In New Mexico, it rarely rained and because Socorro is protected by a mountain range on the west with a high plateau behind it, the little bit of moisture making it into the area could easily be too high to reach the ground in town, or the storms would often crash into the mountain and either veer or split ( Read more... )

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I'm sure that I've hinted about it before, but there was a time that I'd tell receptionists or someone whom I didn't think really needed my name that I was either Peter Fonda, Phillip Michael Thomas or Anwar Sadat depending on my mood. Now as I've gotten older, my son's favorite movie for the past couple of months has been Thomas and the Magic ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago, when I received my newsletter from the local cinema and learned the Ratatouille would be playing for one week, my daughter and I made a date for Sunday night. It has sort of become our custom and we always go see the Pixar flicks in the theater. Don't get me wrong, I'd also like to see the new Michael Moore or John Waters, so ( Read more... )

The big grocery store here in town is called Smith's. It was a regional chain out of Utah and I don't know how long ago it changed ownership, but as long as I've been in New Mexico, it's been a division of Kroger's. Kroger's is the country's second-largest chain. They own King Soopers, Ralph's and several other stores, with operations in 31 states ( Read more... )

I remember that we were on vacation in Boone, when my daughter was about my son's age and we decided to purchase our first Radio Flyer® brand item. It was their "Rolling Pony" and I recall justifying the added expense of buying the brand by arguing that Radio Flyer® things were virtually indestructable, so much so, that they can be passed down from ( Read more... )

My children are in the other room watching the new Curious George television series on PBSKids.

According to Wikipedia, the authors of the original book were from Germany, met in Brazil and lived in Paris after getting married. This newest series is narrated by William H Macy, who was born in Miami and spent part of his childhood in Maryland. ( Read more... )

I've blogged in the past about my love for community radio and on a couple of occasions, I've mentioned that I'll often mine a comprehensive list for additional stations to add to my RealPlayer®To be perfectly honest, I'm mostly a creature of habit, so this afternoon I needed something to try and calm the children because I was tired of hearing ( Read more... )

Two quick book notes;

• If Diablo Cody's book, Candy Girl : A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper is half as entertaining as her appearances on electronic media, I'd already be in line to buy my copy. Unfortunately, I suspect this may not be the case.



• Also, what's the deal with Nancy Drew? We're in the midst of reading a third book as bedtime ( Read more... )

There have been a handful of peaceniks gathering on the town plaza, fairly regularly for the past few years. My understanding is that they may be an offshoot of the Deaniacs and I don't know if they're there every day, but they are holding their signs and standing across from the Post Office, pretty much every late afternoon ( Read more... )