See...I told ya,
Greetings From Tucson
that new show about our good old Rotten Avocado!

Check out these '50-60s radio recordings:
Only you can prevent wildfires.
Smokey's Vault
Poor Smokey...sure has taken a beating lately, no?

Anyone out there interested in "What's New" with the Mexican Grey Wolf?
Region 2 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Hot Topics

A TV SitCom about Tucson?!?!?
Life in an Irish/Mexican home in the foothills.
This ought to be interesting.

Here's a quote from the press release:
"Though "Greetings" doesn't focus on race, the topic does come up a couple of times in the pilot. A next-door-neighbor, for instance, compliments Elizabeth on her backyard wall, saying she's heard "The Mexicans are really good at building walls." "

Ain't it the truth...considering the one they have to get over to live here in the first place...

This Old School
Thought I'd stop by this old place today. Located on South 6TH just South of town it's the center of a local debate whether or not to level the old beast. Many claim it's got too much history, others say it'll cost WAY too much to upgrade.
Can you believe it's still in use?!?...

They wouldn't dare....
....would they?
The American Experience | Race for the Superbomb | Nuclear Blast Mapper

The object, just like real life, is not to crash into things.
Fly The Copter - South Coast Diaries - Seethru Zine

What makes seeing car wrecks, car crash pictures or car accidents so pleasurable to some?
Some say the pure joy of seeing what was once a perfectly fine automobile reduced to a pile of mangled scrap metal is pleasure enough, but when you add exotic to the mixture, it makes the brew that much better!
Wrecked Exotics

The Forest Service and the timber industry readily admit our forests are in bad shape.

SHOW LOW - Some 10,000 people abandoned Show Low late Saturday as the largest fire in the nation swept through three more high-country communities.

We are in favor of the death penalty.
The Execution Tapes: Radio Documentary by Sound Portraits

Nightmare are us.
Need a good nightmare?

The answers are found here:
Living Internet

Hey everybody!
We just returned from a visit to our place in Colorado.
Here are some new pics!
Southwest Colorado, Spring 2002
A couple of ghosttowns, Indian ruins...and more!

A 24 part Flash Novel:
Broken Saints
Great graphics...great sounds...

Here's a collection of international road signs:
Bartolomeo Mecánico: road-signs, water mills, Opiliones, painted ads
Neat.

I thought it was getting warmer...
Global Warming and Climate Change: Mercury Rising at OneWorldJourneys.com
...I mean, wouldn't you think a stretch of over 100 daytime highs all in a row was a sign...
...and I thought it was just Arizona.

Soundsand photos of the world at your keystrokes:
Tuning The World

How do you spend your winter?
The Snowfort Zone
I'm in Southern Arizona, and have been for over twenty years.
This reminds me of my childhood back in Upstate New York...

Phew!
120seconds.com - Bite-sized Entertainment
This ought to keep you busy for a while!

The buildings on this list were selected because they cost so much and look so awful. While we are sure that we didn't include more than a few buildings that could easily qualify for this list, we think we've done a pretty fair job of picking some real howlers.
Forbes.com: The World's Ugliest Buildings

There are sooooo many reasons why you should keep track of a womans menstrual cycle!
This little program just needs the date of the first day of blood flow and the usual number of days in the cycle, and it does the rest.
Once running, it puts a little flag icon in the system tray (the bit by the clock).
When PMT week approaches, it changes from a green flag, to a yellow flag.
And when red flag week hits, you guessed it, it goes red.
Simple.
Described as "the handiest program in the universe", you should download it now!
CAELAN - It's not a toy

San Pedro River Campaign

We need help with this one folks. I Just got this in the mail:

URGENT: YOUR CALL NEEDED TODAY TO SAVE THE SAN PEDRO
RIVER!

Representative Jim Kolbe (R) has successfully attached
a rider to the House Emergency Appropriations bill
in the Senate that will exempt the Department of Defense
(DoD) and Ft. Huachuca from responsibility for water
conservation measures under U.S. environmental law.
The continued expansion of Fort Huachuca is the single
greatest contributor to the deadly overdraft of water
from the San Pedro river, and baseflows have declined
67% since the 1940's.

The DoD acknowledges responsibility for 34,500 employees
who are dependant on groundwater pumping, thus drying
up the river by intercepting water that ordinarily
would provide the river's stream flow.

Recently, a Federal Judge ruled that the massive expansion
of Fort Huachuca is dewatering the San Pedro River
and jeopardizing the existence of endangered species.
This hard-fought judicial victory will become meaningless
if the rider is approved. The 400-plus animal and bird
species that rely upon the river, including the Huachuca
water umbel, Southwestern willow flycatcher, and thousands
of migratory birds, beavers, and many other species
will be threatened. Local efforts for meaningful river
conservation solutions without court order have proven
futile.

IF THE SENATE APPROVES THIS RIDER, THE SAN PEDRO WILL
DRY UP
The San Pedro river in some areas already has base
flows that are close to zero. There will be no recourse
to save the river if the rider passes Senate approval
and this law becomes permanent.
This decision will be made soon, so *please* call both
Senator Kyl and Senator McCain today, and ask them
NOT to support Kolbe's San Pedro river-killing rider.
A personal phone call before the decision is made is
the most effective way to stop the rider.

(Calls to Washington DC offices are most effective)
Senator Kyl: *Washington DC:(202) 224-4521*; Phoenix:(602)840-1891;
Tucson:(520)575-8633.
Senator McCain: *Washington DC:(202) 224-2235*; Phoenix:(602)952-2410;
Tucson:(520)670-6334.

BACKGROUND:
The San Pedro River is truly one of our environmental
crown jewels. It is one of the last naturally functioning
desert river ecosystems in the United States, and among
the earth's most biologically diverse and important
ecosystems. It supports 400 species of birds (nearly
half of the U.S. total), 100 species of butterflies,
83 species of mammals and 47 species of amphibians
and reptiles.

It has the highest diversity of vertebrate species
in the inland U.S. and the second highest diversity
of land-mammals in the world. It was designated the
first "globally important bird area" by the American
Bird Conservancy and one of the northern hemisphere's
eight "last great places" by The Nature Conservancy.
In 1988 Congress recognized the unparalleled value
of the San Pedro, designating 45 miles of it as the
nation's first Riparian National Conservation Area.

For more information call Dr. Robin Silver at: (602)
246-4170 or rsilver@biologicaldiversity.org, or Daniel
Patterson at: (520) 623-5252, ext.306
San Pedro River website

Visit the web address below and tell your friends about
this important issue:

Spread the word!

Director Ridley Scott reveals the truth about
Deckard,
the replicant.

Just looking around I found this too:
Friends of Kartchner Caverns State Park
There's another good Flash presentation here too!

Any of you hear about the new cave we got down here?
StarNet - Kartchner Caverns
I haven't been there yet, but from what you see in the Virtual Tour at this site, anyone who has the chance has got to go...
myself included...
it's only about 35 mile East of here...

Remember?
Don Markstein's Toonopedia

Here's a great place to grab a few quotes for your E-mail signature:
Useless Knowledge

I wish I had a pocket version to use at work:
Lost in Translation

Check out the "Sneak Preview" section:
Techno-Impressionist Museum