We all know that for television news, pictures are everything. And so it was with the BYU-Lobo soccer episode which gave a black eye to the Lobo player for pulling her opponent to the turf by her ponytail. I have not felt obliged to join the chorus of controversy until now. Today I happened to get another look at the action.
There are two major snippets of film as most viewers of this know. The first shows the BYU player fronting the Lobo, and putting an elbow into her solar plexus at which poin… Continue

The Pit was freezing yesterday afternoon at the women's game. Someone even said they thought the opposing team had grounds to complain to the WNIT and ask for a Lobo forfeit.

And it wasn't just the temperature, which had to be about 40˚. It was the wind. It blew through the… Continue

Blues Harmonica Legend Charlie Musswhile blessed ABQ with a visit last week, and I was lucky to win tickets here on the Fix. As good as his show was though, the audience was the big deal of the night. AMP concerts often holds shows at the Cooperage, a really good restaurant with a long history of hosting go… Continue

• A UNM student has died from H1N1.


• The Journal is

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In his Seeds of Contemplation, Catholic monk Thomas Merton wrote, "The purpose of a book of meditations is to teach you how to think and not to do your thinking for you." Living alone in a trailer next to an alfalfa field, Lisa G… Continue

A kinda fluid week here at the western world, what with winter and its… Continue

• What is the nasty, oily sludge that's leaking into the Rio Grande?


• Hey! Somebody's making a film about the

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• Plans move forward to pretty up

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I was raised in an Air Force family out here in an Air Force town. My grandfather retired out of Kirtland in '64 and my father worked for various departments on the base back in the 60's & 70's. Because of this I was allowed to see things on base reserved for military personnel only. We would attend almost every Thunderbird show and I went to functions on base at the officer's club. It was fun!

When my family moved to the Bay Area, this Air Force kid was introduced to a Navy stronghold. I l… Continue

When I last wrote about my early days in the Duke City I let you all know that I found my journals in my attic and came across a “review” of the now defunct restaurant, Adam’s Table. If you care not to follow… Continue