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Dick Chingadero
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Ronnie Caton commented on Dick Chingadero's blog post 'Heart of the City'
Ben, I found the third part of your interview with Oran Caton at http://www.qcsunonline.com/common/printer/view.php?db=quaycounty&id=5355. Does the rest of the interview exist online anywhere? - Ronnie Caton
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Dick Chingadero commented on Dick Chingadero's blog post 'Margaret Atwood'
Right on, Kelly! It's sure to be great. I just picked up "The Year of the Flood" the other day and have not a chance to start it. But if it's like Oryx and Crake, it'll be good.
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Kelly commented on Dick Chingadero's blog post 'Margaret Atwood'
I'm there - already got my ticket!
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For those who haven't heard, Margaret Atwood is doing a reading at UNM on Monday evening from her new book, "The Year of the Flood," the post-apocalyptic/dystopic sequel (or is the prequel?) to Oryx & Crake. Atwood may be best known for her novel ...
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Dick Chingadero commented on Doug R's group 'ABQ's Little Lebowski Urban Achievers'
This isn't Viet Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.
October 31
Dick Chingadero commented on Doug R's group 'ABQ's Little Lebowski Urban Achievers'
Oh, wait. I just looked at a video over on the HOOPERS page. For the kids, not so much. For the guys... Oh yeah.
October 30
Dick Chingadero commented on Doug R's group 'ABQ's Little Lebowski Urban Achievers'
No doubt! No, Cathy, they weren't bowling team members. I don't know who they were. Just some saps tired of getting email. I noticed the first one just before the last bowling event. The next was just a few days ago. Probably went to join Albuqu...
October 30

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Where I Live:
West Side, North End. or.... North Side, West End
About Me:
50-ish. MFA student. Freshman English Teacher. Total Fraud.
Favorite Thing(s) About Albuquerque:
The bosque/North Valley. Chile. The Food, man. The fooood. Reasonably bike friendly
Relationship Status:
Domestically Partnered
My Website:
http://moonpiechronicles.blogspot.com/
What I'm Reading:
"Jesus' Son" Denis Johnson
"Rabbit Angstrom: The Novels" John Updike
"Our Story Begins" Tobias Wolff

ON DECK:
"Misconception" Ryan Boudinot
"B is for Beer" Tom Robbins
"Last Night in Twisted River" John Irving
"The American Painter" Emma Dial
"Drown" Junot Diaz
"The Year of the Flood" By Margaret Atwood
"The Lacuna" Barbara Kingsolver
What I'm Listening To:
On the iPod this week:

Robert Earl Keen,
Bob Dylan,
Bruce Springsteen,
John Prine
Jimmy Buffett
Richard Shindell
Gin Blossoms,
GooGoo Dolls,
Jerry Jeff Walker,
and many many more!!

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Margaret Atwood

For those who haven't heard, Margaret Atwood is doing a reading at UNM on Monday evening from her new book, "The Year of the Flood," the post-apocalyptic/dystopic sequel (or is the prequel?) to Oryx & Crake. Atwood may be best known for her novel "The Handmaid's Tale." Her stuff is gruesome and creepy and edgy and gets under your skin.

The reading is at 7pm in Woodw… Continue

Posted on November 10, 2009 at 10:16pm — 2 Comments

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Using "The Dad Voice" as a Rhetorical Tool: Day 8 as a T.A.

As I've mentioned, I received a Teaching Assistantship from UNM to cover my tuition in the Creative Fiction MFA program there. Calling it an assistantship is not quite right. Unlike other departments, where a professor lectures and a TA administers tests and grades homework, in the English department, TAs are on the front lines, with the first year TAs teaching freshman composition (which we do in exchange for our tuition.) I've been posting updates on the teaching over at the the… Continue

Posted on September 11, 2009 at 7:30pm — 6 Comments

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What is this plant?

I'm sure there's a forum for this but I'm not sure where. My sister found this camping in the Jemez. Anyone know what it is?

Posted on August 15, 2009 at 8:40am — 4 Comments

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The REAL reason I live in NM

This afternoon I was driving down north 4th and it hit me. The real reason I live in New Mexico.

For several weeks now, at the Walmart on Coors Bypass there's been caution tape around a wall of shopping carts, and off in the corner a propane tank and a blackened metal cage.

But today, there was the aroma of fresh roasted green chile. I'd venture to say that there are few, if any, other locales in the U.S. that have a comparable aroma announcing a season. You don't smell the leaves turning red… Continue

Posted on August 13, 2009 at 9:00pm — 35 Comments

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I guess you had to be there

This photo came from… Continue

Posted on July 7, 2009 at 8:53am — 6 Comments

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At 7:32pm on August 12, 2009, Thomas Molitor said…
Dick, don't go AWOL on me, babe.
At 4:44pm on July 8, 2009, Noel said…
I was trying to get into the MFA program the first year they offered it (they only took two non-MA students then...) and was advised to already be in some grad fiction classes. I took one with Sean, who lives in Taos. Very unusual person, very helpful.
At 11:08am on July 8, 2009, Noel said…
Hey Dick,

Just caught up with these posts and saw you got into the UNM MFA program -- congratulations. If you get a chance to take a course with Sean Murphy, I'd recommend it highly.

best,
Noel
At 7:52pm on May 17, 2009, Amy...New said…
Thanks for the welcome, and the map. My house is right off of Lead, so I have a bike lane all the way to work and back. Pretty excited!!! (and also a little wary, but I guess that's good.)
At 11:32am on May 10, 2009, Rob Creighton Garrison said…
Hello, and pardon the lapse. I didn't see this until this morning.

I worked for a stairparts distributer (newels, balasters, fittings, mouldings) as a warehouseman/receiving and returns clerk until a layoff diverted fortunes and led my wife and me here. much as I enjoyed my job and the great people with whom I worked, it wouldn't hurt my feelings at all to try something new, so I'm exploring opportunities. Would be nice to make a living blogging, but I'm betting a few ex-newspaper journalists would dispute that.

Not sure what my DSM-IV profile would be as regards my employability, but a call to my last employer might elicit a stutter or two at the mention of my name.

Portland's unemployment rate has now exceeded 12%, so I have one more reason among many to be happy to be 'mongst ye.

What do you do, Dick? If I may ask?
At 8:43pm on January 27, 2009, usemoreglue said…
I haven't read a ton of Didion, but by the looks of it "STB" is one of her earliest collections, 1968. It's non-fiction, though. "Run, River" (fiction) was published in '63. I can only vouch for STB, Play it as it Lays, and the White Album, which are all awesome. Good luck this semester!
At 11:26am on January 21, 2009, usemoreglue said…
Is this a Rick!? Your voice is way unmistakable. I didn't even have to look at your picture!
-Monet
At 8:47pm on January 19, 2009, Rudolfo Carrillo said…
farm out!
 
 

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