http://www.alibi.com The Latest from the Alibi Staff en-us http://www.alibi.com/rss PHP webmonkeys@alibi.com http://alibi.com/index.php?story=23310&scn=blog&fullstory=y It's almost summer! Kick the weekend off right. (Did someone say zombie crawl?) Stamp Out Hunger! Charities with pun-inspired names are our favorite, so help the National Association of Letter Carriers and the U.S. Postal Service provide food to the needy. All you have to do is leave a bag of non-perishables (soups, cereals, pasta, canned goods and the like) next to your mailbox before regular mail delivery on Saturday, May 10, and the mail carrier will pick it up and deliver it for you. For more info, contact Stephanie at 349-8678. The Treehouse In the spirit of our wonderful poetry community, Sumner and Dene (517 Central NW) hosts an open mic the second Saturday of the month (being this Saturday, May 10). Arrive at 6:30 p.m. to sign up for a slot in the hour-long open mic (four minute limit enforced) followed by a featured poet. Everything wraps up by 9 p.m. Folk Music, Baby Revel in New Mexico's multicultural background during the 15 th anniversary celebration of the GOV-TV show “ Lo Maduro de La Cultura” and the commemoration of a year-long-statewide tour by Los Reyes. The event takes place Saturday, May 10, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the KiMo (423 Central NW). Performances include a variety of folk music and guest artist Gaby Villalobos. Tickets are $5. For more info, call 768-3522 or visit www.cabq.gov/kimo. Fri, 09 May 2008 15:42:30 -0600 alibi.com - 2008-05-09 - record 23310 http://alibi.com/index.php?story=xy_761&scn=blog&fullstory=y Large Hadron Collider news is most popular on CNN.com today! I think it must be that dashing picture of Nima Arkani-Hamed that's got all the attention. Fri, 09 May 2008 13:13:08 -0600 alibi.com - 2008-05-09 - record xy_761 http://alibi.com/index.php?story=xy_760&scn=blog&fullstory=y Pulitzer Prize winner investigates Mayor Chavez' special relationship with architect Marc Schiff, one of the guys involved in the Metro Court scandal. Mayor Chavez announces ethics reform. State employee steals welfare money. More than 21 square miles blackened by Manzano fire. How easy is it to get medical marijuana in California? McCain's sketchy land-swap deal. Guy saw video of blinking aliens. Latino Legislative Caucus gives The Mexican a spirit award. That word you keep saying, I do not think it means what you think it means: "Great Tits Cope Well With Warming." Fri, 09 May 2008 10:04:30 -0600 alibi.com - 2008-05-09 - record xy_760 http://alibi.com/index.php?story=23289&scn=blog&fullstory=y Can you guess the location of this neon man ironing a neon garment with a neon iron? Thu, 08 May 2008 15:51:40 -0600 alibi.com - 2008-05-08 - record 23289 http://alibi.com/index.php?story=23280&scn=blog&fullstory=y Here's a bizarre little Web service I just came across: A company that will call you at any pre-arranged time you request. The idea is that it's a way to plan getting out of a potentially bad date, boring meeting or never-ending conversation with that friend of yours you have to visit but have a hard time escaping. It also seems to work as a message service (e.g. it will send birthday messages to your friends). It's free, and it looks like the only condition of service is that you allow the company to send you occasional e-mails. They claim they don't give your info to third parties. The age of technology continues. Thu, 08 May 2008 13:28:42 -0600 alibi.com - 2008-05-08 - record 23280 http://alibi.com/index.php?story=23266&scn=blog&fullstory=y Former Rio Rancho Mayor Kevin Jackson serves time in Pennsylvania. (ad-watch warning) Obama's new strategy: Ignore Clinton. And what's McCain taking about in the mean time? Big surprise: GTA IV had record-breaking sales the first-week. Al-Jazeera cameraman freed from Gitmo Platypus genes are weird. Chilean volcano inactive for 9,000 years rumbles again. Morgan Spurlock (of Super Size Me fame) looks for Osama. The pope gets hip with text messaging. NASA found something cool ... but we won't know what until next week. Thu, 08 May 2008 09:22:21 -0600 alibi.com - 2008-05-08 - record 23266 http://alibi.com/index.php?story=23262&scn=blog&fullstory=y The Special Investigaton Division slapped Martini Grille with 22 citations. SID says the club was serving well booze in top-shelf bottles and was buying liquor from the grocery store instead of from wholesalers. If found guilty of three violations, a bar can lose its license. Wed, 07 May 2008 16:30:13 -0600 alibi.com - 2008-05-07 - record 23262 http://alibi.com/index.php?story=23259&scn=blog&fullstory=y Honestly, what is the point of Hillary Clinton staying in the race any longer except to stroke her ego? She can't win with the few, smallish primaries remaining (and she's going to get creamed in Oregon). The only strategy left is to provoke a floor fight, change the rules she agreed upon originally regarding Michigan and Florida and blow up the Democratic Party in Denver. She's not even raising enough money, and has to fund this endless road trip herself. That should tell her something. But she doesn't seem to listen to anything but the diva in her head (you know, "me, me, me, me"). And what's up with Diane Denish? Is she a Hillarybot or what? She's alienating good chunks of the Democratic Party of New Mexico with her rear guard action for Clinton's losing effort. Finally, Obama's speech. I am a cynic about ALL politicians (if you haven't already figured that out). But my reserves of cynicism were drained pretty low listening to his amazing message last night. There is something quite special about him as a political leader. I am starting to believe he may really mean what he says about bringing us all together, and that he may be the person to do it. That's darn close to an endorsement from me, the co-chair of McCain's 2000 effort in New Mexico. Wed, 07 May 2008 16:17:44 -0600 alibi.com - 2008-05-07 - record 23259 http://alibi.com/index.php?story=23260&scn=blog&fullstory=y Second to ban pot candy: your tastebuds. Wed, 07 May 2008 15:00:31 -0600 alibi.com - 2008-05-07 - record 23260 http://alibi.com/index.php?story=23258&scn=blog&fullstory=y For anyone interested in that which is authentically green, the GreenCentral Expo at UNM Continuing Education (1634 University NE) from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday might strike your fancy. Sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council New Mexico Chapter, the expo is a day of lectures and workshops designed for homeowners, dealing with green topics like water conservation, solar power, energy audits, etc. The expo is free, but the entire lecture series costs $10. Call 227-0474 for more info, and click here to learn about the forthcoming sustainability week and Green Built Tour. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:20:48 -0600 alibi.com - 2008-05-07 - record 23258