NewMexiKen met a young guy, Matt, over the weekend whose family here in Albuquerque has two bison as pets. Really. A male named “Boy” and a female named — take a guess — you got it, “Girl.” Matt even showed me a photo. He said the male plays with a large ball. The two animals are three years old, which is getting pretty close to reproduction age. At full maturity a male bison can weigh 2,000 pounds, a female around 1,100. State regulations require a minimum of one acre per bison Matt told me — and a reinforced fence. The state wouldn’t let the family keep elk.
NewMexiKen figures we haven’t heard the end of this story: “An Albuquerque man who last week was awarded more than $300,000 in damages in a civil lawsuit against city police has been identified as the man found shot [to death] on Fourth Street on Thanksgiving.”
I got a kick out of this routing from Southwest for a possible trip to visit some Sweeties: Albuquerque to San Francisco, San Francisco to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to Oakland. Guess Southwest doesn’t know that the “O” in SFO (the San Francisco International Airport code) stands for “Oakland.”
Sorry to hear that Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson are getting divorced after four months of marriage. I thought they might have genuine staying power — six months at least. Oh, and I see Dumb and Dumber are all decked out in Christmas colors already.
Fun new “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads from Apple. I especially liked this one. Also, there is news that there will soon be a Nike Amp+. It’s a bluetooth wristband that communicates with your Nike+iPod. From your wrist you can operate the iPod and monitor your workout. Coming soon.
The University of Arizona just completed its third season with Coach Mike Stoops. They’ve gone 3-8, 3-8 and 6-6 (and one of the wins each year was against a I-AA team). So really, 9-22. What’s reasonable for us alums to expect next year?
If I’m interpreting Andrew Tobias correctly, about a third of all the income taxes we pay goes to interest just on the debt accumulated under Reagan, Bush and Bush.
After a warm fall (Albuquerque has had nine totally cloudless days in November) we are told to expect lows in the teens and the possibility of snow tonight and tomorrow.
Chestnuts roasting on the open fire,
Jack Frost nipping at your nose.