To be fair, they didn't even get a mention on the Albuquerque news stations that I saw. Apparently Oklahoma cares what's going on in Portales though...

I really didn't think it was possible for me to love her more than I already did but I WAS WRONG.

Not gonna lie, I thought this was going to be about the NPS cracking down on nude bathers in hot springs again. Especially up in the Jemez, they periodically get pissy about it and go ticket people.

What the hell are you talking about? Ghando said two women got mad at him, not that they falsely accused him of rape.

I don't know, that still seems like a pretty cut-and-dried calculation to me. I mean, you're weighing the possibility of an immature brat being mad at you for turning them down against the possibility of raping someone. The potential consequences are not even in the same league.

Otherwise known as "the New Testament [except some judgy bits from the Epistles]."

A lot of these megachurches are pretty cult-like. They're very skilled at hiding the really crazy bits and gradually sucking people in, making them feel like a valued part of the community, etc. and then go full crazy. Driscoll used to be better about it but he doesn't hide his misogyny and awfulness at all anymore,…

I'm in total agreement with you. I'm Christian so I can at least understand the religious pro-life arguments (though I am strongly pro-choice and believe there is stronger Biblical support for that stance), but the secular ones make no sense to me at all.

I have met some. Their argument is similar, just with the overtly religious stuff removed. They tend to focus on the unique genetic material making the fetus a human being, and human life should be valued, etc. I've also had the displeasure of meeting a misogynistic atheist who was very anti-abortion not because of…

Yeah, I'd definitely count CO in the "good climate" category. Summers are fairly mild and while it does get a lot of snow, it also tends not to get the bitter cold of the upper midwest and the days are mostly sunny which makes it easy to get out and be active even on cold days. I mean, it's colder and snowier up in…

Sure, it doesn't stretch far over ice cream, but it does stretch farther over junky processed dinners (boxed macaroni and cheese, those $1 frozen TV dinners, etc.). Cookies and chips are also substantially cheaper than fresh produce, and a snack of potato chips will keep you feeling full longer than an apple.

Pestering and threats to leave aren't inherently abusive, but can be part of an abusive dynamic. I'd say they're always abusive if one of the partners is completely dependent on the other. In this case, he controlled her diabetes medication and somehow I'm guessing his threats to leave didn't come with an offer to…

My high school did something similar and probably it was because we were the first class it did it to (happened when I was a sophomore) but wearing the dress code violator clothes became almost a point of pride. The crowning moment was when a kid wore an offensive t-shirt (a target on his chest with the words "shoot…

I love ya but I gotta correct you...chili is what they make in Texas, chile is the fine New Mexican pepper. ;) Green chile stew is the best!

OH.MY.GOD. Where did you get green chile shampoo and conditioner? I'm not kidding, I need that. I live in southern NM but I'm up in Albuquerque and Santa Fe a lot (and yes, this is the best time of year!)

Hatch green chile? They're delightful, although they're not the only good NM chile (they're named for the area they're grown in...I went to school in Socorro and there was some amazing local chile there too). Apparently soil composition and climate are huge factors in the taste of the chile, which is why NM's is…

As soon as I saw this headline I knew what New Mexico's was. Seriously, New Mexicans are obsessed with green chile. It goes on everything. There are green chile milkshakes, for god's sake.

It's the only way we can truly be safe from terrorists masquerading as gender-nonconformist teenagers.

And had one death already because of it. Gordon, the victim whose murder she was just sentenced for, died in March 2012. Marilyn Hale died in 2010.

You'd have a hard time proving this isn't what happened at a part time plastic surgery.