Mountain Biking: Rubber side down- Time for a TurnaroundWell, my friends, things are finally looking up, and good timing, too, since I’m sure you’re all sick of me bitching. Recent bike build, including wheels… fun! In what feels like a fairly short time, I’ve come from sitting around … Continue reading → […]
- This Raised My PulseHey, baby… wanna ride? I may be injured, but I’m not dead yet. I can still have racy thoughts. Here’s more info. In other news, UBI was an awesome success! I had a blast. I highly recommend it. Overhaul day…. … Continue reading → […]
- Time for a Turnaround
- Edgy Veggie
Petroleum prices on the rise
So gas prices are going up. Again.
That means it’s time to start thinking about alternate means of transportation.
How will you be getting from Point A to Point B?
By bike? Photo by Paul Aiken.
By bus? Photo by Marty Caivano.
Will you walk? Photo by Paul Aiken.
Will you walk with friends? Photo by Lynne Sladky, AP.
We want to know … so tell us!
Erie dog takes home top honors
Kenai, the Bernese mountain dog mix, who saved a house full of people from carbon monoxide poisoning | Todd Smarr
Kenai, a Bernese mountain dog-mix from Erie, Colo., has been named the Humane Society‘s Valor Dog of the Year for his amazing act of doggy heroism.
In March 2009, Kenai, a 14-year-old Bernese mountain dog mix, starting barking and whining at 4 a.m. awakening his owner who quickly realized that something wasn’t right.With the help of Kenai’s keen senses, seven adults, two children, and four other dogs were rushed out of the house to find that there was a carbon monoxide leak in a basement stove. Read more
Collie teaching people Polish commands for ‘sit,’ ‘come’
For the dog lovers:
A dog given to a shelter in England wasn’t responding to basic commands like “sit” and “come here,” so staffers thought the little collie was deaf.
Turns out, he just speaks a different language. Read more
Newsroom dog detects 6.5 magnitude earthquake early (video)
"Lassie."
OK, it’s not green and it’s not in Boulder, but I think we’d be hard-pressed to find a Boulderite who doesn’t want to see this video of a dog alerting humans that something — something big — was coming.
Yeah, I hereby declare “dogs” a reasonable tag on BigGreenBoulder.
Here it is, video from the Eureka Times-Standard during the earthquake that has caused Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency:
