Category Archives: Colorado

Mid-major madness: Pioneers-Panthers

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College basketball got underway with its usual whimper on Monday, but Friday is the day things really get started, what with 125 games involving Division I teams happening all around the country. And I’ll be going to one of them — a pretty decent mid-major showdown, right here in Denver. Northern Iowa, defending champion of the Missouri Valley Conference, is… Read more »

Denver’s biggest October snowstorm since 1997

We’ve got a foot of snow, give or take a few inches, at our house in north Denver — it’s hard to measure exactly because of all the drifts, due to a stiff north wind — and some places in the Denver area are reporting upwards of two feet. And it’s not over yet. Here are the Loy house, our… Read more »

Oh, the weather outside is frightful…

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Via @denverpost a few minutes ago: “According to the roof of The Denver Post building, 11.25 inches of snow fell here so far today.” And there’s more coming tomorrow. Quite a bit more. Welcome to October in Colorado: Note the Halloween decorations on the front porch of the house at right. Heh. The fake spider webs blend right in with… Read more »

“You’re not news!”

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Heh: (As Seth Meyers points out on Twitter, this aired the day before BalloonBoyGate was officially declared a “hoax” by the authorities.)

Worst. Analogy. Ever.

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Vail resident Sally Rebehn, master of the apt analogy, describes her experience discovering a bear in her bedroom: “I turned around and it was so odd, your brain takes a while to register. No way I thought there would be bear in the bedroom. It’s kind of like when you think you’re about to drink a glass of water and… Read more »

Holder: “imminent threat” averted in Zazi case; bombs mixed at Aurora hotel

ABC News reports that authorities believe they have successfully disrupted a Denver-based terrorism plot that “is shaping up as the most serious attempt by al Qaeda to strike at the United States since the September 11 attacks”: The accused al Qaeda bomb maker from Denver planned to use chemicals and hair care products he bought at beauty parlor supply stores… Read more »

Sources say Colorado terrorism suspect may be part of 8-person, multi-city cell

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There are some reports suggesting that authorities may have just scratched the surface of the alleged Denver-based NYC terrorism plot: ABC News reported Sunday that federal investigators are looking at the possibility eight more people may be involved in the ongoing terror investigation centering on Aurora and New York City. Four may have ties to Colorado, the other four to… Read more »

Rocky Mountain holiday

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For Labor Day, I went with Becky & the girls up into the Rocky Mountains. We stopped initially at Lair o’ the Bear Park, where Loyette had a grand old time running around, getting dirty in the mud, and getting soaked in the stream. Then we headed down Route 103 to Echo Lake (where we stopped for a picnic lunch)… Read more »