I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
A Washington D.C. blog devoted to keeping track of Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice’s hairdo “so you don’t have to” is expanding its purview. In addition to the blog’s Condoleeza Hairdo System, now there is a Princess Sparkle Pony Bill Richardson facial-hair alert system.
Currently, Bill Richardson’s facial hair is in the “Guarded” stage, which represents “tentative, uncertain growth, vague goatee, unclear goals, uncommitted stubble.” We can only hope that, one day, Richardson will reach “Severe” — which would show “waxed curlicues on mustache, braids, beard snags in escalators, revolving doors, avian/rodent/glitter infestation.”
Princess Sparkle Pony (which is incredibly fun to say out loud) cites a passage from the New Mexico Independent’s favorite blogger, Joe Monahan, who wrote:
We wondered Tuesday if Big Bill’s beard is back. Indeed it is, reports Bill Dupuy, news director at Santa Fe public radio station KSFR-FM. He sent along an audio clip in which the New Mexican’s Steve Terrell asks Bill “if the beard is back.” The guv responds in the affirmative. And the proof is on the gubernatorial cheeks as seen in the photo snapped by the New Mexican and we posted here.
Watch out for escalators, Bill!
