Noble and Michelle’s Place

We discovered the secret to surviving an Arizona summer: the White Mountains. And it’s all about the altitude.

Phoenix elevation? About 1,100 feet. Elevation in Greer, Az.? Just more than 8,500 sweet, cool feet. The tail end of a four-hour drive from Phoenix put us in the middle of a rain storm, a pine forest and a  series sweeping grassland meadows.

From 110 degrees to 60.

And while breathing could be something of an adventurer, walking through fields of wild flowers in the middle of July — after being surrounded by sand — was a delight.

URGENT: MEDIA ADVISORY
The man Christ Jesus arrives in Stafford, TX next week

Everyone is talking about the arrival of the man Christ Jesus in Stafford, Texas on July 13th, 2008.

Come and meet the man making news headlines in each country He visits, and listen to His message which
confirms Him as the Second Coming of Christ.

This LIVE broadcast will be transmitted to all nationsthrough world renowned TELEGRACIA channel (telegracia.com), and webcast is tuned in by 103 countries through www.creciendoengracia.com. Find out more about Dr. Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda,the incarnation of God in a man, and see why global followers already acknowledge that it is not the year2008, but rather Year 62 after JH (the Second Coming).

WHEN:           July 13th, 2008

WHERE:         Stafford Civic Center - 1625 Staffordshire Rd. Stafford, TX

TIME:              3:00pm (CDT) / 4:00pm (ET)

WHAT:            National Convention USA 2008 with the honorable presence of
The man Christ Jesus, Dr. Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda

Open to the public - Free Admission

VIDEO:             Watch promo video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2qr1rS-xr4

CONFIRMED MEDIA:
E!  A True Hollywood Story (USA) * British Documentary (UK) * Vision TV (Canada)

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Axel Poessy (248) 460-3844 pr@creciendoengracia.com

Why go gently into the good night? In Australia, apparently, more and more folk are choosing to rock into the afterlife. “Stairway to Heaven,” and AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” are increasingly common songs for funerals, according to an Associated Press story.

Can you imagine if more of that happens here? How many funerals in Tennessee would feature “Rocky Top?” Or, maybe go with Hank Williams Jr., “Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound.” Or, not.

Some songs might even be nice. Warren Zevon’s - the guy who penned “Werewolves of London” - last album included “Keep Me in Your Heart.” Too serious? The less sentimental could go with Warren’s “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead,” instead.

The possibilities are endless.

My favorite example from the news story? Monty Python’s “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.”

Probably not a choice I’d make. But, at least some people out there have a sense of humor.

I know. I know. I know. I’m a bad blogger.

I’m in the media industry, so I know how blogs are supposed to work. Daily updates. Heck, hourly updates.

I could give you good reasons as to why I’ve been gone so long. Like, it’s hard to type while driving 600 miles at 75 mph (although an Arizona state trooper claimed in was 87 mph). Or, I’ve spent so much time lately on conference calls, WebEx presentations and on-site computer training that the last thing I want to do is turn on a computer at night.

But, I have to be honest. That’s just noise, as Jeff VanVonderen says. I have been unfaithful to my blog. I’m cheating with another internet phenom.

Facebook.

Yes, I realize by the time people my age start enjoying Facebook that it’s a trend on the downslope.

But, I don’t care. I will play Scrabulous, write on Super Walls and send Flair as long as I am getting poked by friends.

I saw a funny video about what would happen if some friend you hadn’t seen in years came to your house and interacted with you as if it was Facebook. Check it out.

Now that I’ve come clean, I will do my best to balance my time between the two. Really. Yes I will. Will to.

Our first Arizona spring ended, emphatically on May 18. How could we tell? Ye ol’ mercury hit 100, slamming straight up to 105. And just to ease us into the season, Monday was a toasty 108.

For newcomers such as us, it’s a point of interest. And a cause for questions: How much water must one drink to avoid looking like the Wicked Witch of the West, post Dorthy dousing? Where did Michelle but the Burt’s Bees cream that keeps skin from cratering like dried out leather?

You get the point. It’s hot. So rather than grouse all summer, he’s a few 100-degree facts from the National Weather Service. And a pledge: I won’t write about the heat anymore.

Unless it hits 120, of course. With that, we’ll fry eggs on the pool deck.

The highest temperatures ever recorded in Phoenix:122 June 26, 1990

121 July 28, 1995

120 June 25, 1990

118 July 16, 1925, June 24, 1929, July 11, 1958, July 4, 1989, June 27, 1990

June 28, 1990, July 27, 1995 

The average number of 100 degree or higher days in Phoenix:  89

The fewest number of 100 degree or higher days ever recorded in Phoenix:   48 in 1913

The greatest number of 100 degree or higher days ever recorded in Phoenix:   143 in 1989

–NS