Funny Weather 2012

It’s beginning to look a lot like…winter.

Everywhere you go.

Take a look at the frost and then,

Try not to slide and fall when

Your foot slips in the puddle of overnight rain.

2012 has been a funny year for weather, and late fall/early winter is no exception.

The past month has felt unseasonably warm, even by Phoenix standards. Daytime highs even as recent as two weeks ago were in the low 80s.  As of this week, we started slipping to daytime highs of about 60, with overnight hard freeze warnings for outlying areas.  I finally got to pull out my coats and jackets.

I’m just glad I live in the desert. Northern elevations in AZ experienced below zero degree F temps last night.

Assuming the world doesn’t end on December 21st, we can celebrate the first official day of winter instead.

Some of you have been shivering for weeks, so instead of talking winter and other cold things, I thought I’d present a couple of humorous clips for your weather enjoyment.

In this clip, an LA news station quickly learns weather-casters should be given a geography exam before going on air.

In this next clip, a Danish news-station realizes a growing need to implement workplace harassment workshops for its robot employees.

That is all for today! Happy winter!

Accidental Christmas Gift

Hello there! Late post today, I took my time getting home.  Decided to stay at work a little later to work on something in peace and quiet since everyone else rushed home early.  Got sidetracked catching up with a friend of mine who works on a different floor in the building.  Began re-reading the first 70 pages of Big Sur whilst sipping on coffee of the free variety.

When I pulled up in my driveway, I noticed a grocery bag hanging on the handle of my garage door.  It looked like it would contain something good.  My curiosity was piqued and I wondered who stopped by while I was meandering my way home.

Upon closer inspection, I saw the fancy green logo for specialty grocery store AJ’s embossed on the side of the bag.

Inside was a small box of fancy fudge accompanied by an envelope addressed to “Dave”.  I immediately knew, it was meant for the previous owner of the home who (according to my neighbor) relocated to the Pacific Northwest 2 years ago. Oh well. Finders keepers…

Snow Queen at the Herberger

One of the perks of working in downtown Phoenix is Lunch Time Theatre at the Herberger Theatre Center.  Every month, a different 45 minute play is featured.  Performances typically start around 12:15pm and end by 1:00pm so that you can squeeze in a play during your lunch hour.  You can even bring your lunch or order a catered box lunch to eat during the performance.

Photo of Herberger entrance to Stage West.  

Source: http://www.herbergertheater.org/facilities

NMNPHX Year in Review

As we wind down the year, I’d like to take a moment and look at the highlights of 2012 on NMNPHX.

Although I created this blog back in June 2011, I only blogged for two months before I abandoned the blog.  In March 2012, I decided to give this blogging thing another chance.  Having made it clear to December, I’d like to take a moment and look at the posts that helped this blog continue on month after month in 2012.

A De-Gift for You

One of my favorite holiday traditions is thinking of an unexpected prank gift to give to my younger cousins.  Prank gifts are tricky because you don’t want to spend a lot of money on something you know the recipient does not want to keep.

A few years ago, I came across a website called de-gifting.com.  This  website helps you  give the gift of nothing.  All you have to do is pick a few options from a menu of drop down lists, and de-gifting.com prepares a certificate that you can give to your intended recipient to explain why you did not buy them a real gift.

How Did You Get Here?

As a blogger, one of the interesting aspects of blogging is site statistics.  Yes, it’s fun to see what blog posts generated more traffic and how many site views my blog receives each day.  It is also amazing to see the number of countries represented by people who have stopped to look at my blog, even if just for a few seconds.

But beyond those statistics, the piece of information that entertains me the most is the search terms.  This is the area where Word Press tells me what search terms people typed into a search engine to land on my page.  I’d thought I’d share some of the more interesting search terms that have led people to my blog. 

WordPress Likes to Mock Me

I only realized recently that you can “Like” your own posts on WordPress.  I found this out when I was replying back to a comment and hit “Like” by accident.  No big deal, except that WordPress will mock you Carly Simon style for doing this.

  Come on WP!  If I don’t like myself, how can I expect others to like me?

Where’s George?

Happy Independence Day!  Hope all of you stateside are enjoying the holiday.  In today’s post, I want to discuss the Where’s George website.  If you’ve never heard of Where’s George, it is a website where you can track currency as it travels around the nation.

Commercials That Annoy Me: McDonald’s Oatmeal

Had I been actively blogging during the holidays, I most assuredly would have put together several posts about commercials that annoy me.  Especially all those perfume and cologne ads…

Dear WordPress

Dear WordPress,

While I appreciate that I get to blog here for free and you’re so much more attractive than the other blogging sites out there, do you think you can do something about the fact that lately, when I  hit  the Save Draft button,  you completely delete everything I just typed up instead of saving it?

Do I Need a Proper Title?

UPDATE: I just spiffed up my tagline.  Like it? If not, too bad!