Silver City, NM...

Silver City, New Mexico

Silver City is where my sisters family lives. This past week I spent a little time with my nephew walking around the historic downtown area.

Silver City Daily Press

St. Vincent de Paul Church - built in 1874

Main Street Silver City

Chamber of Commerce Building

Hester House -
You will find great fudge here

Warren House built in 1885

Bridge from downtown area to Billy the Kid cabin

Birding Trail Sign at the end of the bridge

Downtown is home to The Big Ditch, which until a turn-of-the-century
thunderstorm was the town's Main Street. After the flooding, "Main Street"
had been turned into "The Big Ditch".

Time to go...

Billy the Kid

I went to Silver City, NM earlier this week to visit family. On Wednesday my nephew spent some time with me walking around downtown Silver City. Next to the visitors center was a log cabin. This is the site where Billy the Kid lived from 1873-1875.

In 2003 Ron Howard produced and directed the movie
"The Missing" in and around Silver City. When filming
was complete the cabin built for the movie was given
to the town of Silver City.

Inside the cabin

Billy had metal covers put on the windows
of the cabin so he could fire a gun
in safety. Window from inside the cabin.

Window from the outside

Jeff Foxworthy's Take on Teachers...

A friend sent this to me today and I thought I would pass it along here.

HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TEACHER ?

1. You can hear 25 voices behind you and know exactly which one belongs to the child out of line.
2. You get a secret thrill out of laminating something.
3. You walk into a store and hear the words "It's Ms/Mr. _________" and know you have been spotted.
4. You have 25 people that accidentally call you Mom/Dad at one time or another.
5. You can eat a multi-course meal in under twenty-five minutes.
6. You've trained yourself to go to the bathroom at two distinct times of the day: lunch and prep period .
7. You start saving other people's trash, because most likely, you can use that toilet paper tube or plastic butter tub for something in the classroom.
8. You believe the teachers' lounge should be equipped with a margarita machine.
9. You want to slap the next person who says "Must be nice to work
7 to 3 and have summers off."
10. You believe chocolate is a food group.
11. You can tell if it's a full moon without ever looking outside.
12. You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says "Boy, the kids sure are mellow today."
13. You feel the urge to talk to strange children and correct their behavior when you are out in public.
14. You think caffeine should be available in intravenous form.
15. You spend more money on school stuff than you do on your own children.
16. You can't pass the school supply aisle without getting at least five items!
17. You ask your friends if the left hand turn he just made was a "good choice or a bad choice."
18. You find true beauty in a can full of perfectly sharpened pencils.
19. You are secretly addicted to hand sanitizer and finally,
20. You understand instantaneously why a child behaves a certain way after meeting his or her parents.

NFL - AFC South

Well my favorite college football team (UF) has not done very well the last few weeks. However my favorite NFL team has been doing pretty good this season. The Jacksonville Jaguars are currently in 2nd place in the AFC South with a record of 4-1.

AFC South Standings

1. Indianapolis 5-0

2. Jacksonville 4-1

3. Tennessee 3-2

4. Houston 3-3

Next week Indianapolis and Jacksonville will play on Monday night - think I will try and watch that game at the local sports bar.

BCS Week 1

1st BCS Rankings for 2007 are out:

1. Ohio State
2. South Florida
3. Boston College
4. LSU
5. Oklahoma
6. South Carolina
7. Kentucky
8. Arizona State
9. West Virgina
10. Oregon
11. Virgina Tech
12. California
13. Kansas
14. USC
15. Florida
16. Missouri
17. Auburn
18. Hawaii
19. Virgina
20. Georgia
21. Tennessee
22. Texas
23. Cincinnati
24. Texas Tech
25. Michigan

It has been an interesting college season so far. Lots of losses in the top ten in the last few weeks. Surprise of the season for me has got to be how well South Florida is doing. Looks like Florida has another power house college football team.

Vocabulary Lesson...

Numbers, letters, and words used for gang purposes

13, XIII, X3, S, Sur, Sureno - Words, numbers and letters that Southern gang members use

14, X4, XIV, N, Norteno - Words, numbers and letters that Northern gang members use

123 - 100 percent white

187 - Penal Code for murder

Barrio, Varrio - Neighborhood

Beer Run - To take beer from a store without paying for it

BG - "Baby Gangster", 12 years of age and under

Blunt - Getting high on a large marijuana cigarette

Bomb - To cross out or write over a rival gang's graffiti

Buster - Derogatory term referring to a Norteno, 14

Chante - House

Crank, Go Fast - Methamphetamine

Crib - House

Cuete - A Firearm

Dove - Rock Cocaine

Drive-by - When a gang cruises by a target and sprays the area or people with gunfire

Full Bird - One pound or one kilo of cocaine

Get Down For Your Set - To fight for your gang

Gig - A party

Half Bird - one-half pound or one-half kilo of cocaine

Hood - Term for neighborhood

NFL - Norteno For Life

NLR - Nazi Low Rider

Placa - Spanish slang term for Peace officer

Qu-Vo - What's up?

Rat Pack - When a group or gang beat up on a person; more than one person jumping another

Scrapa - Punk, tramp. Derogatory term referring to a Sureno gang member

Sewer Rat - Derogatory term referring to a Sureno

Tish - Smoking a drug

Transformer - A Norteno gang member turning Sureno or vice-versa

Trucha - Be cautious; look out; be on the lookout

Wannabes - An inaccurate term mistakenly used by lay people to describe people they believe are not official gang members but behave like them. There is no such thing as a Wannabe since these individuals are actually considered associates of the gang.


That is it for today's gang vocabulary lesson. See and you thought teachers just covered boring things at staff meetings.