I’m wrapping up the evening’s festivities and getting ready for a quick nap before heading to work tomorrow morning and I realized that it was a pretty good day. I’m on a compressed work week at the university, working four 10 hour days instead of five 8′s, so I had the day off, which works great for me because my fiancee also has Monday’s off. (There’s been a little bit of consternation in the media about the compressed work week – how dare those ungrateful people working for the university work only four days instead of the five we have to work. Of course, the media want us to work five 10 hour days and only get paid for 40 hours, like they do, but that’s a story for another time).
Most of today was spent working around the house, playing on the XBox 360 (Call of Duty 4 and Half Life 2, Ep 2) and planning out the rest of my work week. This month’s UNM Today stories are due on Aug. 11 and I’ve got a light writing load this month. Although our office is also working on an experts list for the upcoming election. Keep your eyes on this space to find out more soon! I’m only working a couple of days this week, my birthday’s on Friday (big 35, now I’m looking at the downside of my angry 30′s) and I’m heading to Vegas next week for the New Media Expo and Podcasty Goodness Convention. I’m really looking forward to that.
But the big news for today comes from the future Mrs. Net News 54. She went to meet with her heart doc today and came away with pretty much a clean bill of health! As some of y’all know, earlier this year, she was rushed into the hospital with a weak heart – her blood ejection fraction was around 20%, which was perilously close to “Danger Danger Will Robinson!” status. Today her ejection fraction was back up to 55%, which is normal, and the doctor’s weaning her off of some of her meds now that her heart is stronger. So my birthday present came early this year, and it’s all I really wanted anyway – my fiancee to be OK again. 
Well, it’s time to crash and get ready for another exciting day of PR goodness! Watch this space soon for my thoughts on “educational consumers,” or as I like to call it, WTF?
Peace out, Space Cowboy.
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As I mentioned a few blog posts back, I was debating whether or not to give up the pen name and start writing under my real name. After receiving an email from my friend Mark, he reminded me that I have already been blog outed in cyberspace. A while back Mark referenced one of my posts on the David Iglesias firing case, where I asked where the piles of evidence that Republican operatives out here claimed Iglesias was ignoring.
Without rehashing my post or the Iglesias case right now (I’m swearing off politics for the summer, hopefully) I realized what Mark was saying. Why be worried now? Plus I’ve been referring to this blog from my Facebook and Twitter accounts for a while now, so quite a few of you already know who I am. So why not just rip the bandage off and get it over with?
Here goes…
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I know I haven’t posted much lately. In a nutshell, my fiancee has been in the hospital all of this week with weak heart troubles and an accelerated heart rate, and I’ve been busy with her. She was released yesterday but the new meds are still taking a toll on her. So I hope y’all will understand. I’ll get back soon to the latest in PR, the blogger-gate going on in Albuquerque and my dad telling me to go easier on Hillary or he’s gonna whup my ass.
Peace out, dawg.
We hope you had a Happy Solstice, Shiny Kwanzaa, Happy Yule, Merry Christmas or (just to piss off Bill O’Chumply) Happy Holidays. And a Happy New Year to all of us.
I was watching the Live Earth concert on Bravo today when a couple of things hit me:
- The lead singer for one of the bands I was watching pulled out a bottle of water (like Evian or something) and opened it up. After taking a swig he threw the cap on the ground in the middle of the stage. I guess littering isn’t that important compared to global warming…
- There are supposed to be “Live Earth” viewing parties all over the world. If I’d have known about it I would have had one at my place. I got on line this evening and looked for the closest party to my place. Nothing in Albuquerque, Rio Rancho or Santa Fe (which surprised me, I figured they would be all over it). The closest party to my home was located in Dallas! Dallas! So no one within 800 miles of my place is meeting to watch the concert? Wow! If I’d have known that, and not had a birthday dinner to go to, I might have flown out there (wasting CO2) and visited my dad at the same time. What a bummer.
And what is it with all of the “Live” concerts? “Live 8″ “Live Aid” and “Live Earth.”
Although AFI and Linkin Park did rock! Plus the band made up of scientists at Antarctica! They were cool, and the penguins were a nice touch.
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Those readers of this humble blog might remember the name Terry MacKillop. MacKillop is the “Animal Control Officer” in Roscommon County, Michigan. If you’ve read this blog for a little while, you would have read this post about a site called Thor’s Warriors that is dealing with MacKillop and his lack of action when it comes to a group of starved dogs and someone by the name of Larry Baumgart.
Well, more and more the press is starting to notice what is going on. Not to the speed I’d like them to, but it’s better than nothing. One thing that has been constant in this press coverage is Terry MacKillop’s refusal to talk with the press about his actions, or lack thereof.
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According to this article from CNN, scientists in Wales have determined that dolphins living off of the coast of Wales communicate in a different dialect than dolphins living off of the coast of Ireland.
(Apparently, the Welsh Dolphins spend a lot of time discussing the value of sheep, while the Irish Dolphins talk about how many ways they can drink Guinness, repeatedly say “Kiss me Blarney stone, the damn tuna nets got me again!” and debate how to the get the English out of Northern Ireland.)
That said, the best thing in the article was the dateline. Bangor, Wales. I stayed in the town while on tour with a rugby team many years ago. It’s the coolest little college town! Actually, all of Wales was amazing! I miss being there, it’s so green and lush and beautiful. If you ever get the chance to go, do it!
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A couple of weeks back I visited Phil Chacon Park in Albuquerque to check out the Albuquerque Aardvarks rugby team in their match with the Glendale, Colorado Raptors. Following are some of the picture I took at the match. The action was so fierce and fast paced that some of the other images came out blurry.
The Aardvarks started with a warm-up huddle. Focused on a single goal, winning.
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