Monday, May 20, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Dec 28, 2000 - Jan 3, 2001
- Vol. 8, No. 52
- Where Is Your Junk Mail From?
News
Where Is Your Junk Mail From?
Like most people, I love getting mail, but if I took my mail seriously I'd be a walking identity crisis. My mail these days is mostly junk, and it's increasingly -- how to say it? -- wrong.
Unwanted Communications
Strategies for reducing your junk mail.
Betcha didn't know ...
Yes, there are weeks when we're scratching our heads, wondering what to write about. But never fear, press releases like these keep us in the know on everything from the inner workings of the Rose Parade to the latest trends in home decorating.
2000: The year in quotes
What a year it has been. Colorado Gov. Bill Owens pushes for education reform and the Supreme Court anoints George W. Bush President of the United States. But hey, we get four more years of garbled syntax -- the likes of which we haven't seen since Dan Quayle!
Columns
Beating the great name game
Believing Safeway had betrayed me and sold my information to another company, I sent six months' worth of junk mail to the address on the Safeway card. As usual in real life, the truth was more complicated than my easy answer.
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Stranger Than Fiction
All the strange news that's fit to print.
Food & Drink
Lip Lickin' Advice
Food company PR flacks keep the press informed ad nauseam.
Music
And a Grassy New Year
Sam Bush and a handful of his proteges ring in the New Year on various stages throughout the Front Range.
Playing Around: The Orangu-tones
Dancin' like it's 1999 on New Year's Eve? Nope, not tonight. The Orangu-Tones are going to have you doing the Monkey like it's 1962.
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Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in the Colorado Springs area.
Film
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Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films showing on Colorado Springs area screens.
Visual Arts
This Is Only a Test
Test your dramatic intelligence and score tickets to a Springs-area theater performance.
Calendar
Event Listings
If there's something going on, we've got it listed here.
Seven Days
What's happenin' this week in the big city -- highlights from our listings.
