Snow
We had a tad of snow when I awoke yesterday morning. Jimbo up in Los Alamos did a bit better.
Archive of posts filed under the New Mexico category.
Where the Nukes Are
If you’ve ever wondered where those “secret” underground bunkers are where they keep all our nukes, the Nuclear Notebook guys, Hans Kristensen and Stan Norris, have poked virtual pushpins into a Google Earth map. (Hint to Albuquerque readers: some are right under your nose, and I don’t mean at the Ghost Mall.) More on Hans’s …
Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere
In which I get references to The Graduate, Richard Feynman and Rumpelstiltskin into the same story. Nanotechnology enthusiasts love to cite a classic exchange from the 1967 film “The Graduate.” Mr. McGuire, an older businessman, is trying to explain the future to a young Benjamin Braddock. “I want to say one word to you. Just …
Waiting For Santa
waiting-for-Santa Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. I love a parade, so Lissa and I went downtown last night to watch the Twinkle Light Parade. It was fabulous – lowriders decked out in Christmas lights with those wacky hydraulic bouncy thingies, marching cheerleaders cheering for Christmas cheer (Go Christmas!), a motorcycle cop with his bike decked out. …
Florida in Albuquerque
Don Pizzolato has a thoughtful post this morning on the Duke City Fix that reaches beyond the traditional “rise of the creative class” economic development palaver that underpins much discussion these days in Albuquerque to examine the underlying premises. In the careful way of my favorite writers, Don’s smart enough not to come to any …
RIP Snoopy
Snoopy Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. Down in Albuquerque’s South Valley, along the river, is an old piece of vacant land sandwiched between a housing development and one of the last close-in farms. To the south is a lovely grove of cottonwoods that until recently was a horse pasture. To the north is a field of …
Dia de los Muertos
Sunshine and death on the streets of Albuquerque, via the lens of Miguel. (And apropos of nothing except an odd coincidence, as I’m penning this post, I’m listening to Bela Lugosi’s Dead. Which Miguel gave me. Wooooo….)
Environmental History of the Rio Grande
A few years back, the U.S. Forest Service funded historian Dan Scurlock to prepare an environmental history of the middle Rio Grande basin. It’s a treasure, referred to lovingly by researchers and folks in the climate/water/environmental policy community here. But it’s very hard to come by a copy. I recently discovered that the Forest Service …
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End Times in New Mexico
The whole Planet X pole shift calamity turned out to be a bust. Sorry, life and civilization as we know it were not destroyed. But not to worry! 2012 is just around the corner. As prophesied by the Mayan calendrical thingamajigs, we’re all pretty much screwed in just six short years. Not to worry, though, …
Mariachi Action Team
There apparently is a picture of me on the InterWeb. Also, I believe taken the same day, Mariachis. (You’ll recall that, in last week’s episode, Mariachis serenaded us along the bike trail. Coming up, the Mariachi Action Team (MAT) rescues Sophie from the SUB.)