Thoughts From the Big Chair: ‘Ziggy and Brubeck and Crocs, Oh My!’
Thoughts From the Big Chair“Ziggy and Brubeck and Crocs, Oh My!”
Hey gang! This week, I think I’m going to stick to a couple shorter topics on different ends of the Reality Show continuum…
The Grammys
The Grammys were on last week and I managed to watch a good deal of the telecast over a few days using the old DVR.
It’s tough to watch the whole program at one time because, as with most Hollywood awards shows, it overflows with lots of ego, over-hyped records and performances, and, of course, mindless banter. Read More
Column: Trinity Drive and the Entrance to Town … What are Your Thoughts?
Column by KRISTIN HENDERSONTrinity Drive and the entrance to town … what are your thoughts?
This process has been going on for years – but is coming to a conclusion now and your input is needed.
The short (ish) of it is, Trinity Drive is really, as we know, N.M. 502 – a state highway. We are on the schedule to get funding for the stretch just before the pool into town to Knecht Street – just past where all the dirt is torn up for Trinity Site.
Funding is available essentially now and the road could be re-done in the next year.
Because it would be federal Read More
Real Estate & Neighborhood History: Western Area
Western Area in Los Alamos. Courtesy/Google Earth
Real Estate & Neighborhood HistoryWestern Area
Any discussion of the real estate and the history of our neighborhoods in Los Alamos must begin with the first neighborhood developed in our mountain community – “the Western Area.”
The Western Area derived its name from the location in which it resides. At the time it was being developed, it was thought that Los Alamos would remain on only one mesa.
Therefore it was believed that a distinction between East and West would be all that is necessary. The Read More
Money IQ: Too Good to be True
Money IQToo Good to be True
We’ve all heard the phrase, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” Well, unfortunately, this phrase applies largely to many incentive deals, job offers, and even relationships that we may find on the Internet today.
Criminals are always looking for new ways to steal someone else’s money and they’re looking for unsuspecting victims, like you, to help them. Job websites and social media websites (like Facebook and Twitter) are the new tool of choice to find money mules.
The term “money mules” is defined as individuals Read More
Hannemann’s Music Corner: Instrument Malfunctions – Avoiding the Gremlins
Hannemann’s Music Corner
Instrument Malfunctions: Avoiding the Gremlins
There you are on stage. You have a solo part. Murphy is rubbing his hands in evil glee. Waiting. Do you know how many things can go wrong with your instrument at this magic moment?
Pajarito Reads: Visit the Worlds of T. Jackson King
Column by BONNIE J. GORDONThis column will explore books that have something to do with Los Alamos and its surroundings, whether because the book is by someone who lives here, or lived here, or worked here or because of the subject matter.
Author T. Jackson “Tom” King
The sci-fi novels of T. Jackson King are a great place to start, because I met him signing books in, of all places, Smith’s Food and Drug Center in White Rock.
It doesn’t get much more local than that. It also just goes to show that interesting writers can turn up anywhere.
How did King end up in White Rock? Read More
Letter to the Editor: Lucky We Live in Los Alamos!
By Khalil J. SpencerLeague of American Bicyclists
I was riding the singletrack out to the end of Kwage Mesa this morning (Feb. 18) and stopped to take a picture.
In the process, I dropped the Blackberry and had to clean off all the dust.
Unbeknown to me, I also dropped my driver’s license when I reached down to pick up the Blackberry. Later on in the ride, I again pulled out the Blackberry to shoot another picture and noted the license was missing.
Tracing back my ride to where I had dropped the Blackberry, there was nothing on the ground. I hoped someone Read More
