It's so hot at Sycamore Creek - it's flaming

Sycamore Creek, one of the apartment complexes east of Ridgepointe where I live, had a unit catch on fire tonight.

It happened while I was taking my early evening nap. But, thanks to the amazing Twitter followers I have on @whatsuptucson, I was alerted and able to walk over to the east side of Ridgepointe and take a picture over the wall of the firefighters while they were still on scene.

According to Tucson.com, neighbors noticed an apartment on fire while the resident of that unit wasn't home, and kept the fire from spreading using fire extinguishers until firefighters arrived.

From what I understand, one unit was heavily damaged, another had smoke damage.

I don't know what the cause was and I'm glad no one was hurt. On a side note, fire trucks excite me.

Tucson Fire trucks at Sycamore Place.
Firefighters know how to handle
a large hose.

Office Depot needs the D

I stopped by Office Depot tonight to pick up some Bankers Boxes (they come with lids, are well built, and are a good size to pack a variety of things in when, for example, you're me and moving to a house from your apartment).

The 'D' was burned out on the store's sign at Speedway and Beverly.

I think this store really needs the D. And, on this sign, it's not the small d. It needs a big D.

Office Depot at Speedway and Beverly
needs the big D.

Halloween 2014

Anthony and I are in the midst of moving to the house over near Grant and Swan, so Halloween night (Friday 10/31) was full of cleaning and preparing the place we're moving to for our arrival.

However, we did dress up and attend a Halloween party on Saturday November 1.

Our costumes were "ebola infected doctors". Props to Anthony for the idea and putting it together for both of us.

I shot plenty of photos. Here's the link to the photo album of all of the pictures: Click here

Here are a few highlights:

Ebola blood is not red

I think I have a touch of the ebola

Home photo shoot where the ebola infected
doctors were still in quarantine.

Anthony looks a little too happy
to be infected with the ebola.

Shuttle ride to the party:
This is my co-worker Shane
who proved there is something
under his kilt.

Front yard of the party house

Interior shot of the party house

Interior shot

Interior shot where the bar was set up

Interior shot where clowns greeted,
more like scared,
arriving guests.

Don't axe, don't tell.

Interior shot at the party

A clown and an ebola patient
walk into a bar...

Bree, Alex, Anthony, Tommy, Holly

I may not make it to work
on Monday.
I have a touch of the ebola.
Cough cough.

Halloween sunset over Tucson

I went to Lowe's at Speedway and Kolb on Halloween right after work to purchase more light bulbs for the house I'm moving to and thought this was an interesting looking sunset.

Sunset looking west from the Lowe's
parking lot at Speedway and Kolb
on Halloween.

Trick Or Treaters eat my candy

There's a tradition at the station each year where my co-workers bring their kids around to trick-or-treat and score some candy. They did it again this year.

I was ready -- I purchased approximately ten bucks worth of mini candy bars when we went to Walmart Market last weekend (that's the only truly cool candy you can get on Halloween in my opinion) and I had a camera ready. I figured if I'm spending my hard earned money giving children that I don't really know a bunch of candy bars, then they owe me a picture. That's how I roll.



The candy awaits the trick or treaters.
Or as I like to call it, KENdy.

The guy on the left is dressed as a news photographer
and she's dressed as an unhappy tiger.

Biggest group of trick or treaters
I had at one time

That guy on the left has
a bit of an overbite.
We have plenty of dental offices
as guests on my show that
would be happy to take care of that.

I don't keep up on my Disney characters
but I'm guessing this is one of them.
Either that, or she borrowed this
from one of my gay friends.

I told her to take plenty of candy.
She looked a little boney.

Happy Halloween!
Now get out so I can eat
the leftover candy!