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Coffee/Yoga/MMJ/Restaurant Ring Uncovered

Coffee/Yoga/MMJ/Restaurant Ring Uncovered

This post originally appeared in the Blue Line's 2012 April Fool's issue. A recent study of the most popular establishments in Boulder revealed an insidious link between the four factions consuming the most retail space.  Boulder Detective Joe [...]

Vegan Shuts Down Barbeque

Vegan Shuts Down Barbeque

This post originally appeared in the Blue Line's 2012 April Fool's issue. Ardent vegan and raw food proponent Shambala-Ayamsheekla Walla-Walla (nee: Judith Murphy) totally put a damper on the Sunday afternoon barbeque of coworkers Art and Debbie [...]

Clean Coal Secrets Revealed

Clean Coal Secrets Revealed

Clean coal ingredient This post originally appeared in the Blue Line's 2012 April Fool's issue. Documents uncovered in a Freedom of Information Act request have revealed that, just months before his death, Soylent Energy Corporation [...]

Boulderites Almost Get Something Done

Boulderites Almost Get Something Done

This post originally appeared in the Blue Line's 2012 April Fool's issue. After considerable discussion about the pros and cons of recycling, a Boulder neighborhood association almost decided to use compostable plates at this summer’s pot [...]

New Boulder Cookbook: “Never Mind, I’m Not Hungry”

New Boulder Cookbook: “Never Mind, I’m Not Hungry”

Boulder author and locally renowned dietary watchdog Debra DePrived has just published a new gluten-free, dairy-free, meat-free, sugar-free, fat-free, egg-free, alcohol-free, flavor-free collection of recipes by Boulder’s most hyper-involved [...]

Bandshell Odors Explained

Bandshell Odors Explained

Recent satellite footage from NOAA confirms that the Bandshell at Broadway and Canyon not only smells like a urinal, it looks like one, too – especially from outer space.  Local scientists assert that the Bandshell really does stand out, even on [...]