This post is a "memory" and will be updated an re-posted whenever I see a movie in a theater. (Probably about 5-6 times a year)

( 2005/2006/2007 movies under here . . . )

RIP John Hughes

And so, the summer's third set of three has begun.

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
601 PM PDT SUN AUG 2 2009NVZ002-003-030130 ( Read more... )

Hot August Nights, perhaps Reno's premiere event, is going to be moving to a better, less-crowded time of year after this year. A lot of people don't like to come to HAN because it does tend to be a bit crowded. February, on the other hand, is a very slow month up here and we don't see many visitors. Therefore, here's a good solution: Move Hot ( Read more... )

I will update this list twice a month, or or about the 1st and 15th, plus an additional update or two if I feel it's warranted. My goal for the year is to read 100 books, though you and I both know that's not going to happen ( Read more... )

Meet the newest Mythbuster!!!!

So, you may recall that a couple of weeks ago, I sent the registration renewal on my Saturn. I got the new sticker today, and went down to slap the "2010" sticker over the old "2009" one. And, I noticed that apparently, I've been driving around for a year with a sticker announcing my registration expiration in 2008, i.e., I never put this year's ( Read more... )

There are two purposes to this post.

1. To see if the LiveJournal -> Facebook interface is working correctly, and
2. To say that we are back from Donner Lake State Park, which, I have been told, is now NOT among the parks closing later this year. Good!!

Five questions from gameshowman:

1) What do you miss most from living in Sacramento?Not much, really, except for the fact that I have a lot of family down there, and it's a lot easier to make connections. Up here in Reno, it's really hard to get to know people. We've been here four years now and are really just starting to make connections within the last ( Read more... )

Back from Wild Island, after spending seven hours there--about three more than we had planned. The biggest souvenir we got was free: nasty sunburns. Seems we were so busy having fun that we forgot to reapply the SPF50 until the horse was out of the barn. But, we had a great time. Toward the end, we even got a couple of walk-on rides!!!! But none ( Read more... )