I'm headed to Albuquerque tomorrow. I've heard the concentration of Ph.D.s there is higher than anywhere else in America. This creates certain problems. I can relate - I know having a Ph.D. sometimes causes problems with my concentration.
As a result, to paraphrase former governor Lew Wallace, plans made based on experiences elsewhere regularly fail in New Mexico. I love this expression. I think it's highly versatile and I'd like to try adapting it to some other circumstances.
- plans made based on experiences elsewhere regularly fail in times of crisis.
- plans made based on experiences elsewhere regularly fail in Wile E. Coyote cartoons.
- plans made based on experiences elsewhere regularly fail in embarrassing ways.
- plans made based on experiences elsewhere regularly fail in bed.
- plans made based on experiences elsewhere regularly fail invisibly.
My friend Tom lived in Albuq for a few years and I visited him there. I really liked the town. He said that NM had simultaneously the highest proportion of PHDs and illiterates of any state. This is no doubt due to the DOD and the Reservations.
ReplyDeleteThere used to be an Atomic Museum and I don't know if it's still open. My favorite exhibit there was an immense bomber (B-52? B-29?) It's parked permanently with a deep lateral bend in the fuselage from flying too close to a severe storm. Musta had to hose off the crew's seats after that flight.
You brought back a T-shirt from one visit and I wore it for years - "Universidad de Nuevo Mexico". Unfortunately it doesn't look like I'm going to get a chance to play tourist, I'm here for literally 24 hours. At least I got to take a picture of the world's funkiest Marriott.
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