Saturday night we left the kids behind and went to dinner at Kyoto, a Japanese restaurant in Scottsdale. Irene takes James and meets with friends there for lunch on a fairly regular basis – principally because their lunch specials are cheap. (Lunch deals are somewhere in the range of $4.) Personally, $4 is more than … Read more

Back on September 18th we were in a car crash. Today, 5+ months later, we received an insurance settlement from the offending vehicle’s owner’s insurance company. The car was minimally insured and there was another vehicle damaged in the accident so we received approximately half of the total insurance coverage, about $5,000. I wish I … Read more

I’ve been wondering if the Fresh & Easy concept was faltering before it hit the ground. Initially, they announced a large number of locations around Phoenix metro and indicated that they would all be opening in November. However, the one nearest me hasn’t even begun building up yet, and the ones that were under construction … Read more

More construction along my route home, more bad signs… On the right, you can see the street sign for “Thomas Rd.” On the left, you should be able to make out the warning that “Thamas Rd.” will be closed… Seriously, don’t these sign boards have spell checkers? This is just embarassing. Technorati Tags: Commentary, Phoenix

I love Arizona, I really do. I’m a desert-dweller and there’s no two ways about it, but, I’ll be the first to admit, there are bits of Arizona that are pretty darned desolate. Gila Bend is one of those places. Dry, parched, flat and desolate – just exactly the sort of place for one of … Read more

So, I’ve had the iPhone for 7 days, and I’ve been around home and on an out-of-town trip. I’ve used it a lot. I love it! Any shortcoming notwithstanding, I love it. Let’s get a little background out of the way. Since the iPhone came out, I’ve been telling my wife that my next phone … Read more

From: Specious Report => Atheist Sees Image of Big Bang in Slice of Toast “I was just about to spread the butter when I noticed a fairly typical small hole in the bread surrounded by a burnt black ring,” Chapman told local newspaper The Huddlesfield Express. “However the direction and splatter patterns of the crumbs, … Read more

BBC shows like Ashes to Ashes, Torchwood and Robin Hood are now on the iTunes UK store. That’s a start. Now, all they have to do is get them on the US iTunes store… …or, I just need a sympathetic person in the UK and I’m all set. Now, I wonder, why people in the … Read more