Exile in Portales

Lowell George singin' just fer me... I've got the apolitical blues And that's the meanest blues of all Apolitical blues ...

Grandmas everywhere are gonna love this ... Dads, too.  Here's what I did with one of my favorite SN3 pics: Wasn't he j...

SHUT UP , Virgil -- I don't wanna hear it.  It was close, up until the third Hawks goal.  Buckle up; it's gonna be a long series,...

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel, Air Force Special Operations Command commander, passes the guidon to Col. Albert M. "Buck" ...

We broke one of our cardinal dining rules last night, to wit: "NEVER eat sushi more than 50 miles inland."  Well, The Big(ger) Ci...

I showed all y'all some of the strange Spring growth we have here on The High Plains o' New Mexico a while back and figgered I owe...

I watched the BEST Game Seven ... evah... last evening and witnessed history bein' made.  Never before had a team come back from a thre...

... is a case where the cover exceeds the original by an order o' magnitude: OMG but I loves me some Diana Krall, almost as much as...

I'm afraid so.  There was this exchange between Lou and I on yesterday's post about jeans... Bag Blog 12 May, 2013 19:14 Rea...

We had our moments of anxiety, especially in the final two minutes of the third period, but all's well that ends well. Buh-bye, D...

I did sumthin' today that I thought I'd NEVER do... I bought a pair o' jeans that aren't made by the descendents o' Lev...

The fifth annual reiteration of our Mother's Day post: Happy Mother's Day   Ah…dog poop. Probably one of the (very...

... are gonna give me a heart attack before this is all over.  We excused ourselves from yesterday's Command Performance and hied our O...

There are way too many geeky references and inside jokes in this Audi ad that I don't get.  But I DO get the car. Here's the ru...

I was gonna post this as an update to the post below and then I thought "Wait.  We have a category for this!"  And so it is... ...

It's been raining off and on all day, which is a Great Good Thing.  Even more amazing is the fact today's rain is of the gentle, fa...

... which is to say the sorta day where I got nuthin' yet my Occasional Correspondents come through to rescue me.  Again.  Frequent Cor...

I mentioned yesterday that we'd restocked our fridge o' many charms with some drinkable beer after that Sammy Adams debacle.  We al...

Who'd a thunk it, eh?  OTOH, the competition was pretty weak .  "Elect me coz I'm Stephen Colbert's sister" ain...

What's the male equivalent o' "stunning?" We had to get up at oh-dark-thirty today or at least the Retired Geezer equ...