This Week at the Reel Deal
Column by JIM O’DONNELLThis Friday, we will be opening The Monuments Men, The Lego Movie, and August: Osage County.
We will hold Labor Day for another week.
I tried again this week to get Philomena which was promised to me and I in turn promised to you, but the studio is still holding out hoping the Oscars will breathe new life into the film with a possible Academy Award for Meryl Streep. Then they will ask for a longer run. Regardless, we are still going to show it soon. Read More
How the Hen House Turns: Hunting Dogs as Bird Sitters
How the Hen House Turns: Hunting Dogs as Bird SittersOf course our dogs do not reside in the Hen House. They have a huge pillow bed and a life-sized artificial bear rug to sleep on under my desk-door-resting-on-file-cabinets and a closet devoted to the double-dog-door system husband Don invented to prevent heat loss (into the closet, then outside.)
The dogs’ job is to watch and protect the birds while they’re out in the yard, even now at age 13 ¾, but only when it’s sunny and warm. They do their job effectively, except when the hungry hawks that nest next door Read More
Food on the Hill: Sweet Polenta
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.comColumn: Why Not Fly, Los Alamos?
Councilor Steven GirrensBy the time you read this column, I hope you will have seen advertising and banners circulating in our community promoting commercial airline service between our airport (LAM) and Albuquerque’s Sunport (ABQ.) Our new “Why Not Fly” ad campaign is urging residents to give New Mexico Airlines a chance to get you quickly, conveniently and safely between our community and Albuquerque, whether you fly for business or pleasure.
The service was launched last April with the assistance of federal Read More
Letter to the Editor: A Step In The Right Direction!
KayLinda CrawfordThank you Councilors for recently passing the new property maintenance standards for Los Alamos! As a new resident who moved to Los Alamos from Austin, Texas about 18-months ago, I feel new property maintenance standards are badly needed and your passage of this measure is a first step in the right direction for this community.
I appreciated how Council Vice-Chair Kristin Henderson stepped up and explained in plain English why the measure is good for Los Alamos. I agree with her that improving our personal properties in Los Alamos is a step in the right direction toward Read More
Yang: Half Empty? Half Full? – Are they really different?
Half Empty? Half Full? – Are they really different?Usually, we associate “half-empty glass” view with the “scarcity mode” of thinking, and “half-full” with “abundance mode.” However, even if one sees a glass is half empty, wouldn’t the next logic step be, “Fill it?”
If we take only a snapshot of a situation, we may see it as either “half-empty” or “half-full.” However, if we are driven by action, then both modes should compel us to fill the remaining space with water, or other tasteful morsels, to make it full. In other words, an active mind wants to add value Read More
Education 101: Class Size – Does It Matter, and How Much Does It Cost?
Education 101: As noted in last week’s column, small class size is the Los Alamos community’s top education priority, based on the very credible Community Survey conducted by the Los Alamos School Board in 2011.
With a sample size of over 700 respondents including elementary, middle and high school parents and teachers, and community members; every segment surveyed ranked class size as their most important preference when considering over 170 elements that impact the educational Read More
