Exile in Portales

We might hit a milestone late today… EIP’s 100,000 th visitor. We’re at 99,941 as of 1038 hrs. Which, of course is significant only to ...

... to holding VERY young children... I did. Proof: That would be YrHmblScrb and great-granddaughter Mya, taken yesterday afternoon. ...

“This” meaning me and “just in” meaning I’ve retreated into the air conditioned splendor of El Casa Móvil De Pennington after burning a ciga...

If you perused EIP’s comments yesterday you may have seen this: Got word last night it's official: Afghanistan in September. Secret...

The title kinda makes one think of a Joni Mitchell song, but that's not what we're on about, Gentle Reader. Nope... we're just ...

... as opposed to "right now." In sequential order, top to bottom... This is the first time in a long time I've caught the su...

Well, sorta... the pics were taken about 45 minutes ago. Above is the little ranchito that sits just behind Beautiful La Hacienda Trailer P...

We seem to be developing our traditions here at EIP, and here's another installment of same. This looks like it will be the "tradi...

The Blog Goddess, she speaks for ME : Random Friday night thought; I hate Blogger. The whole thing is a slow, unwieldy bastard for the user ...

The Detroit Red Wing bench and goalie Chris Osgood are dejected after the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated them 2-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup...

Congratulations Pittsburgh. Stanley Cup Champions 2009. Penguins 2, Wings 1.

Something from earlier this week I should have linked, but didn’t: From ReasonOnline … The Top 10 Most Absurd Time Covers of The Past 40 Yea...

I think this is pretty cool: The first MC-12W Liberty aircraft in-theater taxis out of an aircraft hanger at Joint Base Balad, Iraq , Jun...

Watching The Silk Road Ensemble (on Live From Lincoln Center ) to kick off an evening of music on PBS... Next up: Neil Young. That's s...

There’s an old saying that work expands to fit available time and I do believe there’s a corollary that applies to junk and clutter, as well...

From left, Emmylou Harris , Neil Young and Pegi Young perform in the second half of the concert for the film Neil Young: Heart of Gold by ...

I had a restless night and didn’t sleep well at all. I finally figured out what the Hell was going on around 0530 hrs this morning: I hurt....

Umm, yeah. It's summer, for starters. I'm just not feelin' it today, for seconders. Maybe it's coz I'm not fully caff...

With apologies (heh) to Kurt Cobain (RIP). Is Ramirez right, or what? ―:☺:― And now we'll complain about the weather... for which I ...

(graphic from NHL.com) Now that’s more like it. Here’s Bob Wojnowski from the Detroit News : Detroit -- They skated as if their repu...