Category Archives: Survival

Mall crawling: It’s looking a little more like Christmas at the Arrowhead Towne Center Mall.

I’m continuing to mall crawl this Christmas season, because it’s interesting to me. Sunday afternoon I spent some time at the Arrowhead Towne Center in Glendale, AZ, a 1.2 million square foot regional mall in a relatively upscale neighborhood in … Continue reading

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No one is coming for Christmas: The lonely life of a sad-sack Santa at the EmptyCenter Mall.

“Can I go ho-ho-home now?” Oh, yes. That’s Santa Claus sitting all alone — and not just for a little while — at the MetroCenter Mall in northwest Phoenix. MetroCenter is a super-regional mall, 1.4 million square feet of retail … Continue reading

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Build a better mousetrap? The proof of human ingenuity is building a better fire!

By way Instapundit, check out this item from The Daily Beast: The image of groups of displaced refugees huddled around a contained fire during a blackout or after a major storm is certainly a familiar one. But charging their iPhones … Continue reading

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