Monday, November 7, 2011

Snakes Alive

"'Unfortunately, I wasn't seeing things,' she says of the 15-inch prairie king snake that was glued to not only the mousetraps but also to the drawer." -one of several odd animal encounters mentioned in my latest Inside Columbia article.
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Saturday, November 5, 2011

My Darling


"Honey I ain't never had nobody like you." -M. Ward; 2009 (apparently I'm a little behind because I just heard this song for the first time yesterday).


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Friday, November 4, 2011

LA, NM


"If it weren't for the National Laboratory, Los Alamos might be just another stagecoach stop in the desert." -Good ole Los Alamos tops Kiplinger's list of Where Millionaires Live.


FYI: the pond in the photo is called Ashley Pond, after a man named.... Ashley Pond (!), founder of the Los Alamos Ranch School. And that green grass is probably the reason NM is in the middle of a water crisis.

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

LACM



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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

In My Lunch Box


"...tastes like some kind of tangy dairy cud, but it's actually edible and kind of delicious."
-The Office's Mindy Kaling, via NPR, talking about Siggi's Icelandic yogurt. She's totally right.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011