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Craig Shockley
Last updated on Monday, December 23, 2002
Craig Shockley was born and raised in Colorado. Always a bit confused, he joined the Army instead of the Navy to see the world. But nevertheless, even wrong decisions sometimes work out. During a twenty year career he found himself "visiting" Germany three times, Korea three times, Viet Nam twice, and Panama once. In between overseas tours he resided in several stateside posts but never quite long enough to get caught up on network TV shows. The military has no sympathy.
Craig Shockley, exactly as he looks, and how he often feels. Photo edited by Carla DeMarco His military career behind him, but apparently being a slow learner, he went straight back to work for the Department of Defense as a civilian. After another twelve years of toil and drudgery for Uncle Sam he finally said, "Enough is enough", packed up his 401K savings, and set out for parts unknown, which turned out to be Deming, New Mexico.
He now resides with his faithless companion, Ivan the Stupid, an AKC registered German shepherd who really isn't stupid, but is hyperactive and suffering from doggy dementia. An opportunist, Craig is keeping an eye out for an attractive young lady who is willing to commit to a totally noncommittal relationship. He has had very little success in this area.
Craig manages to keep himself busy by participating in area "Cowboy" shooting matches - usually losing badly, drinking beer every Thursday at the VFW, and harassing the editor of "The Deming Headlight" with regular contributions. Although his humorous articles are generally very well received, this may actually be a reflection on the Deming population.
Craig is greatly interested in getting huge sums of money for his work. In fact, his aim is to become as filthy rich as Dave Barry. He says that anyone reading this who would like to help him achieve his goal (the rich part, not the filthy part) is more then welcome to send along an e-mail. For those who feel telephone communications are more appropriate, his phone number is also shown. If there's no answer, call again in a couple of hours. Except on Thursdays, of course.
Articles by Craig Shockley
Here in New Mexico, most folks take a casual approach to style. It's a matter of common sense more than anything else. Thanks to sun, wind, and dust, that heavy wool suit is pretty far down the list of clothing choices. In circles where wrinkles have profound importance they are furiously discussing the methods of wrinkle removal. I have a personal favorite. Long ago I noticed that stout people are relatively wrinkle-free. Simply stated, if you keep adding material to a container of fixed size, something has to stretch.Possibly the best known name in Southwest mining is Phelps-Dodge. You might well ask yourself, "Where did they find this corporate name?"
Well, Easterners Anson Greene Phelps and William E. Dodge started a trading company back in 1834. At the time neither of the partners knew squat about digging minerals from the earth, but they were astute businessmen.
By 1881 when the founders met William Church, fresh from Arizona Territory, they'd expanded their knowledge base. Without ever setting foot in the Southwest, the partners knew that mining your own copper and making it into telegraph wire was a lot cheaper than buying imported copper and making it into telegraph wire. They bought Church's mining claim. Cheap.
Summer in the Southwest is a beautiful season, but the beauty can be harsh and heated. How do you know when summer arrives? Don't bother with the calendar. June 21 has about as much bearing on the Southwest's summer season as both Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays do with the third weekend in February.
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