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    Phoenix No. 1 for safest ‘big city’ drivers

    by  • June 14, 2007 • News

    This article mentions that “Phoenix drivers were named the safest “big city” drivers in the United States for the third year in a row in an annual study being released today by Allstate Insurance Co.” I have mixed feelings about this. While it may be statistically true that Phoenix drivers experience fewer fender-benders, we seem [...]

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    Not News: Speeding is Dangerous

    by  • March 6, 2007 • News

    As this article deftly points out, going faster is correlated (dare I say, directly related?) to higher accident rates. However, that really isn’t the story at all. In New York State, motorists on the Thruway will see police cruisers every 10 miles or so on average. In the Phoenix area, I only see cruisers at [...]

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    Valentine’s Day Blizzard

    by  • February 15, 2007 • News

    Wow. I missed my first New England blizzard. Now that I think of it, I can’t say I’m altogether sorry. Although I do love a good snow-in, I am also growing quite attached to being able to enjoy my breakfast on the patio in February. Here are some of the amounts from my neck of [...]

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    Man vs. Wild – Please, Stay Away

    by  • February 4, 2007 • News

    Do me a favor and stop watching this crap. Number one, I don’t care if he and Super Nanny have British accents, they aren’t automatically authority figures in their respective fields because of it. Secondly, this guy isn’t even close to giving survival tips. In a recent episode, he suggests eating “pine needles” to get [...]

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