Author Archives: Patrick Lamb

Two recent stories about Texas wanting to grab some of New Mexico’s southeastern counties prompted me to look at some historical facts about our state’s boundaries over the years. And in particular, I wanted to look up Texas’ oft-repeated claim that The Lone Star State once included much of New Mexico. Texas in fact wantedContinue reading “Hold on there, Tex…”

Many New Mexico residents, including me, have been receiving scam mailings or e-mails regarding pending punitive action because we have not paid for recently traveling on a state toll road. SPOILER ALERT: There are no toll roads in New Mexico. The mail I got wanting me to pony up my credit card number and otherContinue reading “We kind of had one…”

For years, mostly when my son and daughter were younger and still in college, I’d send them random e-mails about funny things I’ve sighted in my travels through the state or had read about in local newspapers. Things like a State Police officer having his way with a woman on the hood of his cruiserContinue reading “Why I love New Mexico…”

Saying that weather has been unusual this year has become a boring conversation starter these days. Everyone knows it. The only thing we don’t know is what’s going to get thrown at next us by mother nature. One good outcome in our part of the desert Southwest this year was an unusually heavy four-day rainContinue reading “See ’em before they’re gone…”

My wife and I went to our first college baseball game of the year this week. It was an almost perfect game — not in the sense of a pitching gem, but in the overall experience. The weather was perfect, there was a loud enthusiastic crowd and the home team won. The game was entertainingContinue reading “That first game smell…”

It was an almost instantly regrettable impulse buy. I stopped by the local Walgreens earlier this week to buy some over the counter medicine. On my way to the cash register, I passed a display of Peeps marshmallow candy. “Well, how long has it been since I had some of those,” I wondered. “I’ll buyContinue reading “A science fair project???”

On our daily walks with Chester, our dog, we often let him off the leash to run along the roads which border the large irrigation ditch which threads through our semi-rural neighborhood. It’s great place to walk with only a few other people and dogs and lots of things for Chester to sniff, explore andContinue reading “Marketing sticks it…”

The TV hit series “Breaking Bad” aired its last episode 13 years ago. Although a cult favorite which my wife and I watched and enjoyed, I always thought it portrayed Albuquerque and New Mexico in a bad light, given it focused on illegal drug activity. More than a year ago, the Albuquerque home of fictionalContinue reading “The bloom is off…”

In last week’s Albuquerque Journal, there was a sad (to me) story that the Gallup Independent newspaper was ceasing operations. The long-time daily newspaper on the far west edge of New Mexico had been struggling financially, like many other print publications around the nation, and finally faced the realization it could no longer continue. AsContinue reading “The Truth Well Told…”

Yes, Chester our dog got it right for the second year in a row. He picked Seattle to win the Superbowl and the Seahawks came through. With his winning streak, I’m wondering if Chester next year can come up with a way to communicate the points spread for betting purposes. Maybe I can paint eachContinue reading “He’s on a roll…”

Yesterday, I chronicled my faithful readers (all four of you, possibly including me) about our faithful dog Chester’s conflicted pick of Sunday’s Superbowl winner. In my annual highly scientific “toss out two different colored balls and see which one Chester picks” method of predicting the Superbowl winner, it was kind of a tossup. Chester firstContinue reading “The final bark…”