Best sentiment of the day, so far
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 ·
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People “want to see the executives that drove Wall Street into the ground in orange suits picking up cans along the side of the road.”
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World Serious
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 ·
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In case you’re kind of interested, but not really paying attention, Game Five of the World Series resumes tonight at 6:37 PM MDT with the Phillies coming to bat in the bottom of the sixth inning and the score tied 2-2. This is the first time in World Series history that a game has been suspended (Monday night due to rain).
If the Phils win tonight, they win the Series, so it might be an exciting three innings — which often enough is about all the baseball one really wants to watch.
And more than too much of Joe Buck and Tim McCarver. I think I’ll watch Fox but listen to Jon Miller and Joe Morgan on ESPN Radio.
In New Mexico, Balm in a Volcanic Landscape
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 ·
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The New York Times visits the Jemez (hey-mess) Mountains. The article begins:
Perched at 6,300 feet and sandwiched between two striking red-rock mesas, the New Mexico town of Jemez Springs has long been a place of uncommon natural beauty and a refuge for all manner of pilgrims. In the 13th century, the Jemez people migrated to the valley, establishing a series of settlements in the area’s canyons; in the 17th century, Franciscan missionaries arrived, forcibly establishing a church in the Guisewa Pueblo — now the remarkably preserved Jemez State Monument. By the 1870s, a bathhouse was built, offering curative soaks in tubs fed by the town’s famous mineral hot springs.
Today, the bathhouse is restored and open for business; down the road, a Zen meditation center promises austere yogic calm. In Jemez Springs, about an hour and 15 minutes north of Albuquerque, there are artists and drifters and refugees from big-city living. It’s also a draw for hikers, bikers and anglers. Lava flows created the area’s rippling rock forms and bubbling fissures, and, as it has been for many over the centuries, the wrinkled landscape is a balm.
Halloween Sky Show
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 ·
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“Stop! Take your finger off that doorbell. Something spooky is happening behind your back. Turn around, tip back your mask, and behold the sunset.
“It’s a Halloween sky show.”
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