Exile in Portales

From the Usual USAF Source... Minuteman III Test Shot from Vandy: The 30th Space Wing successfully launched a Minuteman III ICBM over t...

Mr. Varvel has it right.  There's been a lotta loose talk about secession of late which, in my mind's eye, only reinforces the...

A couple o' few days ago we indicated we'd get the results (today) of the indignities visited upon us in Lubbock last week, and so...

From the Usual Source o' such thangs: Heh.  "So moral" just about sums it up and Lord knows we wouldn't want tha...

An Occasional Correspondent sends along the following... ...with the message of "File under: 'You've GOT to be kidding me...

If I could find one l ike this... Heh.  Ain't that right up my alley... err, road? H/t to Occasional Reader and Constant Corresp...

Heh: Yeah... who pays for this stuff? ―:☺:― Fourth and fifth-gen fighters, together:  Air Frame: F-22 Raptors of the 1st ...

I signed a petition... one that's right dead center for us " Thanksgiving Comes First " peeps.  ( Go here to sign! )  And wha...

Pretty dumb move for such a smart guy.  But we're all human... ―:☺:― And now fer sumthin' completely different...  Today...

Life is full o' minor mysteries and one of the latest... in my world... is this: That's a pic of "Tomatoes On the Vine,...

I was looking for a piece of Very Important Paper this past Friday and in so doing I came across this old tattered and stained page that wa...

VETERANS DAY, 2012 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Whether they fought ...

... I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac... Click to embiggen A very dirty Cadillac... but that's what ya get with dust and a...

It's been over a year since we posted a Cheesy Video, so dontcha think it's time for another one, Gentle Reader?  This one is about...

The WX has been SO nice for SO long I'd almost forgotten about the curse o' livin' on The High Plains o' New Mexico.  But i...

There's been a lot o' buzz about this... From the Tube O' You notes: A young, free-range chicken. A dominating, ravenous ...

It 's a Lyle sorta day... we've loaded up the CD changer with nuthin' but Lyle and are enjoyin' it to the max , this bein...

... except for when I do. Finally: truth in advertising.  Did I ever mention the fact I HATE tats , the existence of which would be ...

... that my electric bill... Dear Customer, Your 10/30/2012 statement for your Xcel Energy account is ready. You can view the entire ...

From the Usual USAF Source... Air Frame:   An A-10 Thunderbolt II takes off over the Las Vegas skyline during a Green Flag-West exerci...