I must confess to cheating: I had only a few pages left of a book, and wanted to wait until I had finished it before posting this list. That way, I'll have three books this fortnight rather than a pathetic two ( Read more... )

We'll be spending Thanksgiving with Dione's family: her mom is buying us tickets to YVR. We'll be gone for several days, but I don't imagine it will be that hard to get time off from my job in November. (Hers, though . . .) The only question is: will we drive down to Sacramento before hand so we all fly up together, or will we go RNO-YVR and Mom ( Read more... )

Every year, the cost of registration for my car (2000 Saturn SL2) seems to go down. Here's a look at my records ( Read more... )

I am a federal felon. This is one of those things I meant to post about the other day, but never did ( Read more... )

This morning, coming home from running an errand, I turned onto a road called "Quail Run Road," a typical 1990's-era suburban street.

What did I see?

Quails running.

For some reason, that amused me.

Biden Requests To Be Named Special Envoy To Reno

July 7, 2009 | Issue 45•28WASHINGTON-Saying there are national security matters that "need sorting out down there," Vice President Joe Biden requested Friday an appointment as special envoy to the city of Reno, NV. Saying he had already done some of the preliminary work necessary to establish ( Read more... )

1. Is it really necessary to politicize someone's death??? No WONDER Fox News cut to a commerical during your speech ( Read more... )

These pictures were taken Saturday, June 27, on the road between Ely and West Wendover, Nevada.


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We have the pictures coming back in random order, since we don't have any idea which disposable camera contains which pictures. Ergo:

Pictures from Day 3 of our trip, in and around Cave Lake State Park and the White Pine County Museum in Ely, Nevada:


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So, when asked by the media today what I thought about Sarah Palin's resignation, I replied ( Read more... )