Thin Line: Witches Are Not Deadly Witches Are Not Deadly Albuquerque makes national headlines for the weirdest things. On Wednesday, March 24, the Washington Post ran a report on the giraffe carcass improperly [...] Marisa Demarco \ Apr 01, 2010 Read More ( Sara Björk )
Jaime Escalante Died The math teacher who inspired Stand and Deliver died today at age 79. Edward James Olmos says Escalante exposed the dangerous myth that [...] Marisa Demarco \ Apr 01, 2010 Read More
Was Crazy Heart Sexist? Or The Sexiest? Newsman and Alibi contributor John Bear is fed up with the portrayal of female reporters in film. Hollywood’s hypersexualized, girly journalists should all [...] Marisa Demarco \ Apr 01, 2010 Read More
The World’s Largest Fractal Triangle In celebration of Pi Day (3.14), Albuquerque’s Fractal Foundation constructed the biggest Sierpinski Triangle Fractal in the world. About 40 volunteers got together [...] Marisa Demarco \ Apr 01, 2010 Read More
Independence Grill Closed Maybe you already heard, but the patriotically decorated Independence Grill shut its doors on Sunday, March 14. Here’s the goodbye post from near [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 25, 2010 Read More The grill’s Italian burger. (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Tech: Narrowing The Digital Divide Intel Engineers, Volunteers And High-Risk Youth Build A Tech Center It cost La Plazita almost nothing to engineer a computer lab in the South Valley. Donated machines, elbow grease from volunteers and open [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 25, 2010 Read More La Plazita staff (from left) Kathryn Neal, Angelina Lopez, Tomas Martinez, Katrina Coker, Susie Reyes and founder Albino Garcia (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Health Care Headlines, Para Ti Obama says we’ve answered “the call of history.”But there is still a Senate hurdle in front of the reform package. Ten states filed [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 25, 2010 Read More
Captain Obvs: Don’t Touch Strangers Without Asking I stumbled across this excellent opinion piece called “Keep Your Hands Off the Hair” today on NPR. It’s by Allison Keyes, guest host [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 25, 2010 Read More
Be A Star “I am going to Los Angeles to see my own name on a screen, five-feet long and luminous”—M. Doughty A most common argument [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 25, 2010 Read More You know you’ve made it when you wear fancy clothes to kiss the ground.
Smokes Go Up; Food Tax Vetoed Gov. Bill Richardson signed a bill today that will raise the price of cigarettes 75 cents. And if you’re thinking about driving to [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 25, 2010 Read More ( Llima )
