Auditions are all about long lines and long waits, some longer than others.

Louie Napoleon, Skimbleshanks in the national touring company of Cats, stood in line to audition for…

• A little transparency on the Kirtland AFB jet fuel leak would be nice. How about it, Gobernadora?
• Thirty dollars worth of missing copper wire…

WE CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH!!!…

I just missed being killed while riding my bike. That’s not an exaggeration. I was riding westbound on Constitution in the bike lane (around 9:30am, 4/6/11). I had a green light as I crossed San Mateo. A man driving southbound on San Mateo in the far right lane didn’t appear to be slowing down for the red light. I panicked when I looked at him and saw his head turned far to he right as he prepared to roll through the intersection (running the red). I screamed, “DUDE! DUDE!” He snapped his…

• Amber Alert for 3 year old Ismyella Rodriguez.…

Thanks Johnny Mango for your DeAnza story. You should put the Aztec Motel on the tour.

On April 01, 2011 The City Of Albuquerque yellow tagged the Aztec Motel at 3821 Central Avenue NE.The question is can the patient recover or will it sucomb and be another long term abandoned…

NOB HILL--Suppose you had your choice of three activities:

    •    An afternoon at Betty's Day Spa with Darren White

    •    An evening round of miniature golf with Governor Susana Martinez

    •    A morning inside a decrepit eyesore of a fenced-off motel which has been vacant for 8…

• Don Flanagan resigns/retires.  
• Hot and dry and…

Things are beginning to fly at the AirDance…

• In case you were hiding under a rock this weekend, Martin Heinrich is running for the Senate. 
• Let the…

Just snapped these photos on Tramway, headed South. (Apologies for the fast-moving cell-phone snaps!)

There's a fire in the foothills near Menaul. It looked like it was going uphill, away from the houses.

As we drove past, fire trucks were responding, and a big water tanker passed us as we were getting onto the freeway.…

Even "the guerrilla fighter of poets" can end up teaching in a classroom.  Brendan Constatine is currently reading in Albuquerque with fellow Southern California poet Peggy Dobreer.  Constatine writes, "I'm honored to be a guest in NM, a place with such a rich tradition of art. Honestly…

Radiation hormesis (also called radiation homeostasis) is the hypothesis that chronic low doses of ionizing radiation (in addition to the natural background doses) are beneficial, stimulating hypothetical reserve repair mechanisms that protect against disease, but are not activated in…

To start off National Poetry Month, here's a new poem from Billy Collins - exclusively for indie bookstores.



Memento Mori





It doesn’t take much to remind me

what a mayfly I am,

what a soap bubble floating over the children’s party.



Standing under the bones of a dinosaur

in a museum does the trick every time

or confronting in a vitrine a rock from the moon.



Even the Church of St. Anne will do,

a…

Four Ways Massage Can Help You After Your Car Accident

What’s the best way to take care of the nagging aches, pains, and general discomfort you’re feeling after your auto accident? Medical massage is the answer. Used to help people recover from both serious and minor car accidents, medical massage can treat muscle aches, joint stiffness, body pain, and a host of other common complaints.

Medical massage is used to augment and enhance traditional medical treatment,…

Mindy's got a new post up here: 

http://lifewithoutacarinalbuquerque.blogspot.com/