Author Archives: Patrick Lamb

The Territory of New Mexico was established on Sept. 9, 1850. At that time, the territory included a vast swath of land in the Southwest, including all of our current state and what is now Arizona, the southernmost portion of Nevada and a portion of Colorado which included the headwaters of the Rio Grande. TheContinue reading “New Mexizona???”

On one of our daily walks about three years ago, my wife and I discovered some spectacular artwork on the side of an arroyo just east of the New Mexico State University golf course. Images of various animals, reptiles, birds and insects were created out of rocks, tiles, glass and other materials were displayed inContinue reading “Moveable Art…”

I’m glad I’m not flying a hot air balloon these days — especially an all white one. The recent shoot-down of four high altitude balloons by the U.S. Air Force over the U.S. and Canada made me wonder if some loose cannon might decide that any large orb seen floating in the sky might beContinue reading “Open season on balloons???”

As usual, New Mexico has been hijacked again. With the kerfuffle surrounding the New Mexico State University basketball team this week, NBC and its various offshoots seem to have grabbed the wrong name and the wrong video when attempting to link the incident to the correct school. Much to the chagrin of Lobo fans, theContinue reading “Ends and odds…”

Well, Mexican bologna is in the news yet again. The first notable item occurred when President Biden visited El Paso last month to see what was happening with the large influx of migrants from Mexico, Central and South America. He spent a lot of time with U.S. Border Patrol Agents, and one of the thingsContinue reading “You just can’t get enough balogna from me…”

I’m not going to get into the arguments that have erupted about the Chinese “spy balloon” in recent days. I will say it has created a treasure trove of comedic responses on both sides of the issue. I’ll say that the one below made me laugh out loud the most. So here’s what I knowContinue reading “Overly inflated…”

I’m sure many of you saw recent news accounts that the New Mexico Legislature is considering legislation to make the scent of roasting green chile the state’s “official aroma.” My first response is a big thank you to the lawmakers for giving me a wonderful topic for my blog. My second response is amusement aboutContinue reading “Smelling your way around the USA…”

I recently wrote that a Bengal tiger found inside an apartment in Albuquerque was deemed not to have had enough proper credentials to be placed permanently in an American zoo. It almost seemed that the animal was expected to be carrying some kind of ID card with its proper credentials. I mean really, even ifContinue reading “Looking for love without a GPS gizmo…”

“It ain’t worth the cook if it ain’t got that hook!– doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wahDoo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah.” (with apologies to Duke Ellington) I’ve run across a couple of articles recently on work done at New Mexico State University to bring back the original strain of flavorContinue reading “The “hook” on chile…”

Earlier this month, we discovered a large box on our front door mat that appeared to be leaking some sticky and high viscosity clear liquid. Upon further investigation, we determined that it had been shipped by UPS from Sam’s Club. We were pretty sure it was an order we had placed for two refill jugsContinue reading “Foaming at the front door…”

Yes, that describes me these days, but I’m referring to something else. Read on… I stumbled across a recent story about how the Union Pacific Railroad was instrumental in the development of the world’s first ski chairlift. The chairlift was developed for use at the Sun Valley, ID, ski area which had been acquired byContinue reading “Cranky and slow…”

I’m sure many of you have read or seen stories in the last couple of weeks about a real Bengal tiger cub that was found in a mobile home in Albuquerque during a drug investigation. Although cute and cuddly for now, the wild animal will need to be placed somewhere safer and more appropriate asContinue reading “Only pedigreed tigers need apply…”

On our morning walk with our dog last week, I came across this odd posting in a concrete culvert that is part of our local irrigation canal network. It appears to suggest that actor Nicholas Cage was somewhere in our neighborhood and posted a picture of himself on the concrete wall of the irrigation ditchContinue reading “Waiting for Nicholas Cage to appear…”

When spell check first appeared on the scene of electronically enabled writing, there were some major learning hurdles that the programs had to sort out. Local or regional words were especially confusing to the programs. For example, when I would type in the word Mogollon, the program would offer such corrections as “Mongolian,” “moron” orContinue reading “I’ll pick my own words, thank you…”