This page continues my journey as a homeless person after as I moved from Tripod to here in September of 2009.
Hawaii jails stinky homeless people who ride buses?
This article says that the government tryants in Honolulu, Hawaii are thinking about jailing stinky people who ride buses. Hey that is just a sneaky way to jail homeless people.Another coyote!
Sept 2 - as I was walking down a trail I saw another coyote. This time I think the coyote passed me.I was really scared when I saw it because I had recently read a couple stories about animals attacking people. Althought I am sure that fear is false because for as long as I have been homeless and sleeping in the desert I have never been attacked or even approached by a coyote.
The coyote wasn't that big. It was only as big as a small German shephard. But the coyote stopped and looked back at me.
I was afraid and wanted to back off. But I knew if I did that the coyote would think he was my master.
So to show the coyote I was in charge I started throwing rocks at it. Just to tell the coyote that if he came and attacked me at night that I would fight back.
Two weirdos with headlamps
I saw two weirdos with head lamps walking thru the desert the same day I saw the coyote. They also scared the krap out of me.They looked like something out of Ghostbusters. They were both wearing the same stuff and had bright head lamps attached to where else - their heads.
I figured maybe they were narc and were there to hunt me down in the desert. But I didn't see them again.
Another Monsoon
Sept 3 – Another monsoon comes and I get rained on.As I was going to bed you could look to the east and the south and see storm clouds and lots of lightning. The lightning was both cloud to cloud and cloud to ground lightning, but it was too far away to hear the thunder.
Often these monsoons either miss you or they just disappear before they come to your part of town. So I really don’t worry about them, or better said I can’t do a damn thing about them.
I was sleeping on a cardboard box when heavy rain started to fall. I quickly crawled inside the box to get out of the rain and went back too sleep.
I must have slept pretty well because I don’t remember the storm. When I woke up my socks were wet. Probably because my shoes won’t fit in my cardboard box. But all my other clothes were dry. And oddly I was sleeping on top of the cardboard box and the box was soaking wet.
It must have been a good rain because when I left my camp there were large pools of water everywhere.
Another day, another monsoon in Arizona.
SourcePossibly more rain tonight; till then, a warm 103
by Tessa Muggeridge - Sept. 4, 2009 08:31 AM
The Arizona Republic
The Valley is starting the day on a cooler note after remnants of Hurricane Jimena and Pacific Ocean moisture combined Thursday night, dumping nearly three-quarters of an inch of rain on northeastern Gilbert and Apache Junction, as well as other east Valley areas.
There's possibility of more rain Friday night - forecasters pegged it at 30 percent chance - but by no means will it be a frolic-in-the-park day.
"There's almost no cloud coverage (Friday)," National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Paddock said. "And with this humidity it's going to be hot. "There's a clear sky and the sun is really working over the Valley."
Valley residents can expect a high temperature of 103 degrees Friday.
Thursday night's storms dumped the most rain in areas of Mesa, Queen Creek, Chandler, Scottsdale, Tempe and northwest Phoenix, between 0.12 inches and 0.47 inches, according to the Flood Control District of Maricopa County.
"Some of ( Jimena's) moisture made it up here, but nowhere near what was first forecast," Paddock said.
A trough from the Pacific Northwest could force some thunderstorm development Saturday and Sunday, but is expected to power through the Valley and move out of town by Monday, Paddock said.
Temperatures are expected to hold steady between 101 and 102 degrees through Sunday before rising to 103 on Labor Day. Chance of rainfall is expected to rise to 40 percent through Saturday night, but then fall to 30 percent by Sunday evening.
"Chances of rain are diminishing as we move into next week," Paddock said.
Forecasters predict the temperature will rise to at least 103 degrees by Monday and hover around there through the middle of the week.
Global warming or junk science?
I think it tends to be junk science. Read this article and decide for your self!The thing that annoys me is the graph. It looks like their are wild changes in the temps. But if you look at the scale on the graph it is only for a lousy 1.5°C or a stinking 3°F. And the graph is only for 2,000 years. A better span for judging global warming would be 2 million year or maybe even a measly 20,000 years.
More Rain
Sept 5 - got rained on in the morning about 8:30 am. No big deal I was reading my Spanish newspapers so I just left the park and found a place in a shopping center so get away from the rain and read the newspaper. They say it is from Hurricane Jimena which is hitting Baja California in Mexico now.I am an unhappy camper because it is starting to get cool and winter will be here pretty soon. Cold weather sucks!
SourceClay says in this article many years ago a big strong Hurricane Norma came up from Mexico and did lots of damage in Arizona. It killed 23 people in Arizona.Showers bring flash flood watch for Valley
by Jeffrey Javier - Sept. 5, 2009 11:16 AM
The Arizona Republic
A flash flood watch has been issued for the Phoenix area until 9 p.m. Saturday as moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Jimena and a cold front from the Pacific bring scattered showers to the Valley for the rest of the weekend.
Much of the East Valley saw more than an inch of rain between 7 a.m and 9 a.m., with Apache Junction reporting 1.70 inches and Gilbert 1.10 inches.
Hector Vasquez, meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said a monsoon pattern that didn't develop over the summer is now catching up to the Valley.
There is a 60 percent chance of rain for Saturday evening with storms tapering off Sunday. There is a slight chance of rain for Labor Day.
Saturday high temperature is expected to 95 degrees but could be lower because of the storms. Temperatures are expected to linger in the low 100s through the rest of the holiday weekend.
I'm Sick!
I got sick yesterday. I don't know what I got. Mabye food poisoning, or mabye the flu.I have felt like puking up a number of times but have not. So mayb I don't have food poisoning.
Yesterday as I rode my bike home I had to stop almost every mile and poop. I have the runs.
I also have had cold chills a number of times. Mostly when I was in a cold place.
I couldn't sleep very well and I woke up a number of times. It was cool because there were several monsoons that passed thru. I got nailed with maybe 40 drops of rain when it was raining.
A couple of times I put on my rain coat. Mostly because it was too cold. Jesus the high is 100°F and I complain it is too cold!
I was pretty pissed because I woke up an hour late.
I afraid I would puke up if i ate breakfast. So I just drank a coke.
For lunch I ate a piece of fish and also drink a coke.
I wonder if I have the evil swine flu?
September 22
99°F in PhoenixSourceWinds whipping up dust in Valley today by Kathleen Gormley - Sept. 22, 2009 08:25 AM The Arizona Republic A cold front and strong winds moving into the state has brought blowing dust to parts of the Valley and prompted a freeze warning for northern Arizona Tuesday. Strong winds in the northeast Valley have topped 30 mph, creating blowing dust in areas Tuesday morning. A relatively dry monsoon season has left a lot of dirt to blow around, meteorologist Bill Estle said. Visibility could dwindle to one mile or less in some areas. The winds and blowing dust were expected through Tuesday morning. Tuesday was predicted to top out at 99 degrees with sunny skies. The sub-100 degree temperatures were expected to continue through Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures should drop to 95 degrees Wednesday and 96 Thursday, before climbing to 99 degrees Friday. Weekend temperatures were predicted to be 102 degrees for Saturday and Sunday. For northern Arizona elevations above 7,000 feet, a freeze warning was issued by the National Weather Service. The warning should begin at 9 p.m. Tuesday and run through 9 a.m. Wednesday, meteorologist Tom Clemmons said. Temperatures were expected to hover near freezing levels overnight in these areas and residents are encouraged to cover crops or bring plants indoors, Clemmons said. Freeze warnings are not uncommon this early in the year for this level of elevation, according to Clemmons. |
Snow in DenverSource1st day of fall brings snow, cold to Colorado Sept. 22, 2009 07:01 AM Associated Press VAIL, Colo. - The first day of fall feels more like the first day of winter for some of the mountain West, with light snow and chilly temperatures across Colorado and freeze warnings for higher elevations in New Mexico, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. A winter storm watch has been issued Tuesday for Boulder, Colo., and surrounding areas in the Rocky Mountain foothills. Light snow was reported Monday in Vail and other mountain towns, and more was expected Tuesday. At least 3 inches of snow fell in parts of the foothills west of Denver. Temperatures in Denver dipped into to the upper 30s overnight, and low 30s in Flagstaff, Ariz. The cold weather and snow have prompted Colorado's Loveland ski area to turn on its snowmaking machines earlier than planned. |
Oct 5 - Winter is here!
Winter is here. I started wearing long pants and a long sleeved shirt in the day time. At night I am wearing 5 sweatshirts to keep warm. Oct 6 - some rain came into the Valley today. It has not hit me yet!Bring on the blowhards!!!!
Sean Hannity vs Michael Moore
Man talk about slinging the BS! I saw part of the Fox TV news show with Sean Hannity vs Michael Moore.First Fox makes Obama look like an idiot by telling the truth about Obama. Of course Fox doesn't stop with making Obama look bad by telling the truth about him they stoop real low and make up a bunch of lies about him. Which makes the folks at Fox look like idiots.
Michael Moore makes the Republicans and war mongers look like idiots with his movies and stuff. But Michael Moore is just like Fox. He doesn't stop after telling the truth. He resorts to a bunch of lies and exaggerations to make them look worse. Which of course makes Michael Moore look like an idiot.
Of course when you have Sean Hannity and Michael Moore that results in an amazing TV show where they do nothing but sling the BS. Wow was it sad!
Of course if they would have both stuck to telling the truth and not slinging BS that would have made it easy for the Libertarians to step in and say "See I told you so!"
Almost forgot! On top of being master slingers of BS they are both superstitutious Christian dopes who were constantly sling the line "I am right because I am a better Christian then you!"
Please back off you idiots! God is make beleive just like the tooth fairy and Easter bunny!
And while Sean Hannity usually beats up the people on his show he doesn't like by out talking them Michael Moore seemed to beat him at his own game and usually won the shouting matches, not on finess and being right, but by shouting louder then Sean.
Almost attacked by a scorpion
When you shine an ultraviolet light at scorpions they glow a cool purple color.I suspect this freaks out the scorpion because it was pitch black outside and all of a sudden their eyeballs detect that they are glowing a bright purple color. As this giant human shines a flash light on them.
The scorpions always play it cool and pretend that nothing is happening. They just sit their motionless glowing purple. But I bet they are scared shitless, if a scorpion can be scared shitless.
Well the one I saw last night freaked out and started running in circles. I thought he was going to attack me because he ran towards me. Freaked me out too. But the guy ran a lap or two in a circle and then stopped.
I saw a 5 or 6 inch one hiding in a hole. That is 12 or 15 cm for those of you who are not using American measurements. When he saw me he ran back into his hole. That is the 2nd largest one I have seen. The biggest I have seen was about 10 or 12 inches (25 or 30 cm).
Most of them are just 2 or 3 inches long. For those who are not using American measurements that is about 5 cm to 7 and 1/2 cm. I saw a little baby scorpion too. It was about an inch long or 2.5 cm.
Saturn is out in the morning
Venus is no longer in the sky when I get up in the morning. I have to wait a while for it to rise. You now can see Saturn below Venus. The paper says that Mercury is visible too, but not very bright. I could not see Mercury, I don't know if it was because of the clouds or because it was too week to see. Will try tomorrow morning.I think Venus will disappear from the morning sky and return in 2010 in the evening sky.
I say that because if it keeps rising at a later time it will soon be rising in the day time and with the bright sun it will be impossible to see.
Last but not least Jupitor is visible at night. It is very bright. I was hoping to see it but the guy didn't bring his stinking telescope to the stinking party so I missed out on seeing Jupitor up close.
Tour de Fat - Heaven for bike drunks
I think the Tour de Fat is put on by the people that make Fat Tire Beer or is that Flat Tire Beer.When I got to the Tempe Town Toilet there was a gazillion bikes there and I had a hard time finding a place to chain down my bike. Yes the Tour de Fat seems to be a place for drunks who like to ride bikes. The place was packed with people all of them drinking the yuppie Flat Tire Beer. Not much to do other then buy the over priced Fat Tire Beer and get drunk.
Lots of people were dressed silly and riding silly looking bikes. It was a zoo from that point of view.
They had a circle maybe 100 feet in diameter chained off. Inside the circle people were riding funny, unusual and illogical bikes.
One bike had a tire made out of shoes. Maybe 10 spokes were attached to the axle and each spoke had a shoe on it.
Another bike was driven by 2 men on seperate bikes. Each bike had a front wheel which one of the men pedaled. The two bikes were attached to a common third wheel.
The bike didn't have a stearing device, Steering was done by one of the men pedaling faster or slower then the other man. And the bike would turn in the direction of the man pedaling faster.
There was a drunk on a unicycle. He wasn't able to mount the unicycle while I was there. He seemed to drunk.
There also was a stage with lots of acts. I think most of the acts were bands. But when I was there a man and wife comedy team were on the stage.
It was an interesting place to take photos. If I had brought my camera I could have stayed all day taking photos of the people dressed funny and odd bikes.
I don't get it - How come you guys are losing
High class meals for the homeless in Flagstaff
Chef Bob Maher of the Flagstaff Family Food Center serves up healthy, gourmet recipes that have homeless diners in Flagstaff coming back for seconds.A Tuscan stew over spaghetti and a mushroom broth to serve with the stew. The Tuscan theme is one of several exotic culinary choices - in addition to Cajun, East Indian and French - that the chef creates to delight the palates of hungry homele diners at the food kitchen, who are served a hot meal every evening.
If you don't love the government your a "hate group"
Let me get this straight if you hate government criminals who are flushing the constitution down the toilet you are a hate group? Such as 15 years ago in Chandler when the Chandler police rounded up all the brown skin people in downtown Chandler and put the ones in jail who couldn’t prove they were American citizens?Chandler got sued on that and lost badly.
Is a political party that demands the government obey the Constitution to the letter a hate group? Is the Libertarian Party a hate group?
It is pretty interesting that Bill Straus says you are a hate group if you don’t love the government. But it is also interesting that Bill Straus asks the government to disobey the public meeting laws and keep his little meeting a secret!
Will Bill Straus call people who think he is hypocrite a hate group because of his double standard of expecting you to love government rulers who break the law?
SourceChandler officials to get briefing on growth of hate groups
by Edythe Jensen - Oct. 8, 2009 03:51 PM
The Arizona Republic
Chandler employees and elected officials will get a briefing Wednesday about a disturbing trend: the growth of hate group participation across Arizona.
"We don't even know about all the individuals sitting at computers day after day, seething over a number of different thing and blaming them on Hispanics, Blacks, Jews . . . and government," said Bill Straus, regional director for the Anti-Defamation League, who will speak at the session.
A noon brown bag gathering in City Council Chambers, the "Hate in the State" talk is aimed at educating municipal employees but must be open to the public because council members are invited, said diversity administrator Leah Powell. Straus had requested the meeting not be publicized fearing that could attract hate group members or disruptions. However, Arizona's open meetings law requires that the session be posted as a public meeting because members of the City Council and Human Relations Commission were invited, Powell said.
"Locally we are seeing momentum in the growth of these groups," Straus said. "One reason is the economic situation. People are out of jobs and Jews are at the top of the list of groups that they blame," he said. "Then there's the border situation. They think the influx of people who look and sound like they're from Mexico are responsible for all our ills."
Straus said Hispanics - many who are natives and have lived in the Valley for generations - are increasingly made to feel "less than American" when they are in a public place or seeking service in a restaurant or medical facility.
"Then there is the election of the first African-American president," he said. "Not everyone who criticizes the President is a racist, but there is a lot of racism."
The Anti-Defamation League monitors hate groups, sponsors diversity education programs and encourages residents to report incidents when they feel threatened, victimized or discriminated against. However, there is often little they can do about name-calling. "We enjoy freedoms in this country that make it legal to express things that are extremely offensive to others," he said.