Somtimes Mondays Just Feel Like Kitten Mitten Days
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View ArticleTwitter-gate
The signs that our world has gone completely insane keep mounting. The latest head-shaker came to our attention thanks to the BBC.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleSwine Flu Strikes BW Contributor
Longtime Boise Weekly contributor Ted Rall has settled into a "comfortable state of wretched" as he tries to recover from swine flu. Rall, who lives in New York City, is one of the estimated 40,000...
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Captain Lou Albano died today at age 76
Captain Lou Albano, a wrestler and manager famous in the '80s, died today at the age of 76. Albano became a pop-culture icon not for the rubber bands he wore in his ears and his bushy, gray beard but...
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We Didn't Do It
Some tool thinks it's funny to insert non-BW material into copies of BW. It's not funny.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleAnd Now For Our Next Trick: Ruining Your Day
Own a home? Your property taxes are due Monday.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleFriday Afternoon on the Web
How about some Friday afternoon reading material to get you through the last hour of work. Here's what I've been wasting time with today.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Source of Racist Fliers Possibly Identified
Looks like the wanker who's been distributing his/her hate mail via BW boxes has been identified by police. Idaho Press-Tribune just reported:Boise police have located and talked with an individual...
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Broke Ass Babes Get Free Apps Tonight
Remember the whole glass-ceiling thing your mom used to talk about? Well, sadly, it didn’t go the way of the ’80s power suit.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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A Tale of Two Mowers
Gas mowers and I don't get along. Partly it's a noise pollution thing.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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In Praise of Tesla: Cordless Lawn Mowers, Part Two
When my gas mower wouldn't start this spring I had the choice between hauling it off to the repair shop and spending the annual $80 fee to keep it running, or start looking for an alternative. I...
View ArticleBeware the Impersonating Food Reviewer
A few years back, a restaurateur I'd never met, but one with whom I'd traded a few e-mails over a food review I'd written of his restaurant called BW to chat. Turns out he was tired of me taking...
View ArticleHamburgers = Heroin (Really?)
Yes, junk food is insidious, but this commercial by The Precinct Studios might be a little much. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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How Much Did You Pay?
Here's a quiz: What has a 4,000 percent mark-up, contributes to excess waste and still has consumers digging into their wallets regularly to buy it? Answer: Bottled water.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe...
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A Deer In The Windshield Is Worth Two In The Brush
I'm a lover of animals, both wild and domesticated. I'm also a fan of autumn—it's my favorite of the four seasons.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleBjork Sings Karaoke
Bjork. Singing Karaoke.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Idaho Among the Most Intolerant States
Thanks to a reader who brought this story to our attention early this morning. Boise has made a number of top 10 lists in the last few years extolling the capital city's excellent livability, but...
View ArticleIdaho Legislators Cite Glenn Beck, Oregon's Cite Rick Astley
Due to the near-toxic climate of contemporary politics, it often seems like the two major political parties are incapable of working with each other on anything. Oregon legislator Jefferson Smith just...
View ArticleSnakes In The Motherf***ing House
We'd like to say thanks to our friends at the Associated Press for this one, but we're now way too traumatized to do much of anything other than peer into every corner and hiding place. It turns out...
View ArticleGraffiti on the Grand Canyon
Ah, the scenic majesty of America's national parks: The awe-inspiring natural wonder of Yellowstone, the towering rock faces of Yosemite, the spray-painted graffiti of the Grand Canyon ... wait, what?...
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