"The following products are the real deal: hand-crafted, regional American foods, all winners in this year's Good Food Awards. You'll find some of these at your local supermarket; others you'll need to buy online, unless you're lucky enough to live nearby." -Forbes.com. Hooray for Patric Chocolate of Columbia, Mo. for making the list!
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Cookie Monster Shops at the Co-op
"His preferred food is cookies...showing awareness of healthy eating habits for children, since 2006 he has said that cookies are a 'sometimes snack' and that he also likes fruits and eggplant." -Wikipedia.
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Saturday, October 29, 2011
AZ Amazement
Why I love Mason Jennings. Also kinda makes me want to take a creative writing class.
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Friday, October 28, 2011
The Wheels on the Bus
"I love this bus; it's like a limo." -a lady enjoys our new Park & Ride wheels. It's still got that new bus smell.
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Audi of ABQ
Fresh off the boat (plane? I don't know) from Germany.
As seen at the Audi dealership.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Ag Air
"...a duck, a sheep, and a rooster, the first passengers in a balloon. The flight proved that a considerable load could be carried in a balloon and that a mammal could breathe at altitude." -from a display about the first hot air balloon at the International Balloon Museum in Albuquerque.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Interior Decorating
"You know, the five essentials of a Santa Fe home is a Navajo rug, a cow skull, you know a Native American pot, everybody has a turquoise necklace, and a framed Georgia O'Keeffe poster." - Kris Lejewski on Studio 360
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Loved By You
"Iowa Couple Married 72 Years Dies Holding Hands, an Hour Apart." -sweetest headline ever.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Fast Man
"I knew a few guys who couldn't break 3:00 in the marathon and I just couldn't even imagine how anyone could possibly be that slow." -Amby Burfoot, RW editor and winner of the 2011 George Hirsch Journalism Award, talking about running in the '60s.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Love in the Desert
"I met a lady in my drifting days, I quickly fell under the spell of her loving ways. A rose in the desert, I loved her so-oo, in the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico." -intro to NM's state ballad, as discovered through fact checking the state's centennial timeline. Other fun facts: New Mexico's state aircraft is the hot air balloon, and the bolo tie is the state's official neckwear.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
The Glad Game
"You shall above all things be glad and young. For if you're young, whatever life you wear it will become you; and if you are glad whatever's living will yourself become." -e.e. cummings
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Writers Workshop
"I believe the only way a writer can keep himself up to the mark is by examining each story quite coldly before he starts writing it and asking himself if it is all right as a story." -P.G. Wodehouse
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
Cowing Around
"After 50, I don't think I'll be able to chase cows." -a friend and vet school professor examines the down-sides of growing old.
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Friday, October 14, 2011
Redundant
"Closed fist -- fists are always closed." -a post on Unnecessary Journalism Phrases.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Hardcore HP
"Eric Hansen is assembling and coaching an Outside team that will compete in the Quidditch World Cup, held November 12-13 on Randall's Island in New York. Yes, it's incredibly nerdy -- that' why Hansen is leaping in with broomsticks flying." -a snippet of the funniest e-mail I've received in a while. Anyone in the NY area want to try out?
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Cold Commute
"If it's too warm, I go to sleep at the wheel." -bus driver's excuse for the freezing cold bus. Guess I'll just wear multiple jackets.
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Today and Infinity
"I intend to go on pretty much as I always have, enjoying life, taking my morning walk, then coffee and the newspaper, music and a good book. Europe vaguely in the summers. Then another year just like this one, on and on, ad infinitum." -"Jane" by George Bilgere. About the tough realities of growing old. Sigh.
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Seasons Change
Took this photo on Wednesday morning:
Took these photos on Saturday morning:
Fall to winter in three days. Incredible.
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Saturday, October 8, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
On the Road
"I think he's trying to get kidnapped by pirates." -email from a former Outside intern whose new boss is in Somalia. Guess it'll make for an interesting story.
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Love and Be Loved
"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives." -C.S. Lewis
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Women Writers
"Headstrong and tough, Lois Lane was based on the real-life journalist, Nellie Bly. She was known around Metropolis as a top-notch investigative journalist. And even though she was Superman's love interest, she was Clark Kent's equal in the newsroom." -a quick read about fictional characters inspiring female writers. Harriet the Spy, Carrie Bradshaw and Nancy Drew were among others on the list. I did love Nancy Drew, but mostly I was an Anne of Green Gables fan.
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Good Reads
"Inside, outside, upside down -- your publications sound like a Berenstain Bears book." -a source's response to the list of magazines I write for (Inside Columbia, Outside, etc. Not sure about the upside down part, though).
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
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