Dinosaur Kiwis

Bones from huge dinosaur found on Chathams This article from the New Zealand Herald talks about new land-based dinosaur discoveries on Chathams, an island off New Zealand. Generally, New Zealand was not thought to have land-dwelling dinosaurs until these discoveries. Technorati Tags: Paleontology, Science

Rainbow’s End, Mesa and Scottsdale

I happened to be a Kiwanis Park in Tempe last Tuesday when a small rainstorm was blowing by. The conditions and the sunlight were just right to form this absolutely perfect rainbow, which ran complete from ground to ground. Sadly, all I had was my cameraphone, which couldn’t even get a shot of the full … Read more

Looking Forward

Today was a red letter day for James. He’s just too tall to sit in a rear-facing car seat anymore. Today we turned him around and let him have first ride round town looking at what’s coming rather than what’s going. He seemed rather nonplussed. Technorati Tags: Kids, Family

Moments When It Pays NOT To Have A Camera

We were scrounging for cheap art supplies at Dollar Tree today. Irene and the kids were in the art junk section, and I was roaming the store in hopes of finding something interesting. The was an aging, african-american woman wandering the halls, looking around rather furtively, but, as Dollar Tree is the sort of place … Read more

Rumbi Island Grill

I don’t think the Rumbi Island Grill is supposed to represent any particular island, but everyone greets you with a big “Aloha” on the way in the door. This is a new place that just opened up 2 weeks ago near the corner of 44th Street and Indian School. Their menu generally consists of rice … Read more

Skeptics Unite!

I couldn’t take it anymore! The world is filled with just too many dumb-ass ideas. I joined the Skeptics Society today. Please, people… start reading, and start thinking. Technorati Tags: Science

Olive Garden

One of my fundamental theories of pizza is that you should never eat pizza at a restaurant that doesn’t specialize in pizza. If their pizza isn’t good enough to be their headliner and major breadwinner, it can’t be that good, right? I enjoy eating at Olive Garden, but because of the aforementioned policy, I’ve never … Read more

AZ Aloha Festival

Just happened to pick up a newspaper Friday and discovered there was an Hawaiian (and Pacific Islander) festival in Phoenix called the AZ Aloha Festival this weekend. We took the kids (or should I say, “keiki”?) down to see what it was like. I really was surprised to see how much larger it was than … Read more

Reach Them While They’re Young

We stopped to buy groceries in Sprouts yesterday. Spouts is a little too loony for doing our general shopping, but it’s got some things you just can’t find elsewhere, and sometimes they have some great bargains on meats. While I was waiting to for the reset of the family to take a group bathroom break, … Read more

Stanley’s Homemade Polish Sausage

Many times in the past when I’ve been down at Photomark at lunchtime, I’ve noticed a little place across the street called “Stanley’s” which, although the name just mentions Polish Sausage, the window signs indicate a variety of sandwiches for lunch. The timing has always been bad, and their parking lot is miniscule (and full). … Read more