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Even When You Fail

Published on October 18, 2012 by in Columns
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For as long as I can remember, I’ve always considered myself a writer.

But if you had asked me twenty years ago—or ten years ago, or five—to sit down and write my future, no measure of creativity or imagination would have accurately placed me at the desk I’m sitting at this morning.  As we wander through the world, we all make choices.  We all make mistakes—some fortuitous, some devastating.  And we all stumble into a little opportunity, somewhere along the way.

I can’t explain it, but I’ve been focused lately on life’s unexpected fortune, and its heartbreaking disappointments.  I’m not terminally ill, nor am I facing one of life’s great milestones—the types of things that often cause us to reflect on our accomplishments or failures.  I’ve just been thinking.  Read more…

 
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The Latest Designer Drugs

Published on October 11, 2012 by in Columns
Catherine Davis And Johnny Lewis

When actor Johnny Lewis died two weeks ago, a million questions remained unanswered.  Best known for playing the part of Half Sack in FX’s “Sons of Anarchy,” Lewis’s strange death quickly began to fuel speculation about the latest trends in designer drugs.

Without any direct eyewitnesses, police have struggled to piece together the chain of events that left two people dead at The Writers’ Villa, in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood near the Hollywood sign, on Wednesday, September 26.  It appears that the 28-year-old actor got into an argument with his 81-year-old landlady, Catherine Davis.  Lewis allegedly beat her and strangled her, leaving her dead in her bedroom.  At some point, Lewis left the house, jumped over a fence into the neighboring yard, and attacked a housepainter who was working next door.  According to LAPD Cmd. Andrew Smith, “The painter and the homeowner were able to get away.  He jumped back into his yard where he was staying and, at some point shortly thereafter, fell to his death.”  Read more…

 
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The ‘New’ Juarez

Published on October 4, 2012 by in Columns
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Filmmaker Charlie Minn has once again returned to Juarez.  This Friday, his third documentary on the bloodshed in the border city will hit theaters, and it’s worth your attention.

On Monday, I had the opportunity to screen “The New Juarez.”  It’s Minn’s second film this year tackling the cartel violence, as the dynamics in Juarez continue to shift rapidly.  Minn is best-known to Las Crucens for his documentary on the 1990 bowling alley massacre, “A Nightmare in Las Cruces,” and for his film on the storied Cruces High/Mayfield football rivalry, “Cruces Divided.” Read more…

 
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Daniel’s Generosity

Published on September 27, 2012 by in Columns
In San Francisco, Daniel helped a couple wash their cars.

Summer is over, and we’ve officially stepped into fall.  Any dreams of summer fun or home-improvement projects are either gone or fulfilled, to our satisfaction or not.  The door of summer 2012 is officially closed.

One denizen of the internet spent his summer in a way that leaves him nothing to be ashamed of.  His name is Daniel, and on the social-aggregator site Reddit, he goes by Generique.  A member of Daniel’s family works for an unnamed airline, and as a result, Daniel can fly around the world for almost-free—he has to pay the departure taxes on his flights. Read more…

 
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