Exile in Portales

Aretha! I'd take that ride in her pink Cadillac, wouldn't even think twice. Speaking of pink Cadillacs, this: I'm r...

I'm just back from the polling place and it was a walk-up proposition, no waiting at all.  That said, there were about 25 ~ 30 people...

Go vote!  Mr. Gorrell, from the Usual Source of these things, has sumthin' to say about that: I agree with him. And then there...

The Public Radio world, and a LOT of the rest of us, suffered a loss today.  From NPR's web site: Photo credit: NPR Tom Magliozzi...

Constant Correspondent and Occasional Reader Lin sends along the following: Thought you might enjoy seeing your first car ad. This is...

From an article at The Daily Beast ... VATICAN CITY—In the 500 or so years since the Sistine Chapel was decorated, it has never looked s...

From last night's game at The Joe: That demonstration brought a tear to my eye.  We love him here in P-Ville, as well. Oh, yeah.....

So, there I was*... out at Cannon Airplane Patch again, for the second time this week.  Today we went out that way to get our quarterly hai...

Well, this is most interesting (read the whole piece from the Hemmings Daily here ): Fun?  I dunno.  I've never driven a Deux Che...

The annual Nikon Small World photomicrography winners have been announced for 2014 and they are spectacular.  A screen-shot from the web si...

... to fans of the Allman Brothers Band.  This , from Rolling Stone : A couple o' things come to mind here.  First, I was fortunat...

History WILL repeat itself: There are ten more rejected cards here .

First, a couple o' 'toons from the Usual Source o' these things: And then there's this, from a daily newsletter I...

... go out to Gordie Howe and his family.  From the Detroit Free Press : Gordie Howe — the hockey legend and giant among Detroit sports...

I suppose an early rise is to be expected when one goes to bed around 2230 hrs.  I find it middling-strange that I only need about six hour...

I can see myself in that picture, but... alas.  I was in Prague about 14 years too early.

That would be this, from the Usual USAF Source : Jurassic Raptors Air Frame: F-22 Raptors fly in formatio...

Promoted from comments to the main page... Our Man Virgil Xenophon. HOW I GOT TO SEE FOOTBALL GAMES IN TIGER STADIUM FOR FREE 1971-1972...

From the Usual Source of these things: And to round off a viral video chart that has been totally free of cats and unfortunate accid...

So, there I was... watching the Beloved Wings play the Hated Flightless Birds last evening with about four minutes left in the game and the...