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Let this be a lesson for you: Long-distance running and high-fiber diets don’t mix. Especially after you’ve spent a week-and-a-half ingesting 15 pounds of sausage and schnitzel – that’s 6.8 kilograms for those of you measuring in Germany. And don’t say I didn’t warn you: Long-distance running and high-fiber diets certainly don’t mix when that [...]

Krewe of Helios-Arizona IX, 03.05.11

Krewe of Helios-Arizona IX, 03.05.11

Yes, you’re still our friends… and no, you didn’t offend us when you threw up in the gumbo pot… and honestly, you didn’t get blacklisted when you sparked our first-ever police visit for your awesome (illegal) parking job… and it’s OK, really, our friend the paramedic didn’t mind resuscitating you after you licked the hottest [...]

You’re Invited: KREWE OF HELIOS-AZ MARDI GRAS PARTY & PARADE, PART 8

Laissez les bon temps rouler! We hope y’all will join us for the Eighth Annual Krewe of Helios-Arizona Mardi Gras Parade and Party: Saturday, January 30, 2010 4PM-10PM*** Pat and Stacy World Headquarters 24952 N. 74th Place Scottsdale AZ 85255 As many of you have been here, done this and actually returned home with a [...]

Political Spectrum Quiz – Go Figure

I’m not shocked to discover that I lean pretty hard Libertarian… My Political ViewsI am a centrist social libertarianRight: 0.23, Libertarian: 5.03Political Spectrum Quiz I do believe my foreign policy views have been shaped by the blunders of the Bush Administration… My Foreign Policy ViewsScore: -1.11Political Spectrum Quiz And yeah, when it comes to free [...]

Home

Went home this weekend – to Louisiana and East Texas and back to Arizona, all in the span of three days. Home: 70 percent humidity. 80 degrees. 100 percent misery. Even shade is no haven – the warm damp just sticks to the backs of your thighs like so many vinyl car seats. But it’s [...]