Email Author Zachary Fowle

Awards

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published November 18, 2010

  "Zach vs. Food"

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2012 Stories by Zachary Fowle

• Chat Line

  published October 25, 2012

  Ni-he da-na-ah-taj ihla, yel khol-go e-e-ah. Day-ne tal-al-tso go enta-she-jah tal-tso-go entas-se-pah. Did you decipher that?... More >>

• May Days

  published December 27, 2012

  Ralphie May is funny, in part, because he's big. As a society, we tend to find fat people hilarious at base value, and the rotund comedian has... More >>

• Drawn to Scales

  published December 13, 2012

  No, it’s not Reptar On Ice. First off, this is Arizona, and therefore there's very little ice for dinosaurs to dance and sing on. Two,... More >>

• Boarding School

  published December 6, 2012

  The flow state is known by many other names -- the runner’s high, the groove, the center, the zone. In the flow state, it’s said,... More >>

• Finnegan Begin Again

  published November 29, 2012

  If laughter truly is the best medicine, then the people going to see Christian Finnegan perform at Stand Up Live may as well be suffering from... More >>

• Runner's Thigh

  published November 22, 2012

  The average American consumes about 4,500 calories and 230 grams of fat on Thanksgiving Day. To get rid of that excess, you could do about... More >>

• Running Men

  published November 15, 2012

  Listen, man. We're sick of all the whining about how everything (a.k.a. your life) turned out. We know that you rocked it on your high school... More >>

• Local-Motion

  published November 8, 2012

  It was once said (in an old episode of King of the Hill, we're pretty sure) that you've never really eaten a corn chip until you've tried it... More >>

• Hart Attack

  published November 1, 2012

  Comedians don’t really tell jokes these days. What’s popular now, apparently, is getting the audience going with funny tales from... More >>

• Living Colors

  published November 1, 2012

  Ever heard of synesthesia? It’s a neurological condition in which criss-crossed neurons enhance and combine your senses. Every person... More >>

• A Cut-Up

  published October 25, 2012

  Halloween, 1978. In the sleepy town of Haddonfield, Illinois, a man named Michael Myers goes fruit-ninja with a butcher knife on three... More >>

• Horsing Around

  published October 18, 2012

  What comes to mind when you hear the names Nic Roldan and Tommy Biddle Jr.? Nothing? How about the Molina Cup? Still blank? Hmm. How about the... More >>

• Return to Form

  published October 11, 2012

  Ah, 1974. Not only had the Slip 'n Slide just been invented, but the Fonz made his television debut, kids started playing Connect Four, and... More >>

• Ain't No Bull

  published September 13, 2012

  If you've ever been part of one of the obstacle course adventure runs that have become so popular over the past few years, then you know their... More >>

• Lucky Numbers

  published September 6, 2012

  The Arizona Diamondbacks, by the numbers: 64 wins, 65 losses, 4-6 in the last ten games. They have 576 runs scored (good!), but 546 runs... More >>

• Lovin' It

  published August 23, 2012

  Comedian Loni Love believes you should ignore the people who tell you that you can’t make it. She thinks you should change your negative... More >>

• Underneath It All

  published August 16, 2012

  Did you see Project X in theaters? The plot goes like this: After a party announcement is posted on Craigslist, the world’s... More >>

• For the Birds

  published August 9, 2012

  People-watching can be fun in the Valley, but you’re really limited by the variety of folks you’ll find. You’ve got your... More >>

• Holly Jolly July

  published July 12, 2012

  Santa Claus may be many things, but a margarita-lover he is not. Used to the flavors of the Christmas season, the big man stows away a few... More >>

• Light Work

  published July 5, 2012

  Yes, the Arizona Diamondbacks played at home on the Fourth of July, and, yes, there were fireworks at that game. But if metaphorical fireworks... More >>

• Limb Shady

  published June 21, 2012

  Sun Sounds of Arizona puts on three beer festivals in major cities across the state each year. The one in Tempe is a douche tsunami, and the... More >>

• Rare Stakes

  published June 7, 2012

  Near misses for the Triple Crown are common -- only 11 of the 32 horses that placed first in both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes... More >>

• Power Outage

  published May 31, 2012

  Everyone loves a good beatdown, don’t they? The Arizona Rattlers are again rolling -- as of this writing, our boys are sitting on a 7-3... More >>

• Chatty Retail

  published May 24, 2012

  For the live taping of a podcast to be something fun to watch, the hosts gotta be pretty damn entertaining. Fortunately, that doesn’t... More >>

• Nice Cans

  published May 17, 2012

  We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: The can is the ultimate in beer technology. Not only does aluminum completely keep... More >>