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    What would your official state smell be?

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    What would your official state smell be?

    Last week, lawmakers in the state of New Mexico took up one of the most pressing issues to face that state in decades — declaring an official state aroma. State Sen. Bill Soules (D-Las Cruces) got the idea while visiting a group of fifth-graders in his district. Now, he’s pushing a bill to make the smell of green chile peppers roasting over an open flame the official state aroma. It’s already passed its first committee hurdle and is unlikely to face much opposition on its way to making New Mexico the first U.S. state with an official state aroma. (The […]

    Though I clearly am a fashion icon myself, I don’t really understand handbags

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    Though I clearly am a fashion icon myself, I don’t really understand handbags

    I’ve written more than once about how co-workers, friends, family, grocery store cashiers, homeless people and serial killers have made fun of my fashion sense — particularly their incorrect perception that I have none. I’m merely a nonconformist — and a frugal nonconformist at that. While I may not follow all the latest celebrities who are considered stylish, I do have plenty of famous fashion icons that I look up to and am inspired by — like Jimmy Buffett, Jeff Spicoli, Tripper Harrison, Cousin Eddie, The Dude and Crazy Jimmy down at the Possum Holler Pool Hall asking folks, “Lemme […]