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We spotted this spectacular purple RV in the parking lot of Wal-Mart last week. It appeared as if someone had been sleeping in it overnight. It’s somewhat similar to the “Bounder” RV that Walter White used as a mobile meth lab in the TV series “Breaking Bad,” but it probably would have been a poorContinue reading “Maybe this inspired Jimi Hendrix to write “Purple Haze””

Roswell, home of the 1947 UFO incident. Home of the bleeding picture of Jesus. Home of the guy who escaped from law enforcement last year and tried to disguise himself by wearing a skirt, carrying a pink purse and forgetting to shave his red beard. Last week, we had a report of another memorable RoswellContinue reading “If it happens in Roswell, it’s probably weird…”

In 2012, a woman was displeased with only placing fifth in the highly competitive Miss Texas contest and moved to New Mexico to enter the Miss New Mexico contest. Apparently, fifth best from Texas was good enough for first place in the Land of Enchantment and she was selected as Miss New Mexico. Perhaps thinkingContinue reading “If at first you don’t succeed, settle for whatever’s available…”

Several years ago, my wife and I made a quick day trip to fly fish on the Rio Penasco, a spring-fed stream between Cloudcroft and Artesia which always produces surprising results in place where you might not expect it. Fishing on the private section of water requires membership in the Mesilla Valley Fly Fishers, whichContinue reading “Accoutrements not for the squeamish…”

A man from Chaparral, in southern Dona Ana County, checked himself in to a hospital in El Paso this week, claiming to have overdosed on methamphetamine. He received treatment, but when he saw security approaching him, he bolted and ran for the parking lot. There he spotted a 10-wheel fuel tanker truck idling with theContinue reading “Perhaps his own car got really bad gas mileage…”

Some of you may remember the 2014 World Cup soccer match when professional footballer Luis Suarez, representing his home nation of Uruguay, bit the shoulder of an Italian player. It turns out that Suarez, actually a very talented player, had bitten opponents at least two other times in his professional career. The 2014 bite seenContinue reading “Luis Suarez probably coached her…”

The Los Alamos National Laboratory is a high tech, super secure research facility located in the foothills of the Jemez Mountains. It was so secret that during World War II, when it was working on the Manhattan Project to perfect the atomic bomb, mail and equipment deliveries to the lab were addressed to a singleContinue reading “Well, what else would your website be about it you lived there?”

During the 2010 New Mexico election campaign for governor, Republican candidate and Dona Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez and Democrat candidate Lt. Gov. Diane Denish engaged in several contentious debates. During one, Denish was attempting to accuse Martinez of giving large pay raises to her staff. She meant to say the Republican candidiate gaveContinue reading “She couldn’t blame auto-correct for this…”

In 2005, the New Mexico State Fair Commission was faced with a difficult decision. It seems that many people had begun to complain that the annual fall exposition had become to long and cumbersome. The commission decided to go into special session to discuss how they might cut some of the days out of theContinue reading “More is less, I guess…”

I’m known by my family, friends and neighbors for being fastidious about keeping my vehicles well maintained and showroom clean. I can see my neighbors rolling their eyes when I’m outside on a 42 degree morning, washing my cars or pickup. I even wash off the inside of my wheel wells and scrub dirt offContinue reading “Well, poop…”

Many times over the years, I’ve escorted new visitors to Las Cruces on a tour of the campus of New Mexico State University to show off our great land grant institution. The campus gets new improvements constantly, and there’s always something interesting to see that I haven’t noticed before. One stop I always try toContinue reading “Instead of a herd, they’re a fleet…”

You might remember a few years ago when several cities around New Mexico started using mobile vans to capture photos of speeding vehicles. Those caught on camera faced a fine and traffic citation. In one incident eight years ago, a Santa Fe resident became so enraged at having “big brother” watching the streets all theContinue reading “They don’t need a lunch break, but they could probably use some defensive assault training…”

My wife, dog Chester and I recently embarked on another one of our Sunday trips around the Las Cruces area to escape the monotony of COVID-19 seclusion. This time, we ventured to Picacho Peak on the northwest side of our city. We weren’t ready to scale the 4,959 mountain that I always believed to beContinue reading “Blue rocks to make you feel better…”

In a recent post, I quoted the late cartoonist Walt Kelly about never lacking sources for stories in his clever cartoon “Pogo.” “I came to understand that if I were looking for comic material, I would never have to look long,” he said. “The news of the day would be enough.” I’ve taken that aContinue reading “Actually, my neighbor and I might have a use for it…”