Exile in Portales

Doomsday? That would be April 13, 2036 . Maybe. A £150 MILLION space mission should be launched to deflect an asteroid which is set to ...

From Representative Sam Johnson’s (R-TX) speech to the House during floor debate on the Iraq resolution: “You know, I flew 62 combat miss...

One of my heroes is profiled in today’s NYT : Chris Chelios is having another fine season as a top-four defenseman for Detroit , averaging...

From a site with a huge and oh-so-interesting collection of black and white photos of New York City , beginning at the turn of the last ...

A good read… “ The Story of Sergey Brin…How the Moscow-Born entrepreneur cofounded and changed the way the world searches .” If you’re no...

Credit where credit is due… the NYT has a good write-up on Firedoglake’s coverage of the Libby trial. My POV and FDL’s couldn’t be fu...

Placeholder. Today’s Pic: A shot in the Modern and Contemporary Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts , Houston . I’ve posted a few ...

So, I’m sitting here, by the window, watching the snow come down. Which I’ve been doing for about the past hour and a half. It’s not t...

So…did he stay? Or did he go? First there was this : Feb. 13, 2007 — While members of the U.S. House of Representatives take turns wei...

A re-run from last year: Creepy Valentines . As the sample on the right indicates, they are indeed creepy. It looks like a good day ...

On the lighter side of “Climate Change…” Global Warming Shovel Hot Item in New York Stores by Scott Ott (2007-02-11) — Wal-Mart and Ho...

Today’s Pic Silliness: I’m sure A&A aren’t going to like one of these pics, now that they are “young ladies” and no longer girls....

(click for larger) ...today, via e-mail. This politically-INcorrect map of the USA. Pretty danged funny, IMO. And it's not completely...

The NY Sun : Global Warming Turns Ugly . When the left is out to smear an opponent, any brand of tar will do. Consider Vice Presiden...

I’m still in a bit of a funk when it comes to “meaningful” blog posts. You know, things like Putin reviving the Cold War , Obama’s form...

Today’s Pic: Irises in a Taos flower garden. May, 2004. I might be back later. But at the moment I don’t have a single thing to sa...

A Comparison of Live Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo Mail . The money graf: Overall we prefer Gmail over all other webmail applications becaus...

Today’s Pic: An architectural detail on the Hotel Adolphus in Dallas . From their web site: A baroque masterpiece opened in 1912, T...

re: the title...you decide. Open to all… with certain limitations : Although Google posted in Gmail's help that "anyone in the wo...