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Announcements, new editions, travel, diving, cooking and the working life of a novelist — 187 entries, all of them here in full.
September 28, 2007 · 204 words
What’s Not to Like?
An excellent Albuquerque Greek restaurant, Yanni’s, has a frequent special, Parmesan-crusted fillet of sole. I’m quite fond of this dish, and as wild-caught Dover sole, or a reasonable facsimile, shows up at my local supermarket, I’ve been trying to re-create it. I failed totally, but I came up with something I like al
Read entry →September 27, 2007 · 804 words
Goddam NaziCops!
So I’ve still got my cold, right? After 12 days, I’ve still got my cold, but then we’ve already established that my immune system is fucked.I’ve been taking TheraFlu, which is this mixture of a decongestant and analgesic in a packet, and you pour this packet in boiling water and you drink it like tea. […]
Read entry →September 26, 2007 · 744 words
Music, Ho Ho
So . . . Saturday night I was at the Globalquerque festival, on my way to hear Yungchen Lhamo again, and I passed by the open air pavilion, and there was Puerto Plata and his band. And the music was so good that I couldn’t pull myself away.Puerto Plata’s real name is Jose. He renamed […]
Read entry →September 25, 2007 · 1,308 words
Music, Ho
This past weekend was Globalquerque, a two-day music festival on the grounds of the National Hispanic Cultural Center. They had three stages going at once, along with a little tent city featuring arts, crafts, and food. The three-stages-at-once concept is ideal in theory, but in practice it means you miss two-thirds of
Read entry →September 21, 2007 · 96 words
Knickers in a Twist
“Your client, Shaker Aamer, detainee ISN 239, was recently discovered to be wearing Under Armor briefs and a Speedo bathing suit . . . “Thus begins a letter from Commander [Redacted], inquiring as to whether the lawyer for Mr. Aamer, a Guantanamo detainee, had smuggled him illegal underwear. (Commander [Redacted] has a
Read entry →September 20, 2007 · 62 words
Y’all Come
Like the handsome picture says, I’ll be participating in the Authors’ Symposium in the Jemez Valley High School Auditorium in Canon, NM on Saturday the 29th. The Jemez Valley features craggy natural beauty, hot springs, the Soda Dam, Roman Catholic and Buddhist monks, and the Jemez Indians. We’ll probably be the least
Read entry →September 20, 2007 · 53 words
Harbingers
It’s not a good sign when you open your door and discover three TV news helicopters circling your house.That’s what’s happening outside as I type this.I shall avoid answering the door tonight, lest I be confronted with a 60 Minutes camera crew or the bhoys from Homeland Security . . .
Read entry →September 19, 2007 · 160 words
To the Moon
NASA is recruiting the next generation of astronauts, to service the ISS and establish and staff our future moon base. Y’all have till July 1 to apply. The salary range is $59,493.00 to $130,257.00 per year “The open positions require extensive travel on Earth and in space. Possible destinations may include, but are no
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