...might as well go out having fun.
As an avid rider of watercraft, I can honestly say that I've never been on the water when a storm was threatening. However, if I was on vacation at Lake Powell, I can't honestly say I'd let a little rain get in the way of my fun, either. More than likely, the guy would have been sleeping on a house boat anyway and I don't suspect it would have been much safer to be there than on a jet ski.
Mental note for future reference: plan any potential houseboat trips on Lake Powell around the usual Arizona monsoon season.
On my way to the office breakroom to fill up my water bottle this morning, I came across two rather obese individuals standing on opposite sides of a cubicle aisleway having a conversation. As I approached them, I paused momentarily, assuming one would step aside so that I could get by. Instead, they just looked at me as if I was interrupting their discussion.
Now, these cubicle aisles are probably no more than five feet wide. Because of the way the cubes are laid out in our office, I would have had to backtrack and go completely around the office get around them. This was the only direct route to the breakroom.
They made a half-hearted attempt to flatten themselves up against the cubicle wall so I could get by. Seeing no way to avoid the situation, I turned sideways and squeezed between them, narrowly missing brushing up against one of them in the process.
You would think this absolute invasion of personal space would have been uncomfortable enough to make one of them figure out that they should move to the same side of the aisle as their counterpart. After filling up my water bottle, I turned to walk back to my office and noticed they were still deeply engrossed in each other's company. This time, I opted to take the around-the-cube-maze route to avoid the situation entirely.
Look, its bad enough when you have to walk between two average sized people in an aisle. I'm not a fan of having strangers in my personal space and I don't know why people insist on standing like that to have a conversation. But when there is barely enough room for people to get by you, have the courtesy to stand on the same side!
Either that, or go on a damn diet...
As if they haven't made our lives a living hell for the past couple of years with random freeway closures for legitimate reasons (adding new lanes, applying rubberized asphalt, general repairs, etc.), the Arizona Department of Transportation has decided to close the Loop 202 freeway on three consecutive weekends--so they can film a movie.
And what are the taxpayers getting in return? Zip. Nada. Zilch-O.
The movie company has generously agreed to pay for any restriping, changes to signage or repairs to damage done to the freeway, but that's it. No monetary compensation is being given for the inconvenience of having to deal with the traffic nightmare this will certainly cause.
No doubt, any restriping, changes in signage or repairs will result in yet another closure of this freeway in the not-too-distant future.
I don't really care that Phoenix is the new Hollywood. Don't impede my ability to get around this massive urban-sprawl of a city without freeway access!
Update: Interestingly enough, azcentral already archived that article. Hmmm, awfully suspicious. Oh well, here's the scoop from the less opinionated paper in the Valley, the East Valley Tribune.
I turned on the TV tonight around 8:00pm. Here's what was on the four major networks...
CBS: Rockstar Supernova
NBC: America's Got Talent
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance
ABC: The One: Making a Music Star
WTF? Four talent shows! Are you kidding me?
Summer TV just sucks. You know its bad when you start looking forward to Big Brother All Stars...
Thank God pre-season football starts soon. It'll give me something to occupy my TV watching time until 24 starts again in January.