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Entries Tagged as 'Sierra Hotel'

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

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

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

Turbine Toucan Upgrades Continue

January 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

For those of you following the Turbine Toucan’s upgrade process, there’s news over at the website - good news !
You see, they’re moving into the 21st century with their most certainly composite biplane and giving it a new glass cockpit, more sensors, and more safety
It appears that there’s still an eight foot [...]

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Tags: Aviation Stuff · Cool Stuff · Humor · Sierra Hotel · Technology · Things I Want · Turbine Toucan · 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

My New Computer - How I Spent $622 Building My Beast

January 19th, 2008 · No Comments

OK, I left everyone with a little bit of a teaser in the last post. Here’s a pic of the overall case :thumb: Hit the jump for the rest of the details

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Tags: Computers · Cool Stuff · Government BS · Personal · Plans · Sierra Hotel · Technology · Things I Want

AWESOME - I GOT THE SLIDE AND NEGATIVE SCANNER FOR CHRISTMAS!!!

December 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Christmas was very good this year I think everyone likes the gifts I found for them which is always my biggest concern. Second to that is the fact that I got some seriously AWESOME stuff !
Gifts included a very nice fishing rod and reel case, fishing tool kit, a pair of [...]

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Tags: Christmas · Cool Stuff · Family · Hobbies · Photography · Reviews · Sierra Hotel · Technology

Southwest Airlines Gets It - Christmas Spirit!!!

December 25th, 2007 · No Comments

News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News | TOP STORIES | Soldiers return home in time for Christmas
Something good in the email yesterday ! In a time when we hear about bad news with increasing frequency, it’s refreshing to get some good news now and then .
Southwest Airlines is my normal [...]

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Tags: Christmas · Cool Stuff · Military · Sierra Hotel · USA

Temptation

December 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

In the walkway between the Paris and Bally’s hotel/casinos there is a small podium display. The glass appears bulletproof and the construction appears stout.

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Tags: Cool Stuff · Humor · Las Vegas · Sierra Hotel · Things I Want · USA