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Announcing Food Drive in Honor of the Late Judge Tom Fiorina

The family of the late Judge Tom Fiorina are pleased to announce a food drive in his honor! Judge Tom Fiorina left an indelible mark on the Santa Fe community. His innovative initiative, the “Turkey for Tickets” program, not only… Continue Reading →

Terms like “wraparound services” cover up a great many evils

Among the most stupid ideas that float within substance abuse and housing circles is that unhoused populations are homogeneous. Guess what? They’re not. At all. As a matter of fact, terms like “wraparound services” and “affordable housing” are stupid as… Continue Reading →

Clear requirements are a must for software projects to succeed

Regardless of the environment, clear requirements are absolutely necessary. To illustrate: When my day’s official work is done, I turn to my own personal pursuits. Among those pursuits these days is using Python to generate MIDI files. Ultimately, I want… Continue Reading →

Really, the enemy a song fights is linguistic colonization

Going through a pile of old stuff, I found a songbook that belonged to my great-grandmother. Not sure how she got it in the first place, but the very first song it lists is Jose Alfredo Jimenez’s, Ella. Now, to… Continue Reading →

Not being able to run for School Board made me need to process emotions…

Whether I’m leading a software development team or counseling someone, I hear myself telling people, “just sit with the feeling for a bit” and I mean it. Negative emotions such as sadness, anger, and even boredom can overwhelm people into… Continue Reading →

Me and a deer had a nice conversation the other day…

So, I met this deer the other day. It was pretty dang smart, too. See, what happened was, my wife, brother-in-law, and I were coming out of the Pecos Wilderness when my wife saw this deer munching some brush. My… Continue Reading →

Music is my medicine in panacoustic form

I can’t say that I understand my grandfather’s panacoustic system. At least, I don’t understand it, yet. From what I’ve gathered thus far, my grandfather, Ernest Rocha Sr., developed this musical system as his response to what her learned as… Continue Reading →

Life is no accident, the political world rejected me but…

I sit back and wonder, “is life one big accident?” there are times when I think, yes, it’s all one big random exercise in accidental accidents. But those times usually occur when I’m frustrated or upset about something I either… Continue Reading →

AI, Nyquist, or a notebook are all nothing more than tools to me

During my career, I’ve developed and implemented software using all kinds of languages. Really, though, I’m technology agnostic. That is, I don’t care if I’m using AI, Nyquist, or a notebook. It all comes down to solving problems. In my… Continue Reading →

I hope everyone finds their creative flow

I am a creative person. Writing is my primary outlet, but I also like to draw silly cartoons and play the guitar. This creative energy provides meaning and happiness to my life and I consider this energy as central to… Continue Reading →

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