In English we call it handball. In Spanish it’s rebote a mano con pelota dura, or rebote for short. They
Author: elrichiboy
Buses to bars
Despite El Pasoans’ reluctance to take, or even talk about, the bus, Sun Metro seems complicit in a plot to
El Paso’s Secret City Government Secret Emails
What is the City hiding in their personal emails? A walking quorum? A narco-nexus? Jimmy Hoffa? Secret payoffs to the
Were you violent? Here’s why.
There is a significant correlation between the use of leaded gasoline and incidences of violent crime. [L]ead emissions from automobiles
Are you fat? Here’s why.
I heard this a year ago as we were slipping through the dappled shadows on Gavilan Canyon Road, listening to
The Kentucky Club
The Kentucky Club, just over the Santa Fe Street pedestrian bridge in Downtown El Paso, is easily El Paso’s most
Trust the Church
The Catholic Church, god bless them, are the official arbiters of morality, as far as they’re concerned. So it’s a
Drug War Mexico and the Narcoeconomy
A friend of mine who might know (and therefore should remain anonymous) says that the government in Mexico runs the
Camping at Franklin Mountains State Park
The Franklin Mountain State Park is reportedly the largest urban wilderness park in the continental United States. There’s no word
El Paso’s Bleak Future: A Contrarian View
If we want to attract businesses to El Paso, we have our work cut out for us. According to an
Killer DIY Drone
This should scare you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Jplh7uatr-E
Can Juarez survive its extreme makeover?
Calle de la Paz is seven blocks long, two blocks south of Dieciseis de Septiembre in downtown Juarez. It’s western
Breaking the Taboo
Here’s a good video about drug prohibition, narrated by Morgan Freeman.
Street robots
For hours every day, the fake-brick sidewalk throbs with a pulse of humanity engaged in the willful act of living.
Brand Tribalism in El Paso
In El Paso, we’re big on brands. We want to belong. We want to feel like we’re a member of
The Class Cold War
“The important thing to understand now is that while the election is over, the class war isn’t. The same people
Meanwhile, back at the lovely StageCoach Motel
This article in El Diario says a couple of fugitive sex offenders were arrested at the Stage Coach Motel on
The voters have spoken.
The City of El Paso will take on close to billion dollars in new debt over the next fifteen years,
The Irony of Irony
“If irony is the ethos of our age — and it is — then the hipster is our archetype of
Oops. Looks like I got it wrong again.
Option #1 Upon further review, it seems that the City’s Ordinance 017850 authorized the election about the ballpark based on