Alamosa shout out

I just wanted to give a little love to one of my favorite places in CO. You may be saying to your self "Alamosa, really?" But seriously it is. Maybe not for the town itself, although it does boast a great coffee house, Milagros, and some pretty decent Mexican food, but for the people. Its one of the poorest counties in the country, but the wealth of generosity its people possess far out ways the its economic short falls. Which is why I was concerned when I heard about the salmonella problem in the water system, which was apparently caused by animal droppings? Whatever the cause its just another example of the infrastructural problems communities all around the country are facing. I mean loosing water in an already pretty extreme climate like Alamosa is serious. A large portion of that community can't afford to buy bottled water, which is now the only option, at least for the next few weeks. It's just unfortunate that an already struggling community has yet another hurdle to jump over. My heart goes out to them.
Living on Bottled Water

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I love the BBC

Any time there is any kind of scandal involving a U.S. political figure, leave it to the BBC to display the most embarrassing picture possible. Granted, the recent picture of now former N.Y. Governor with a toothless looking grimace was on the cover of almost every major paper, the BBC does have a talent for catching U.S. politicians at there un-photogenic best. Whats more, is you can tell what the BBC thinks of these politicians by the expression on the the persons face. So much so that I no longer have to necessarily read the headline the see just how much someone has screwed up. No, all I have to do is look at the featured photo. Take Dick Cheney for example, most of the time the BBC displays a picture where he either looks menacing, or completely clueless. Which lets face it is the actually case most of the time. When it come to the current president though, I've found this screw up meter to be ineffective. As far as the BBC is concerned, it doesn't matter what Bush has done, he always looks completely befuddled. Maybe they're trying to tell us something...

So cool!!!!!!!!!

So I got an e-mail from the community assistant of Yourhub.com in Boulder and my story is going to be published in the March 6th edition. I realize its just a community publication, but nonetheless its still pretty cool to see your name in a byline. It just made this assignment that much better.