We're all hard-working people, but who doesn't like to blow off steam every so often?

Stuff to do

RunThere.com to plan your biking or running route
Preferred bike stores: Outdoor Adventures and Krazy Kat Cyclery
Camping at Gila National Park
Favorite watering holes: El Patio, High Desert, My Brother's Place, Hurricane Alley
Tom and Joni's drinking guide to Las Cruces
Joni's Las Cruces restaurant guide

Pool volleyball
Movies, DDR in Bx102
Frisbee breaks
Ping Pong breaks

Las Cruces Calendar of Events
Las Cruces Visitors Bureau with info about local attractions
Fountain Theater
Mesilla ("old town"), website describes as "the plaza where time stood still" ... which I guess is meant to be a good thing; beautiful place to bike around the pecan farms
Very Large Array (VLA) West of Socorro
White Sands Missile Range hiking, biking, and stargazing
Carlsbad caverns beautiful huge natural caverns
Kilbourne Hole, explosive volcanic crater: Official site, rock hunting guide
Ruidoso gorgeous Rocky Mountain scenery and plenty of outdoor fun

APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day
LPOD Lunar Picture of the Day
EPOD Earth Science Picture of the Day
Bad Astronomy Phil Plait's battle against all the astronomical misconceptions perpetrated in our society
New Scientist neat science news
Sentient Meat a humorous short story
PhD: Piled Higher and Deeper webcomic for all the grad students (eg, 940 and 941)
xkcd "a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language"
Ironic Times humorous headlines you won't see on the Wall Street Journal
The Onion humorous news articles you won't see on the Wall Street Journal
Mathematical Humor bad jokes and good laughs from Wolfram MathWorld
YouTube online video sharing
Facebook an online community
MySpace a more free-form online community