The Displaced New Mexican

Bigmouth Strikes Again

Here is a charming self portrait I took today with my brand new Canon EOS 5D, which I took delivery of today. Full-sized sensor, 12.8 megapixels, stunning image quality, even at 3200 ISO, I'm delighted. For all you who don't speak Photodork, it's a very nice camera and I'm very excited about it.

New Digs

Dear Gentle Reader,

We the administrators of The Displaced New Mexican have just finished a software upgrade for the site. You might notice a few changes here and there. The upgrade was long overdue and will help combat the comment spam on the site.

We've removed all the spam from the 2005 posts and taken measures to prevent the posting of new spam. Overtime we'll be cleaning up the older posts. If needed we'll add further countermeasures to combat the spammers.

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Back to your regular scheduled programming...

Here I go again

I'm headed off for Santa Fe today, to see my friend Ben's gallery opening featuring his work in Southeast Asia after the tsunami struck. Hard-hitting stuff, but very good. I'll also be stopping by Los Alamos to see my folks. Have a great weekend.

Ice fishing for sewer crocs, anyone?

This morning when I woke up it was -14ºC (6ºF) outside. My apartment is situated on top of a largely empty space and is not optimized for cold, so it gets a little chilly and I can't leave the heat on too high because the gas bill goes up too fast. I rose up from bed and made tracks for the shower to warm my blood. I found ice on the shower hose and when I turned it on, it took a minute for the hot water to melt through the thin layer of ice on the showerhead itself. I decided to use the time to empty my bladder. I did not have my contacts or glasses on so my vision was pretty blurry. I became concerned when I heard the sound of liquid splashing off something solid, thinking my aim was not true and I'd have a mess to clean. Then I realized that there was a layer of ice on top of the toilet water and I was melting it. That's a true story; it's cold here.

Another shake-up at the paper

Today the announcement was made that Media News, the former owner of the Daily Times, has taken back a controlling share of the paper. Gannett will retain a 40 percent share, but will be silent. What does this mean? So far, no one is totally sure. We'll just have to wait it out and see.