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Humans have always had a complicated relationship with weather. Ancient cultures prayed and made offerings to gods in hopes of receiving conditions conducive to growing crops. Adverse weather, then, w…
Humans have always h…
Humans have always had a complicated relationship with weather. Ancient cultures prayed and made offerings to gods in hopes of receiving conditions conducive to growing crops. Adverse weather, then, was often interpreted as displeasure on behalf of those same beings—a punishment for failing to observe proper rituals. It doesn’t take a history scholar to understand this impulse. Weather, now as then, is both an enemy and ally. On one hand, it provides everything from the raw material for food—sunlight driving photosynthesis, wind the primary method of plants spreading their seeds—to …
Sometimes, writing about art and theater feels a lot like falling down the proverbial rabbit hole as I try to find the angle to write about wandering through a haunted-theater immersive experience, ge…
Sometimes, writing a…
Sometimes, writing about art and theater feels a lot like falling down the proverbial rabbit hole as I try to find the angle to write about wandering through a haunted-theater immersive experience, getting splashed in a Halloween horror show in the basement of a spaghetti emporium, sweating through a DIY D&D in a comic shop, savoring (har har!) Sweeney Todd’s enraged high notes, and trying to quiet my howling dog in a public house. I’ve found myself in some odd and awkward scenarios. To update the metaphor, writing this column is a lot like drunk-clicking through an endless algorithm o…
Jessie Hanson
January 8, 2020
For those of you who are already part of the Boulder mountain bike community, it may seem crazy that many people don't know about the many opportunities for mountain biking around Boulder. Â…
For those …
For those of you who are already part of the Boulder mountain bike community, it may seem crazy that many people don't know about the many opportunities for mountain biking around Boulder. Â When I first came to CU, I had no idea there was a collegiate mountain bike team. Â Of course I knew there was a team for road riding, but since all I ever read or saw in pictures was about the road team, I didn't even think to look at CU Cycling's website to see what other disciplines they participate in. Â It wasn't until the beginning of my second year that I happened to see a flyer in the eng…
Clayton Haskins
January 24, 2022
1. Â Time First let me say that I enjoy skiing as much as the next guy, but w…
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1. Â Time First let me say that I enjoy skiing as much as the next guy, but we live in Boulder not Breckenridge. Â To get up to the mountains it will take at least an hour and a half, and that's with no traffic and dry roads. Â Realistically it's more like two to two and a half hours of driving time. Â Thats four to five hours of sitting in the car round trip. Â I come from a big city and I can't stand traffic. Â To me five hours of skiing is just not worth five hours of s…
Clayton Haskins
October 28, 2020
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