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27 April The Truth of MenciaThere is a show on Comedy Central that I have been watching lately that I like very much. It is called The Mind of Mencia and stars Carlos Mencia. His comedy consists of rants about things that have been bothering me for years, mostly the actions of stupid people.
Now, anyone can have moments of extreme stupidity. Sometimes we just have common sense blackouts and do things that we regret later. But it seems to me that, in recent years, our country is spawning a plethora (if you don't know what that means and don't know how to look it up, you are one of them and should stop reading immediately because you won't understand what I am saying) of consistently dumb people.
Our schools are turning out kids that can barely read, do not know enough math to make change at a cash register, and know very little of science or civics. If a kid has a good vocabulary or an understanding of physics and other sciences, he or she is ostrasized and treated like some sort of misfit.
Of course, the politicians and corporations are perfectly happy with the status quo. They need the general population to be so dimwitted that they never question what their advertisements are trying to sell. They never ask if the product is needed or good. They just buy it because they believe whatever the ads tell them. To quote Linda Ellerbee from many years ago, "A product is good because it sells, not the other way around."
So Mencia makes us laugh at the frustratingly stupid things that we see happening each day at every level of society. It is uneasy laughter but we are glad to see him give voice to what many of us are thinking.
21 April Wal-MartAs of May 19 we have a new Wal-Mart in our city. I know, it seems that new Wal-Mart stores open every day somewhere but this one is kind of unique. The facade is designed to look like a block of small stores. Inside is typical Wal-Mart but much larger than any that I have seen with very wide aisles and a huge grocery section.
I put a few pictures in a photo album. With all the cars in the parking lot is was difficult to get good pictures but I think you will get the idea. 09 April Mo' Rocks A week ago we drove back to the Cochiti Pueblo area to see the Tent Rocks National Monument. It is a natural formation of conical rocks that were created 6 to 7 million years ago. You can read about them here.
The area is 5 miles off the main highway and has to be one of the worst gravel roads that I have ever driven on. It is worth it as it is quite beautiful to see. I am sure the pictures on the album don't really do it justice but at least you can get an idea of what we saw.
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The weather is getting kind of warm here in New Mexico so it is time to break out the summer hats. The one in the picture is a Guatemalan palm hat in a Montana Peak shape. It has a 4 inch brim that does what a hat is supposed to do, protect the face from the powerful sun that we have here. |
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