Via Rich Burridge, an interesting experiment: how many Taco Bells within 10 miles of you? With their store locator, I found just 15. Rich found 23 around his house, but a little searching found as many as 51 (Hollywood and Manhattan). 15? That’s pathetic. Albuquerque can do better. All we need to become a world …
In which I get to dabble in the great issues of the day (sub. req.), involving aluminum tubes and the like: Wilson said in an interview that analysts from Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratory were part of a team of Department of Energy nuclear experts who concluded that a key piece of evidence— high-strength …
Some nuke news in this morning’s paper (sub. req.). The state of New Mexico’s proposed WIPP permit modification is out. It goes along with a Department of Energy request to reduce waste testing requirements, and allows shipment of remote-handled waste (this is the stuff that is much more radioactive) to go forward.
A nice little bit of business this morning (sub. might be req.) by my colleague Toby Smith about Bill Richardson’s baseball career: Over time, draft status became part of Richardson’s political persona. His official campaign biography in 1982, when he first ran for Congress in New Mexico’s 3rd District, concludes: “In 1966, he was drafted …
On continued funding (sub. req.) for some nuclear weapons research programs that have not performed up to snuff: Members of Congress last week called for an independent investigation into a Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear weapons project that is 18 years behind schedule and more than $250 million over budget. But funding for the project …
I tried posting a comment last week over at Tim McGivern’s blog, but it seems to be caught up in some moderation queue either technological or human, so I thought I’d throw this up here instead. Tim took a shot at the Journal for its “feckless” coverage of the meth problem. My comment was that …
Johnny_Mango (historyblogger? – Chantal is right, let’s just dump the labels and go with “writer”) on the old Confederate encampment in the south valley bosque. The Ghosts of 1000 Texans Still Whisper in the Bosque. I’ve ridden past there a hundred times. Who knew?
A cool talk tomorrow evening (Thurs. 11/10) in Albuquerque on bats, swallows and the stuff that lives in caves. The speaker is Diana Northup, a cave biologist at UNM and one of my favorite scientists. She’s speaking to the local Audubon Society. From the press release they sent me at work: “Sight Unseen: The Life …
A pretty important story from Elaine D. Briseño in today’s Rio Rancho Journal (sub. req.): Enrollment numbers for the 40th day of school show Rio Rancho needed more than a thousand new desks. Officials expect it will need thousands more in years to come. Enrollment figures released by Rio Rancho Public Schools show a surge …
Johnny_Mango called it the best tree in Albuquerque. Up along the north diversion channel bike trail, it’s a sweet spot of shade with a lovely log bench. But for the last couple of years, it has been the site of a strange struggle. For a long time, the bench sprouted banana peel stickers. Someone was …