Exile in Portales

That’s the official New Mexico State Question : The official State Question refers to a question commonly heard at restaurants, where wa...

…to leave Portales: Girl Watching. Or rather, the lack of same. “Girl Watching in Portales” is a contradiction in terms. If I had to ra...

So. I finally got off the dime yesterday , drove over to the Big(ger) City TM and signed up with Sprint. In other words, I have a new p...

Yesterday was the 25 th anniversary of the launching of STS-1 , the first Space Shuttle mission. The official NASA STS-1 home page ha...

Pic Number One: No, it’s not impending disaster. This wasn’t taken the instant before I was rammed broadside by a huge-ass truck. Rath...

Perhaps you encounter the “classic” myths about the US military offered up by the Left in discussions about the war in Iraq , or when disc...

I took this, including the cartoon above, from Cox and Forkum : From TIA Daily's Robert Tracinski: America's Real 'Assimilat...

Well, I’m still startling myself every time I walk into the bathroom and catch my reflection in the mirror. I performed radical surgery o...

My buddy Dan in Florida turned 63 yesterday. I shared a couple of fingers of single-malt with him on the phone last evening… Glenfiddich...

Slow day at El Casa Móvil de Pennington . Stayed up late, got up late. Still not done with the coffee and it’s past noon . Barb, fro...

Lots of saber rattling in the Iranian situation this past week. First off, the Iranians conducted large-scale naval exercises in the Gulf ...

(click for larger…) The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad . Photos taken in June, 2004. I toyed with the idea of titling this post “G...

I’ve said it before: I really like Lileks . I admire bloggers, and writers in general, who can turn a phrase. James always writes with ...

I posted yesterday’s “song of the day” way too early. Much later that same day, I came upon this ultra-cool rock ‘n’ roll video. It’s m...

Son Number One phoned last night to tell me about his day. He’s attending an advanced logistics officer course at Sheppard AFB this week a...

Over at Lou's place ... a column about an American Hero, Rick Rescorla. The immortal quote "Where do we get such men?*" comes...

Had to go out to the airplane patch base this morning and feed the vampires again. One of the tests for my biennial physical requires me ...

To Whom It May Concern: Just in case you read this blog: STOP leaving messages on my cell phone. If you MUST get in touch with me, hang up...

I post a lot of links. I say "read this" a lot. But THIS ... This is quite possibly the most profound and scary thing I've ...