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Aviation Nation 2008 - With Pics!!!

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Yes, Aviation Nation 2008 has come and gone and I’m still recovering. I seriously need to quit driving a desk so much
The performers were great as were the static displays. Communications broke down now and again with the whole volunteer gig, but I had a wonderful time overall.
I promise to write [...]

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Tags: Airshows · Aviation Stuff · Friends · Hobbies · Las Vegas · Life · Military · Photography · USA

THIRD BREAK-IN THIS WEEK

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Yep, it happened again. Not 15 minutes after I finished my last post, they hit again. The side door was covered with wood from Friday night/Saturday morning’s break-in, so they broke the front door. All four panes of tempered glass. I don’t think I should say what they did or did [...]

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Tags: Complete BS · Friends · Insanity · Las Vegas · Law Enforcement · Life · Nevada · Stuff Happens · USA

Unexpected Loss

August 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Ya know, losing someone you know always sucks in a big huge way. I’ve lost one person I know in the past year - Cindy’s dad who passed away after a long fight with infection following heart surgery - and that was bad enough. A couple of years ago, I lost a co-worker, [...]

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Tags: Friends · In Memoriam · Life · Personal · Work

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

Yeah, It Was A Busy Weekend, But Worth It

January 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Author’s note - This was all pretty much finished on Sunday, but it’s taken a while to get the pics uploaded and properly edited. I’ll try to get the video up soon.
Yeah, it was a busy weekend, but it was worth it all around :thumb: ! This is a bit of a long [...]

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Tags: Activities · Airshows · Alcohol · Aviation Stuff · California · Cool Stuff · Friends · History Lessons · Hobbies · Military · Personal · Photography · Space Stuff · Technology · Things I Want · USA

Busy Weekend

January 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This is going to be a very busy weekend indeed, but a very good one as well !
Today will see me leave work at noon, drive directly to Fontana, and hang out with one of my very best friends - Adrienne! Tomorrow morning (weather depending) will find us at the Planes of Fame [...]

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Tags: Activities · Airshows · Aviation Stuff · California · Cool Stuff · Friends · Life · Personal · Plans · USA · Weather

2007 In Review, 2008 In Planning

January 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

So this is the New Year. 2007 is past and 2008 is still ahead - all 365 days, 22 hours, and 50 minutes of it as I write this. 2007 was a heck of a ride and I’m hoping to make 2008 my best year yet !
So much happened in 2007, both [...]

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Tags: Airshows · Alcohol · Aviation Stuff · Bloggers · CIA · COLD WAR SECRETS · Cool Stuff · Family · Friends · Las Vegas · Life · Personal · Photography · Plans · Religion · USA

Merry Christmas, Everyone!!!

December 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments

The gifts are all wrapped, soon to be opened and enjoyed by all.
We do have a Christmas tree here at the Parrothead Jeff aviary, entirely thanks to my roommate Cindy She went out and bought a tree that wouldn’t make her break out (that would be a non-natural tree) set it [...]

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Tags: Christmas · Cool Stuff · Family · Friends · Las Vegas · Life · Personal

Turbine Toucan - OMG!!!

December 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

I wrote a post yesterday about my birthday plans and just look what showed up in the comments section from David Kervinen - the owner of Team Toucan !!!
David // Dec 1, 2007 at 20:17
Hey Jeff,
We got some new small little clips up of the Toucan we thought you’d like. High speed pass [...]

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Tags: Aviation Stuff · Cool Stuff · Feedback · Friends · HOLY $*&# · Sierra Hotel · Turbine Toucan

Unwinding - A Very Good Day Indeed

October 28th, 2007 · No Comments

I know there are some people out there who actually read this, and I would like to apologize for failing in my blogging lately. The truth of the matter is that I’ve been just too run down to come up with any sort of quality product. Between the stress of work and some [...]

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Tags: Activities · Concerts · Cool Stuff · Friends · Jimmy Buffett · Las Vegas · Life · Music · Personal · Sierra Hotel

Mine Search Suspended as Cameras Fail

September 4th, 2007 · No Comments

FOXNews.com - Federal Officials Suspend Utah Mine Search After Cameras Fail to Provide Information - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
I really feel for the families. The world seems to be telling them that their loved ones are lost and will never be seen again. Nobody thought that [...]

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Tags: Friends · USA · Utah Miners

Utah Mine Collapse Update August 24, 2007

August 24th, 2007 · No Comments

FOXNews.com - Utah Mine Boss Vows to Punch Sixth Hole Into ‘Evil Mountain’ - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
Families of 6 Trapped Utah Miners ‘Waiting for a Miracle’ in Final Rescue Attempt
No fancy post tonight, just a summary and a bit of an explanation.
Summary:
The owner of [...]

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Tags: Friends · Life · USA · Utah Miners

ThinkGeek :: The ThinkGeek Chain Mail T-Shirt

August 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

ThinkGeek :: The ThinkGeek Chain Mail T-Shirt

The ThinkGeek Chain Mail T-Shirt is honest-to-goodness real metal chain mail hand forged by dwarfs in forbidden mines near the center of the earth and delivered to the ThinkGeek warehouse by shrieking black apparitions in the dead of night. Its bright shine and relatively light-weight comes from its anodized [...]

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Tags: Cool Stuff · Friends · Geek · Humor · Technology

TSA - Interesting What’s On the List and What’s Not

August 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

TSA: Permitted and Prohibited Items
A good friend of mine and the author of Random Ramblings mentioned the TSA’s Permitted and Prohibited Items list in one of her posts today and some of the strange things on it. I decided to go and have a look at the list for myself. Some of the [...]

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Tags: Bloggers · Complete BS · Friends · Government BS · Insanity · Politics · USA

Utah Miners - Mine Owners Consider Calling Off Rescue & Recovery Effort - Resuming Operations

August 20th, 2007 · No Comments

FOXNews.com - Utah Mine Official: ‘It’s Likely Miners May Not Be Found’ - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
“Thursday night we had an awful tragedy here,” he said. “I can’t say with certainty we will be able to continue the underground efforts. The risk is too great. We just simply [...]

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Tags: Friends · Life · USA · Utah Miners

Utah Coal Mines - Pray with me a bit more…

August 17th, 2007 · No Comments

FOXNews.com - Cave-In Kills 3 Utah Mine Rescuers, Injures 6 Others - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
It was a shocking setback on the 11th day of the effort to find six miners who have been confined at least 1,500 feet below ground at the Crandall Canyon mine. It’s unknown [...]

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Tags: Friends · Life · USA · Utah Miners

Corvette on Fire!!!

June 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I’ve got to say that I had a grand old time telling this story at the rehearsal dinner for the Corvette owner’s wedding.
So there I was, cruising along behind my friend’s 1975 Corvette Stingray roadster in my 1988 IROC Z/28. The Corvette’s top was down and the IROC’s T-tops were off as we cruised back [...]

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Tags: Friends · Old Stories