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Alexis's Blog – June 2008 Archive (4)

Hairless at Home Depot

To the Woman Who Lost Her Hair Extensions on the floor of the Home Depot on Eubank,

Thank you for making my day. When the kindly old man starting wandering around the nursery aisles with a clump of highlighted brunette fabulousness asking everyone he could find if they'd lost their hair; well I practically collapsed laughing into the vegetables.

Here's hoping your hair made it back to your waiting arms safely.

Added by Alexis on June 23, 2008 at 10:54am — 4 Comments

Roll with Marble Brewery

I kept hearing about Marble Brewery and got a chance to check it out for myself tonight at the Local iQ B R E W O L O G Y.

Check it out for yourself. Great food, cool space, sweet patio when it's not 106 degrees outside.

Definitely a great addition to Albuquerque.

Added by Alexis on June 19, 2008 at 10:30pm — 6 Comments

Moontastic!

It's the solstice moon tonight. Please refrain from any pagan snarking because what the solstice moon means is for many geometrically- and optically-related reasons, the moon will look flipping HUGE tonight.

Check out this story from NASA.

According to the Farmer's Almanac, moonrise… Continue

Added by Alexis on June 18, 2008 at 11:30am — 10 Comments

What NOT to Leave at Your Curb on Recycling Day

Dear Fringecrest Neighbor,

Recycling is important to our community. As is getting a brand new flat-screen-Vizeo-plasmatic-97-inch-TV so you can watch local programming in high-def.

However, when you leave your hugenormous new TV box outside on recycling day for the entire world to see, you're just asking for trouble.

Perhaps your TV is too big for a burglar to even consider filching, or perhaps you have a dozen rottweilers, but in case you don't, I suggest a… Continue

Added by Alexis on June 4, 2008 at 2:10pm — 21 Comments