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Zonie ~ A Definition I'm a Zonie
and proud of it most of the time. Do you know what sets
this state apart from every other state--except Hawaii and
parts of Indiana? Can you name the state's most infamous
governor? What about our Robin Hood who took from those rich
Californians and built a $600 million resort for us Zonies?
Pay attention; there will be a quiz. |
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America and My Wart Arizona's ultra conservative
Senator Barry Goldwater was the Republican nominee for
president in 1964. Another Arizonan, Vonda Kay Van Dyke,
received national fame in that year when she was crowned Miss
America. Both visited my home town of Boise, Idaho that year. |
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Conduct your own driving or armchair tour of Phoenix.
Visit the places the Chamber of Commerce won't tell you
about. Click for a map, the exact location, and details
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The
World's First McDonald's Franchise. Those golden
arches originated in California--right?
Wrong!  The
first McDonald's arches ever, and the first McDonald's
franchise ever were right here in Phoenix. Visit the
location where it all started. What the heck, have a burger
and fries too! But stay away from the iced
tea.
Psycho
Started Here. Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror
movie opens with the camera panning the Phoenix skyline and
zooming in on a room not in the Bates Motel, but the
Jefferson Hotel. The Jefferson is still here, but has been
renovated as an office building and renamed. Compare the
Psycho skyline with present day Phoenix and visit the
locations that the master filmed.
Colonel
Hogan's Final Act. The curtain came down for the
last time on Hogan's Heroes star, Bob Crane, while he was on
the dinner theater circuit in Scottsdale. He was found with
his head bashed by a camera tripod. A hidden video camera
was found aimed at the couch to tape his sexual encounters.
He left behind a library of group sex videos featuring him,
the man accused of his murder, and numerous women in
compromising positions. Visit the apartment where this all
occurred.
Trunks
of Blood. The 26 year old bride of a 56 year old
physician arrived at Los Angeles Union Station with two
trunks and a valise containing the dismembered bodies of two
young women with whom she had had a
"relationship." When she returned to Phoenix
courtesy of a police escort, 20,000 residents lined the
street to catch a glimpse of the "hatchet
murderess". Visit the location of most notorious crime
in 1930's Phoenix.
The
Dumpster Murder. What should a thirteen year old
boy do after "accidentally" shooting his good
friend and rival for the attentions of a girl? Why not
listen to music for two hours while his friend bleeds to
death, then put the body in the trash dumper? Visit the
street where the lifeless body awaited pickup by Phoenix
sanitation.
Man
Slept With His Dead Wife for Eleven Years. Frank
Martinez said that he came home to find that his wife
had ended her life with a bullet through the head. Rather
than report the death, he left the body in the bed of their
tiny trailer and continued to live with her for eleven
years. He didn't report the death because he was afraid
police would think it was he that shot her--just like the
last time she was shot. Visit the trailer park where the
couple (or half of the couple) lived. Have a burger at the
restaurant where Frank tried to take his own life.
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H.T.M.L.
Stuff Did you know that there
are 114 colors that Netscape Navigator 2.0 and Microsoft
Internet Explorer 3.0 recognized by name? I'm
not talking just basic colors like red,
green, and blue
or the big 64 crayon box stuff like magenta,
maroon, and orange.
I'm talking full tilt polysyllabic interior designer stuff
like dark olive green,
medium aquamarine,
dark slate blue, and
medium violet red.
I just couldn't keep track of them so I made a page to view
them. Then I arranged them as best I could by hue and
intensity. This took a long time, so I'm not about to
trash it just because I bought an editor.
HyperText Markup Language: the language web
pages are written in and what you see if you right click your
mouse here and select "View Source".
Note: Meta statements not withstanding, I really did
"hand craft" this page without the benefit of a web
composer That meta statement you see in the source code
was added by Microsoft's FrontPage which I have since
purchased and use to upload. It insists on
giving itself credit. |
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The
Nestea® Chronicles What is
that stuff dispensed from the fountain below the label
"Nestea"? Whatever it is, it sure doesn't taste like
tea. |
Totally
Subjective, Totally Biased Iced Tea Ratings
Almost all full service restaurants serve brewed tea. Even
most fast food restaurants serve brewed tea. McDonalds heads
the list of restaurants serving instant tea from syrup.
(Instant food = instant tea; should one expect more?) |
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The eddotcom mailroom.
I used to say that I get no mail! Then Winnie
Ruth Judd died and a number of web junkies told me exactly
what they thought of my avocation. If you'd like to
snoop through my mail and see how eddotcom has responded,
visit the eddotcom
mailroom.
EMail Me!
If you like/hate what you see, let me know. Tell me how
did you stumbled across my site too. |
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| The COUNT.
Thanks to Excite's bankruptcy, the Cox@home
became cox.net. All web pages, such as this one, were
lost, as was their position on search engines. On March 7,
2002, I uploaded the pages onto Cox's server. This is the
count since that date:
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