The Darwins Are Out! Yes, it’s that magical time of year when the Darwin Awards honor the “least evolved” among us . Here Is The Glorious Winner: 1. When his .38 caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California would-be robber James Elliot did something
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Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: Teri Saya’s humorous essay (Oct. Ojo, p. 10) set me off. My wife and I were surprised (and enthralled) when we stumbled on one in Leon en route to Guanajuato in 1994 or 5. Even had a curtain you could draw to conceal the license plate. Don’t turn on
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Have Hammers, Will Travel! The students and volunteers of Have Hammers Will Travel (HHWT) / Mr. Hammer built and delivered custom designed dog houses to the four animal rescue groups of the area just before Christmas. The project was aided by donations of paint from Pinturas Prisa of Ajijic, screws from an un-named
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FIRES! By Jan Steinbright Dawn summoned me outside to take a look. I was confronted with a strong smell of smoke. I looked up toward the “v” in the hills at the head of our small arroyo. A large red cloud hovered above it returning my fears of yesterday when the wildfire
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez For more editorials, visit: http://thedarksideofthedream.com A CHRISTMAS THOUGHT: The Later Years —Delight Or Depression? Your choice, but before you decide, consider this: there are certain parts of the brain that actually keep developing as we grow older—particularly if we give them plenty of exercise. Moreover, though we tend
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SHEPHERDS & WISE MEN —Ancient Truths and Puzzles Underlie Popular Perceptions of the Christmas Story By Dr. Lorin Swinehart For Christians, Christmas is about the birth of the Christ Child, the descent of the Divine into the field of time. Only two of the four Gospel authors, Luke, a physician and companion to Paul, and
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Best Letter From Camp Ever! Courtesy of Art Hess Dear Mom! Our Scoutmaster told us to write to our parents in case you saw the flood on TV and got worried. We are okay. Only one of our tents and 2 sleeping bags got washed away. Luckily, none of us got drowned because
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Reims and champagne A celebrated cathedral dating from the High Middle Ages… caves in which acres of champagne bottles ripen… and miles of French countryside laced with vineyards make a day trip to Reims a great change of pace and a feast for the senses. Ninety miles northeast
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayer billfrayer@gmail.com The Individuation of Poverty There is considerable talk these days about the growing income inequality in the world, particularly in the United States. The problem with this issue, for many people, especially those who are living in a comfortable retirement or who have decent jobs, is that
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