Are You a Preppie?

In honor of UVA's bowl game today: "In recent years college officials have become increasingly alarmed by the dramatic population boom of the Homo Gatorus; i.e. the PREPPIE. According to experts, the 'Preppie disease', which strikes thousands of youths each year, invariably leaves its victim suffering from clotheserphobia - an intense desire to dress like Mr. Rummage Sale of 1960. Most Preppies also experience an insatiable thirst for alcoholic beverages which often results in the unique honor of graduating from college Magna Cum Loaded. Experts have further distinguished Preppie victims by their dancing style, mannerisms, social rank, monitary worth, and self-love. Currently, there are only two known cures for this disease: Reincarnation or Bankruptcy. To determine if you have contacted and been infected by the Preppie germ, study the picture below and rank yourself according to the following scale: 18-21 Ultra Prep; 14-17 Moderate or Intermediate Prep; 10-13 Pseudo Prep; 9 or less Normal." -Tom Shadyac's 1979 poster; read the article here.

Go Hoos!

Coin Toss

"1958. It's been traveling 22 years to get here. And now it's here. And it's either heads or tails. And you have to say. Call it." -No Country for Old Men

Wild Boar

"Who loves not women, wine, and song remains a fool his whole life long." -interesting Writer's Almanac about Martin Luther.

Scandinavian Sport

"When we get going, we're not going to stop! The sun is hiding in the sky, but we're going to go right into the white! Men, you do the number one outside. The outhouse is not for gentlemen." -excerpt from a good read from Outside about dog sledding in Sweden.

In the Nude

MEYEZ … ZOEWE

"Education is about freedom of expression." -thoughts on college-themed personalized license plates. Read my full story here.

Yesterday Morning

Merry Christmas

...from the Land of Enchantment xo

Christmas Eve

"It's the greatest gift of entertainment the screen has ever given you." Love this movie :)

Journalism Love

"Guaranteed, when you say 'towards,' we will automatically say 'toward' -- 'towards' is not a word. We're not trying to call you dumb (even though you don't understand the English language), it's a habit. The same will happen when you say 'anxious' when you mean 'eager' and when you answer 'good' when someone asks how you are doing." -a blog post about dating journalists. Funny how accurate some parts of it are.
(Although "towards" is okay in the UK).

Snowshoe NM

"Anyone can do it, you just need stamina." -snowshoe advice from the owner of the Enchanted Forest XC Ski and Snowshoe Area. Read my article about snowshoeing NM here.

Santa Fe Snow Day

Yeehaw.

Centennial Exposure

New Mexico Magazine: kasa.com

Shout out to New Mexico Magazine!(yeah I fact checked that timeline!)

After Hours

"The first thing they had to start worrying about is getting dinner, interfacing with their kids, getting done all the housework chores...you could see from the data all the stresses and strains they felt as they walked in the door, and all the tasks they felt they had to accomplish during those early-evening hours." -an NPR story about women multitasking at home. Shoot I feel that way all the time, and I don't even have kids!

Carbon Leaf Christmas

Daily Rush

Interesting read here

WWII Santa

From the National Archives website.

Friends

"Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world." -Anne of Green Gables (which I am re-reading and delighted to find it as wonderful as when I was in fourth grade).

Bam

"Oddly, in Washington, D.C., you're four times more likely to have somebody drive into you on purpose than anywhere else on the planet." -NPR story about road rage. Can't say that surprises me too much.

Desert

Perception

"The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it." -Eckhart Tolle. Hmm.

Menu Mess-Up

Something New

"You sound like the perfect snowshoe racing recruit, and I can hardly wait to get you hooked!" -a member of the national women's snowshoe team gets me psyched for today's snowshoe racing clinic at Red River. Bring it on!

Perry Parody

This:



Or this?

Modern Media?

In related news, I kind of want a typewriter.

Op Ed

"The War Department taking a family's land for the war effort is understandable,' write the authors of Los Alamos: the Ranch School Years, 1917-1943. 'Less acceptable is knowing that the family homestead became part of a golf course.' Well, 64 years after it was built by the Atomic Energy Commission, Los Alamos County wants to expand that golf course, affecting at least 25 acres (including the Walnut Creek and Woodland trails) used year-round by walkers, runners, cyclists, bird watchers and nature enthusiasts."-intro to my first-ever letter to the editor, in yesterday's Los Alamos Monitor.

Snow Trails

"Every mile is two in winter." -George Herbert

That would explain why it took forever to hike 5 miles on Sunday...

Fat and Happy

Conversation overheard between a couple visiting Santa Fe (these bears are on my walk to work):

Woman: "That's how they felt after Thanksgiving."

Man: "No, that's how they felt after eating a tourist."

Composition

"Nothing is too long or too short either if you have a true and interesting tale and what I call a 'graphic' writing style combined with educational aims." -True Grit

Grammar Joke

Ahhhhhhhhh

"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water." -Carl Reiner

Pin the Apostrophe

Or at journalists' parties.