The first weekend of March 2011, I went to my first major roller derby tournament. It was Wild West Showdown, in Bremerton, Washington. There, several of the top teams in the western USA met for tw...

From 1996 to 2004, I led a musical group called 404 Not Found. We self-produced and released seven CDs. In the early days, it was just me and a collection of collaborators I met online, focused on ...

OK, this isn’t exactly news anymore, but on November 6 the Denver Biscuit Company rolled out two new biscuit meals for winter. One is a shrimp and grits biscuit. The other is pulled pork. As you ca...

Beth and I went to South Padre Island for Thanksgiving this year, and I got subjected to not one - but both - of the controversial new security protocols. I got the “porno scanner” and then got the...

I had the DVD of “Rush in Rio” playing in the background while I caught up on bills and mail. When YYZ came on, I just had to go watch it. Even 25 years later, the guys still play it flawlessly. It...

Beth’s still in Kansas City, dealing with issues related to her father. So I’m home alone for another weekend. Tonight, after getting home I decided I wasn’t in the mood to go out for dinner by mys...

I visited Barnes & Noble this afternoon, for the first time in a while. I got a gift card, and decided it’s time to use it. I found an interesting book and paid full retail price for it ($21.9...

Habanero’s is a little Mexican quick service restaurant now located where Tacqueria mi Barrio and Tacqueria Tamayo used to be. I’ve been there 3 or 4 times now, and have enjoyed it every time. The...

Todd’s briefest restaurant review so far: Little Anita’s now has a store in Broomfield, where the Burger King near Miramonte and 287 used to be. It’s a chain of New Mexican restaurants. I like the ...

There are a lot of restaurants popping up with this pan-Asian theme. The menus all seem to be pretty similar, offering dishes from Thailand, China, Japan, Vietnam, and sometimes Korea. Ooka is Broo...