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This weekend embodied, in a nutshell, the entirety of my relationship to culture (whatever that is).

Speaking, of course, as somebody whose entire knowledge of high culture comes from Bugs Bunny cartoons and Muppet Show riffs on famous performances.

Spent much of the day traveling home from another unsuccessful attempt to carve my initials into the moon.  It gave me the opportunity to observe differences and similarities between various airports around the country. 

Below the cut: a few lists, proferred solely for the sake of general interest, and without commentary.

Christopher Merle, a fine fellow whom I met in Arizona recently, sent along this link to a very interesting perspective on media coverage of the Las Conchas fire near Los Alamos.  It’s a well-researched and thoughtful take on the situation, and much in line with my own thoughts.  (But more eloquent and thought through far better than I would have been able to achieve.)

I enjoyed a fantastic 3rd of July cookout yesterday.  Many fun and fascinating folks were in attendance, and once the wind and rain blew through, the weather was just about what one would want for the occasion.  A fine event all around. 

The party took place on a bluff overlooking Lamy, New Mexico , and just a stone’s throw from a mysterious structure deep in one of the neighboring ravines, and which is just barely visible from surrounding hilltops.  So I joined two adventuresome Scotts on a trek to find the entrance to a lost subterranean city site.  

That’s right.  We had our very own adventure JUST LIKE THE GOONIES.

Today I took advantage of my enforced vacation and decided to fix one of my house’s screen doors. 

Fix as in “use tools in an intelligent and productive manner”. 

Well, it was a good idea.  Noble, even.