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A faculty organizer for the 2006 Rio Grande High School homecoming dance was in charge of selecting a memento for the event. His choice — a shot glass. Following an apology from the school administration, the faculty member who selected the item said he “didn’t think students would actually use them for alcohol.” Um, sure.Continue reading “It was worth a shot…”

In 2006, an 8th grade student at Rio Rancho Mid High School was booted out of class for five days after he was spotted passing some kind of drug to his friends. The school had a zero-tolerance policy for drugs, so it required immediate action. When the drugs were turned over to authorities to analyze,Continue reading “His classmates must have been real stinkers…”

During the pandemic, as my wife and I have tried to limit our excursions out of the house, we’ve started watching more and more mysteries on TV. We have, I think, become self-anointed experts on what makes a good mystery. It always starts with an unexplained clue (or in some cases, a dead body), thenContinue reading “The mystery of the abandoned boots…”

In 2012, the Alamogordo owner of a 35-pound desert tortoise discovered that the critter had figured out how to push open a gate in his back yard. The tortoise, off on an unknown adventure, could not be found anywhere. Imagine the surprise of the owner when a week and one-half later he got a callContinue reading “I’ll bet he got there before the hare could tee off…”

Wish I could say I thought of this, but I got it from an Instagram post by my long-time work associate, Andrea. If you’re like us, we have a steady stream of deliveries at our door because of COVID-19 restrictions, and with the holidays we’re getting even more deliveries. These people are working late intoContinue reading “A great idea from a good friend…”

I began playing rugby in the 1970s, having first seen it played when my wife and I stumbled upon the annual Aspen Ruggerfest tournament on an early fall excursion to Colorado. We were living in Santa Fe at the time, and when we returned home, I poked around and discovered that there was a localContinue reading “Why rugby???”

In 2006, a sheriff’s deputy in Albuquerque pulled over a vehicle that was suspected to have been involved in a minor traffic accident. When the officer approached the car, he found a somewhat confused looking young man who seemed to be wrestling with a moral dilemma. Before the deputy even began the interrogation process, theContinue reading “Maybe he was trying to use reverse psychology…”

Yes, you read that right. Here’s the story, and it’s not as sordid and you might have been wanting. In my freshman year of college at the University of New Mexico, my fraternity brothers learned that Playboy magazine was going to be on campus to do a photo shoot for next year’s male college fashions.Continue reading “I was a teen-age Playboy model…”

For several years, my long-time fly-fishing buddy Bill and I used a guide on the San Juan River who was quite the character. He would work on his guitar music in the winter, then guide on the San Juan in the spring, summer and fall, living in what we suspect was not much more thanContinue reading “A brief diversion into (almost) bathroom humor…”

Last week, police in Roswell apprehended a California man on charges of kidnapping, robbery and carjacking. Taken to the police station to face further questioning, the suspect — wearing a blue jumpsuit from the Chaves County detention center — managed to break free from officers and run away. About two hours after the escape, policeContinue reading “Maybe it was the red beard that gave her away…”

It’s said that most pilots can sense the smallest nuance of change in the performance or “feel” of their aircraft. Being attuned to these clues usually results in quickly identifying the source of the change so necessary safety measures can be taken, if necessary. I experienced one of these incidents many years ago while flyingContinue reading “A whole lotta shakin’ going on…”

The City of Sunland Park, located on the Mexico-New Mexico Border just west of El Paso, has gained a bit of a reputation over the years as the poster boy for bad local government. Because of constantly changing managers, elected officials, clerks and police officers, stability has not been a phrase used to describe cityContinue reading “The phrase “revolving door” was probably invented here…”

On Monday of this week, I received mail from an organization called the “Neptune Society.” My first thought is that because of my interest and involvement in fly fishing that it might have some connection with fly fishing for bonefish or permit in the flats of the Caribbean. Okay, I thought, I’m intrigued and I’llContinue reading “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated, Version 3.0…”

In the chaos surrounding our election, you may have missed the story about a French bulldog named Wilber being elected as mayor of the town of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky. https://apple.news/AGRIqeVrVRWm0lkgvtjCUdw Well, Rabbit Hash, Kentucky has nothing over Vaughn, New Mexico in efforts to empower four-legged furry friends. In 2012, a police offer in the tinyContinue reading “Throw me a bone wasn’t such a bad thing in Vaughn…”