A letter to a former co-worker and editor:

Ah, Mr. A,

I'm sorry to learn you're leaving the newspaper, but I speculate it's for the best.

Newspapers aren't what they were. I don't get the impression most want to move effectively to new media without sacrificing quality. Behemoths struggling to survive. It's all about maintaining as much of a profit ( Read more... )

Some of you may not know that Occupy Albuquerque lost its permanent home a few weeks ago, when the president of UNM decided to not renew the permit. Thankfully, the mayor has said OA can protest in any public park, but only during "park" hours. I guess that means between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., or sunset. Anyway, we had an OA today in honor of 11.11.11 ( Read more... )

It's taken awhile, but I've transferred most of my bank dealings to a local credit union and have closed out one of two big bank accounts. Still working on moving everything over to the credit union.

One, probably unfounded, fear I have is completely closing that final big bank checking account. I don't fear bringing the balance to zero, but I ( Read more... )

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• Ср, 16:48: Oh man, there was a guy driving the wrong way in a traffic circle just now. Instead of turning right, he turned left into it. Yeow.
• Ср, 20:00: Call me silly and sentimental, but I'm crying learning that Steve Jobs has died. I've worked on Macs my entire adult life. Thank you, Steve.

• Tue, 13:57: Twitter actually has a limit for how many tweets you can view per day? What's up with that? Attempting to watch the Apple live event.

• Сб, 19:38: It's to early for prom, right, homecoming, then? A bunch of teen girls in fancy dresses walked by me. Hmmm.

• Sat, 16:01: Just participated in a flash mob at the State Fair for Moving Planet Action Day. It was awesome! More info: 350.org or moving-planet.org.

• Fri, 18:49: Headline for a restaurant review: 'Japanese proves oddly delicious success." Who are these people writing for? Cave dwellers?

• Sat, 19:57: Sorry to offend, BUT I'M OFFENDED: The MCM Elegante Hotel has a frickin' stone tablet of the Ten Commandments right in front. Hard to miss.