Parrothead Jeff

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Career Stuff

August 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Ever think you might need to make a change? Quick?
That’s me right now.
Must think this over…

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Tags: Personal · Work

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

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

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

Regrets…

July 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Ever feel not so good in the morning or the night before? Did you think about calling in sick to work but figure you’ll go in because, well, the team needs you and it can’t be all that bad?
That was me this morning. I came in to work and it was that bad. [...]

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Tags: General BS · Personal · Work

Dragging Myself to Work

July 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Yep, I’ve got to get ready and be at work in 28 minutes or so.
Truth be told, I’d rather have a root canal.
But it pays the bills, right?
I wonder when the shooting park will finally open and how much they’ll pay…

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Tags: General BS · Personal · Work

Happy Independence Day!!!

July 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Happy Independence Day everyone !!!
I have a few thoughts to share in the short time I have left on my lunch break (I volunteered to work).
I never really realized just how much more independence the average citizen has in Nevada than California until I moved here. It’s more than just the [...]

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Tags: California · Life · Middle East · Military · Personal · Sierra Hotel · USA

Going Gun Shopping!

July 4th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ll be driving down to go see the family down in Prescott, AZ this evening (wish me luck!) and I’ll be taking my firearms with me for a father/son day of shooting as well. There’s something so right about Dad and I grabbing our AK-47s and going to the range, don’t ya think [...]

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Tags: Activities · Guns · Hobbies · Personal · 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