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LawDog - Another Author You Must Read

September 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Law Dog is a law enforcement officer with a serious gift for writing I can’t remember how I came to find him online, but I’m sure glad I did!
I’ve read quite a bit of his archives, but the three stores I’ve liked the best so far are I don’t know if the ending [...]

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Tags: Bloggers · Cool Stuff · Law Enforcement · Life · Reviews · Sierra Hotel · Uncategorized

Reno Racing Plate

July 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I got my real license plates on a while back, but haven’t gotten around to showing them off online. I’m not going to show the actual ones to everyone, but this gives you an idea of what they look like

I just couldn’t miss out on having a Reno Air Racer on my [...]

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Tags: Aviation Stuff · Cars · Cool Stuff · HHR · Las Vegas · Nevada · Personal

Finally - Arizona Trip Report With Pictures

July 20th, 2008 · No Comments

I finally got around to writing this post It’s been ugly at work to say the least and I’ve just now found some time to go through and edit the pictures and get them ready for publication
Here’s the whole trip in a nutshell:

Saturday: Drive to Prescott from Las Vegas, buy 2 [...]

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Tags: Activities · Arizona · Cool Stuff · Family · Guns · Hobbies · Life · Personal · USA

I’m John Wayne!

July 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I don’t care who he says to blame, I blame Double Tapper for my finding this quiz and wasting part of my morning
Turns out I’m a John Wayne Western Bad Ass, but I also scored 100% for Clint Eastwood. I’ll take that result! :thumb:
Head on over and take the quiz yourself [...]

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Tags: Bloggers · Cool Stuff · Guns · History Lessons · Humor · Media · USA

Don’t Get Much Better ‘N That

July 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I was checking out my own blog to make sure things were working OK and looked right when I took a good look at this pic:

Yep, that’s one of the random header pics for this blog and I immediately thought about how that was one of the good times and it don’t get much better [...]

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Tags: Activities · Airshows · Aviation Stuff · Cool Stuff · Hobbies · Life · Military · Nevada · Personal · Photography · Things I Want · USA

Desert Rain 17 July 2008

July 18th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s been really hot and really humid out here in Lost Wages, NV lately - the monsoon season is here. You really notice just how much it cools off when a passing thunderstorm shades everything and drops much needed water. I’ve liked thunderstorms for many years, but didn’t get to see them much [...]

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Tags: Activities · Cool Stuff · Driving · Las Vegas · Life · Nevada · Photography · USA · Weather

The Drive to Arizona and Fun Gun Shopping

July 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Yep, I made it safe and sound all the way from Las Vegas to Prescott, AZ
After a full five hours driving (I took the route through Laughlin due to a load of guns and ammo in the back - didn’t want to hassle with security at Hoover Dam), I pulled up to J&G [...]

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Tags: Activities · Adventures With Dad · Cool Stuff · Family · General BS · Guns · Hobbies · USA

Hi-Point C9 Update - Thanks “Utahn” !

July 4th, 2008 · No Comments

So I checked my comments in moderation tonight and found a new one from Utahn on my post Hi-Point C9 - Adding a Handgun to the Collection:
Utahn
So, did you ever get the Hi-point, and how much do you love it?
Just got a used .40 last week, shoots straight, hasn’t failed once, (100 rds) only [...]

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Tags: Activities · Cool Stuff · Feedback · Guns · Hobbies · Plans · USA

Road Trip in the HHR

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Saturday was a day of traveling for Cindy, her mom, her niece, and yours truly. Vegas may be a great place, don’t get me wrong, but sometimes you just want to get away. We loaded up into the HHR for a trip up north in search of fun and all and we surely [...]

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Tags: Activities · Cool Stuff · Desert Secrets · Driving · Friends · General BS · Hobbies · Las Vegas · Life · Personal · Photography · Sierra Hotel · USA

First Pic Of My New HHR!

May 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Yep, I promised it so now I’m delivering - here’s the first pic of my new HHR :thumb:

My Cavalier was a true basic car - crank windows, manual doorlocks, etc. The only option on that car was the deck spoiler! OK, so it had ABS and a CD player standard, but that [...]

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Tags: Cool Stuff · Driving · Hobbies · Life · Personal · Sierra Hotel · Things I Want