One of the best and most surprising effects of the election of Barack Obama has been an igniting in me to remain active in local and national politics. There is no excuse for apathy and passivity at this point. I will no longer sit idly by while a government who is accountable to its citizenry acts in opposition to the will of the people. I will learn/teach myself, with brute force if necessary, how to be a truly participatory citizen in a participatory democracy. I'm thankful that we have the… Continue

The Cinemark CEO gave approx $10K to support the passage of Prop8. Cinemark owns nearly all the theaters in Albuquerque. I don't care. Until the company recognizes what they have done and corrects it, I will not patronize their theaters. Here is the statement I sent them on their form for contact.





Based on the news that the CEO of Cinemark has donated approximately $10,000 to support the passage of the discriminatory… Continue

Today is May Day. May Day is celebratable for a number of reasons, the first being that it's 2 months that we're here in Albuquerque and we haven't had to get "reglar" jobs yet!!!



Since I get most* of my info from Wiki and anyone reading this knows how to click, I will only mention a couple hi-lites:



Beltane is the exact opposite of samhain on the calendar. In Ireland in the middle ages it was referred to as Céad Shamhain.… Continue

OK, I'm not the most participatory Fixer here, and I haven't got a photo up, or many blog posts or blah blah blah. But I took a look at the events and saw something I wanted to do and clicked on it and it was added to my iCal. Now, here's the part where I yell:



THAT IS AWESOME AND TOTALLY HOW TEH INTERTUBES SHOULD WORK!!!: I SAW SOMETHING I WANTED TO REMEMBER TO DO, CLICKED ON IT, AND NOW IT'S ON MY CALENDAR! IT WAS SO EASY!



ps. the event I liked was the campus…

We have been here for a month now. I don't know if B is, but I'm getting used to the dry. It's harsher, in a way, than NV, because it's colder. I think coming in March was good, because he experiences one of the few weather unpleasantnesses right off the bat in the spring winds.

Everyone seems to be getting adjusted. Poor Merlin, those first few days with the burrs were awful. But now he's used to biting it out of his paw.