Despite its title and graphics, Vampire Fever is essentially a pool table puzzle simulator. The object is to knock your ninja cue ball into as many of the vampire pool balls as you can. Hit them once and they're dead. Hit them twice, and they revert back. You've got a limited number of shots each screen to turn all the vampires at once. Good luck, spherical ninja.

In the news business (*puffs cigar, leans back in chair, puts feet on desk), I often find myself saying things like, "Seems like there should be some kind of group that could ... ". Then, months later, I'll find out there's a nonprofit in the state that fills exactly that need.

Well, the Center for Nonprofit Excellence in New Mexico has gone a step further. It's compiled a comprehensive online list of New Mexican nonprofits.

The directory delivers contact information, website links, region and areas served, budget, staff size, etc.

"An estimated 6,000 nonprofits in New Mexico are conducting essential work," writes the center in a news release. These groups build "health care clinics, food banks, domestic violence shelters, job skill training programs, affordable housing, childcare, youth mentoring programs, after-school programs, arts and cultural centers, community gardens, and animal rescue and adoption sites."

The online list should make it easier for people to volunteer or make donations. You can use the search tool to find nonprofits that work in your corner of the state or on issues you care about. Plus, the center says, the nonprofits can find each other and collaborate.

Fantastic.

It’s Chuck Norris’ birthday. Of course it’s Chuck Norris’ birthday whenever Chuck Norris says it’s Chuck Norris’ birthday, too, but today is really Chuck Norris’ birthday. I hear he wants some new throwing stars: 70 of them. One for every year he says he’s been alive. Let’s take a moment to reflect on this nice clip of him kicking a guy in the nuts.You can email your birthday wishes to him at fan@chucknorris.com. For anyone living under a rock, you can read facts about Chuck Norris here. You can make your own Chuck Norris facts with these easy instructions. I did not read the instructions prior to the creation of this blog, nor shall I read them now.

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