My Search for an Incredible Piece of Sci-Fi Trash

When I was a kid, I had this ridiculous sci-fi novel full of mutants, profanity, shoot-outs, and sex. Needless to say, I loved it. But when I was older, I couldn’t remember its title or author. And thus began a decade-long search to track down this incredible piece of sci-fi trash, leading me to bookstoresContinue reading “My Search for an Incredible Piece of Sci-Fi Trash”

Medical waste: Who gets it, and what happens to it?

This article was originally published on April 9, 2018, in the El Paso Inc. Medical Section. The article was edited for length and slight stylistic reasons; the original version can be found below.   Every day, box trucks pull up to a nondescript warehouse on the far-east side of El Paso to unload a fairlyContinue reading “Medical waste: Who gets it, and what happens to it?”