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		<title>Still Alive!</title>
		<link>http://phoenix.metblogs.com/2006/10/12/still-alive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I&#8217;ve been quite quiet recently. But alas, I am still alive. I shall blog again soon. Fall and winter are rapidly approaching, my favorite seasons and the source of much joy and stories I hope to share with you all.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, I&#8217;ve been quite quiet recently. But alas, I am still alive. I shall blog again soon. Fall and winter are rapidly approaching, my favorite seasons and the source of much joy and stories I hope to share with you all.</p>
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		<title>White baggin&#8217; it!</title>
		<link>http://phoenix.metblogs.com/2006/09/06/white-baggin-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 02:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quizno&#8217;s, it&#8217;s not bad for a chain, better than subway or blimpie. Dilly&#8217;s, like their paninis. Cheba Hut, pretty darn good. Sacks Sandwiches, out of this world! It&#8217;s on University and Hardy in the same plaza as Sabuddy and Cafe Lalibela, and if you&#8217;ve never been there I urge you to stop in and get [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Quizno&#8217;s, it&#8217;s not bad for a chain, better than subway or blimpie. Dilly&#8217;s, like their paninis. Cheba Hut, pretty darn good. Sacks Sandwiches, out of this world! It&#8217;s on University and Hardy in the same plaza as Sabuddy and Cafe Lalibela, and if you&#8217;ve never been there I urge you to stop in and get yourself a Tom (yours truly) original. Turkey on marble rye, toasted, havarti cheese, easy mayonnaise, lots of lettuce, and cranberry sauce. Yes, cranberry sauce. Oh so yummy. They have quite a few original sandwiches and a large menu of options if you&#8217;d like to make your own &#8220;self portrait&#8221; as they call it. They have at least 4 flavors of iced tea in constant rotation, including a hawaiian red tea that is delicious (have only seen this @ the Phoenix location). To top it off, every sandwich order comes with a yummy chocolate chip cookie that&#8217;s made from their own cookie dough that you can also purchase. It&#8217;s a nice finishing touch.</p>
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		<title>Phoenix makes National news again&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://phoenix.metblogs.com/2006/08/22/phoenix-makes-national-news-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pho_tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, pranksters released two live diamondback rattle snakes during a screening of Snakes on a Plane at a Phoenix theatre. Nobody was hurt. Full story on Yahoo!.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apparently, pranksters released two live diamondback rattle snakes during a screening of Snakes on a Plane at a Phoenix theatre. Nobody was hurt. Full story <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060822/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_life_usa_snakes">on Yahoo!</a>.</p>
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		<title>Is there an East side Staging Lot?</title>
		<link>http://phoenix.metblogs.com/2006/08/08/is-there-an-east-side-staging-lot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I picked my girlfriend up from Sky Harbor yesterday. I went in at the 24th Street entrance as it was just after work and I work on 24th Street. I have never used this entrance before. My girlfriend&#8217;s flight had been delayed twice already so who knew when it was going to arrive. I was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img alt="stagingboard_crop.jpg" src="http://phoenix.metblogs.com/archives/images/2006/08/stagingboard_crop.jpg" width="534" height="411" /><P>I picked my girlfriend up from Sky Harbor yesterday. I went in at the 24th Street entrance as it was just after work and I work on 24th Street. I have never used this entrance before. My girlfriend&#8217;s flight had been delayed twice already so who knew when it was going to arrive. I was a bit dismayed at the prospect of wasting a half an hour circling the terminal so I was quite excited to find the staging lot. I never knew that Sky Harbor had a staging lot and flight information board! Is there an east side staging lot like the one on the west side? It was extremely convenient. I was able to sit and enjoy (as much I could have hoped for) my meal (if you want to call it that) from Carl&#8217;s Jr. The flight information board shows all incoming flights and displays &#8220;Ready for Pickup&#8221; when the bags are available in baggage claim. Off I went as her flight displayed &#8220;Ready for Pickup&#8221; and I waited perhaps 3 minutes curbside before my girlfriend emerged. I&#8217;ll have to utilize this staging lot more often.</p>
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		<title>FYI: Weather Warnings</title>
		<link>http://phoenix.metblogs.com/2006/07/28/fyi-weather-warnings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are currently under a Flash Flood Watch and Severe Thunderstorm Watch. The following bulletins have also been issued:  Severe Thunderstorm Warning; Hazardous Weather Outlook. The storm&#8217;s they are a&#8217;comin! Here&#8217;s the NOAA/NWS landing page for the Phoenix area.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are currently under a Flash Flood Watch and Severe Thunderstorm Watch. The following bulletins have also been issued:  Severe Thunderstorm Warning; Hazardous Weather Outlook. The storm&#8217;s they are a&#8217;comin! <A href="http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/index.php?zone=azz023&amp;county=azc013&amp;wfo=psr&amp;dgtl=1&amp;lat=33.42222&amp;lon=-111.82194">Here&#8217;s the NOAA/NWS landing page for the Phoenix area</A>.</p>
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		<title>Storm slideshow from AZCentral.com</title>
		<link>http://phoenix.metblogs.com/2006/07/27/storm-slideshow-from-azcentralcom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AZ Central has quite an impressive reader submitted photo slideshow of the storm and storm damage. The power of nature never ceases to amaze me. AZCentral Storm Slideshow. And while on the topic of weather, I just received my daily text message weather forecast. We&#8217;re supposed to be at 99 degrees for Friday and Saturday. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AZ Central has quite an impressive reader submitted photo slideshow of the storm and storm damage. The power of nature never ceases to amaze me. <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/php-bin/commphotos/show.php?colid=494&amp;slide_nbr=1">AZCentral Storm Slideshow</a>. And while on the topic of weather, I just received my daily text message weather forecast. We&#8217;re supposed to be at 99 degrees for Friday and Saturday. Hooray double digits!</p>
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		<title>Too Humuggy!</title>
		<link>http://phoenix.metblogs.com/2006/07/25/too-humuggy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may be 12 degrees cooler than last week, but I&#8217;ll take 114 and dry over 102 and as humid as it is today! Anyone else? Looks like we&#8217;re in for this the rest of the week.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It may be 12 degrees cooler than last week, but I&#8217;ll take 114 and dry over 102 and as humid as it is today! Anyone else? Looks like we&#8217;re in for this the rest of the week.</p>
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		<title>Blog entry about an article about our blog</title>
		<link>http://phoenix.metblogs.com/2006/07/24/blog-entry-about-an-article-about-our-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you haven&#8217;t read it yet, here&#8217;s the article from the Arizona Republic about the site you&#8217;re currently reading!.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0724b2phxblog0724.html">In case you haven&#8217;t read it yet, here&#8217;s the article from the Arizona Republic about the site you&#8217;re currently reading!</a>.</p>
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		<title>Get out of my town Hollywood!</title>
		<link>http://phoenix.metblogs.com/2006/07/20/get-out-of-my-town-hollywood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So apparently Hollywood and Jamie Foxx are in town filming a movie called The Kingdom. This is fine. What is not, is that ADOT has allowed them use of the 202 freeway which they will shut down in Mesa between Higley and Power for three extended weekends starting the 27th (from Thursday night thru early [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img alt="road_closed.jpg" src="http://phoenix.metblogs.com/archives/images/2006/07/road_closed.jpg" width="300" height="199" hspace="10" vspace="10" align="left">So apparently Hollywood and Jamie Foxx are in town filming a movie called The Kingdom. This is fine. What is not, is that ADOT has allowed them use of the 202 freeway which they will shut down in Mesa between Higley and Power for three extended weekends starting the 27th (from Thursday night thru early Monday)! Not only is this annoying as we&#8217;ve had MANY weekends of shutdowns for the laying of rubberized asphalt, but get this, ADOT is not receiving any money for this. The studio has, however, agreed to reimburse for all signage and ancillary costs ADOT may incur due to the closures. Give me a break! Hey Hollywood, how about a reimbursement for Arizona drivers inconvenienced by this! I think I&#8217;ll boycott the movie. Read the AZCentral article <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/0720B1-talker0720.html">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Phoenix VS Denver</title>
		<link>http://phoenix.metblogs.com/2006/07/12/phoenix-vs-denver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pho_tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just spent 5 days in and around the the fellow Metblog city of Denver. What an awesome place! I have my opinions on light rail and what it won&#8217;t do for Phoenix (which I won&#8217;t share right now) but one thing that Downtown Phoenix REALLY needs is something comparable to Denver&#8217;s 16th Street Mall. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just spent 5 days in and around the the fellow Metblog city of <a href="http://denver.metblogs.com/">Denver</a>. What an awesome place! I have my opinions on light rail and what it won&#8217;t do for Phoenix (which I won&#8217;t share right now) but one thing that Downtown Phoenix REALLY needs is something comparable to Denver&#8217;s 16th Street Mall. A car free pedestrian friendly strip several miles long served by free hybrid shuttle busses. Combine this with free wi-fi along the entire stretch, and in my opinion you&#8217;ve got a recipe for revitalization. Another problem is that&#8217;s is so cheap to park in Downtown Phoenix that there&#8217;s no desire for a real mass transit system or any incentive to use existing mass transit. It&#8217;s been discussed over and over, with a myriad of solutions proposed, and it&#8217;s no secret that Downtown Phoenix needs help. What I wonder is how much research Phoenix has done in other cities to see what works and what doesn&#8217;t, and why has Phoenix had such a hard time with revitalization. Whatever it is, it&#8217;s not for lack of monetary investment. Public projects such as ASU&#8217;s campus expansion, light rail, and Phoenix Convention Center&#8217;s expansion are said to total $1 billion, but these don&#8217;t address public facing issues like blight, massive expanses of concrete and parking structures, lack of affordable and desirable housing and more importantly a lack of green, public friendly gathering places and shade in the downtown area. Phoenix really needs to begin investing in smaller street level projects that make the downtown area friendly for pedestrians (not cars and corporations). Get with the schtick Phoenix!, with Southwest flying to Denver for not much more than $100 round trip, I&#8217;ll skip out for now and chill in Downtown Denver.</p>
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