Category Archives: Today In Boulder

Memorial Day Part 1, The Bolder Boulder

04 Monday Jun 2012

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Spice Jones on the sidelines of the 2012 Bolder Boulder

I would have raced this year but my Olympic aspirations depend on me avoiding activities that require running (or any other exertion of energy) before 9:30 am on holidays…especially when 50,000 Boulderites are involved. L-R Erin, Spice, Janice, Chris Ratay & Peter Whatshisname.

Sorry my Memorial Day post is so delayed. I actually sat down last Tuesday and typed the most amazing entry about sitting on the sidelines of the 34th Bolder Boulder and watching over 50,000 wheelers, runners and walkers come together in one of the largest Memorial Day gatherings in the world. The post was complete with fabulous photos, hysterical captions, snark about Boulder, tears of pride, images of anguish, patriotism (with matching photo of the American Flag being carried by a group of Marines) and of course the best creative writing of my life but unfortunately I added one too many photos and the entire entry was deleted off the blog. Two hours of my best work wadded up and thrown into the virtual garbage can that holds all of WordPresses randomly deleted files.

So here’s a second attempt to recreate Memorial Day Part 1. PS, Part 2 involves me, Zippy the cat and a snake jumping around the backyard in the world’s most aggressive game of hot-snake…get it? Hot-potato but with a snake? Any hoo.

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My Letter To The Editor, May 25, 2012

25 Friday May 2012

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Photo found on First People

A few months ago, media tycoon Ted Turner offered the City Of Boulder a herd of Buffalo to majestically graze on the edge of town and expose our visitors to Boulder’s wonderful Western History right from the county line. No brainer right? Not only would a herd of American Buffalo be a fabulous feather in our “Boulder’s the most thoughtful town in America” cap, it’s a perfect match for all the values we tout when it comes to endangered species, Native Americans, returning the Western Plains to their natural habitat and spending tons and tons of taxpayer dollars on the pet projects of an elite few… excuse the “pet” pun.

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Today in Boulder…

27 Friday Apr 2012

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When in Atlanta I keep tabs on Boulder through the Daily Camera. I know, I know, but I figure its facts are close enough when it comes to the “issues” of The Bubble.

You can imagine the disappointment of opening up this morning’s edition of journalistic gold and realizing I’m away during one of my favorite Boulder traditions, Spring Bear Management. The bears come down from the mountains to break hibernation and enjoy the first fruits of Spring (read, raid garbage cans, pillage bird feeders, break into houses and rip the hinges off of refrigerators while the family is locked in the bathroom) and the Boulder City Open Spaces Rangers do their best to devise plans that will not only condition the bears from their favorite activities but that will also appease the environmentalist who just want to let the bears do their thing, cause after all, “WE are the guests in THEIR home”.

Any who, as I watch the management schemes unfold I’m always reminded of Wiley Coyote’s sketches for trapping Road Runner and can’t resist the chuckle. Some of them get pretty elaborate. Do the Bear traps ever work? Well, it’s hard to say. The success rate for conditioning the “worst offenders” (those bears who continue to come back again and agian) hangs just above nill but in Boulder, success is measured in how WE feel so I’m guessing (by the graceful fall of a 800 lb bear onto a 10″ gymnastic mat designed to catch a 98 lb girl) that this attempt was very successful!

Enjoy the ride to Crested Butte, Mr. Bear! I’ll be looking forward to seeing you and your appetite again next Spring!

Spice Jones

Loving Boulder Today!

05 Thursday Apr 2012

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Look at this place! An April evening in Boulder is one of the most wonderful experiences in the world. Each Spring I wait for that crossover moment when all of the sudden I realize that I’m no longer chilly and everything about Boulder is making me smile…and tonight it finally happened!

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Today in Boulder

10 Saturday Mar 2012

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Pedestrian Caution Sign in Portugal

I took this photo in Portugal thinking, "why in the world would this sign be necessary"... and now I know! My Portuguese is horrible but I'm pretty sure the words at the bottom of the yellow sign have something to do with alcohol and pedestrians not mixing. I will be sending this to City Council.

For the longest time I’ve been sharing “Today In Boulder” stories with friends and family who don’t have the pleasure of living in The People’s Republic and abiding by its crazy ideals.  I always quote the Daily Camera (the most questionable journalism on the face of the planet) to prove that I’m not making this stuff up…and to make sure mom realizes the grammatical errors are not mine.

“Police: Drunken driver tried to hit pedestrian” – The Daily Camera

“Boulder Police arrested a man they say tried to hit a pedestrian in a crosswalk while in front of an officer after the pedestrian ‘made a face’ at the driver Thursday morning”

“Eric Ryan O’Connor, 30 was arrested on suspicion of attempted vehicular assault, DUI and failure to obey a traffic signal, according to the police report”

“According to the report, an officer was stopped at red light at the corner of Walnut and 11th streets at around 1 a.m. with O’Connor’s vehicle in front of him. According to the officer, a man walking in the crosswalk made “a face” at O’Connor. While the man was still in the crosswalk, O’Connor’s vehicle made a sudden turn toward him and accelerated in what the officer deemed a manner ‘attempting to hit the pedestrian’. The pedestrian was able to leap out of the way.”

Note from Spice- this is quoted directly from the camera, I did not omit the “a” in front of “red light” and I did not construct the “at around 1 a.m.” double preposition… nor did I build a sentence containing 4 prepositions.

A few more headlines from today:

“Polish National charged in fishing rod thefts pleads guilty”

“Buddhists reach out in green effort”   *this article is printed in the paper but I can’t find the link to the online edition… typical.

“Drunken driver with STAYCLN license plate receives suspended sentence, probation”

 

Sigh… and that’s where I live.

Happy Saturday!

Spice Jones