From kahunaburger via dangerousmeta! (two guys who can’t afford upper case keys for their computers, I guess) a long list of one-liners about being a New Mexican. I’d really love to steal the whole thing, but here’s just a sampler:
- Your high school’s name was a Spanish word (La Cueva, Eldorado, Sandia, Manzano…)
- You still call the “Flying Star” the “Double Rainbow” and it’s still the best place to get dessert in the world!
- There is a kachina somwhere in your home or yard.
- You believe that bags of sand with a candle in them are perfectly acceptable Christmas decorations.
And, “You iron your jeans to dress up.”
[Update: The high schools in English: The Cave, The Gilded One, Watermelon and Apple.]