POSTED // Dec 26,2007 - It’s Friday, Dec. 21, 2007, and they only told me yesterday I had to have my column done by today. Since Christmas falls on Tuesday this year, the paper decided to move its deadlines up. So instead of writing on Tuesday, I am writing on Friday....

POSTED // Dec 26,2007 - Did you accomplish your 2007 New Year’s resolution? If not, will you try, try again in 2008? Andrea Moore: Every morning, I wake up and tell myself I will not drink tonight. Every night, I enjoy a martini or whiskey on the rocks. If I can’t...

POSTED // Dec 26,2007 - In keeping with every newspaper, magazine and broadcast outlet in the world this week, I feel a certain obligation to look back on 2007 with either warmth or horror. Or some combination of both, I guess. As I write this, there’s a 50-something man...

POSTED // Dec 26,2007 - Family Ties Sen. Orrin Hatch inserted $294,000 into a massive federal spending bill, claiming he did not realize that the lobbyist behind the requested money was his own son. So Hatch said, explaining why he filed a letter stating neither he nor his family...

POSTED // Dec 26,2007 - Penny is stoopid. So stupid, in fact, it takes the misspelling of the word to properly address how stupid she really is. There was a time when she was almost kind of smart. She lived in Salt Lake City and worked at Salt City CDs. Back then, you could...

POSTED // Dec 26,2007 - There was the usual flurry of pride and excitement last week when Forbes magazine announced that Salt Lake City was “America’s vainest city.” It turns out we have the most plastic surgeons per capita and spend the most on beauty products...

POSTED // Dec 26,2007 - Tourists looking to sample a little Salt Lake City nightlife may come away with the sense that there are few music venues here, since the Salt Lake City Downtown Alliance’s recently published “Do Downtown” guide neglects to list hotspots...

POSTED // Dec 26,2007 - Eight answers/predictions from the Magic 8-Ball for the year of 2008: 8. Q: Will certain City Weekly staffers repent for their booze-fueled company holiday-party antics? A: “Reply hazy, try again.” 7. Q: Will they repeat the same antics...

POSTED // Dec 26,2007 - City Weekly asked barista Kristy Gonzalez at Cup of Joe what the Legislature’s New Year’s resolution should be: Education and mental health. First, our teachers are way underpaid. And, second, [Cup of Joe is] down by the homeless shelter,...

POSTED // Dec 26,2007 - Lee Siegel—science writer for University of Utah Public Relations—lists five of the U’s noteworthy scientific accomplishments in 2007. Mario’s Nobel and other awards The year’s scientific knockout: the Nobel Prize awarded...