March 5th is the 31st anniversary of the day a fantastical story appeared in the Laredo Times. A daring reporter wrote about a giant worm crawling out of the Rio Grande and making its way to the Target parking lot on San Dario and Del Mar. When avid Times readers got wind of this, they flocked to the north Laredo establishment to get a peek of the enormous creature. It was all a ruse. There was no worm. The story was fake. The story's writer was testing the vulnerabilities that existed at the newspaper, mostly that of a disengaged editor. Heads rolled after that piece was published. Here's a link to a blog post from 2007. Today is also Super Tuesday, the day that voters in Texas get to select party candidates to compete in the November election. What the two weeks of early voting have shown, however, is a lack of interest in the democratic process. The public is disengaged. KGNS reported on Friday, March 1st, that 18,714 people had cast a vote. More than 18K
I decided to take another crack at it. I've been toying with this idea for some time after several people have randomly asked if I'm still writing for the blog, La Sanbe. The problem with me is that I get easily distracted nowadays, and it's easy to lose inspiration for writing. My only reward is the joy I get out of putting words together, gathering my thoughts on a subject, going back to edit, and so on. If I could do it all again, I think I would've pursued some sort of writing gig. But I digress. I'm not placing outrageous goals on myself. I'll try to post something on a weekly basis. Given that it's an election year, I MAY write more frequently. We'll see. Super Tuesday is a little over a week away. I'm gearing up to compose something for that day. It'll be related to the local political scene, of course. This is another first step in my blogging adventure. I hope we can share ideas and learn a thing or two. Take care fo