Exile in Portales

Two takes on one of my favorite tunes... Jackson Browne's original version and a cover by Gregg Allman.  Jackson first: And I had a...

... had some serious consequences in Lubbock: KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock There wasn't much damage in Clovis or P-Ville — there wer...

Southern Belles.  God Love 'Em! h/t: a tweet from Blog-Bud Morgan .

It's not a nice day here on The High Plains o' New Mexico, and this is why: The wind has actually moderated a bit in the last...

So... this photo appeared in today's edition of the Air Force Association's Daily Report : Air Frame:  A forklift off-loads su...

My key ring is beginning to look an awful lot like s umthin' a GIRL would carry... Assuming girls have bottle openers, P-38s, dog ...

We've had The Tart for six months now.  Or nearly, as it were, coz we're a lil bit premature on the six months thang.  But what th...

From the Usual USAF Source : Senator Inouye and his wife Irene Sen. Daniel Inouye Dies: Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), World War II...

But it's a great place to work... Lucky Thirteen: Airmen voted the Air Force the 13th best place to work in 2012 among the federal ...

SN1 brought me a couple o' goodies when he came to visit this week.  These thingies: Larger than life size. Two takes on the...

So now it's an iPhone... to go along with the iPad and the MacBook Air. We're wonderin' just how many of these things we...

Amazing. Speaking o' critters... Occasional Correspondent Lin sends along some of her outstanding art work: Heh.  It WAS awful...

We're in ABQ as we speak but it was NOT a good trip.  We hit snow just outside o' Santa Rosa, it got pretty slithery west o' ...

So there we were... sunning ourselves in the most-brilliant early afternoon sun, sipping on our second beer, and occasionally drawing on an...

From a G+ post by Chris Aultman on #EndOfTheWorld.   There's some funny stuff at that hashtag.

I got nuthin', other than this.  There are a few more union-related toons at the Usual Source for such thangs but Ramirez' was...

I got home from my dental appointment and found my new monitor wedged behind the screen door.  So, I did what any normal geek would do and ...

It's easy to understand why the kid's confused.  I see tons (heh) of Santas EVERY day. In other news... I'm up at oh-dark...

That Lil Ol' Band From Tejas... Could I get some pie a la mode When I come in off the road Do she still have her fightin' gear ...