Exile in Portales

Dang, but it takes me a long time to make the rounds these days. There just might come a time when ALL I do is read blogs. Nah. Real L...

So, I was perusing Phlegmmy’s back pages and came across this… the only quiz I’ve ever taken with a question where "Richard Brautigan...

The title of this post is an obscure reference to the way Joni Mitchell referred to herself ( “…and me, the chirp…” ) while making band intr...

Well, Dang. Just Dang!! Yesterday was yet another banner day for college football…and a great day to be a fan. I can’t remember anothe...

Today’s Pics: An interesting sunrise this morning, but not all that photogenic. We had extremely low scudding clouds today, almost lik...

As if we needed it. But, Gentle Reader, I'm sure you'll like this: Gore Wins Nobel Prize, High Court Gives It to Bush by Scott Ott ...

Dunno if you’ve been following it or not, Gentle Reader, but Blog-Buddy Mushy has been posting a series of reminisces about his life as a S...

...such as they are. Today it’s being among the first to know The Goreacle won shares the Nobel Peace Prize with the U.N.'s Intergove...

Well, a lot of this is true and a couple of things…not so much. You Are A Hazelnut Tree You're a charmer with a killer sense of humor....

From Good Buddy Greg Fry in Indiana, via e-mail. As always, click for larger.

Lotsa folks have been posting some of their favorite tunes of late. It seems like every other blog I read has featured some vid or the oth...

From Good Friend and former co-worker Don Redman in Beautiful Ra-cha-cha, via e-mail.

Marine General Pace, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs, speaking at his retirement ceremony a week ago yesterday. I missed this in real ...

Who is this man? Steve McQueen, right? Wrong. But don't feel bad...nearly everyone thinks it's McQueen. And it could have been...

SN2 is 39 today…the beginning of the end of his (official) youth. Chronologically, anyway. And to honor this auspicious occasion (well...

I read this headline and took it literally …at first, with a HUGE amount of glee, as well: “ Hillary Slaps Iowa Voter .” Obviously, I was ...

Via Chap … here’s an especially powerful piece by Christopher Hitchens. The introduction: I was having an oppressively normal morning a...

OK...that's it. I hope Florida kicks LSU's ass. Hard. Florida is ahead 10 - 0 at the very beginning of the second, and just score...

Here are a couple of things from yesterday and the day before that I never quite got around to mentioning, being ate-up with all things moto...

So. It was just too nice a day to simply sit inside and make the rounds and then…post again. I did make most of my rounds, but there are s...