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Where I Live:

A fortified compound in the Middle Rio Grande Valley

About Me:

Doctor of Divinity. The Arbiter of Truth and Righteousness in early 21st Century Discourse
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Long Bow Hunting, Guitar, Dogs, Puzzles, Mathematics, Cooking, Kvetching, Beer Drinking, Reading, Blogging, Politics, Philosophy, Video Making, Mewling and Puking, Fishing, Backpacking, Horses, Dancing

Favorite Thing(s) About Albuquerque:

My great view of the Rio Grande and the Sandias, Mecca, Bio Park

Relationship Status:

Married

My Website:

http://thegrandpanjandrum.blogspot.com

What I'm Reading:

God is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens

The Great Shark Hunt, Hunter S. Thompson

The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall, Ian Bremmer

What I'm Listening To:

Sufficiently Breathless -- Captain Beyond

These Days -- Vince Gill

Stop Making Sense -- The Talking Heads

Dirt Farmer - Levon Helm

Albuquerque Rail Yard Photo

Santa Fe R.R. streamliner, Super Chief, being serviced at the depot, Albuquerque, N.M. Servicing of these diesel streamliners takes five minutes.

Circa March 1943.

Subjects:
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad World War, 1939-1945
Railroad construction & maintenance Railroad cars
United States--New Mexico--Albuquerque

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

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The Greatness of Towels

Happy Towel Day to all my fellow Hitchikers! The original quote that referenced the greatness of towels is found in Douglas Adams' imaginative work The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have. Partly it h

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Posted on May 25, 2008 at 8:15am — 8 Comments

The Dating Game (UPDATED)

This is either good news or bad news depending upon ones gender and sexual orientation.

(UPDATE: The graphic is now clickable per request)

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Posted on April 2, 2008 at 6:30am — 11 Comments

Happy Pi Day!

Happy Pi Day! And you thought Saint Patrick's Day was a hoot. Hang out with a bunch of math geeks and science nerds and you will have approximately the most fun you've had since you had to read Wiles proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.

I am 17.76 pi years old today. How about you?

Why do I feel like yelling out, "the British are coming!"?

Posted on March 14, 2008 at 5:45pm — 2 Comments

A Super Duper Survival Guide for 48 Hours of Controlled Mayhem, Politics and Nekkid People

An annual ritual of decadence and depravity looms large for millions of our fellow citizens. Tomorrow 75% of the adult male population will be shit faced by 4 PM MST. The Super Bowl begins about 20 minutes later. The four hour human demolition derby grants we men permission to make fools of ourselves without penalty.
This year we are fortunate in that 48 hours after this Manly
Festival--its Fat T

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Posted on February 2, 2008 at 12:55pm —

Barack Obama Visit Set for Friday

Economic Summit with Barack Obama

This Friday, February 1st, Barack Obama will be in Albuquerque, NM for a special event at the Albuquerque Convention Center.

Here are the details:
Economic Summit with Barack Obama

Kiva Auditorium
Albuquerque Convention Center
401 2nd Street NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102

Friday, F

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Posted on January 31, 2008 at 11:24am —

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At 12:07pm on January 25, 2008, Lana said…: Hi! Thanks for your response. We prefer a place with a W/D. We would love to have wood floors. Does that laundromat have a drop off service? We have 3 cats which could be a deal breaker for some apartments. I've seen that Park Place apartments on-line. Do you know anything about them?