Wish y'all could see what it looked like here an hour or so ago.  All the smoke from the fires down south and east of Tucson have been drawn in by the enormous gusts of wind we've been experiencing all day, and the dust from the desert has mixed with the fires.  Tucson is a mountain valley, a very wide one; we can see mountains to three sides, ( Read more... )

THERE WAS SNOW ON MY CAR WHEN I WOKE UP. WTF, ARIZONA, WTF?


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Those're lyrics from "Good Day" by Angels & Airwaves, btw.

Had a rather cool day for a nothing-much-happening-Saturday, actually. The original intent had been to hermit somewhat; I've had a looooong week full of too many people at work, so when Icka headed off for sironamacgregor's birthday party up on Mt. Lemmon, I got my ass in gear and headed out to run ( Read more... )

RRARGH. Stupid weather. Stupid lightning. Stupid Net going 'boom' until way late at night.

**sulks** At least it's back up now... Will do an actual post, work on logs and be productive tomorrow. Going to sleep now. @#$%!!!

Aaargh. Over the last few hours the temp has dropped drastically and it has gone from a partially cloudy day to cold, cold, bone-numbing, pneumonia-inducing rain.  Ewww ewww ewww.  Yes, I *do* realize that 41 degrees F is not anything like world-record-setting cold, and my friends in Canada can stop pointing and laughing NOW if you please, but ( Read more... )