Two elderly women were eating
breakfast in a restaurant one morning. Ethel noticed something funny
about Mabel’s ear and she said, “Mabel, did you know you’ve got a
suppository in your left ear?” Mabel answered, “I have? A suppository?”
She pulled it out & stared at it. Then she said, “Ethel, I’m glad you
saw this thing. Now I think I know where my hearing aid is.”
Death Notice
When
the husband finally died his wife put the usual death notice in
the paper, but added that he died of gonorrhea. No sooner were the
papers delivered than a good friend of the family phoned and complained
bitterly, “You know very well that he died of diarrhea, not gonorrhea.
Replied the widow, “I nursed him night and day so of course I know he
died of diarrhea, but I thought it would be better for posterity to
remember him as a great lover rather than the big shit he always was.”
Got Dignity
Rebait the Trap
An elderly couple was on a cruise and it was really stormy. They were
standing on the back of the boat watching the moon, when a wave came up
and washed the old woman overboard. They searched for days and couldn’t
find her, so the captain sent the old man back to shore with the promise
that he would notify him as soon as they found something. Three weeks
went by and finally the old man got a fax from the boat. It read: “Sir,
sorry to inform you, we found your wife dead at the bottom of the ocean.
We hauled her up to the deck and attached to her butt was an oyster and
in it was a pearl worth $50,000 . . .please advise” The old man faxed
back: “Send me the pearl and re-bait the trap”
“Watch That Wall!”
A
funeral service is being held for a woman who has just passed away. At
the end of the service, the pall bearers are carrying the casket out
when they accidentally bump into a wall, jarring the casket. They hear a
faint moan! They open the casket and find that the woman is actually
alive! She lives for ten more years, and then dies. Once again, a
ceremony is held, and at the end of it, the pall bearers are again
carrying out the casket. As they carry the casket towards the door, the
husband cries out: “Watch that wall!”
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BOOK REVIEWS
The Suppression of Salt of the
Earth
by James J. Lorence
This impassioned history
tells a story of censorship and politics during the early Cold War. The
author recounts the 1950 Empire Zinc Strike in Bayard, New Mexico, the
making of the extraordinary motion picture Salt of the Earth by
Local 890 of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers,
and the film’s suppression by Hollywood, federal and state governments,
and organized labor. This disturbing episode reflects the intense fear
that gripped America during the Cold War and reveals the unsavory side
of the rapprochement between organized labor and big business in the
1950s. In the face of intense political opposition, blackballed union
activists, blacklisted Hollywood artists and writers, and Local 890
united to write a script, raise money, hire actors and crews, and make
and distribute the film. Rediscovered in the 1970s, Salt of the Earth
is a revealing celluloid document of socially conscious unionism
that sought to break down racial barriers, bridge class divisions, and
emphasize the role of women. Lorence has interviewed participants in the
strike and film such as Clinton Jencks and Paul Jarrico and has
consulted private and public archives to reconstruct the story of this
extraordinary documentary and the coordinated efforts to suppress it.
University of New Mexico
Press, 6 x 9 inches xv, 279 pages, 40 halftones, 3 maps, (Cloth) $49.95
– ISBN: 0-8263-2027-9, (Paper) $19.95 – ISBN: 0-8263-2028-7
Law of the Land
The Trial of Billy the Kid
Law of the Land, the third of Johnny D. Bogg’s Guns and Gavel Series,
recreates the 1881 trial of William Bonney for the murder of Sheriff
William Brady during the Lincoln County
War.
Meticulously researched, Law of the Land brings to life
the legendary figures of the Lincoln County War - Pat Garrett, The Kid’s
former pal who becomes a tool for the :Santa Fe Ring”; lew Wallace,
preoccupied with his novel, Ben-Hur; Billy the Kid, an affable but
selfish killer haunted by his past - as well as Ira Leonard and other
often overlooked men and women caught up in the struggle between justice
and power.
Published by Signet, paperback, 311 pages, ISBN:
0-451-21102-2, $5.99.
How They Succeeded by Orison Sweet Marden
How They Succeeded by Orison Sweet Marden author of
Success Nuggets, The Victorious Attitude, and many more. Contents: Life
Stories of Successful Men and Women Told by Themselves: Marshell Field,
Alexander G. Bell, John D. Rockfeller, Thomas A. Edison, Andrew
Carnegie, and Many More.
Sun Books, Sun Publishing, ISBN: 0895403455, $26.00,
www.sunbooks.com
Ancient Burial Practices in the
American Southwest
Using modern methods and theory and a cross-disciplinary
approach, all authors evaluate ancient burial practices to recreate the
structure and history of major southwestern cultures, including the
of-the-art collection combines case studies, population analyses, and
examination of new federal laws that have changed the face of
archaeological mortuary studies, and an essential Native American
perspective on archaeologists' study of human remains and mortuary
artifacts.
University of New Mexico Press, hard cover, 8.5 x 11
inches, 278 pages, ISBN: 0-8263-3461-X, $32.95, edited by Douglas R.
Mitchell & Judy L. Brunson-Hadley.
CD Review: Sympatiko
Sympatiko will take you there...a sonorous blend of Brazilian,
Indian, and Native American rthythms wrapped in beautiful and engaging
songs. Sympatiko, a word meanin “on the same wavelength,” sybolizes how
Oykalo Hamill and Joao Junqueira have united exotic elements
inota
language of sound that spans three continents. They give voice to a
world unbounded by culture and geography, and invite you to join in a
musical celebration of collective oneness.
Produce by Rob Beaton and Oykalo Hamill. For more
information visit www.sympatiko.net.
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a
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supportive adults as guides and mentors, apprenticeships,
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Inside This Issue
Book Review.................. 15
Canadian Organic
Farmers File Suit.........13
"Check This Out" .........14
Cow Hosomone
Causing Cancer? .........8
Death Notice ...................14
EcoVersity....................
10
Kenny Boy......................
5
Lara's Theme ................
7
Made Cow USA...............
1
Mendocino Leads The
Way........................... 8
Message From Robert
Redford.................... 12
Millions Against
Monsanto
..................10
No Child Left Behind:
Part 3......................... 4
North Central NM
Events ........................3
Parrot Language.............10
Rebait The Trap ........... 14
Screenwriting
Conference..................
4
Snow Business ...............
9
Staw-Bale Low Income
Workshop................... 1
Take Time to Laugh ....... 8
The Computer Ate
My Vote
.................... 3
Unclassifieds..................15
Watch That Wall!........ 14
Western Jurisprudence .. 11
Where Is My Hearing
Aid...........................14
Wind Energy
Development
Threatened ................9
War.
inota
language of sound that spans three continents. They give voice to a
world unbounded by culture and geography, and invite you to join in a
musical celebration of collective oneness.
challenging
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