Posts Tagged ‘boulder’

No Love in Boulder for Colorado's GMO Labeling Proposition

The following is a guest post from Paul McDivitt, a second-year master’s student studying journalism and mass communication research at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Follow him on twitter @paulmcdivitt. UPDATE: The GMO labeling initiative in Colorado was soundly rejected. (Breakdown of Boulder vote is at bottom of post.) Today, Colorado voters will decide if the state should require…Continue Reading…

See You Around in the Neighborhood

This stare down between a mountain lion and a house cat happened last week, in the foothills of Boulder, Colorado. Here’s what they said: Cat: Tough luck about that glass door, eh? Mountain lion: Guess you won’t be coming out for fresh air anymore, eh? Cat: I’m cool. I don’t mind mind watching Wild Kingdom…Continue Reading…

When Nature Bites Back

That was the headline of a book review I wrote years ago about Boulder, Colorado being stalked by mountain lions. When I briefly lived there in the late 2000s, some of the natives (okay, they were my colleagues) sniggered at my histrionic fears. Now it looks like the wildlife in Boulder is getting even peskier. Check…Continue Reading…

Nuisance Nudists

If Mike Judge wants endless material for his new show, he should be  getting Boulder, Colorado news feeds, such as this one: A nudist couple living in north Boulder is complaining about discrimination after being asked by their landlord to “dress appropriately” when outside of their unit.

Jittery

I was away most of this week in Florida. I got back to Boulder last night, found out earlier today that mountains lions had, on separate occasions, nabbed a dog and been spotted by hikers in the trees along a trail in Chautauqua Park. Somebody also just told me that a mountain lion was lounging…Continue Reading…