Exile in Portales

... and I just can't HELP myself . This was a big deal on Red Eye last evening... with all sorts of conspiracy-theory stuff about ...

"Clippy." Gad.

... I have to share, and I didn't even clean up my working space to take this photo (click to embiggenize): The Brown Truck O' Happi...

Just the Facts, Ma'am… or "How I Came to Know and Love Single-Malt Whiskey." Gordon dropped this lil bit last evening in comm...

Your F-22 update… from the usual source : Full Court Press: The Obama Administration is making a concerted push to derail Congressional pl...

We've been watching and reporting on the debate over the F-22 for quite a while now… even though we pointedly ignored the WaPo article ...

I had a back operation 11 years ago this month to repair a herniated disk. To make a long story short(er)... and without the usual Geezer ...

General Motors workers loaded new Chevrolet Camaros for delivery at the company's facility in Oshawa, Canada, in April. (Photo as capt...

...is from Eric Allie , and the parallels to certain products flogged on late-nite teevee are simply unmistakable and spot-on. But there...

... so I'll just point you to Ann Althouse's " 2 world leaders demonstrate the 2 ways of conspicuously gawking at a woman's...

... and proud of it. Here's what triggered the post title... something Kris left in comments to a previous post, to wit: Wine in bot...

So... back from Cannon Airplane Patch, where I dropped $93.05 at the Class VI store and $55.63 on food at the commissary. The haul from th...

... is from the usual suspect . And now it's out to Cannon Airplane Patch for the bi-monthly resupply run before it gets too danged ho...

One of hockey's best formally announced his retirement today, but we hockey fans have known about it for a couple of days now. Here...

A friend sends this along... To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine.. . And those who don't. As Ben Franklin said: In wine ther...

I'm sure most of you Gentle Readers have heard about Bing, Microsoft's redesigned search engine. I've used it a few times but s...

So. Sitting here this morning… thinkin' and drinkin' (the morning coffee, to be perfectly clear)… our "Summer of Living Fruga...

Not much of an event as far as New Mexico sunrises go. I've definitely seen better. Times as noted in the file names. All images shot ...

Last year I put this up... Monday, June 23, 2008 New Life Triumphant Back in March I posted a photo of one of those instances whe...

President Barack Obama signs S.614 in the Oval Office July 1 at the White House. The bill awards a Congressional Gold Medal to Women Airforc...