Monthly Archives: January 2012

GET THIS MAN OUTTA HERE…The Conclusion.

We were sitting in a classroom.  There was a chalk board at the front and two doors on one side, a row of windows on the other.  American flag on one side, the New Mexico State flag on the other … Continue reading

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GET THIS MAN OUTTA HERE…Continued.

Within five minutes of my arrival at the bus, I was elevated in rank.  I was now responsible for the conduct of everyone on the bus, I was told, by a guy in an army outfit with a clipboard after … Continue reading

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GET THIS MAN OUTTA HERE!

A while back, I promised to fill you in on my military draft experience.  I started writing this story in 2008, but never finished it.  I think I will now. In the fall of 1972 I was wanted by the … Continue reading

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To Kindle, Or Not To Kindle…

I hear a lot these days about printed books going the way of the horse and buggy.  With all the e-books, e-zines, e-news, and e-readers, there will be no need to read from a printed page.  I don’t own one, a … Continue reading

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Can’t Share It If You Don’t Have It.

Riddle me this: If you have it, you want to share it.  If you share it, you don’t have it.  What is it? If I had been alive in the 1940s, there would have been a lot of ships sunk. … Continue reading

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On The Road From Town

Along Interstate 25, on a frontage road about 13 miles SE of Santa Fe, stands a little white stucco church with an orange metal roof.  Nuestra Senora de Luz Church, Our Lady of Light. The one story adobe structure has a … Continue reading

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Have You Been Drinking This Evening, Sir? – The Arraignment

My appearance date is set two months out, so I will be expected to appear and, of course, plead “not guilty” on the appointed date in May.  I count the days, make sure I know where to go (remember I … Continue reading

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Have You Been Drinking This Evening, Sir?

Since I mentioned in a previous post that I have been arrested for DUI, I thought I would give you the details so you don’t think I’m part of the criminal element. “Don’t Drink and Drive”, doesn’t make sense to … Continue reading

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MVD Express…An Efficacious Experience

“MVD Express.”  The name itself implies that the wait will be short and the experience efficacious.  It also costs $26.79 plus tax for the adventure.  They make that clear up front, in the form of posters, big screen TVs and … Continue reading

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I Would Have Written A Blog Today, But…

I would have written a blog today, but I spent most of the day removing a dastardly rogue malware program called “Vista AntiVirus 2012.”  This particular program, which has been around for a while, keeps updating and modifying itself to … Continue reading

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