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112602
:: well, all set  with
registration. i am ready for
the 12 (gasp!) hours i will be
taking this spring. in the
meantime, i think i made
headway towards finding a certain recipe
that this family certainly
loves. |
| 112202
:: i'm heading down the
homestretch to registration.
read the entire blow-by-blow
experience here. |
102802
:: for once, here are
some personal bits of info.
started the ball rolling to
get back to escuela, aka utep.
more to follow.
put up a short  selection of
photos documenting the front
door project.
finally made headway on the
genealogical front by locating
a GED file that crosses paths
with what i had so far
discovered. see the current
worldconnect rootsweb GED |
102002
:: experienced the cornfield
maze on a full moon night
with screaming gurlies with
moms and dads in tow. cold,
damp and great fun!
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| 091302
:: mark your calendars
for full moon nights!
september 22 and october 21.
it's that time of year again.
time for The
Maize Maze in La Union,
New Mexico. "Get Lost in
History 2002" is the
title of this year's maze. The
maze offers: a conquistador,
Mount Cristo Rey, El Paso's
missions and symbols of the
First Thanksgiving that some
say was celebrated in the
area. more information can be
read at this eptimes
article. |
081502 :: YACC (yet
another Call Center) Do we
really need another call
center? A friend attended a
"no name" Fortune
500 job fair. Evidently, they
are looking to place it on the
Westside. My only wish is they
put the call center out by the
Northwestern warehousing area
and not again in some large
vacant retail space.
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My
fear is
someday, a
call
center
will be
placed
where the
old Furrs
Emporium
was
located,
next to
Coronado
High
School. That's
all we
need,
another
heard of
cats to
avoid
running
over when
they are
out for a
break or
leaving
work.
These
companies
really
need to do
their
homework
and
understand
what El
Paso is
like. Just
because we
look like
we speak
Spanish
fluently,
we don't.
In fact,
many 2nd
and 3rd
generation
Hispanics
(myself
included)
do not
necessarily
speak/read/write
Spanish
well
enough to
be called
bilingual.
In
addition,
do these
types of
businesses
really
help the
El Paso
economy?
To me, it
is just a
new form
of low
wage
industry
that takes
more out
of this
town than
it gives. |
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081402
:: just returned from a
short trip to colorado. pitiful.
the overgrazing going on in
the southern part of the state
is really scary and the
overbuilt apartment and
housing complexes ala Dallas'
Los Colinas make me cringe. to
top it off, the snowpack
is extremely low in Aspen and
Vail. what should look like
the area near las
vegas, new mexico looks
more like our far east side of
town but without the native
vegetation. they will be the
new dust bowl within 2 years.
one bright spot was our lunch
date in georgetown
(elev. 13,050 ft.) favorite
t-shirt slogan: GOT OXYGEN? |
080702
:: in the any press is
good press recipe book— take a controversial
poster, mix in a cupful of
local reaction and you get
something to warm up sluggish
sales and interest for "Lucia
di Lammermoor".
in the world of e-commerce one
thing remains constant—change!
and this is just what my
favorite SWATCH source has
done! way to go squiggly.com.
finally, for a great way to
write and get noticed at the
same time, try the usually
pricey Sailor's "Innovation"
gel pen. such a deal, too!.
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073002
:: wow! what a summer!
and now, a big hurdle has been
jumped.
city council has voted in
favor of allocating $14
million for the restoration
budget of the Plaza Theater,
in Downtown El Paso. Soon!
updates to the plaza page
and add photos taken
during a recent tour.
congratulations to epcf and
the city of el paso.
in addition to citizens
pledging on the spot, a trend
i hope continues is the
announcement by one business
to donate all materials for
the signage. way to go!
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051302
:: great news, 3
area high school seniors
will be receiving $20,000 each
from the coca-cola
scholarship fund. i knew
there was a reason i liked
them better'n that other
liquid candy drink.
years ago we dropped our
subscription to texas monthly
when we moved to santa fe.
with so-called
feature articles like
this, it is easy to see why we
never re-upped even after we
moved back home.
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now,
if they
ran a real
story
about this
west texas
town,
maybe we
would
reconsider.
but i
doubt they
will. we
don't
score high
enough on
the
interior
decorator/plastic
surgeon/
gated real
estate
revenue
producing
list (aka
ads) to
rate
consideration
of a
feature
article.
muchas
gracias to
mr. leon
metz for
calling this
article
to our
attention.
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051002
:: new ways to show how
art and public disobedience
can be combined are always
welcome here.
in LA, richard
ankrom saw a problem and
took care of it. if you have a
fast connection, be sure to
watch the video about how he
constructed and
"hung" his work of
functional art.
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050902
:: well, it seems the dallas
morning news has really
stepped in it this time. best
of luck to barkingdogs.org
and their endeavors to
properly cover stories
concerning neighborhood
issues—with or without deep
linking.
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this
story is
interesting
because it
pits a big
corporate
entity
against
the little
guy. it
seems the
DMN and
even the
city of
Dallas
does not
like its
citizens
criticizing
commercial
enterprises,
even when
their
patrons
behave
like, well
dogs!.
see, bars
pay sales
taxes
which add
to the
coffers of
the city.
and these
same bars
also pay
for
ADVERTISING
in papers
(their
websites)
and
tv
stations.
so it
wouldn't
do for
people
living in
the
neighboring
vicinity
of these
bars to
complain
about
public
urination
and
illegal
parking.
that would
be bad for
business
and bad
for the
city's
budget.
finally,
thanks to public
citizen
for
representing
avi
adelman
and
barkingdogs.org.
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042802
:: the painted ponies
have arrived and a new project
titled "Art
and Sol" is underway.
modeled after the ponies, this
new arts project with allow 25
to 30 area artists to decorate
giant fiberglass suns.
see jerusha
lang andrade's painting
for a planned parenthood
fundraiser. excellent! and
congratulations. |
042202
::  just in time
for earth day, this was
received in the mail today.
moore's rural new yorker.
saturday, july 11, 1868.
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042102
:: i never knew this
camp was above our old
neighborhood in casa solana,
santa fe.
saturday, a ceremony was held
at frank ortiz park
("dump park") to
dedicate a monument near what
was a japanese internment
camp.
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041202 :: aside
from adding some devl and apps
links, not much was going on
except beautiful weather.
today though, i received a
message saying the latest
issue of segundo
barrio is up on their
site. for me, the best part
was reading Courtnay
Randleman's essay.
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03.28.02
:: i think a lot of
people besides the eppd would
like to know
how this car got into this
predicament.
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03.27.02
:: went looking for a
small graphing calculator app
for babygoth's algebra
homework. i found one and
along the way i found the pinkmonkey
website.
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among
other
things,
this
website
has links
to the
TEA's TAAS
example
exams and
other
exams
including
the new
york state
regents
tests.
TAAS
examples
are for
the 3rd
grade -
exit
exams. you
can take
the test
exams, get
results
pretty
quickly,
and an
answer key
is
provided.
exams used
are from
the 1998
and 2000
tests.
great list
as i
couldn't
find the
exams
easily on
the TEA
site.
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and the calculator? see it
here: Graphica
Math Kit 1.1 (freeware)
helpfile included
texas education agency: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/ |
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03.18.02
:: Excuse me, what
planet do his eyes live in?
"I
don't see El Paso being a
place where you have billboard
pollution, so to speak."
Eastside
Representative, Dan Power
quoted in the Monday, March 18
edition of the El Paso Times |
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03.04.02
:: Fred Morales spoke at the
quarterly meeting of the El
Paso County Historical Society
and a good time was had by
all. On March 16, he will be
conducting a bus tour to sites
that played a role in the
Mexican Revolution. An
article in today's Times
has all the details.
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02.18.02
:: ok, the tipping point
for all this has been
attained. seems blogging is
now mainstream media subject
matter. if these sites
and wired
finally notice the trend, can
a sit-com be far behind?
especially, if pc mag's dvorak
doesn't appreciate the effort
of the masses.
according to the wired
article, at least 41,000
people created new blogs using
Blogger
in january alone. this, figure
was supplied by evan williams,
who runs the weblog
service.
wired
also states some have put the
total number of weblogs at
more than 500,000.
i can believe it, everyday
i find more and more
interesting sites. there's
even a site that categorizes
by the birthday of the blog
creator. |
02.10.02
:: as stated:
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everything
is held
together
with
stories.
that is
all that
is holding
us
together...
stories
and
compassion.
barry
lopez
brokensaints.com
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a wonderful site, though
you need a fast connection. |
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02.07.02
:: getting popup ads for
items you are searching for
when using google?
the culprit is from a company
named flashtrack.
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"FlashTrack's
site
offers an uninstall
program
to get rid
of the
program.
McAfee,
which
classifies
the
program as
a Trojan
horse,
suggests a
more
sure-fire
approach:
Search
your hard
disk for a
file named
FTAPP.DLL,
and remove
it.
wired
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02.06.02
:: standing up for his
precinct and city, this rep
supports of the
plaza renovation plan. so
does the rest of council.
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"It's
part of
our
history.
It's in
the heart
of
Downtown
El Paso,
and it's
an amenity
that
people
want when
considering
moving to
El
Paso,"
he said.
"They
want
culture in
Downtown.
They want
spirit,
and they
want
soul."
anthony
cobos |
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| 02.02.02
:: it's official.
blogging is now part of the
mainstream culture. evidence?
this article from time
and another from the
bbc.
well, i've been away too
long from the font monger
scene. but, at least i located
fontlover.com
and heard about the magazine
from house
industries. alas, i missed
the dimitri from paris article
(issue #1-sold out).
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2.2.2
:: 02.02.02
02.02.2002
i love it! the ultimate
graphic date. and not another
for a while!
seems like every 10 years
santa feans have to shot
themselves in the foot as far
as over-development goes in
the cramped downtown district.
first, it was the "ugly
bank building" on
washington street, closely
followed by the eldorado
hotel. now
this...another over-priced
hotel.
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02.01.02
:: although, she has
been a "good sport"—coming
to el paso for fundraising,
etc., it turns out this
supreme court justice wasn't
too keen on living here.
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"'I
was always
homesick
when away
from the
ranch.'
This is,
after all,
the story
of life on
the Lazy
B, not of
Sandra's
painful
acculturation
to city
life."
nytimes
review of
"lazy
b" |
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| 01.31.02
:: paper doll artist tom
tierney has been up to no good
again. just out from dover
publications: GW
and His Family Paper Dolls. |
| 01.27.02
:: question. how do you
fit 100,000 people into the
santa fe plaza during Indian
Market weekend?
answer: you can't.
so says a new study conducted
for the southwest association
of indian arts (swaia).
last year's number was just
under 44,000 visitors.
but the direct monetary impact
was $19.2 million.
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"That
was an
estimate
no one
seemed to
know where
it came
from and
was
probably
urban
legend,"
said Eddie
Dry, a UNM
professor
who headed
the new
study
conducted
for the
SWAIA.
santa
fe new
mexican |
the survey was the first
ever study ordered of the
market since its inception in
1922. |
| 01.26.02
:: if you are not a genX
knitter, but into assemblage,
mail art, etc. look no further
than silvercrowcreations
for unique items, great prices
and friendly service. where
else can you find watch parts,
ephemera grab bags and blank
tarot decks?
now, what do you do with
your fanciful treat now that
it's
done? why, join a swap, what
else. start with nervousness.org
or 20things.
not to be
confused with nerve.com,
as websense
has been known to do on
occasion. |
01.23.02
:: for years, educators
and fans alike have wished for
Tish Hinajosa's "Cada
Niño, Every Child"
CD to be interpreted in book
form.
now they need wait no longer
as, once again, cinco
puntos press has scooped
the publishing world. Ms.
Hinajosa will be here at the
ep museum of art on
01.23.02 for a reception
for this wonderful new book.
don't
trash the pass
from stantonstreet.com's
news rap column we read about
the El
Paso Pride project
sponsoring its third “Tu
Comunidad: Keep it Clean, Make
us Proud” environmental
summit.
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The
summit
presented
an El Paso
ad
campaign
built
around:
“Don't
Trash the
Pass”,
hidden
surveillance
cameras at
hot spots
to catch
illegal
dumping,
new TxDOT
designs
for
intersections
and
medians
around
town.”
stantonstreet.com |
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01.21.02
:: while out waiting for
a new processor, this article
from the times announced the
latest issue of "BorderSenses".
congratulations to amit,
joseph, and jonathan. copies
are available at the Bridge
Center, Dolce Vita, and the
UTEP bookstore.
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01.15.02
:: time was getting back
to posting here was automatic,
but not at the moment. we did
find a great list reviewing
the "2001
the year in music" by
flakmagazine. good old rufus,
i knew he could do it!
update!
 this wonderful
tarot by georg patterson and
sarah overall will be released
in march, you can pre-order
now with amazon
on the
website now are images for
your desktop.
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12.31.01
:: turning a page, but
not its back, the nytimes said
it will publish a hard-cover
collection of the obituaries
in the spring, with the
proceeds going to the Times'
Neediest Cases Fund.
the times
today said it will close its
"Portraits
of Grief" section in
the daily paper, but archive
on the website.
more than
1800 momentos of lives lost on
september 11 were written by
110 reporters and ran on
ad-less pages in the
newspaper.
as of
12.29.01, there were 2992
lives lost as a result of the
attack on the wtc. |
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12.27.01
:: well, its nice to
have a break, especially when
one can take it with family
and friends. with the filmdiva
and walkabout bence in town
for the holidays, we feel no
guilt about the lack of posts.
the ktsm
website has located 
a Plaza Theatre link on
"The Magestic" movie
website.
Click here, then on to
"Movie Palaces".
from there, click on its movie
palaces picture link, 3rd row
down, 3rd from the left, to
view information about the
Plaza. we only hope the rosy
verbiage regarding its status
as a work in progress is true.
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12.12.01
:: dave
ford, late of egger's
mcsweeneys crew, does a q&a
with stantonstreet.
btw, the
artist he most admires here in
this land of the lost is luis
jimenez.
a companion q&a
with shane wiggs is also
online at ss. shane's inner
eye turns cold blue steel into
terminator-like exoskeletons.
que macho- machinas! |
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12.10.01
:: by way of  the
dailycandy,
we found a new handbag
designer from sonora, texas
who is now in NYC. soon,
she will have an online shop.
way to go keri kropp.
speaking of
stylish girls, did you ever
wonder where dimitri
from paris sampled line
"i am a very stylish
girl" tag? why, "Breakfast
at Tiffany's", you
silly. |
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12.07.01
:: up and out of the
house! cheers
to the byrds for their new
digs.
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12.06.01
:: after a few days of
being kicked around an
off-topic list, we found a
source for those arthur c.
clarke predictions made in
1999. among our favorites:
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12.05.01
:: "For the past
two weeks, our only focus has
been the case. We haven't
talked about anything
else," (Detective Arturo)
Ruiz, a father, said. "It's
affected all of us."
it was
through good, "old-
fashioned" police work
that facilitated an arrest.
one now wonders how they will
ever find a jury in el paso
and if parents will now get a
clue. |
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060102
:: literally
ran into the second annual El
Paso Gay Pride parade this
morning. such a fun,
flag-waving bunch they were
too. there they were, with
American, Texan, and rainbow
flags, rowdy floats and paper
doves on stems flying above it
all.
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and
there i
was,
looking
down
Montana
Street at
a happy
colorful
happening
just
waiting to
get
started.
they
paraded
down to
Mesa
Street and
turned
towards
the Plaza.
guess they
ended up near
the new OP. |
this
occurred after I read |