column on…

Dean Singleton Wins in Salt Lake City

Things always seem to work out for Dean Singleton, whose MediaNews Group owns the Denver Post and well over a hundred daily newspapers across the country. Take the case of the Salt Lake Tribune, which he bought in 2001 and has been fighting to keep ever since. As noted in…

Botox Bandit, August 9

Here’s a brief rundown on what people are searching on Google today: Chris Ivery People magazine, in their oh-so-informative Caught in the Act column, writes this about Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo and her new fiancé: Ellen Pompeo, meeting up with her fiancé Chris Ivery at L’Ermitage, a Beverly Hills…

Public Transport Beats Reality TV

I love public transportation. Sure, it’s slow and sometimes it smells, but where else can you get where you’re going and enjoy the splendor of unfiltered humanity for under two bucks? It’s like the Jerry Springer Show on wheels! For example, here’s what I saw just today on my trip…

Leeroy Jenkins Will Never Die

Can anyone get enough Leeroy Jenkins? Apparently not, since our story (“The Legend of Leeroy Jenkins,” March 8) is still the most viewed story on the site, almost six months after it was originally published. To sate the need for more Leeroy, here’s a link to a brief video interview…

Rita Bertolli: The Gadfly Who Would Be Mayor

Rita Bertolli has tangled with the Lakewood City Council and Mayor Steve Burkholder so many times that she’s decided that it’s better to beat ’em than join ’em. But can a twentysomething activist who rages against “corporate welfare” actually change the course of politics as usual in one of the…

At Your Disservice

The students at the Starkey International Institute for Household Management knew something was wrong that day in February: Mary Louise Starkey, founder and president of the Denver-based school, the 57-year-old “First Lady of Service” who’d transformed the lowly world of butlers into the booming and respectable “household management” industry, was…