AltWeeklies Wire
Upstart Portland Bike Builders Reinvent a Craft -- And Will Soon Race Their Old Heronew
When Mark DiNucci quit building in 1985, he and friends say he was the only person in Portland who built bikes one at a time by hand. Now there are at least 30 Portlanders crafting bikes like DiNucci did, almost all of them opening up shop in the last decade.
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
10-02-2009 |
Sports
Cartoon: It's Up to the Private Sectornew
So there won't be meaningful health care reform. Thankfully, there's still the private sector.
Cartoon: Revenge of the Nerdsnew
A study shows that NFL players are 19 times more likely to have their brains pulverized than other Americans.
Cartoon: Roman Polanski to the Rescuenew
Want liberals and feminists to defend you for raping a child? Make some great movies.
Tags: rape, Roman Polanski
A More Tolerant Colorado Welcomes a More Levelheaded Paula Poundstonenew
Poundstone remembers two things about Colorado Springs: "that the Yellow Pages had eight pages of churches," and that it was covered with billboards. Her billboards.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
10-01-2009 |
Comedy
Tags: Paula Poundstone, NPR
Manners 101: Etiquette Queen Angelyn Davis Gives it to Us Straightnew
I don't think of myself as a particularly ill-mannered rube, but for someone who eats out for a living, my tableside comportment is, frankly, a bit lacking. I have discovered the hard way that manners do matter.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
09-30-2009 |
Culture
How Do You Smell 200 Things at Once? Drink Winenew
The average human detects 2,000 smells, and experts estimate that there are 200 smells in wine. Compare that to only four tastes, and you can see that wine-tasting should really be called wine-smelling. So why do we rely so much on taste?
C-Ville Weekly |
Megan Headley |
09-30-2009 |
Food+Drink
Cartoon: More Sacrifice, Pleasenew
Afghans love us. They really, really love us.
Tags: Afghanistan, war & peace
Cartoon: Can I Watch?new
A Texas court has ruled that a man can still be executed despite the fact that the prosecutor and judge were sleeping together.
The Florida Marlins Manatees Shake Two Tons of Bootynew
They are a motley crew in terms of race and height -- the shortest among them stands five feet eight inches, the tallest six-foot-eight -- and their body types range from big-boned to Marlon Brando's Last Years. They are the Manatees, Major League Baseball's only plus-size male dance team
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
09-28-2009 |
Sports
Animated Cartoon: Obamanomics 101
Obama says we're losing fewer jobs. Because, of course, there are fewer jobs left to lost.
Some Claim Their Encounters With Aliens are Too Close for Comfortnew
"These UFOs are not being reported out of nowhere. On the National UFO Reporting Website, there are hundreds and hundreds of reports of UFO sightings, from every state in the Union since the 1930s," Elaine Douglass, Utah state director of Mutual UFO Network, says. "They are always flying around. What are they doing? They are picking people up,"
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Carolyn Campbell |
09-25-2009 |
Culture
The StoryCorps Project Pursues Material in Colorado Springsnew
Made famous by NPR, the national nonprofit initiative has recorded interviews with more than 26,000 ordinary people in all 50 states.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jill Thomas |
09-24-2009 |
History
Director Ping Chong Turns His Spotlight on Six Colorado Springs Locals With Disabilitiesnew
"Whether we do it in Tokyo, or Holland, or Germany, it's about being 'other' in those places or being marginalized in those places and giving voice to people who are marginalized."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
09-24-2009 |
Theater
You Should Be Hoping That The U.S. Doesn't Win The Bid To Host The 2016 Olympicsnew
As the International Olympic Committee prepares to unveil next Friday the name of the host city for the 2016 Olympics -- and as Americans root for Chicago to win -- some experts note that hosting the games can actually devastate local economies.
Boston Phoenix |
Anne Elizabeth Moore |
09-23-2009 |
Sports
