A look at Arizona news, views and images—via Arizona tweets.
CONCEIVED AND COMPILED BY @MikeTheSauce
HOME FEET HOME
Gin Blossoms drummer Scott Hessel of Phoenix tweeted: “Welcome home. #UnderTheSunTour2013”
WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT THEM?
Republic journo John D’Anna: “The new phone books are here! Wait, who the heck uses phone books anymore?”
SWEATING THE POST-SWEAT HEAT
Miss Arizona USA Rachel Massie: “The negative to living in Arizona and going to the gym…You get to walk out to your car after it has been in the Sun, and it’s 108° #yippee”
ITALY NOT SO AMERI-CENTRIC
Arizona Sports 620 reporter Kyndra de St. Aubin: “Observations in Italy… NOBODY knows what ESPN is, the WORLDwide leader in sports & nobody knows Starbucks w/out me explaining their logo”
WE THREE KINGS OF DIS-ORIENT ARE
TV producer and “social media nut” Ali Dugaw: “The ‘three wisemen’ shot of my 30s”
PLAYING LIGHTNING ODDS
Storm spotter Andy Petrone of Fountain Hills: “Taken yesterday, in Globe, Az, next to a telephone pole. 1 in a million, I think 1 in 10 I get struck… #9Lives”
CACTUS + BOLT = FRICKIN’ AWESOME
Landscape photographer Dustin Farrell of Phoenix: “Captured 15 miles west of mi casa. Awesome storms tonight.”
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PDA
Leanne Michelle of Phoenix tweeted: “Adults: Stop sitting on each other’s laps in public.”
RATTLERS ROLL
The Arizona Rattlers tweeted: “BACK-TO-BACK ARENABOWL CHAMPS!!! #YearOfTheSnake #ArenaBowl”
BULLET TO THE MULLET
Town Hall editor and Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich of Arizona: “Mullet man’s final fate…pretty rough day for him #2A”
TINTED LOVE
Fiction writer Courtney Fowler of Tempe: “Tinting your man’s car windows does not sound Iike an exciting bday gift, but I assure you, in 115 degree weather, it’s downright romantic.”
TEXTOCRITES ON THE ROAD
D-Backs pitcher Charles Brewer: “NO JOKE just saw a car with a ‘No Text While Driving’ sticker on the back–pull up next to them, it’s a girl texting! #lol #peoplewhosuck”
HERO TEES
12 News reporter Kevin Kennedy: “A small t-shirt company is making a big difference for the families of the GM Hotshots. $100,000 donated.”
AC DOES SHOULD NOT STAND FOR ‘AWFULLY CHILLY’
Libertarian constitutional lawyer Christina Sandefur of Phoenix: “Hey Phoenix businesses: it’s 110 degrees outside. People are dressed for that. No need to turn the air conditioning down to 40 degrees.”
DOUBLE THE BEAUTY
Google Earth Pics tweeted: “Double Rainbow over Monument Valley, Arizona, USA”
CLAWS AND EFFECT
Senator Jeff Flake tweeted: “The perils of living in the desert. This guy stung me today. #scorpion.”
TWEET FIRST, KILL LATER
Professor and counselor Cesar Gamez of Arizona: “Wow! MY DAUGHTER JUST FOUND A SCORPION UNDER HER BED. I need to kill it but I had to tweet it first. Lol”
RED ALERT
Marc Martinez of Fox10: “We didn’t plan this – but we are all matching tonight. @lindawfox10 @KristySFox10 #FOX10”
THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT
Jared Dillingham of KTVK: “Peoria PD just killed this mountain lion, which was jumping between yards, threatening people & pets.”
TEE FOR ‘THE GREAT ONE’
Eric Kleineck of Phoenix, owner and CEO of Sauce Hockey designer clothing, tweeted: “Oh the irony of Wayne Gretzky wearing our Sauce ‘League Minimum’ shirt. What a league #saucelife”
INSECT INSULT
Phoenix PR pro Stephanie Romero: “Crazy Jim’s is crazy! They expected my friend to pay for her food after finding a fly in it! Horrible customer service! #boycott”
PLANE PAIN
ESPN broadcaster and “future Wal-Mart greeter” Sam Ponder of Phoenix: “Every time I lift my 15lb bag to put it in the overhead compartment, the man below looks like he’s facing certain death. This is offensive.”
FROSTY PHANTOM
Republic photog Cheryl Evans: “I scream, you scream, a ghost appeared in my ice cream!!! #ghosticecream”
ALL WE ARE IS…
Coyotes and D-Backs pre- and post-game show host Todd Walsh: “I feel like dust in the wind these days.”
ANCIENT LAW
Conan O’Brien tweeted: “This week, John McCain was called in for jury duty. McCain hasn’t served on a jury since the landmark case of ‘Man v. Fire.’”
SCIENTISTS WAY BETTER THAN CELEBRITIES
Justin Silverstein of Chandler: “Watching PBS never fails to show how unfathomably brilliant some of these scientists are. Remind me again why we worship celebrities …”
A GRAND VISION
AZ House Speaker Andy Tobin: “On way to SR89 Page. Passing over Grand Canyon. Folks, AZ’S ARE ONLY ONES IN WORLD WITH THIS BEAUTY. I LUV AZ”
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