The Great Outdoors

The last two weekends have been filled with outdoor activities, which can only really mean one thing...

...SUMMER IS OVER!!!

I know, it's a little strange, seeing as most parts of the country count the days down until May rolls around and then drop a tear or two once Labor Day finds them and takes fun and sun for the next six months. Of course, I live in backwardsville (aka southern Arizona), where October means two things. Cursing baseball playoffs interrupting my favorite tv shows for three weeks (come back to me Prison Break! Don't forget about be Arrested Development!) and temperatures under 100 for the first time in five months. It's a beautiful thing my friends, a beautiful thing.

Two week ago, some friends of ours invited us to go jetskiing with them at the lovely Canyon Lake. They, being in their late 40s, have had the time to build up the toy farm. They have two Honda jetskis that happen to be the fastest ones they make. It's pretty hard not to have fun flying through a canyon at 60 miles an hour on the water. Of course, there also isn't much that can tighten up the ol' butt cheeks faster than hitting some waves at sixty miles an hour and having your brain screaming at you, "You are going to DIE, you IDIOT! SLOW down!" But, do I listen to something as trivial as my brain? Not likely...

Last Saturday, Rachel and I decided that it was time for a day trip and we headed north from Phoenix to Payson, Arizona, up in the mountains. We have the pleasure of having an intense natural wonder in northern Arizona called the Mogollon Rim. It is essentially a shear cliff that cuts diagonally across the southwest from Northwest Arizona down into southwest New Mexico. This is a huge cliff stretching hundreds of miles. The land below the cliff is anywhere from 2000 to 3000 feet below the cliff line above and makes for an incredible view.

We drove up to Canyon Woods Lake on top of the rim and hiked the 5.5 mile trail around the lake. It was gorgeous. I felt at one with nature. I need to do this kind of thing more often.

That anonymous blogger finally gets his comeuppance

With ten posts a day on his blog, you would think the infamous anonymous blogger would get a chance to mention that he was embroiled in a heated court battle. Maybe he was just waiting for the win to let us know? Maybe he didn't want to face the shameful fate of having all of us find out his real name?

Well, you know what, I'm glad he won and doesn't have to reveal anything to the world. I didn't want to see the ugly mug under the paper bag anyway...

Really.

Okay, come on! Some other local official sue him so we can get the INFO!

The article in question.

My Name is Mud

I love easter egg type stuff that is just for early adopters of technology. It's really great and, although completely trivial, it makes me feel just a little more validated in my purchase.

As if I need to feel more validated about my purchase of my HDTV and paying for an HD feed with my digitalTV package... I mean, High Def Rocks!

And last night, that sentiment was confirmed on "My Name is Earl". Rachel and I were watching it and the scene shown in the picture came on. She asked what that sign he was holding in the background was. With a rewind, we see Earl's brother is holding a sign that says "High Def Rocks"...just to the wide edge of the screen that could only be visible on HD feeds.

As if I need to feel more validated about watching "My Name is Earl"... I mean, Earl rocks!

U R AN ASSTRONAGHT.

HD Beat also has a story covering this awesomeness