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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

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

Fireworks!

July 4th, 2008 · No Comments

No, I didn’t go to a major display this year. I went to the local fireworks stand instead
As a native of the People’s Republik of Kalifornia, I never had any of this growing up. Sure, these were the “safe and sane” variety, but they were really fun anyway and I didn’t [...]

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Tags: Activities · California · Las Vegas · Nevada · 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

And the Hits Just Keep On Coming - LITERALLY

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Driving home from work today, I had a rather unpleasant experience. I was involved in my first high speed accident on the freeway.
The basics are that I was in the next to slow lane and was getting ready to merge one more lane to the left. Turn signal on, I checked my blind [...]

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Tags: Driving · Las Vegas · Life · Personal · Stuff Happens

Saturday Evening In Las Vegas

February 12th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ll bet this is what you think of when you think of a Saturday evening in Vegas, right ?

Yeah, it’s what I plan to do again this weekend, too

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Tags: Activities · Fishing · Las Vegas

My Soon To Be New Home

February 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Yes, it’s come time to pull up stakes and move again. I really don’t like moving - too much packing and work
I am looking forward to this move, however, for several reasons My roommate is going to be the new live-in manager for a storage facility. This means drastically [...]

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Tags: Activities · Announcements · Cool Stuff · General BS · Las Vegas · Plans

Presidential Plane Pr0n - Vegas Style

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Yeah, Air Force One sure looked good on the ramp at McCarran and it was kinda hard to miss the C-17s

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Tags: Aviation Stuff · Cool Stuff · Las Vegas · Photography · USA

BLUE MAN GROUP!!!

January 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’ve wanted to see the Blue Man Group for quite some time and I finally got my chance! One of my Christmas presents from Cindy was a trip to the Venetian last night for just that purpose and they surely didn’t disappoint :thumb: !

The “noise” in the picture above (got my picture taken with [...]

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Tags: Activities · Cool Stuff · Geek · Las Vegas · Life · Personal · Reviews · Sierra Hotel · USA

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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