http://blog.johnmizell.com Devouring Global Resources? Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:28:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 John (& friends) have put together a collection of random media focusing on the ubiquitousness of simple good fun. Through music and video, interviews, and ambience, this podcast hopes to entertain you, just a bit. From around the world, johnmizell.com 帅巴 J no 帅巴 J john.patrick.mizell@gmail.com john.patrick.mizell@gmail.com (帅巴 J) John Patrick Mizell simple good fun Mizell, 帅巴J, California, Travel, http://blog.johnmizell.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.johnmizell.com http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/06/03/urban-exploring-by-old-friends http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/06/03/urban-exploring-by-old-friends#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:31:23 +0000 john http://blog.johnmizell.com/?p=1709 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2010/06/03/urban-exploring-by-old-friends/feed 0 I recently stumbled across an old inspirational site written some many years ago by a family friend.  Click on the link and visit his site.  (I have reproduced the text of the site and three photos in case at some point the UC system deletes this valuable site.  Cheers! All below is Copyright © 2000 by Tobin Fricke http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~fricke/undercal/ [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2009/04/09/links-of-interest http://blog.johnmizell.com/2009/04/09/links-of-interest#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:31:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=31 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2009/04/09/links-of-interest/feed 0 In a quick search I found two sites to contain a host of locations I’d enjoy visiting. Let me know if you decide to go! http://www.communitywalk.com/azurbanex and http://www.uer.ca Let me know if you’ve got any other good sites. http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/actual-spelunking-pepper-sauce-canyon-tucson-az http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/actual-spelunking-pepper-sauce-canyon-tucson-az#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:59:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=30 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/actual-spelunking-pepper-sauce-canyon-tucson-az/feed 1 Acutal (not urban) Spelunking – in a cave, a very dark cave.. dark cave with wet water – and that smell.. pleasent, get on all fours smell. John, Chris, Amber, Matt – in the cave, it’s the mud that’s got us acting weird… I swear. Though it was clear some folks enjoyed the cave for [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/farmer-johns-meat-packing-plant-tucson http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/farmer-johns-meat-packing-plant-tucson#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:42:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=29 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/farmer-johns-meat-packing-plant-tucson/feed 0 Old plant for cows to = burger, this place is now a mess of graffiti, garbage, and vacancy. Coupled with some wind and animals, this place has the makings for one wicked scarry night. Along the North wall the road is somewhat untraveled and easy to park along. The train drives right by, so noise [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/the-muse-downtown-tucson http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/the-muse-downtown-tucson#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:40:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=28 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/the-muse-downtown-tucson/feed 0 It’s demolished now. The end of a period and a clear sign of consumption, “Just knock it down and throw it away. We’ll make a new one.” This building, to my untrained eye, was just as good as any old school or community center. Perhaps with a bit of help it could have stuck around. [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/ua-tunnels-getting-in http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/ua-tunnels-getting-in#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:39:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=27 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/ua-tunnels-getting-in/feed 0 This is perhaps the most daunting & troublesome aspect of almost any urban spelunking, Getting In. For the UA tunnel system, it’s not different. When ever entering a facility or location, always consider three things: Your Entrance, The Security, & Your Exit. The Tunnel Entrance: Tunnels have two types of access points – above ground [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/ua-tunnels-touring http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/ua-tunnels-touring#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:38:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=26 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/ua-tunnels-touring/feed 0 Touring through the tunnels. For your first time or out of habit. Getting around the UA tunnel system can be great fun! But while you’re down there I suggest being prepared and preparing the new-bees that may be accompanying you. But first let’s look at basic security. The UA tunnels have security. If things are [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/ua-tunnels-an-introduction http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/ua-tunnels-an-introduction#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:11:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=25 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/ua-tunnels-an-introduction/feed 0 The University of Arizona – like many universities and campuses in general – have a tunnel system designed to carry the power, water, and telecom from their respective power, cooling, heating, and communication plants about the campus. These tunnels are accessible to maintenance personal on campus, and are often time accessible to urban spelunkers too, [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/firsty http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/firsty#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:58:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=24 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/01/31/firsty/feed 1 I recently spent some time looking online for some places to explore here in Tucson – abandoned buildings, tunnels, stadiums, farm houses, etc. etc. [This will be referred to 'urban spelunking' for those of you not familiar with the term] To my dismay the only report I found online (this could be attributed to my [...]