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Monthly Archives: December 2013
Some links for you sinners
It’s an ICYMI day here at It’s All Hood, El Paso. First up, the El Paso Times had a good Sunday piece, Payday-lending official: Borrowers responsible for their decisions. Everything about it was fascinating, and it says a lot about … Continue reading
Art house movies … what have I missed?
My wife and I watched “Before Midnight” (Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy) last weekend and it reminded me how much I miss the art house movie scene. I had started to think great movies like “Before Midnight” just didn’t get made … Continue reading
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Tagged Before Midnight, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, R.Kelly, Richard Linklater, Trapped in the Closet
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The 10 Best Hikes/Geocaches in El Paso’s Franklin Mountains
I originally thought I’d do a post about the 10 best geocaches in El Paso. But, I decided that most of my favorite geocaches revolve around hiking. There are some pretty good geocaches in El Paso that wouldn’t make my … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking
Tagged el paso, El Paso Texas, Franklin Mountains, Franklin Mountains State Park, Franklins, Geocaching, Hiking, Stanton Street
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Oh, you flatter me, Brownfield
I don’t know enough about Brownfield’s politics or blog yet to know whether I should be linking to him. But, God bless him, he called me skinny. Brownfield really knows how to make a girl swoon. No one has called … Continue reading
Posted in El Paso politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Brownfield, skinny, The Brownfield Empire
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Hiking in Quitman Pass
With Jason slowing down over at Basecamp El Paso, (Though his work was recently featured on Huffington Post.) I guess it’s time for me to step up my hiking game. I woke up early Sunday morning and drove out to … Continue reading
Posted in Hiking
Tagged Hiking, Hudspeth, Hudspeth County, Hudspeth County Texas, Quitman, Quitman Pass, West Texas
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In Time Magazine this week, Mike Murphy gleefully declares Obamacare a complete disaster that will win the Republicans elections for years. Here’s the column. Murphy is pretty excited about his team. But then he moves on to what Republicans need … Continue reading
Holiday lights fiasco even worse than we thought
The El Paso Times did a nice, balanced look at the Shawver Park holiday lights controversy. Because the Times is fair and balanced, they just laid out the facts without connecting the dots (™ Martin) about just how bad City … Continue reading
Posted in El Paso politics
Tagged Christmas lights, Eddie Holguin, El Paso Texas, El Paso Times, Indiana, Odessa Texas, Shawver Park
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Breaking up, making up with the NBA
Growing up in Lawrence, Kansas, I didn’t have much use for the NBA. Two reasons stand out. One, when you live in the past, current and future home of college basketball royalty, professional basketball doesn’t hold as much allure. And … Continue reading
Sports talk
Before we get to our regularly scheduled post, let us first give a moment of silence to the political career of Eddie Holguin. 2005-2014. RIP. Thank you. UTEP basketball Now on to the UTEP Miners men’s and women’s basketball teams. … Continue reading
Posted in UTEP sports
Tagged Eddie Holguin, Iowa, kansas, Lady Miners, NMSU, UTEP Basketball
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