Since my mom asked. There’s a much larger version here.
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This weekend I picnicked with my mom and some of her coworkers. We had tacos and hot dogs, with Fritos and chile con queso, and ice-cold, pink lemonade. We enjoyed blue skies for most of the afternoon, and played yard games.
I also had the pleasure of running through the sprinkler with The Coranator. Yes, our [...]

I’ve started adding photos to my Flickr stream - if you see me around and want your picture taken, let me know! I’ll keep uploading photos, and you can expect to see some posts about the conference over the next couple of hours. I ran into Matt from New Mexico FBIHOP, and I understand he’ll [...]

Sunlight has a new initiative up and running, and if you use Twitter (or other social services, like Facebook or YouTube) you should take notice. I blogged about it over at Huffington Post:
The full value of politicians using social networks and technology is still up for debate — are they just “repackaging,” or can these [...]

For the first time since 2005, I won’t be watching the parade in downtown Silver City, and I won’t be waiting to hear sirens so I can run out in search of a photograph for the newspaper, and I won’t be going to the ice-cream social at the Silver City museum. I’ll miss all the [...]

We’re starting a new feature at New Mexico FBIHOP: morning updates from yours truly. I posted the first “From the D.C. Bureau” update this morning:
So, welcome to the first installment of Morning Edition from the D.C. Bureau. The basic premise is to provide a quick update on what’s happening in the world and perhaps highlight [...]

I thought I’d use my time-zone advantage to get the news out for LP at NM FBIHOP: it looks like Rep. Steve Pearce defeated Rep. Heather Wilson for the GOP Senate nomination. He’ll go on to face Rep. Tom Udall in the November general election.
The Associated Press called the race at 2 a.m., though the [...]

So, I turned 29 on Tuesday - my last 20-something birthday, as my mom said. I don’t have much to reflect on the milestone, if it is one. I’ve become more cognizant, perhaps, of the fact that I am an incredibly lucky guy: I have a fantastic job doing work that I feel is worthwhile, [...]

Via TPM. Here’s the Associated Press version:
Retiring Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., created an appearance of impropriety when he called a federal prosecutor in New Mexico to inquire about the timing of corruption indictments, the Senate ethics committee said Thursday.
The committee criticized Domenici in a letter to the senator, but it recommended no punishment.
[...]
“The committee finds [...]

You know those things you mean to do but never seem to get around to finishing? Or even undertaking? Well, for me, one of those things was adopting Creative Commons for my Web site and photography.
A couple of weeks ago my employer sponsored a discussion led by Lawrence Lessig, who was unveiling his new project [...]

The New Mexico Sec. of State has announced the final ballot for the June congressional primary elections. It doesn’t look like there are any surprises: everybody who prequalified at the party nominating conventions is aready on the ballot. However, I guess everybody else running for the three seats being vacated by Rep. Steve Pearce, Rep. [...]

I’m participating in the April Photo Challenge, and here’s my first image. The theme for the challenge is “entropy” or “devolution.” Basically, we’re looking for old and/or busted stuff and then taking photos!
Trevor Carpenter, the guy behind Photowalking.org and Photochallenge.org, has said “committing to shooting once a day, for a month, is not as hard [...]