Los Volcanes Fitness Center Opening Originally uploaded by MayorMarty. A giant scissors sighting on Albuquerque’s west side. Previous giant stuff coverage on Inkstain: giant scissors giant scissors update giant sushi giant inflatable promotional items of various types
Happy 61st anniversary of nothing terribly interesting happening down in the deserts of southeastern New Mexico, and let me take this opportunity to reprise one of my all time greatest hits: Roswell Myths Crash Into Reality: In conventional historical research or journalistic exposé, says Brandeis University anthropologist Benson Saler, successive investigations fill in details and …
“Reality is a sandwich I did not order.” – Zippy and Zerbina
New Mexico politics quote of the week: I can honestly say I think I would recall being cited for urinating in a bush. And I don’t think I would urinate in a bush at a police station. Jerome Block, in today’s Journal
So you’re in a product marketing meeting for a major toy company that’s developing an Indiana Jones Special Edition Mr. Potato Head. And you are pure inspiration: “Why not call it `Taters of the Lost Ark’?” A product cycle later, you walk into your local K-Mart, and there it is. How cool would that be, …
John Fleck visits my beehive Originally uploaded by chantal foster. That’s me, looking at Chantal’s bees this morning. Chantal’s the smartest person I know about the nature of self-organizing web communities (she’s the founder of Duke City Fix). You can’t exactly manage them. Instead, you provide the seed to get things started and the necessary …
Aaron sums up the importance of the ordinary at a pride day barbecue for his friends Ron and David: The real story there, the real victory, is that Ron’s parents are there at his cookout, chatting about lawn care and paint chips with their son-in-law in a way that you’d never ever have imagined fifty …
High praise that recently showed up in a comment on an old thread on climate change adaptation and mitigation: This website is very nice and colorful too. Its nice to have something to show others where you attend church and to show all the smiling people filled of the goodness of the Lord. You have …
Lissa made a startling discovery yesterday at Costco. There were no women’s tennis shoes in stock. It was not just that they have become more expensive. There were none available at any price. This raises an interesting question: have we reached peak women’s tennis shoes? Will women have to start going barefoot? Or will they …
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