Rogers Blog - From UK to AZ and beyond

Classic

2009-09-04T15:02:00.001-07:00

http://peopleofwalmart.com/

Remembering the start of WWII.

2009-08-31T19:09:00.001-07:00

70 years ago tomorrow - WWII broke out when Germany attacked Poland - Sept 1st 1939. Thank you to all you guys n girls who fight for our country & freedom past, present & future.

Shame 'the war to end all wars' WWI wasn't just that.

Summer is over - Finally

2009-08-31T14:40:00.001-07:00

The 10 day forecast finally shows more 9x degree temps than 1xx degree temps. Yayyy - Summer is finally over. To celebrate I will be holding a BBQ on Labor Day out in my 9x degree back yard.

Retarded earth mover move

2009-08-26T09:30:00.001-07:00

I can understand the need to move heavy equipment at times, but do they really need to take up 3 lanes (there's also a pickup truck with them in the right lane) in the middle of rush hour? Only lane 4 lanes of traffic could use to get by was the middle lane and they were going 50mph.

Entering the world of Kindle

2009-08-20T11:01:00.001-07:00

Ordered Linds a Kindle, will see what the fuss is all about with these things. Must admit, from the hands on I've had with one - they are pretty cool.

Armed Nutjobs at Presidential Rally yesterday

2009-08-18T16:58:00.001-07:00

I'm all for gun rights, I own several myself. But when some dumbass shows up at a presidential rally carrying an AR-15 style assault rifle, you gotta think that's taking things a little to far.

http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/08/17/daily20.html?surround=lfn

Gotta imagine those people carrying openly had Secret Services snipers trained on them at all times. I think these people however are going to do more harm for gun ownership than good and should probably have been escorted kindly away from the scene. Then maybe accidentally fall down a few flights of stairs before being released by the Police.

Great way to honor a real hero - RIP Harry

2009-08-06T15:14:00.001-07:00

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-britain-funeral7-2009aug07,0,995903.story

Harry Patch, last British survivor of the WW1 Trench War honored at his funeral today. I was lucky enough to have traveled to Belgium this summer and felt a huge connection to the town Ypres, which is just a few miles away from Paschendale where so many 10's of thousands of British troops died in WW1. Glad the last surviving soldier was honored as the true hero that he was. RIP Harry Patch and all our other troops who fought and died during or after 'The Great War'. So comes the end of an Era in which there are people among us who fought during WW1, this makes me want to learn even more about it.

Yayyy - Got Google Voice

2009-08-05T09:36:00.001-07:00

Seems that posting on Facebook that you don't have it yet gets hits from your friends who have spare invites. I now have Google Voice setup on 623-252-4ROG (623-252-4764). First impressions are this could be very useful.

National Stop at Red Light Week! WTF!

2009-08-03T12:18:00.001-07:00

So - while driving back from Lunch we see an electronic banner sign advertising 'National Stop at Red Light Week' Aug 2nd - 8th. http://www.stopredlightrunning.com/

And here's me thinking we always gotta stop at red lights regardless of the week. Well screw that, next week I'm not stopping for Red.

Speaking about this to my Colleague Marky he suggests next week we have 'Don't Murder Anyone' week, I think we should start the campaign now.

Hot Hot Hot

2009-08-03T10:50:00.001-07:00

116? yesterday and 11am it's already 105, looks like we're in for another hot one today. How on earth did people survive this before AC? A little surprised Phoenix became so large with such insane temperatures.

Lunch at California Pizza Kitchen

2009-08-01T14:00:00.001-07:00

Waitin on luch at CPK after a morning at the Arizona Science Center with the family. Hawaiian BBQ chicken pizza - mmmmmmmmmm

Mmmmm wings

2009-07-31T18:10:00.001-07:00

Headed to Native New Yorker after work, wings are hot hot hot, but not as good as Long Wongs.

Pictures of the flowers from Grans Funeral

2009-07-30T15:06:00.001-07:00

Pictures of the flowers from my Grans Funeral service today. Wish I
could have been there, but alas I made the decision to stay home in
AZ. Glad the sun came out - sounds like they've had some pretty bad
weather recently.

Rest in Peace Gran.

Bacon quesadilla!

2009-07-30T12:24:00.001-07:00

Linds just suggested making Bacon quesadilla for Jacquelines dinner. Never considered putting Bacon inside a quesadilla before until now. Sounds amazing tho and this from a Jewish girl! :)

Awesome Customer Service - Oasis Tree Service

2009-07-30T12:17:00.001-07:00

They finally called around 11am to say they would be late for their 6:30am appointment. Awesome customer service right there.... NOT!

Schumi Is Back! Whooo Hooo

2009-07-29T11:47:00.001-07:00

Hoping Massa gets better obviously after the horrific accident over the weekend, but what awesome news that Michael Schumacher will be taking his place for a while until he's fit to drive again. Be nice to see Schumi race again - he should never have quit in the first place.

Karma

2009-07-21T20:28:00.001-07:00

It's started already - The Blog is getting neglected. Have allot of stuff going on right now, Lindsays grandfather passing last week, Lindsays head trauma and my own grandmother in Intensive care. Anyone would think we did something really bad recently for Karma to be inflicting these things upon us. Must remember to be nice to everyone the next few days and not stomp on spiders.

We were woken last night by an awesome Monsoon storm, close thunder / lightning and a few hours of rain. Really cleared the air, from the Weather radar it looks like it might be shaping up for another evening of storms which is cool.

News from the Family back home seems to suggest that my Grandma is now on Life Support in intensive care and tomorrow has more tests on her lungs. Living 5,500 miles away from home and not really being in the loop is very disheartening at times like these. The various reports from family on Facebook often conflict with each other. I was glad I got to speak to my Dad & Sister today for news. If I prayed (Which I don't) my prayers would certainly be with my grandma right now.

Crazy day yesterday.

2009-07-20T10:28:00.001-07:00

Had a bit of a crazy day yesterday, started the day by panicking about Lindsays Staph infection and heading to the Er, then it was a mad rush to get to Lindsays Dads house to be with the family after the death of her grandfather. Not your average weekend by any means.

Heard news from my family back home that my Gran is taking a turn for the worse in Hospital and has Pneumonia, I hope she pulls through. It was lovely to see her just a few weeks ago and she seemed to be doing really well back then. Starting to prepare a little for the worst, discussed flying back to the UK if she doesn't make it, will be pretty pricey tho at short notice - so hopefully British Airways has a Bereavement / Family Emergency type allowance. Hoping to see my dad online later to see what he has to say, I believe they may also have visited her at hospital over the weekend.

Lindsays Staph infection

2009-07-19T10:30:00.001-07:00

Currently sitting in an exam room at the ER with Lindsays and her swollen face, sounds promising that she isn't going to be admitted. Current plan is to drain the lump on her head and pump her full of more anti-biotics, very worrying tho to look at.

Drinking Italian Margaritas..

2009-07-18T15:46:00.000-07:00

After Lindsay had an Italian Margarita at Lunch, decided I would make some this afternoon. I'm not a big fan of measuring, but I think this about does it:

- Half Fill Blender with Ice
- 4 parts Orange Juice
- 1 half can of Frozen Limeade
- 1 part Sprite
- 1 part Tequila (I used Hornitos, but any will do)
- 1 part Disaronno / Amaretto

Blend until the ice is nicely crushed and serve in Margarita glasses. Fantastic stuff.

Olive Garden.

2009-07-18T13:08:00.001-07:00

Currently sitting at Olive Garden eating awesome soup, salad and bread sticks for lunch with Linds, Malia, Jacqueline & Sarai. What a lovely lunch - mmmmmmmm

Whale Wars

2009-07-17T20:35:00.000-07:00

I think sometimes the Japanese should just Harpoon that dumbass fat captain dude. Not that I have a problem with them trying to save whales, I think they are just going about it all wrong. Plus he has zero lack or respect for the lives of his very young crew. I also think that last years alleged shooting was faked, the fact that he just happened to be wearing a bullet proof jacket is just to much of a coincidence. This guy is after any publicity he can get. What they really need to do is blow the fucking Nisshin Maru the hell out of the water, few pallets of TNT floated up to the thing should do the job. Or at the very least puncture a few holes in the thing with a .50 Cal.

Love Twitterfeed.com

2009-07-17T14:40:00.001-07:00

Loving Twitterfeed.com - I can now update Facebook & Twitter by simply
sending an email to my Blog. The joy of being connected 24/7 to all
my public spaces :)

Official Iranian Speeches by it's Clerics

2009-07-17T12:15:00.001-07:00

I wonder how the Iranian People would react if Obama / Gordan Brown
ended their official speeches by encouraging the people watching to
yell 'Death to Iran'.

Pondering the pointlessness of Twitter / Facebook

2009-07-16T22:05:00.000-07:00

I'm a huge fan of Facebook, but it stuck me today that maybe I should be building my own content on this Blog, rather than contributing so much to Facebook. I love how Facebook has allowed me to contact long lost family, who I would never have been in contact with and am unfortunately way to addicted to the Mafia Wars game. Yet that's what the evil Facebook corporation wants, they want this application to become peoples lives. They want you to depend on this thing so much, that they know every intimate detail about your life & internet usage. The data these people already have on their users is huge. If anyone is ever going to knock Google off of their thrown as the #1 internet site, then Facebook will be it. If I were Google I'd be very concerned about anything Facebook does, of course Microsoft saw this and have invested heavily in Facebook, much to Googles disgust.

As for Twitter - I'm not really sure why I even bother, it's so weird how only posting 140 characters of text has become so popular. I've tried to embrace it like some of my friends have, but just don't find it anywhere near as appealing as Facebook.

Anyway, I've decided to try and make a real effort to blog daily here. Rather than contributing so heavily to Facebook & Twitter and this is my first attempt. Enjoy.