Tim's Random Life Experience.

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Saturday on the river.

Sitting at Wingfield park contemplating social economic classes.

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The boobs.

Some days I wish I was straight.

Gas Prices

Cookies

Yummy organic chocolate chip cookies are about to come out of the oven.

Tonights Sunset

Kama Sutra for the computer guy.

Brilliant!

Barbie dolls of Northern Nevada

This was passed on to me a year or so ago. Enjoy.

Scouting for "Camel Toads" at pool.

This was a great laugh.

Allergens spring up as seasons change

April 3, 2008

Allergens spring up as seasons change

By TAMMY KRIKORIAN
tkrikorian@rgj.com

The beauty of spring blossoms brings something less desirable to Northern Nevadans: allergy season.

Dr. Leonard Shapiro, an allergist with Allergy & Asthma Associates, said trees have been pollinating since late February. Wetter winters, such as the one experienced this year, can make allergy season worse, Shapiro said.

"In wet years, there's heavier growth in plants and we do have more problems than in drought times," he said.

Tim Miles of Reno said he suffers from allergies in the spring and fall and has been feeling symptoms for about a month, including sneezing, congestion and ringing in the ears.

"(Spring) doesn't affect me as harsh as fall does, personally," Miles said.

Miles said he is allergic to ragweed, wheat, grasses and sagebrush. Symptoms are worse on windy days, he said, and when it's really bad, he gets run down.

"I sleep an extra hour or two hours a day during the height of the allergy season," he said.

Peak allergy season, and how long allergy season lasts, has to do with an individual's allergies, Shapiro said. Allergy season generally begins with tree pollination in the spring, continues with grasses in the summer and wraps up with weeds in early to late fall.

"We usually get a rush (of patients) in the spring," he said. "It stays busy spring through fall."

It starts with Juniper trees, followed by maple trees, then elms. Each lasts a couple of weeks, and in June the pine trees begin pollinating, especially noticeable at Lake Tahoe. Shapiro said most people aren't allergic to pine, but some are, and the pollination can last into fall.

Grass allergies usually kick in around May, and toward the end of July weeds such as Russian Thistle start. Next comes sagebrush and ragweed in late August and September.

Relief comes with a killing frost, except for those allergic to winter allergens such as pets, mold or a house dust mite.

Knowing you're allergic

Symptoms can include nasal congestion; a runny nose, usually with clear, watery mucus; itchy watery burning eyes; slight swelling around the eyes; and sneezing, said Dr. Kent Elliott of the Renown North Valleys Clinic.

Some cases produce itching, a rash such or hives. Those who go untreated will develop a cough, Elliott said, and people with asthma will notice an increase in wheezing or shortness of breath.

Shapiro said a fever or yellow and green mucus could indicate an infection rather than an allergy.

"Sometimes you can have a cold or virus on top of an allergy or vice-versa," he said.

How you become allergic

Most people begin developing allergies in childhood, Shapiro said.

"But for the individual, you can't say because you didn't have (an allergy) in childhood you're not going to have it as an adult," he said.

Changes in job, like moving from an indoor to and outdoor job or working with animals, could bring on an allergy.

Some people develop allergies when they move. For example, more ragweed grows east of Colorado than locally, Shapiro said. And more sagebrush grows in Northern Nevada than in the East.

People who move here may begin to develop symptoms after two or three years.

Treating an allergy

"In general we say if you can avoid what you're allergic to, that would solve problem," Shapiro said. For example, if you're allergic to cats, don't keep them as pets.

"Very often, avoidance doesn't work very well, especially with pollen allergy," he said. "Days when pollen counts are high, try to stay indoors."

Shapiro said it helps to keep doors and windows shut and to have air conditioning in the home and car because the air is filtered. Pollen can also end up in hair, so brushing or washing hair before bed can prevent it from ending up on the pillow. Wearing a hat outdoors is also a good idea.

Over-the-counter medications such as Claritin, Zyrtec or Sudafed can treat an allergy. If they don't work or have side effects, Shapiro said patients can be tested to find out what they're allergic to and receive shots.

Over-the-counter treatments such as nose sprays and eye drops should not be overused because they can cause reverse problems or make problems worse, Shapiro said. He recommends using them no more than five times a month or getting a prescription.

Chuck Boiselle, a pharmacist at Don's Pharmacy, said Zyrtec's switch earlier this year from prescription to over-the-counter hasn't had a huge impact because insurances haven't been covering allergy medications as much since Claritin went over-the-counter.

"(I also) tell someone to take a hot shower to get rid of a clog," he said.

Neti pots, which irrigate the nose with a saline solution, have also been popular, Boiselle said.

"The work pretty good, clearing the sinuses or allergens," he said.

Miles, born and raised in the area, said eating local honey or taking stinging nettle in pill form mellows out his allergy symptoms, though they don't completely go away. The pollen in the honey is supposed to counteract the allergic reaction, Miles said.

Last fall, he also got a steroid shot to help his symptoms.

For indoor allergies, Elliott said minimizing items such as stuffed animals, which can collect dust, and keeping curtains vacuumed will help.

"There's a lot of online allergy places where you can get special pillow covers, mattress covers, to protect the person from the dust that comes out of those items," he said. "Pillows, mattresses and bedding are a big source of allergens indoors."

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Seismic Shift To Smartphones

By Paul Carton and Jim Woods

Record numbers of consumers are abandoning their basic cell phones for more-advanced models, according to the latest ChangeWave consumer cell phone survey. The January survey of 4,182 consumers tracked key market share changes affecting cell phone manufacturers and service providers alike.

Research In Motion (RIMM) and Apple (AAPL) appear to be the primary beneficiaries of the seismic shift toward more-advanced cell phones. Looking ahead, the Apple iPhone is now the top choice among respondents planning to buy a new cell phone in the next six months (up one point to 17%), but second-place RIM has the most momentum (up three points to 15%).
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On the downside, one-time market dominator Motorola (MOT) has declined another four points in terms of future planned purchases, continuing a monstrous slide that began immediately after Apple CEO Steve Jobs' initial announcement regarding the iPhone.

As the above chart shows, Motorola's share of future planned purchases has plummeted during the past 12 months.

Feeling Satisfied?

Apple also maintained its big industry lead in customer satisfaction compared with the other major manufacturers: 72% of respondents having reported that they are very satisfied with their iPhone. RIM is a strong second with 55% having said that they are very satisfied.

To put this in context, the following chart shows the percentage of respondents who said they are very satisfied with their current cell phone, broken out by manufacturer.

As we've seen in our recent consumer surveys, Palm (PALM) now ranks at the very bottom in terms of customer satisfaction. And Motorola, Sony (SNE)/Ericsson (ERIC) and Samsung are tied for next-to-last place.

Warning Signs on the Consumer Front

Our surveys show that the overall consumer cell phone buying environment appears weaker -- only 23% of respondents said they'll purchase or upgrade their cell phone during the next six months. That's three points less than at any other point during the past year.

This finding is in line with the overall slowdown in consumer spending we've been tracking in our ChangeWave surveys during the past six months, and is a trend we will continue to watch closely in the weeks ahead.

Cellular Service Providers Battle it Out

Verizon (VZ), unchanged with 30%, and AT&T (T), down one point to 28%, remain locked in a tight battle for supremacy in the cellular service providers market -- with Verizon maintaining a slight edge in terms of current share among respondents.

The story is different, however, when it comes to future purchases. AT&T has regained its footing after falling precipitously in our past survey, with 25% of respondents who plan to switch carriers during the next six months now saying they'll go with AT&T. That's a two-point increase.

Verizon remains in second place with 21%, unchanged from previously.

When it comes to customer satisfaction, however, Verizon held on to top honors -- 42% of its customers said they're very satisfied. By comparison, only 30% of AT&T customers reported being very satisfied.

As these results clearly show, the consumer cell phone market is continuously evolving. And, as always, we'll keep our ear to the ground and monitor any new developments as they occur.
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God Hates Reno

Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, visits Reno to demonstrate at the funeral of Nevada soldier killed in Iraq. Counter-demonstrators convince the Baptists to cut their protest short.

Gay FAQ

"Can I ask you a Gay Question?" is how it usually starts. And before you know it, the confused hetero is popping that nagging query they've always wondered about, the one that demonstrates just how little time they've actually spent doing all that wondering, the one that deserves a riposte as unsettling as their question is dumb. In our never-ending quest to help you through life's little tortures, we've assembled a baker's dozen of real questions asked by real straight people and a few possible retorts for each. Ready?

1) What's it like?

Snappy response #1: What's what like?

Snappy response #2: Begin singing in your best Alanis gargle: "It's like ray-eee-yane on your wedding day..."

2) How come you don't look gay?

Snappy response #1: I had to send my uniform back-the A&F, shirt wasn't my color and the daisy duke shorts were a touch too small. But I should be getting my new one in the mail any day now.

Snappy response #2: How come you do?

3) Are you the man or the woman?

Snappy response #1: Bend over and I'll show you.

Snappy response #2: Well, to find that out, first, we both get naked and beat each other to a bloody pulp. Whoever's left standing is the man-you know, like the way your parents did it.

4) Do you take it up the butt?

Snappy response #1: No, I take it in the kneecap.

Snappy response #2: Yes, don't you?

5) Why haven't you just found a woman and settled down?

Snappy response #1: Because I can't seem to find one that likes both my boyfriend and I.

Snappy response #2: Because I'm scared! (Say this while collapsing to the floor and sobbing-you will scare them as a result and they will quit bugging you.)

6) Doesn't it hurt?

Snappy response #1: Only after I've spent a lot of money taking him to dinner and a movie and then discover he's a bad lay.

Snappy response #2: Not as much as you'd think. Of course, being unconscious sure helps.

7) Who invented gay sex?

Snappy response #1: I don't know, but I perfected it.

Snappy response #2: Me and your Dad.

8) What do your parents say?

Snappy response #1: They say, "Get a job and get out of our house! You're 28 already!" Oh, you mean about the fag stuff? I'm sorry, I didn't understand the question.

Snappy response #2: Well, actually they haven't spoken to me since high school after my guidance counselor helped me defect from their satanic cult. But 15 years of being sodomized by a goat is enough for anyone, don't you think?

9) Do you people really do "that thing" with gerbils?

Snappy response #1: Why yes! I have six of them up there right now!

Snappy response #2: Not anymore, since the popularity caused a national shortage of gerbils. Taco Bell has inspired a new craze now, however, with hairless Chihuahuas.

10) Do you hate women?

Snappy response #1: Only the ones who can't accessorize properly.

Snappy response #2: No, just you.

11) Do you swallow?

Snappy response #1: No, I share it with my boyfriend.

Snappy response #2: Just my leprosy medication. How about a hug?

12) You're not attracted to ME are you?

Snappy response #1: Well, compared to that toothless, greasy carnival worker standing over there operating the Tilt-A-Whirl, yeah, I am attracted to you.

Snappy response #2: Here, put this gorilla mask on. Oh yeah, now I'm attracted to you.

13). Are gay people bad drivers?

Snappy Response #1: Only when they are trying to drive while sitting on your Dads lap.

Snappy Response #2: Only when Madonna comes on the radio and we're trying to powder our noses on the dash board.

Snappy Response #3: Only when they're trying to turn the corner while getting head from your boyfriend.

Snappy Response #4: Only when they are rushing to Barney's for the after Christmas sale while coming off of "Tina" after an all nighter with your girlfriends brother.

Free Burma

Treatment

Johnny Cash Hurt

I hurt myself today
to see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
the only thing that's real
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away
but I remember everything
what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
upon my liar's chair
full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
beneath the stains of time
the feelings disappear
you are someone else
I am still right here

what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

I will let you down
I will make you hurt

if I could start again
a million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

New Studies Destroy the Last Objection to Medical Marijuana

US: Web: New Studies Destroy the Last Objection to Medical Marijuana: "NEW STUDIES DESTROY THE LAST OBJECTION TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Anyone who advocates for medical marijuana sooner or later runs into arguments about smoking: 'No real medicine is smoked.' 'Smoking is bad for the lungs; why would any doctor recommend something so harmful?' It's a line of reasoning that medical marijuana opponents have used to great effect in Congress, state legislatures, and elsewhere. Indeed, the FDA's controversial 2006 statement opposing medical marijuana was couched in repeated references to 'smoked marijuana.'

But new research demonstrates that all those fears of 'smoked marijuana' as medicine are 100 percent obsolete.

The smoking argument was the closest thing to a scientifically meaningful objection to medical marijuana. While marijuana smoke, unlike tobacco, has never been shown to cause lung cancer, heavy marijuana smoking has been associated with assorted respiratory symptoms and a potentially increased risk of bronchitis. That's because burning any plant material produces a whole lot of substances such as tars, and carbon monoxide that are not good for the lungs.

Nevertheless, inhalation is clearly the best method for administering marijuana's active components, called cannabinoids. Cannabinoids such as THC are fat-soluble molecules that are absorbed slowly and unevenly when taken orally, a"

Tomorrow the FBI will be able to wiretap all internet users

Cable modem companies, DSL providers, broadband over powerline, satellite internet companies and even some universities all have until the end of today to ensure "...the ability of law enforcement agencies to conduct electronic surveillance by requiring that telecommunications carriers and manufacturers of telecommunications equipment modify and design their equipment, facilities, and services to ensure that they have the necessary surveillance capabilities."

The Justice Department began lobbying the FCC in 2002 to reinterpret the law as applying to the internet as well and last June a divided federal appeals court upheld the expansion 2-1.

Basically, this means that starting today the FBI will have the ability to wiretap your internet connection, and means that "Common carriers, facilities-based broadband Internet access providers, and providers of interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service..." must all now have incorporated into their networks the ability for law enforcement agencies to snoop on those for which they have a court ordered warrant.

It's been pointed out however, that even though it may not necessarily be easier to get a warrant and eavesdrop on somebody, the temptation to do so and avoid real gumshoe detective work will be high. Instead of having to really investigate what a person is up to, they may choose to just try and take a look at what they're doing instead.

Also, what will eventually happen I think is that the RIAA and the MPAA will try to petition courts to snoop on suspected file-sharers and gather intelligence and incriminating information with which to build a case against them.

I mean look how they were able to get so many congressman on board with the whole crackdown on colleges and universities, invoking phrases like "file-trafficking" and warning against job layoffs and unemployment due to losses from piracy. I mean if a law is being broken who's to say which ones they will or will not enforce? I think its only a matter of time.

No longer will ISPs be able to claim that it just doesn't have the means to assist copyright holders in determining who has been uploading content illegally, for now they will be able to monitor an IP address and all the traffic that it's responsible for on the network.

It also means that the govt will now have the ability to monitor for other illegal activity, like buying prescription drugs from Canada, browsing and purchasing drug paraphanalia like bongs, pipes, etc., or perhaps even forums or chatrooms of leftist or other radical organizations.

After today the internet will forever be under the watchful eye of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and you can rest assured that corporations and other private entities will do in everything in their power to use this resource for their own ends.

Great Aunt Gerry Allen

ALLEN, Geraldine Ann
''Gerry''
Aug 25, 1929-Apr 10, 2007
With her three children by her side, Gerry passed away peacefully after a long battle with Multiple Myeloma. She was 77 years old. She was a courageous fighter to the end; however, she was ready to be with God and those who had passed before her. Her positive attitude and friendly personality endeared her to the people she met. She was selfless to the end, donating her body to UCD Medical School. Left to cherish Gerry's memory are her children, Jim and Rick (Maggie) Allen, Jenny (Chuck) Bird; her grandchildren Jennifer, Katherine, Chris, Cody, Cecilia, Charley, and Kylie; her sisters Joyce Hamilton and Jean Osborne and their spouses, Jack and Jim, as well as many other family and friends. A celebration of Gerry's life will take place Tuesday, April 17 at 4:00 PM at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 5811 Walnut Avenue, Orangevale. A reception will follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Gerry's name to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 4604 Roseville Road, Suite 100, No. Highland, CA 95660
Published in the Sacramento Bee on 4/17/2007.

A Call for Manners in the World of Nasty Blogs

Is it too late to bring civility to the Web?

The conversational free-for-all on the Internet known as the blogosphere can be a prickly and unpleasant place. Now, a few high-profile figures in high-tech are proposing a blogger code of conduct to clean up the quality of online discourse.

Last week, Tim O’Reilly, a conference promoter and book publisher who is credited with coining the term Web 2.0, began working with Jimmy Wales, creator of the communal online encyclopedia Wikipedia, to create a set of guidelines to shape online discussion and debate.

Chief among the recommendations is that bloggers consider banning anonymous comments left by visitors to their pages and be able to delete threatening or libelous comments without facing cries of censorship.

Lake Tahoe

Day3- Lake Tahoe
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Sunset over Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe.

Why Verizon has been able to get by releasing new Blackberry devices a year after other carriers and why that time has come to an end | RIMarkable |

The official, unofficial BlackBerry Weblog: "Why Verizon has been able to get by releasing new Blackberry devices a year after other carriers and why that time has come to an end.

I was reading a comment from a RIMarkable reader that calls himself EvilHomer about why he feels Verizon will never gain an edge as far as BlackBerry devices are concerned over GSM based carriers. Although I don’t agree with every point, I think he is dead on for the most part.

His post really made me think about just how Verizon has been able to get by with their strategy of releasing new BlackBerry devices almost a year behind their GSM competitors and doing very well for themselves while doing so.

His post also made me think about how this time is coming to an end for Verizon.

Verizon owns the Business BlackBerry market

The majority of BlackBerry users in the United States use their devices for business and the percentage of business users on Verizon is probably the highest of the big 4 carriers. This is because Verizon has more business contracts than the other carriers and also because their personal plans are generally more expensive than the other carriers. They have the most business users and consumers aren�"

Woman turned away by doctor - for being American

Published: 29th December 2006 11:51 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/5932/

An American woman has been refused treatment by a doctor in Blekinge in southern Sweden because of her nationality. The woman's husband has now reported the incident to the Medical Responsibility Board.

Valery Johansson, who lives in a small town just outside Nashville, Tennessee, was in Sweden to celebrate Christmas with her husband's family.

On Christmas Day, worried that she may have contracted strep throat, she sought medical help. Her husband and niece made an appointment for her at a clinic in the town of Karlshamn.

'We went up there and the nurses were really nice. They did some swab tests, which they then passed on to a doctor,' Johansson told The Local.

Uncle Jim

Funeral Notices - sacbee.com: "ALLEN, James Earl
April 3, 1929-Dec 20, 2006
It is with great sadness the family of James Earl Allen announces his passing on December 20th at age 77. He died at home with his wife of 35 years, Linda, by his side. Big Jim was a resident of Sacramento for 43 years. Left to cherish his memory are his wife Linda; his son Jim and Jim's children Cody, and Jennifer and Katherine Shorett; his daughter, Jenny Bird, her husband Chuck and their children, Charley and Kylie; his son Richard, his wife, Maggie and their children, Christopher and Cecilia; his childrens mother, Gerry Allen; his brother and sister in-law, Mark and Pat Allen, as well as many other family and friends. Please join us in remembering this truly big-hearted man who will be greatly missed. A memorial gathering will take place at 2830 Sheridan Way on Friday, December 29, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, remembrances in Jim's name may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 2720 Gateway Oaks Drive, Sacramento, CA 95833. "

Gay condo controversy

Gay condo controversy: "The Bay State, the birthplace of gay marriage, is on the cusp of another revolution in alternative living that could prove to be just as controversial - gay condo communities. "

Gartner predicts end of blogging hype

Novelty value will wear off, says analyst
Tom Sanders in California, vnunet.com 15 Dec 2006
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Blogging will peak in 2007, Gartner predicts, levelling off when the number of writers who maintain a personal website reaches 100 million.

Gartner analysts expect that the novelty value of the medium will wear off as most people who are interested in the phenomenon have checked it out, and new bloggers will offset the number of writers who abandon their creation out of boredom.

The firm estimates that there are more than 200 million former bloggers who have ceased posting to their online diaries.

Gartner made the assertion as part of its top 10 predictions for 2007. The firm also believes that Windows Vista will be Microsoft's last major update of its Windows operating system.

The software vendor is expected to borrow a page from the book of open source projects and create a modular operating system that allows for individual components to be updated.

Gartner's visionaries, however, refused to entertain pessimistic views about Microsoft's future fuelled by the rise online application providers such as Google and Salesforce.com."

The Piddler on the roof

PRANKSTERS drew a willy on the roof of a top school that was so large it could be spotted from SPACE. But it went unnoticed until it was seen on Google Earth.

A group of ex-pupils was last night blamed for the rude shape — snapped by satellite.

One former pupil of £2,906-a-term independent Yarm School at Stockton on Tees, Teesside, said: “A couple of ex-students hopped over the school fence on a weekend and went unnoticed by guards.

They managed to get on the roof of the Friary building and somehow mark on the willy. They also burnt a manhood into the grass.”

Although the shape on the roof has been scrubbed off it can still be seen on Google.

Google said: “If users spot something offensive we would consider having it removed.”

A bright idea that brought the winter sun to the disbelieving folk of Viganella

Cape Times: A bright idea that brought the winter sun to the disbelieving folk of Viganella: "A bright idea that brought the winter sun to the disbelieving folk of Viganella

December 01, 2006 Edition 1

VIGANELLA, Italy: Once upon a time there was a small village in the Italian Alps. It was a lovely little town with a lovely sounding name: Viganella.

Founded by a bishop in 1217, it lay in a steep-sided Alpine valley, not far from the Swiss border, and clung to a rock surrounded by two streams of fresh mountain water.

It had a small church, a medieval tower and a pretty square, where all of the town's 197 inhabitants would gather around a fountain to celebrate the annual feast of the Virgin Mary.

But Viganella had a big, big problem.

Each year, on November 11, the sun would disappear behind a 1 600-metre high mountain to the south, leaving it in near-total darkness for 84 days in a row. Flowers would die, temperatures would plummet and laundry would take forever to dry.

The people of Viganella dreaded the arrival of winter.

They would take a look at the sundial drawn on the facade of their church and sigh. They would become sleepy and SAD - the medical affliction known as 'Seasonal Affective Disorder', a condition whereby the lack of sunshine reduces people's production of melatonin, a natural hormone, and makes th"

Soy Makes You Gay

: "There's a slow poison out there that's severely damaging our children and threatening to tear apart our culture ….

The dangerous food I'm speaking of is soy. Soybean products are feminizing, and they're all over the place. You can hardly escape them anymore.

…

Soy is feminizing, and commonly leads to a decrease in the size of the penis, sexual confusion and homosexuality. That's why most of the medical (not socio-spiritual) blame for today's rise in homosexuality must fall upon the rise in soy formula and other soy products. (Most babies are bottle-fed during some part of their infancy, and one-fourth of them are getting soy milk!) Homosexuals often argue that their homosexuality is inborn because 'I can't remember a time when I wasn't homosexual.' No, homosexuality is always deviant. But now many of them can truthfully say that they can't remember a time when excess estrogen wasn't influencing them."

Philip's an American Party

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Reno 911 the Movie

Reno 911!

How did the BlackBerry get its name?

How did the BlackBerry get its name?In the real eary days of Research In Motion, BlackBerrys were very different than they are now. They were pagers without phone capability, More important than that for the purposes of this discussion, they weren't even called "BlackBerry," but RIM.

That was until RIM execs asked California-based branding consultancy Lexicon Branding to come up with a more descriptive name.

As an article in the Ottawa Citizen describes, someone had told Lexicon president David Placek that "the tiny buttons on RIM's device looked like a collection of seeds," writes reporter Alexandra Zabjek. "Lexicon began exploring different fruity names: strawberry, melon and an assortment of vegetables were all bandied about, with no success."

BlackBerry was selected because it met two qualifications- it was a "berry"-which has seeds- and implies a black colo, which all BlackBerrys were at the time the naming was implemented.

The name was also Ddeemed more unique and easier to trademark than if it had the term "mail" in it-like then then-hypothetical ProMail or MegaMail.

210 North opening draws gallery of celebrity guests

RGJ.com: 210 North opening draws gallery of celebrity guests: "Reno's Young Guard came out Friday for the invitation-only, friends and family opening of 210 North, the new club and lounge named for its address on North Sierra Street at West Second Street. Owners Jill Gianoli and Rob Stone, both former Eldorado entertainment execs, have sunk a potful of pretty pennies into gutting the 18,000-square-foot former restaurant space, and it shows. Reno has never had a club or lounge like 210 North."

Canada troops battle 10-foot Afghan marijuana plants - CNN.com

Canada troops battle 10-foot Afghan marijuana plants - CNN.com: "Canada troops battle 10-foot Afghan marijuana plants
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OTTAWA, Canada (Reuters) -- Canadian troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan have stumbled across an unexpected and potent enemy -- almost impenetrable forests of marijuana plants 10 feet tall.

General Rick Hillier, chief of the Canadian defense staff, said Thursday that Taliban fighters were using the forests as cover. In response, the crew of at least one armored car had camouflaged their vehicle with marijuana.

'The challenge is that marijuana plants absorb energy, heat very readily. It's very difficult to penetrate with thermal devices. ... And as a result you really have to be careful that the Taliban don't dodge in and out of those marijuana forests,' he said in a speech in Ottawa, Canada.

'We tried burning them with white phosphorous -- it didn't work. We tried burning them with diesel -- it didn't work. The plants are so full of water right now ... that we simply couldn't burn them,' he said.

Even successful incineration had its drawbacks.

'A couple of brown plants on the edges of some of those [forests] did catch on fire. But a section of soldiers that was downwind from th"

Burning Man 2006

Flickr: Burning Man 2006: "Top 10 signs that you have not fully gotten over burning man
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10. You start referring to your kitchen as Center Camp and you change the street signs on the corner to 5:30 and Venus.
9. You prefer using baby wipes instead of taking baths.
8. You don't feel comfortable going out at night without any glowsticks.
7. You insist that everyone at work refer to you by your playa name.
6. You try to re-build Thunderdome in your backyard.
5. You can't leave your house without goggles, dust masks, lingerie, hula hoops, and platform boots.
4. You look outside your window hoping to see the Man and the Temple every time you wake up, only to tear up when you realize it's not there.
3. Instead of reaching for a cup of coffee or red bull to wake up, you scrounge around your closet for any leftover specks of ecstasy or weed.
2. You find yourself handing out necklaces and hugs to random strangers while you wait in line at the grocery store.
1. You realize you can't go to sleep without the loud thump thump thump of a techno lullaby. "

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2005-09-16-misc 045
Originally uploaded by escavetta.

Warmest Summer on Record at Reno

National Weather Service, Reno NV: "THE SUMMER OF 2006 WAS THE WARMEST ON RECORD AT RENO.THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD (JUNE...JULY...AUGUST) WAS 75.3 DEGREES. IN FACT...THE SIX WARMEST SUMMERS HAVE BEEN THOSE OF THE LAST SIX YEARS. THIS MAY BE THE RESULT OF THE WARM NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING DURING THE LAST DECADE. TEMPERATURE DATA FOR RENO EXTENDS BACK TO 1888. THE TEN WARMEST SUMMERS ON RECORD AT RENO ARE THE FOLLOWING:

AVG
TEMP SUMMER

75.3 2006
75.0 2003
74.2 2004
73.6 2002
73.4 2001
73.3 2005
73.1 1994
72.4 2000
71.8 1931
71.8 1988"

Black Rock City 2005

Flickr Photo Download: Black Rock City - 2005

Reno News and Review August 17, 2006

Reno News and Review August 17, 2006: "There's a Friday night dinner party in a neighborhood near West McCarran Boulevard. Someone opens a bottle of red and a bottle of white and puts them within easy reach on a faux-granite-topped kitchen island. Someone lights the gas grill in a neat but not-yet-landscaped yard. A toddler dodges under the table to pet the dog. The person toting diapers and a bottle isn't a mom, though. All the guests are men.

The host is Tim Miles, an Internet technology consultant with a shy smile that makes him look a little younger than his 32 years. He's gay. Some of his friends are gay. Most aren't. Their orientation doesn't really matter to him.

If you were looking for 'gay' stereotypes at his dinner party, you could find a few. The guys are drinking good wine instead of beer; the place is decorated a lot better than your average bachelor pad; the white china and heavy silverware are perfectly matched.

Making a list of 'guy' stereotypes is easier. While digesting their perfectly grilled steak, Miles' friends splay out on overstuffed leather couches and argue over which of the hundreds of cable channels they're going to watch. The guy holding the remote eventually stops listening. They watch a special on fighter jets for a few minutes, then continue channel surfing.

For Miles, being gay isn't a matter of identity politics. He does"

William R Knapton

Nevada Appeal - Obituaries: "A memorial celebration for William R. Knapton, 77, a 36-year Carson City resident, will be at 4 p.m. today at his home.

Mr. Knapton died July 15, 2006, in Carson City. He was born March 2, 1929, in Trenton, Neb., to Glen R. Knapton and Gladys R. Brown Knapton.

He was raised in Carlton, Ore.

He graduated from Carlton High School in Carleton and Arizona State University. He never missed a high school reunion.

He co-owned and operated Nevada Precision Fabricators and served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.

He was a member of the Carson City Aero Squadron and the Quiet Birdmen as a pilot; was a car collector and member of the Carson City Studebaker Club; and was a dedicated member of the Lincoln Highway Association and spent much of his time retracing the old highway route.

Among his friends are longtime companion, Opal Nelson of Carson City; daughter and son-in-law Debra and Steven Kijima of Spokane Valley, Wash.; daughter Judi Miles of Carson City; sisters Noreen Horning of Oregon and Patricia Beaty of New Mexico; brothers Stanley and Norman Knapton, both of Colorado; eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren;, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations may be made to the St. Mary's Hospice Fund or the Nevada Sierra Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association.

Capitol C"

Flying Bed by Francois Laine

Startus - Flying Bed by Francois Laine: "In a standard loft, 40% of the available space is lost. Basically all the space above the floor and furniture is available but never used. Startus is a flying bed that's hung from the ceiling. When it's not used it stored near the ceiling. It's very light and create a small visual environment with just a thin envelope. "

Creative Job - Commute Helper

Personal Finance Advice » Blog Archive » Creative Job - Commute Helper: "This is what happened. If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, the commutes in certain sections are absolutely horrendous. This guy was sitting in a traffic jam one morning watching all the people in the carpool lane drive by while he was moving at snail’s pace. He decided that he needed to get someone else in his car so that he could get to work in a timely manner using the carpool lane, and at first thought that his only option was to start a carpool.

As he thought about it more, however, he thought that he (as in himself and his body) was actually a valuable commodity and he could sell himself and that is exactly what he did. He walked to the freeway entrance and held up a sign that said,

“Traffic is bad. Spend 2 hours or pay me $10 and get there in 20 minutes”"

Black People Love Us!

Black People Love Us!: "We are well-liked by Black people so we're psyched (since lots of Black people don't like lots of White people)!! We thought it'd be cool to honor our exceptional status with a ROCKIN' domain name and a killer website!!
"

Tour De Nez

Melody Mimi Damayo Mimi 4 Governor Official Site. Mimi Miyagi.

Melody Mimi Damayo Mimi 4 Governor Official Site. Mimi Miyagi.Only in Nevada do you get a former "Webmistress" and Adult Film star to run for Governor.

A fantasy nightclub

Photos: A fantasy nightclub | CNET News.com: "Start-up company Doppelganger has launched a virtual nightclub called The Lounge. Designed with teens in mind, club-goers choose computer generated characters as online alter egos. They pick hair color, clothes and even posture. In this picture, avatar characters representing members of the British all-girl band the Pussycat Dolls hang out in the nightclub's VIP room."

'A good death' - The Boston Globe

'A good death' - The Boston Globe: "'A good death'
After a 40-year virtual ban on research involving psychedelic drugs, scientists look anew at their potential in treating pain and anxiety
Diane's mother photographed her daughter during one of their walks not long before Diane died of cancer. Diane took ecstasy before her death, under a therapist's supervision.
Diane's mother photographed her daughter during one of their walks not long before Diane died of cancer. Diane took ecstasy before her death, under a therapist's supervision.

By Scott Allen, Globe Staff | May 15, 2006

Diane never smoked marijuana, and she disapproved of her mother's past drug experiments. But cancer made the 33-year-old teacher ready to try anything that might help: she hoped she would find a cure in herbs from a Tibetan doctor or in the hands of a faith healer deep in the Brazilian rain forest."

Top 10 Most Stressful Professions

33 News - Straight to the Point - HEALTH - Top 10 Most Stressful Professions: "Top 10 Most Stressful Professions
Work Stresses and Colleague Irritations, Defined
IT experts are more likely to suffer from stress than any other professional, according to the survey.

A staggering 97 percent of people working in IT claim to find their life at work stressful on a daily basis.

Four out of five IT consultants feel stressed before they even enter the workplace, in anticipation of another day juggling complaints, pressure from managers and daily targets.

And a quarter of IT experts are under such enormous pressure to perform at work they have taken time off suffering with stress.

The poll also revealed that a third of IT professionals say it is difficult to get the work done when managers are constantly on their backs.

One IT respondent said: “I spend most of my day fielding calls from people who don’t even have a basic knowledge of computers and printers.

“It is amazing the amount of time I spend teaching people where the on-off button is.

“And when I do actually find a technical problem to solve, I have my manager breathing down my neck wondering why I have a backlog of complaints.”

Kevin Young, managing director of SkillSoft says: “Our research was sparked by a recent Gartner report which claims that the untrain"

BBC NEWS | Europe | Wildlife defies Chernobyl radiation

BBC NEWS | Europe | Wildlife defies Chernobyl radiation: "Wildlife defies Chernobyl radiation
By Stephen Mulvey
BBC News

It contains some of the most contaminated land in the world, yet it has become a haven for wildlife - a nature reserve in all but name.

Przewalski's horse
Przewalski's horses are breeding in the zone (Picture: Sergey Gaschak)

The exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power station is teeming with life."

Sorry, I Can't Hear You: I'm an iPod User | DenGuru

Sorry, I Can't Hear You: I'm an iPod User | DenGuru: "I Can't Hear You

'There is only one basic human right, and that is the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty: the duty to take the consequences.' - P.J. O'Rourke.

Maybe I've just not been paying enough attention lately, but it has been a while since I've been presented with a good example of our litigious society that makes me crack a smile. Lately, the honor has to go to a one Mr. John Kiel Patterson in San Jose, California, who is suing Apple Computer for hearing damage caused by the iPod.
"

What does Tim use?

So I get asked questions all the time, like what cell phone I use, with what service. What kind of a laptop do I carry around. So here I will compile my list of tech toys.

Computer: It's a homebuilt system with a Dual Core AMD 3.8Ghz processor with only 1GB of RAM and 0.5 Terabytes in hard drive space. That equates to 500GB for the non-techies.

Laptop: I have two, first is a Toshiba Satellite. Love it still to this day even though it's slow. It's my Microsoft Windows Vista test machine. Second is a Dell Inspiron which I use for work and travel.

Email Client: Outlook 2003. I have to I swear, or else I'd use Thunderbird.

Web Browser: Firefox of course

Cell Phone: A Blackberry 7130e. I love it. I don't know how I went along with life without it. Send a PIN to 30106db8. Google Talk and Google Local I think are the best applications for it.

Cell Service: Verizon Wireless. Why? Because I can talk continually from Reno to Sunnyside without one dropped call. It just simply works. Can't wait for EV-DO to make it to the Reno market.

Camera: I have a Sony HandyCam DCR-HC42 for video and a Casio Exilim EX-S2 for still images.

So there you have it. Let me know if you have anymore questions.

RGJ.com: 'Place of mystery and magic'-Is Red Rock Studios a bar or a gallery? For the owner, it's a …

RGJ.com: 'Place of mystery and magic'-Is Red Rock Studios a bar or a gallery? For the owner, it's a …: "t's a modest address, 241 S. Sierra St., just a room atop a basement in a 1950s building that also houses a barber, a neighborhood lawyer and a florist. But to Kevin McGehee, 40, local entrepreneur, owner of the Green Room bar and former operative for U.S. Sen. John Ensign, 241 S. Sierra is 'a place of mystery and magic.'

The office of McGehee's late father, a lawyer and public administrator, sat a half block north on Sierra Street. When he was a kid, McGehee dropped by 241 with the old man. It was called Cardinal Room bar back then, a joint 'filled with old timers drinking Scotch at 10 a.m.,' McGehee said.

Cut to the mid-1990s. Lubrication remained the order of the day at 241, but now it was called the Blue Lamp. Suit met scruff at the bar -- 'lawyers drinking with pierced musicians,' as McGehee put it -- and everyone got along. McGehee only managed the Blue Lamp, but he let everyone think he owned it. In Reno of the time, there was no cooler place to be.

After years of dreaming, McGehee finally got to own some of that cool. Last week, he opened Red Rock Studios bar at 241 S. Sierra St., in the same room where he watched men drink as a boy, in the same room he would later part"

Red Rock Bar and Studio Opens in Downtown

Red Rock Bar and Gallery officially opened last night with much fan fare. This is the sister bar to The Green Room which is on Sierra St between Court and Ridge, former location of the original Blue Lamp. The place has a nice lounge atmosphere mixed in with art; a notch up from the Green Room. Featured artists include Kai Prescher, sculptor/graphic artist and Jeff Dow, photography/printmaker.

They are open 6 days a week from 2pm till 2am, closed Monday's.

Energy 92.7

Energy 92.7
Good music from Energy 92.7 in San Francisco.

Reno Riverfestival Schedule of Events

Reno-Tahoe - America's Adventure PlaceThe 2006 Reno River Festival, scheduled for May 12-14, 2006, will feature the following:

* Invitational Freestyle
* Open Freestyle
* Instructional clinics with the pros
* Food & Beer Garden
* Live “play by play” announcers, DJ’s and music
* Industry Expo and Product Demo

1-800-FOR RENO

Techdirt: Fined For Using Someone Else's WiFi

Techdirt: Fined For Using Someone Else's WiFi: "While many, many people still feel there's absolutely nothing wrong with piggybacking on someone's open WiFi, the police don't always agree. We've had a few stories in the past about people getting arrested for using someone else's WiFi, or even threatening to arrest people for simply using a cantenna. The latest such story, sent in by Steve, involves a guy in Illinois who was fined $250 for 'theft of services' after a police officer spotted him sitting in a car, using the open WiFi of a non-profit agency in the middle of the night. The police go on about how you could get a year in jail for this. Again, though, it's not clear why this is a crime. If the guy were trespassing, that's one thing. However, if he's sitting on public property, using an open WiFi signal that went beyond the property boundaries... it should have been up to the agency to secure their WiFi. Also, there's no way anyone can claim any real loss in this situation. It was the middle of the night. No one else was using the broadband connection. The police are quoted warning others to beware that they, too, can get arrested and spend a year in jail if spotted using a laptop in a car. Can't wait until someone using an EVDO or HSDPA cellular data card in their car gets arrested by a police officer who doesn't recognize the difference."

Old Mouse Pad

Today I retired my old Fed Ex mouse pad that I've had since February 1999 on my first week at my new job working at 1-800-Batteries (later became iGo.com) I was looking at it today all dirty and thinking back to all spills the coffee, soda's, fast-food greasy meals and late nights of porn that I realized it needed to be replaced. Rest in peace old friend.

Meet the IT Gigolo!

Meet the IT Gigolo!:

34-year-old systems engineer 'Ray Digerati' enjoys fixing computers. And having sex. So he combined the two.

How long have you been a tech-support manwhore?

A few months. This really attractive friend was having trouble connecting to the Internet, and the idea popped into my head: 'Wow, it would be nice if I could get sex for this.' I placed an ad on Craigslist that read, 'WILL FIX COMPUTERS FOR SEXUAL FAVORS.' The response has been overwhelming.
"

Text messaging boom leads to digit damage - Feb 22, 2006

CNN.com - Text messaging boom leads to digit damage - Feb 22, 2006: "Text messaging boom leads to digit damage"
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Mobile telephone text messaging has become so popular in Britain that millions of users now suffer injuries to their thumbs and fingers because of their love of keeping in touch, according to a survey on Tuesday.

I Gave My Cat an Enema

Catenema.com: Do NOT Try This at Home!: "I Gave My Cat an Enema.

No animals were harmed in the creation of this web page. All of us, however, were humiliated and demoralized by the actual events that inspired it. Everything worked out okay, though.

From 1985 until 1995, I had a tabby cat named Fred. He was cranky and mean and didn't like anyone but me.

"

XM MyFi™

XM eStore :: Delphi XM MyFi™-: "This is the original. The world’s very first XM2go receiver—a palm-sized portable XM satellite radio that you can take anywhere. So you get every XM channel in real time, at home, in your car or on the go. Plus, it uses its automatic rechargeable battery to store up to 5 hours of fresh XM content without using a computer. The built-in wireless FM transmitter allows your MyFi to transmit to any FM radio speaker system. And the large, illuminated, six-line LCD display, with personal stock ticker, sports score ticker, clock, alarm and more, means you’re in-the-know, no matter where you are."

Reno Punks of Wingfield

Reno and Its Discontents»Blog Archive » Reno Punks of Wingfield: "I face an increasingly un-minx like moment a few times each week when I walk from my building to the Riverside theater or other locations in weffi (west/first street); a potential encounter with the Wingfield punks. Looking close to circa 1978, the Wingfielder’s dress in an array of black clothing, leather, threatening boots, hair spikes, bandage straps, etc., and hang out in the Christmas tree pavillion surrounded by piped in music ironically from the big band era. The background music would seem to make the pavillion a strange hang out spot for the us vs. them crowd, but there they are, nearly rain of shine."

How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a Time -- Jan. 16, 2006 -- Page 1

TIME.com: How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a Time -- Jan. 16, 2006 -- Page 1: "At 4:30, when most of Wall Street is winding down, Walter Zimmermann begins a high-stakes, high-wire act conducted live before a paying audience. About 200 institutional investors—including airlines and oil companies—shell out up to $3,000 a month to catch his daily webcast on the volatile energy markets, a performance that can move hundreds of millions of dollars. 'I'm not paid to be wrong—I can tell you that,' Zimmermann says. But as he clicks through dozens of screens and graphics on three computers, he's the picture of focused calm. Zimmermann, 54, watched most of his peers in energy futures burn out long ago. He attributes his brain's enduring sharpness not to an intravenous espresso drip but to 40 minutes of meditation each morning and evening. The practice, he says, helps him maintain the clarity he needs for quick, insightful analysis—even approaching happy hour. 'Meditation,' he says, 'is my secret weapon.'"

Paradise Airlines Lockheed L-049 Constellation

Airliners.net Photos: Paradise Airlines Lockheed L-049 Constellation: "Forty years after, and the largest piece left is this bit of cowling. Paradise Airlines 901A turned the wrong direction on a missed approach to KTVL in a snowstorm. It wound up on the side of this mountain killing all 85 on board, March 1, 1964. TVL airport visible at top left."

Grace at The Green Room

Grace

January, 13 2006 at Friday the 13th @ The Green Room
144 West St., Reno, NV 89501
Cost: $5

Grace and Sugar in Wartime (from Los Angeles) at the Green Room! Friday the 13th, ooooooh... Sugar in Wartime is a three-piece band fronted by Thais, one of my musical heroes and favorite women. She is an incredibly sultry and captivating singer and an incredible songwriter; all the while holding down the electric guitar. I'll be playing also, so please come early, drink lots and stay late with us.

Reno Towers

Diagrams - SkyscraperPage.com

Coldplay - Yellow

Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah they were all yellow,

I came along
I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called yellow

So then I took my turn
Oh all the things I've done
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know you know I love you so
You know I love you so

I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh all the things you do
Cause you were all yellow

I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh what a thing to do
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
D'you know for you i bleed myself dry
For you i bleed myself dry

Its true look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine for you
look how they shine
look at the stars look how they shine for you

Retard

Paying hommage to the late JC.

IT workers are 'worst dressed' employees

IT workers are 'worst dressed' employees: "IT workers are 'worst dressed' employees

Shurely some mishtake

By Nick Farrell: Thursday 17 November 2005, 07:13
[Advert]
THE IT industry has the worst dressed workers, according to a leading Aussie fashion guru.

Somehow managing to beat off competition from the building industry, IT workers were given a telling off from Melanie Moss, who tells Aussie corporate staff what to wear.

She said that short sleeved shirts, man-made fibres and the wrong coloured socks were some of the most common fashion faux-pas in the IT industry. Moss blames the fact that the majority of IT people are not in front of customers all the time.

Help desk staff were the worst dressed, followed by those working in technology start-ups, many of whom had continued to wear T-shirts to work as a consequence of the casual web culture of the '90s.

Moss said that money should be no object when it comes to dressing well and it was not just about wearing suits. All you need is a good quality shirt with a nice print and smart slacks is often enough as long as everything co-ordinates... natural fibres were also important. Polyester doesn't wear well, and gets sweaty and whiffs a bit."

The Casino Fabulous Fiber Optic Christmas Tree

Trench officially opens with first train run

RGJ.com: Trench officially opens with first train run: "Union Pacific Railroad sent a freight train carrying vehicles into Reno's brand new train trench at 12:10 p.m. today, marking a new era in the city's history.

The opening of the long-debated and controversial project drew a crowd of residents watching the train from various bridges over the tracks. Many of those people waited over two-hours as the railroad worked through the technical necessities of sending the first train through.

Carol and Larry Rathgen made the trip to Reno from Carson City and arrived just in time to see the first train in the trench.

'We just came down to see the first train, and we made it,' Carol Rathgen, 60, said."

Little Red Riding Hood

Pat the Lesbian

Connie Chunk

Sausalito in the morning.

Thai Buddhist Temple

Tai Mahal floating house. Sausalito

The Boat, Sausalito

Sausalito

Best place to receive a terrorist threat in Reno

Reno News and Review - Best of Reno - October 20, 2005: "Best place to receive a terrorist threat

Green Room 144 West St., 324-1224
'Want an Irish carbomb?' the cheerful bartender asks before propounding her latest film and passing around schooners half-filled with Guinness beer. What the heck? There are few things that we intrepid Northern Nevadans haven't idly sipped and lived to tell about. Suspend a shot-glass with a mixture of Irish Whiskey and a Bailey's Irish Cream knockoff over your glass of stout, drop it in and, as the liquors combine in a rich foamy explosion, down the mixture. It tastes a lot better than you'd imagine, and while you watch your more experienced, but less-coordinated, friends spill their drinks all over the bar, you can bask in the Irish-esque camaraderie. A word of warning: While the initial consumption of this libation is usually pretty harmless, the results of drinking three more liquors on top of whatever you're drinking may sometimes cause an exploding head the following morning."

Katrina get's a lesson from Kadie.

Katrina working at the front desk.

Helping Cliff dictate.

Katrina on the copier. Dirty girl.

Katrina drafts up the plans.

Katrina's first day at DDG.

Katrina's first day at the office.

The Green Room: One bar, collective soul

The Green Room: One bar, collective soul: "The Green Room’s small sign, formed from glowing green letters, tends to snag the corner of the eye — and consequently pique curiosity — as people head down West Street.

“I saw it and sort of stumbled in,” said Neil Hombrado of Reno, now a Green Room regular.

Hombrado and others say The Green Room has incubated one of Northern Nevada’s most diverse and vibrant scenes."

Found these dead fish this morning in the river.

Katrina has bush!

Katrina has bush now.

Katrina's Makeover!

Katrina's make-over!

Sunset

Sunset from my desk as usual...

Katrina's Tour

Katrina travels to Pulmonary. This is taken before her make over.

KISS Rocks out at the Green Room

Domus Design Company Car

Kadie and the bottle

Kadie

Alton

The Great Reno Balloon Race

What Religion is best for you?

Two years ago, I posted this on the blog. I was curious to see whether the results had changed. Obviously it has. Take a look.

Your Results:

# 1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
# 2. Theravada Buddhism (90%)
# 3. Hinduism (83%)
# 4. Neo-Pagan (81%)
# 5. Taoism (75%)
# 6. New Age (74%)
# 7. Jainism (70%)
# 8. Unitarian Universalism (66%)
# 9. New Thought (64%)
# 10. Liberal Quakers (63%)

Sparks Rib Cook Off.

A Retard on the RT

Retard

Yes, I do have retarded friends.

The Green Room

The Green Room
My favorite hangout. Want to say hi to Jason, Sean, Shama, Sarah, Josh and everyone else that I've met there. Thanks for the goodtimes. There will be many more to come.

The view.

Elton John Song Lyrics: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John Song Lyrics: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: "When are you gonna come down
When are you going to land
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man

You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues

So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road

What do you think you'll do then
I bet that'll shoot down your plane
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To set you on your feet again

Maybe you'll get a replacement
There's plenty like me to be found
Mongrels who ain't got a penny
Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground"

Grocery Store Wars | Join the Organic Rebellion

Sila and The AfroFunk Experience at the Green Room

Hello Friends!

We are lucky to have Sila and the Afrofunk Experience at the Green Room this Friday, coming to you live from Kenya (and San Francisco). These guys are the real deal: funky African soul grooves

FRIDAY JUNE 24 AT THE GREEN ROOM, 144 WEST STREET, RENO
SHOWTIME - 10:00 $8 21 and over

http://www.victorsila.com/index.htm
“Sila’s music is a funky fusion of African rhythm, American funk, Soukous, Afrobeat and Reggae.
Inspired by his Kenyan roots and his love for all genres of music, his sound is unique, yet instantly recognizable. His lyrics and beats reflect the music, the language, the energy, and the spirit of growing up in Africa. As a child in the Kikamba village in Kenya, Sila was an imaginative five-year old who nurtured his love for music by singing the traditional songs of his ancestors, along with the ubiquitous songs of Prince, Otis Redding and the Beatles...)

Hope to see you there!!

MOBY - SPIDERS LYRICS

MOBY - SPIDERS LYRICS: "We just had to ask
Maybe some one out of heaven
Would hear us down here

We couldn't bear to stand
How the people leave us waiting
For something up there

Oh, why did you leave?
Why won't you come?
And save us again?

Come back to us spiders
Come uncrush my hand
Let peace and beauty reign
And bring us love again, like you can

We just didn't know
Someone there outside of heaven
Heard us down here

We couldn't stand it here
How the people leave us longing
For something up there

Oh, why did you leave?
And why won't you come?
And save us again?

Come back to us spiders
Come uncrush my hands
Let peace and beauty reign
And bring us love again, like you can"

ALL LOOK SAME

Chinese, Japanese, Korean. What's the difference?

Sol Jibe

Sol Jibe: "CD RELEASE PARTY @ THE NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART Print

From Sunday, February 6 2005 - 18:00
To Sunday, February 6 2005 - 20:00
Every day
On Sunday February 6th, we will be holding a release party for our second album, 'Marinero.' We are very excited for this one; it features a lot of everyone's favorite instrumental violin songs such as Rhumba and Free Fallin'. Come down and celebrate with us at the Nevada Museum of Art at 6:00pm. The cost is $15 for adults and $10 for students, and everyone who comes in will get a CD! Proceeds go to help funding for our trip to Cuba!"

A cosmic vibe, baby

“There’s no place like this in Reno,” said Tim Miles, an information technology consultant, as he sipped a cosmopolitan one recent evening at Satellite. “I think that’s why it’s gotten popular so quickly.”

Miles is right. In most large cities, there’s at least one bar like Satellite, a place with clean, minimal lines, a lounge-y feel, and a stark-yet-inviting chic of the sort that first appeared in this country in the 1980s in SoHo. But Satellite — with its mojitos and sangria and sake cocktails — is a first for Reno, something Kleiderman and Judal took into account when they considered opening a bar.

The Stop Ashlee Simpson Petition

The Stop Ashlee Simpson Petition
We, the undersigned, are disgusted with Ashlee Simpson's horrible singing and hereby ask her to stop. Stop recording, touring, modeling and performing. We do not wish to see her again.

She cannot match the sound of her voice that can be found on her CDs, when she sings live. She simply yells the words (sometimes the wrong ones) into the mic.

We are so sickened by her "performing" that we are taking this opportunity to demand that she stop.

Download details: Windows AntiSpyware (Beta)

Great Uncle Claude

: "Claude Beeson Cody
Claude Beeson Cody 'Cable Cowboy' A private family service celebrating the life of Claude Beeson Cody, 77, of Danville, was held on December 11 at Wilson & Kratzer Chapel of San Ramon Valley in Danville. Mr. Cody passed away on December 8. He was born on September 23, 1927 in Nampa, ID to the late Leland and Josephine Cody. At the age of seventeen, he joined the United States Navy and served in the South Pacific during World War II. While stationed at Treasure Island, he fell in love with the San Francisco Bay Area and never left. He moved with his family to Danville in 1964 and worked in the communications industry for forty-five years, first with Philco Corporation, and later as a cable TV contractor and owner of Comac Signal Corporation. He founded and was general manager for Ponderosa Cable Systems and built and managed the cable TV systems in the Danville and Blackhawk area. Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Emily Cody of San Ramon, two brothers, Stan and Wayne Cody of Portland, OR, one daughter, Cynthia Cody of San Ramon, three sons, Michael Wallace of Tyler, TX, Jeffrey Cody of San Ramon and Douglas Cody of San Jose, four grandchildren, Melinda and Michelle Cody of Manteca, Katherine Eckard of Ft. Worth, TX and Jonathan Wallace of Arlington, TX, one great-grandson, Dylan Eckard of Ft. Worth, TX, as well as many loving nieces and nephews. If desired, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to Blue Star Moms, a veterans organization supporting our troops in action. Please send contributions to Patty Harris, PO Box 2537, San Ramon, CA 94583 in memory of Claude Cody. Wilson & Kratzer (925) 820-2999
Published in the Contra Costa Times on 12/12/2004."

Thursday Night Dinner

I had a great dinner tonight at the Rap. Thanks to you. :)

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CNN.com - Canadians open arms to Americans - Nov 15, 2004

WHY MOVE TO CANADA?

Reasons to move to Canada, as cited by www.canadianalternative.com:

1. Canada has universal public health care.

2. Canada has no troops in Iraq.

3. Canada signed the Kyoto Protocol environmental treaty.

4. More than half of Canada's provinces allow same-sex marriage.

5. The Canadian Senate recommends legalizing marijuana.

6. Canada has no law restricting abortion.

7. Canada has strict gun laws and relatively little violence.

8. The United Nations has ranked Canada the best country to live in for eight consecutive years.

9. Canada abolished the death penalty in 1976.

10. Canada has not run a federal deficit since 1996-97.

Source: The Associated Press

Mirror.co.uk - HILLARY IS ON TRACK FOR 2008 TRIUMPH

HILLARY IS ON TRACK FOR 2008 TRIUMPH
Nov 4 2004
By Anthony Harwood

THE result is good news for Hillary Clinton. The Democrats' defeat means that in 2008 the 57-year-old New York senator is on track to become the first woman president, and husband Bill "first man".
She has a clear run to become the Democratic candidate after taking a gracious backseat to Kerry this year when she was the most popular choice to face George Bush.
Americans love fairytales and what a fairytale it would be if Bill Clinton, the Comeback Kid, was the White House house husband.
Her biggest rival would be the vice-presidential candidate this time around, John Edwards.
The North Carolina senator's charisma and youthful good looks propelled him to runner-up status in the primary race and No2 on the Democratic ticket.
Hillary's most likely opponent on the Republican side would be Rudy Giuliani, the former Mayor of New York who became a national hero after the September 11 attacks. If there is no return of Giuliani's prostate cancer a Clinton-Giuliani contest is the mouthwatering prospect in four years' time.
You can forget any comeback by John Kerry for a second attempt. Americans hate losers, however close they get to the main prize.
Like Mondale, Dukakis and Gore before him, Kerry will ride off into the sunset as yet another Democratic challenger who was steamrollered aside by the Republican machine.
But if this election left America split down the middle, that is nothing to the rancour if Hillary runs in 2008.
She is the hate figure of the Republican party and the US right wing and nobody unites it quite as much as her. They despised her pushiness as First Lady, her meddling in health care policy and her much trumpeted claims of a "right wing conspiracy" to bring down her husband over the Monica Lewinsky scandal and land fraud in their home state of Arkansas.
Bookmakers William Hill are already making Hillary Clinton 6-1 favourite for 2008 with Giuliani 7-1 second favourite and John Edwards at 10-1. Ladbrokes put Hillary at 5-1 but quote the same odds for Giuliani at 7-1 John Edwards 8-1.
Outsiders include Mr Kerry and current Vice-President Dick Cheney at 50-1 with movie star turned California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger - barred from running because he was not born in America - at 66-1.

Mirror.co.uk - GOD HELP AMERICA

GOD HELP AMERICA

THEY say that in life you get what you deserve. Well, today America has deservedly got a lawless cowboy to lead them further into carnage and isolation and the unreserved contempt of most of the rest of the world.
This once-great country has pulled up its drawbridge for another four years and stuck a finger up to the billions of us forced to share the same air. And in doing so, it has shown itself to be a fearful, backward-looking and very small nation.
This should have been the day when Americans finally answered their critics by raising their eyes from their own sidewalks and looking outward towards the rest of humanity.
And for a few hours early yesterday, when the exit polls predicted a John Kerry victory, it seemed they had.
But then the horrible, inevitable truth hit home. They had somehow managed to re-elect the most devious, blinkered and reckless leader ever put before them. The Yellow Rogue of Texas.
A self-serving, dim-witted, draft-dodging, gung-ho little rich boy, whose idea of courage is to yell: "I feel good," as he unleashes an awesome fury which slaughters 100,000 innocents for no other reason than greed and vanity.
A dangerous chameleon, his charming exterior provides cover for a power-crazed clique of Doctor Strangeloves whose goal is to increase America's grip on the world's economies and natural resources.
And in foolishly backing him, Americans have given the go-ahead for more unilateral pre-emptive strikes, more world instability and most probably another 9/11.
Why else do you think bin Laden was so happy to scare them to the polls, then made no attempt to scupper the outcome?
There's only one headline in town today, folks: "It Was Osama Wot Won It."
And soon he'll expect pay-back. Well, he can't allow Bush to have his folks whoopin' and a-hollerin' without his own getting a share of the fun, can he?
Heck, guys, I hope you're feeling proud today.
To the tens of millions who voted for John Kerry, my commiserations.
To the overwhelming majority of you who didn't, I simply ask: Have you learnt nothing? Do you despise your own image that much?
Do you care so little about the world beyond your shores? How could you do this to yourselves?
How appalling must one man's record at home and abroad be for you to reject him?
Kerry wasn't the best presidential candidate the Democrats have ever fielded (and he did deserve a kicking for that "reporting for doo-dee" moment), but at least he understood the complexity of the world outside America, and domestic disgraces like the 45 million of his fellow citizens without health cover.
He would have done something to make that country fairer and re-connected it with the wider world.
Instead America chose a man without morals or vision. An economic incompetent who inherited a $2billion surplus from Clinton, gave it in tax cuts to the rich and turned the US into the world's largest debtor nation.
A man who sneers at the rights of other nations. Who has withdrawn from international treaties on the environment and chemical weapons.
A man who flattens sovereign states then hands the rebuilding contracts to his own billionaire party backers.
A man who promotes trade protectionism and backs an Israeli government which continually flouts UN resolutions.
America has chosen a menacingly immature buffoon who likened the pursuit of the 9/11 terrorists to a Wild West, Wanted Dead or Alive man-hunt and, during the Afghanistan war, kept a baseball scorecard in his drawer, notching up hits when news came through of enemy deaths.
A RADICAL Christian fanatic who decided the world was made up of the forces of good and evil, who invented a war on terror, and thus as author of it, believed he had the right to set the rules of engagement.
Which translates to telling his troops to do what the hell they want to the bad guys. As he has at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and countless towns across Iraq.
You have to feel sorry for the millions of Yanks in the big cities like New York, Washington, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco who voted to kick him out.
These are the sophisticated side of the electorate who recognise a gibbon when they see one.
As for the ones who put him in, across the Bible Belt and the South, us outsiders can only feel pity.
Were I a Kerry voter, though, I'd feel deep anger, not only at them returning Bush to power, but for allowing the outside world to lump us all into the same category of moronic muppets.
The self-righteous, gun-totin', military lovin', sister marryin', abortion-hatin', gay-loathin', foreigner-despisin', non-passport ownin' red-necks, who believe God gave America the biggest dick in the world so it could urinate on the rest of us and make their land "free and strong".
You probably won't be surprised to learn of would-be Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn who, on Tuesday, promised to ban abortion and execute any doctors who carried them out.
He also told voters that lesbianism is so rampant in the state's schools that girls were being sent to toilets on their own. Not that any principal could be found to back him up.
These are the people who hijack the word patriot and liken compassion to child-molesting. And they are unknowingly bin Laden's chief recruiting officers.
Al-Qaeda's existence is fuelled by the outpourings of America's Christian right. Bush is its commander-in-chief. And he and bin Laden need each other to survive.
Both need to play Lex Luther to each others' Superman with their own fanatical people. Maybe that's why the mightiest military machine ever assembled has failed to catch the world's most wanted man.
Or is the reason simply that America is incompetent? That behind the bluff they are frightened and clueless, which is why they've stayed with the devil they know.
VISITORS from another planet watching this election would surely not credit the amateurism.
The queues for hours to register a tick; the 17,000 lawyers needed to ensure there was no cheating; the $1.2bn wasted by parties trying to discredit the enemy; the allegations of fraud, intimidation and dirty tricks; the exit polls which were so wildly inaccurate; an Electoral College voting system that makes the Eurovision Song Contest look like a beacon of democracy and efficiency; and the delays and the legal wrangles in announcing the victor.
Yet America would have us believe theirs is the finest democracy in the world. Well, that fine democracy has got the man it deserved. George W Bush.
But is America safer today without Kerry in charge? A man who overnight would have given back to the UN some credibility and authority. Who would have worked out the best way to undo the Iraq mess without fear of losing face.
Instead, the questions facing America today are - how many more thousands of their sons will die as Iraq descends into a new Vietnam? And how many more Vietnams are on the horizon now they have given Bush the mandate to go after Iran, Syria, North Korea or Cuba...?
Today is a sad day for the world, but it's even sadder for the millions of intelligent Americans embarrassed by a gung-ho leader and backed by a banal electorate, half of whom still believe Saddam Hussein was behind 9/11.
Yanks had the chance to show the world a better way this week, instead they made a thuggish cowboy ride off into the sunset bathed in glory.
And in doing so it brought Armageddon that little bit closer and re-christened their beloved nation The Home Of The Knave and the Land Of The Freak.
God Help America.

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Errol Morris: Election '04: "Listen to Real People who voted for George Bush in 2000, but will be voting for Kerry in 2004.

Why so many? Because people say some are better than others. The problem: no one agrees on which ones those are."

Pollution could be causing less snowfall

Urban air pollution might be reducing rainfall in parts of California while trimming mountain snowfall that supplies much of the state’s drinking and irrigation water and hydroelectric power, a Stanford University professor’s study shows.

Researchers at the University of Nevada’s Desert Research Institute reported similar findings earlier this year by measuring snow from actual winter storms in the Rocky Mountains. Pollution-contaminated clouds produced half as much snow, and what fell contained 25 percent less water and had as little as half the mass of its pristine counterpart, the study found.

Uncle Kim Jong-il

Kim Jong-il

Wired moose

It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's a bull moose hanging by its antlers from an electrical power line in the middle of the Alaska wilderness.

In one of those only-in-Alaska stories that will shock even the sourest of sourdoughs, a trophy-sized bull moose was accidentally strung up in a power line under construction to the Teck Pogo gold mine southeast of Fairbanks. The moose apparently got its antlers tangled in electrical wire before workers farther down the line pulled the line tight about two weeks ago.

The moose was suspended 50 feet in the air when workers, recognizing something was wrong, backtracked and found it.

2 local Democrats say GOP group their opportunity to vote

Eric Amberson and his wife, Traci, wont be voting Nov. 2 in Sparks because of a Republican-sponsored voter registration drive that failed to turn in the Democratic forms.

They are the first in Washoe County to complain about the Voter Outreach of America registration drive that is being investigated by Nevada and Oregon officials for voter fraud and for destroying forms from Democrats.

Its not fair, Eric Amberson said. How many thousands of others wont have their voices heard because some company decided we dont count?

Travel Page

My new travel page with Reno Tahoe International Arrival and Departure information. Nevada and California Road Conditions and Live Cams.

Mt St Helens Live Cam

The Seattle Times: Local News: Mount St. Helens likely to erupt soon, experts warn

Edmonton Sun: - Volcano puzzles scientists

Yahoo! News - Nevada's E-Vote Free of Serious Problems

Save Mary-Kate

Best U.S. Cities For Singles 2004

Looking for jobs galore, cheap beer and highly educated, unattached young people? Head for the mountains! The Denver-Boulder metro area is America's best place for singles. The Mile High City edged out larger metros like Boston and Washington, D.C., thanks to its booming job market, relatively low cost of living and large university population. Our annual listing of America's Best Cities For Singles ranks the 40 largest metropolitan areas in seven different categories: nightlife, culture, job growth, number of other singles, cost of living alone, coolness and public opinion.

Feng Shui tips for your home

1) There should be no shoes or slippers lying around outside the main door of your house. Remove it if you can. Allow that space at the main door to be free and clear. The chi (energy) rides with the wind and will collect all the smell of those shoes and slippers into your house causing sickness. Ch’i then travels about in your house looking for water to stay but if there are no water fountains or fish tanks, then the Ch’i will be dispersed by wind.

2) There should be no television sets in your bedrooms: If you cannot get rid of that habit then after watching the television cover it with a plastic table cloth. Remember it has to be plastic and not simply cloth.

3) There should be no mirrors opposite your bed or at the side of your bed. Mirrors opposite the bed can attract a third party to the relationship. Therefore, do not place mirrors anywhere you like and especially in your bedroom.

4) Place an indoor water fountain in your home, position in a favourable area to attract whatever you want in your life.

5) If you already have a fish tank in your house, be careful. A fish tank placed correctly can bring about greater fortune, as you will tap on the "Divine Water Dragon's Den". But if you tap wrongly, it can cause you to have lawsuits, bankruptcy, work pressure, troubles and problems. If you noticed any of these after placing the fish tank for approximately four months, shift your fish tank to another location.

6) In your kitchen, ensure that opposite your stove there is no refrigerator, washing machine, washbasin and toilet. The fire and water crash causing family members to have disagreements.

7) Try not to allow children to sleep on mattresses on the floor. Yes, this allows young children not to fall off beds but it also causes young children to fall sick frequently. The reason is: chi is not able to flow underneath the bed. Ideally, chi should circulate around the mattress where our children sleep to allow them to be healthy.

8) For young children, try to have their back to the wall when they write. It is important there should be a solid wall behind a children's writing table. This allows the child to have support so that he can sit there and study longer rather than for only half an hour and then they tend to move about because there is no solid wall behind their back. Adjust your writing table.

9) Do not allow children to sleep on double bunk beds even if it means saving space. The child sleeping underneath will not have "fresh chi" and so his health might be weak. But if due to space constraints, then monitor your child's health if not add in a metal 6 rods wind chime or a crystal sphere, to break up the "stale chi" around his bed.

10) Your bed should always have a solid wall behind you. This is important if you wish to have a good rest. A solid wall simply means that you can go into deeper sleep and therefore enabling you to have good rest so that when you wake up in the morning, you will feel fresh and well rested. This also allows you to be able to concentrate on your work better.

11) There should be no beam on top of your bed. The beam above causes chi to be pressured thus enabling you to have pressures in life. Therefore, don't place furniture underneath it or alternatively level the beam. But make sure if you choose the latter, it is important that you have enough height for that space.

12) If you have a lot of work pressure, maybe it's the marble table that you have in your dinning room that causes you to have those problems. Remove that marble table and change to a wooden one or alternatively live with that work pressure!

13) If your child usually falls sick in that bedroom: Then either change them to another bedroom or simply hang a six rod metal wind chime as the metal element will break all the earth energies in that room. After hanging, if the wind could not do the job for you then you will have to "chime" it yourself and then watch for the good results.

14) Do not use a red sofa set: The colour red represent the element of fire. And for Feng Shui, some places simply cannot have the colour red in that sector. For example: the wealth area or some other sectors which without a Feng Shui check would be unable to tell you where it is. A red sofa sets gives rise to heavy work pressure, troubles and obstacles.

15) Always open your bedroom windows at least once 20 minutes a day to allow fresh chi to come in, we do this so that it allows fresh new chi from outside to come into your bedroom, if not you will be sleeping with stale chi every night. And if that happens, then how can you expect your life to bring in more good fortune to come to you? So open that window and never mind if dusts comes in! The great good fortune that you can have will far exceeds the time you take to clean off the dust.

Acts, activities and a message: Local groups prepare to stage Reno Festival with evangelist Luis Palau

I'm still standing

You could never know what it's like
Your blood like winter freezes just like ice
And there's a cold and lonely light that shines from you
You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use

And did you think this fool could never win
Well look at me, I'm coming back again
I got a taste of love in a simple way
And if you need to know while I'm still standing you just fade away

Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind

I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah
I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah

Once I never could hope to win
You starting down the road leaving me again
The threats you made were meant to cut me down
And if our love was just a circus you'd be a clown by now

Y' know, I'm still standing better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind

I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah
I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah

DIDO Here With Me

I didn’t hear you leave
I wonder how am I still here
I don’t want to move a thing
It might change my memory
Oh I am what I am
I’ll do what I want
But I can’t hide
I won’t go
I won’t sleep
I can’t breathe
Until you’re resting here with me
I won’t leave
I can’t hide
I cannot be
Until your resting here with me

I don’t want to call my friends
They might wake me from this dream
And I can’t leave this bed
Risk forgetting all that’s been

Oh I am what I am
I’ll do what I want
But I can’t hide
I won’t go
I won’t sleep
I can’t breathe
Until you’re resting here with me
I won’t leave
I can’t hide
I cannot be
Until your resting here with me

GHOST TOWN - Chernobyl

GHOST TOWN - Chernobyl Images - Kidofspeed - ElenaA very profound look at Chernobyl today. This takes a good hour or so to read every chapter of this girls story. It's well worth it.
Tim

Sushi etiquette.....how not to be a boor at the bar

Sushi etiquette�how not to be a boor at the bar
Sushi’s immense popularity — and the prevalence of all-you-can-eat sushi featuring fleets of futomaki, temaki and California rolls — often obscure an important fact: Sushi is a finger food, but it’s finger food with protocols.

Tahoe hasn't seen last of quakes, tsunamis

CNN.com - Geese blamed for Lake Tahoe's pollution - Apr 20, 2004

CNN.com - Geese blamed for Lake Tahoe's pollution - Apr 20, 2004
RENO, Nevada (AP) -- A group of property owners thinks there might be a new culprit behind Lake Tahoe's declining clarity: Goose droppings.

KILL BILL VOL. 2 Trailer

KILL BILL VOL. 2 - Large

Reno ranks as one of the top ten best places to live

RENO, NV, March 31 - Another day, another national ranking for the city of Reno.

According to a story in "USA Today," a new book names Reno as one of the top ten best places to live in the America.

In the latest issue of "Cities Ranked & Rated" Reno is ranked number nine when it comes to best US cities to live.

The survey is based on more than 100 different criteria, everything from climate, to crime, to outdoor activities and arts and culture.

One of the book's authors, Bert Sperling, says Reno doesn't have any serious weaknesses and should be considered one of the country's up and coming cities.

"Reno scored very well because the climate is very good, the transportation infrastructure is very good, recreation activities are also high. Surprisingly, the arts and culture score was on par with most other cities, as was education. It didn't have any serious weaknesses, resulting in a very high aggregate score."

Mayor Bob Cashell agrees. "I am extremely pleased and very proud that Reno has been listed among the top 10 best places to live."

"We enjoy a strong economy with very low unemployment, affordable housing, an excellent school system, low taxes, and wonderful higher education opportunities."

Cashell says the city council, city staff and residents all share equally in making Reno such a great city.

Over the past few months Reno has also ranked among the tops in the nation for its business climate and was named the second hottest housing market in the country.

Charlottesville, Virginia ranked the number one, followed by, Santa Fe, New Mexico, San Luis Obispo, California, Santa Barbara, California and Honolulu, Hawaii.

Out of the 331 cities ranked in the book Las Vegas came in at number 129.

Reno 911 Shooting Gallery

Yahoo! News - Honey, Doesn't That Look Like Our House?

Yahoo! News - Honey, Doesn't That Look Like Our House?: "LONDON (Reuters) - A British couple who discovered their home had been the scene of a grisly murder as they watched a crime documentary on television, failed in a legal claim on Friday that the previous owners should have informed them.

Alan and Susan Sykes said they would never have bought the 83,000 pound ($155,000) house in Wakefield, West Yorkshire in December 2000 if they had known that 15 years earlier a doctor had murdered his 13-year-old adopted daughter there and dismembered her body into more than 100 pieces.
The couple, who put the house on the market soon after they learned about their home's gruesome history, were attempting to claim damages from sellers James and Alison Taylor-Rose. "

Swiss cities ranked the best; Baghdad the worst, Vancouver third.

Vancouver, on Canada’s Pacific Coast, was pushed down into third.

Canadian cities tops for health
A separate poll on top cities for health and sanitation had Canada’s Calgary first with Ottawa, Montreal and Vancouver also in the top 10, along with Swiss capital Bern, Zurich and Geneva.

“The top cities for health and sanitation have a combination of excellent hospital services and medical supplies and low levels of air pollution and infectious disease,” said Slagin Parakatil, senior researcher at Mercer.

Lowest ranked for health and sanitation was the Azerbaijani capital Baku because of the short supply of medical services and poor waste removal, the report said.

Both surveys were mostly carried out in November 2003 and use New York as a starting point with a base score of 100. In the overall quality of life poll, New York finished 38th, up from 44th last year, 6.5 points behind Zurich and Geneva.

Baghdad scored 14.5, 14 points adrift of 214th-placed Bangui in the Central African Republic.

“The threat of terrorism in the Middle East and the political and economic turmoil in African countries has increased the disparity between cities at the top and the bottom end of the rankings,” said Parakatil.

Mobility Electronics Target Of Investor Suit

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Mobility Electronics Inc. (NasdaqNM:MOBE - News) is the target of at least two shareholder lawsuits seeking class-action status, which allege the maker of computer components and certain of its officers misrepresented the level of revenue and earnings generated under a distribution agreement.

Black People Love Us!

I came upon this site several years ago and refer back to it when I really want to be confused and have a good laugh at the same time.

What You Should Know About the Mydoom Worm

Virus Alert W32Mydoom

New Virus Out

Reno News and Review Arts & Culture - January 22, 2004

Reno News and Review Arts & Culture - January 22, 2004: "Who is Tahoe Tessie?
The Lake Tahoe water monster. Fact or Fiction? An expert and locals weigh in. "

Cingular offers to buy AT&T Wireless

MSNBC - Cingular offers to buy AT&T Wireless

NEW YORK - Cingular Wireless made a formal offer to buy AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which if accepted would make the combined company the largest wireless service in the U.S., a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

YCDTOTV.com

YCDTOTV.com

You Can't Do That On Television was one of my favorite Canadian childrens shows when I was growing up. Here is a site that was setup by a few fans of the show that ran from 1979-1990.

Lord of the Bling

Lord of the Bling

Very funny.

Full Wolf Moon Tonight

Farmers Almanac - Full Moon Names and Their Meanings

Chicago is U.S. murder capital

CNN.com - Chicago is U.S. murder capital - Jan. 1, 2004

UNDERNEATH YOUR CLOTHES (Shakira)

You're a song
Written by the hands of god
Don't get me wrong cause
This might sound to you a bit odd
But you own the place
Where all my thoughts go hiding
And right under your clothes
Is where I find them

Underneath Your Clothes
There's an endless story
There's the man I chose
There's my territory
And all the things I deserve
For being such a good girl honey

Because of you
I forgot the smart ways to lie
Because of you
I'm running out of reasons to cry
When the friends are gone
When the party's over
We will still belong to each other

Underneath Your Clothes
There's an endless story
There's the man I chose
There's my territory
And all the things I deserve
For being such a good girl honey

I love you more than all that's on the planet
Movin' talkin' walkin' breathing
You know it's true
Oh baby it's so funny
You almost don't believe it
As every voice is hanging from the silence
Lamps are hanging from the ceiling
Like a lady tied to her manners
I'm tied up to this feeling

Underneath Your Clothes
There's an endless story
There's the man I chose
There's my territory
And all the things I deserve
For being such a good girl honey

Storm Dumps Three Feet of Snow in Sierra

Reno, NV
Associated Press

Storm clouds that shrouded the Sierra and northern Nevada cleared Friday, leaving behind a winter wonderland for holiday skiers. Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts reported up to 3 feet of new snow from the potent winter storm that barreled into the Sierra late Tuesday. Though the storm made difficult driving conditions for Christmas travelers, conditions rapidly improved Friday. Interstate 80 from Reno to Sacramento was open with no controls, but chains or snow tires were still required early in the day on U.S. 50 over Donner Summit and other areas around Lake Tahoe. Restrictions were also imposed early Friday on stretches of many highways in central and northeastern Nevada, including Elko, Ely, Tonopah and Hawthorne. Rain that fell Christmas Day in the valley areas around Reno turned to snow by nightfall, bringing anywhere from a dusting to 2-3 inches of white stuff overnight. Nevada and California authorities said the slick roads caused numerous fender benders and spin outs, but no major accidents. "People travel too fast for the conditions," said Shawn Mann of the California Highway Patrol in Truckee, Calif. The National Weather Service said the region could see another chance of snow by the end of the week. The heavy snow was welcomed by Tahoe ski resorts as they braced for the busy holiday ski season through New Year's day. "It's dumping!" Alpine Meadows Ski Resort reported on its web site Christmas Day.

L.A. Wants to End 'Master' and 'Slave' Equipment

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News CoverageLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles officials have asked that manufacturers, suppliers and contractors stop using the terms "master" and "slave" on computer equipment, saying such terms are unacceptable and offensive.

The request -- which has some suppliers furious and others busy re-labeling components -- came after an unidentified worker spotted a videotape machine carrying devices labeled "master" and "slave" and filed a discrimination complaint with the county's Office of Affirmative Action Compliance.

Microsoft Announces Immediate Availability Of Three Digital Media Winter Fun Packs for Windows XP

Feng Shui for the office?

Position Your Career for Success with Feng Shui
The next time you walk into an office for a meeting, pick your seat carefully. Try to sit in a location where no sharp corner -- the corner of a desk, coffee table or file cabinet -- is pointing at you .

Why? It keeps you out of cutting chi, which will make you feel more comfortable, help you think more clearly and, perhaps, even be more creative.

Truckee Whitewater Park

Truckee whitewater park officially open.
As Reno’s mayor officially opened the Truckee River Whitewater Park during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, two local businesses said they already are seeing benefits from the project.

Kayaker Jon Fairchild, who works at Reno Mountain Sports, said interest in kayaking has surged since part of the course opened in September. In response, Fairchild said he is organizing a kayaking class geared toward locals to start in the spring.

“It’s good for Reno,” said Fairchild, who has been using the course once or twice a week, including Tuesday. “I’m excited about what it’s going to do.”

True Colors by Cyndi Lauper for my bestfriend

You with the sad eyes
don't be discouraged
oh I realize
it's hard to take courage
in a world full of people
you can lose sight of it all
and the darkness inside you
can make you fell so small

But I see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow

Show me a smile then
don't be unhappy, can't remember
when I last saw you laughing
if this world makes you crazy
and you've taken all you can bear
you call me up
because you know I'll be there

And I'll see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow

The Best Small Cities

Best Places to Live
Boulder, Colorado. The best small city, Boulder's high points are good education, clean air and water, and good job growth. The secret of its high-quality water? Much of it is from Arapahoe Glacier nearby in the Rockies. Boulder attracts people who love nature and being outside. You'll find abundant recreation all year round: climbing, hiking, skiing, and biking. Residents enjoy low rainfall (16 inches a year), high snowfall (60 inches a year), and plenty of sunny days to be outdoors.

Home to a university, Boulder is a haven to anyone who loves a good book. Cultural amenities are many: galleries, concerts, and restaurants. Boulder offers a low crime rate and good schools. Average commute time is 20 minutes. What's not so good? The cost-of-living is slightly above the national average and housing costs are climbing, but unemployment is low and the forecasted job growth rate to 2010 is a healthy 16.90%.

October 31st, Nevada Day

Home Means Nevada
Written & Music by Bertha Raffetto

Way out in the land of the setting sun,
Where the wind blows wild and free,
There's a lovely spot, just the only one
That means home sweet home to me.
If you follow the old Kit Carson trail,
Until desert meets the hills,
Oh you certainly will agree with me,
It's the place of a thousand thrills.

Home means Nevada
Home means the hills,
Home means the sage and the pine.
Out by the Truckee, silvery rills,
Out where the sun always shines,
Here is the land which I love the best,
Fairer than all I can see.
Deep in the heart of the golden west
Home means Nevada to me.

Whenever the sun at the close of day,
Colors all the western sky,
Oh my heart returns to the desert grey
And the mountains tow'ring high.
Where the moon beams play in shadowed glen,
With the spotted fawn and doe,
All the live long night until morning light,
Is the loveliest place I know.

Home means Nevada
Home means the hills,
Home means the sage and the pines.
Out by the Truckee's silvery rills,
Out where the sun always shines,
There is the land that I love the best,
Fairer than all I can see.
Right in the heart of the golden west
Home means Nevada to me.

Great Uncle Daryl

NWclassifieds | death notices

Howard Jones - Life In One Day Lyrics

ELO - Livin' Thing

Sailin' away on the crest of a wave it's like magic.
Oh rollin' and ridin' and slippin' and slidin' it’s magic.
And you and your sweet desire.
You took me oh higher and higher baby.

It's a livin' thing
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose

Makin' believe this is what you conceived from your worst day.
Oh moving in line then you look back in time to the first day.
And you and your sweet desire.
You took me oh higher and higher baby.

Takin' a dive - 'cause you can't halt the slide floating downstream.
So let her go don't start spoiling the showIt's a bad dream.
And your sweet desire.
You took me oh higher and higher baby.

It's a livin' thing…..

Obituary - Colleen Becker (My Grandma)

Grandma died this past Saturday surrounded by family at her side. We love you Grandma and you will be greatly missed

Sky and Telescope - Mars at Its All-Time Finest

Sky and Telescope - Mars at Its All-Time Finest
Watch the Sky!

Never again in your lifetime will the Red Planet be so spectacular! This month and next month the Earth is catching up with Mars, an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the last 5,000 years but it may be as long as 60,000 years.

The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy to spot.

At the beginning of August, Mars will rise in the east at 10 p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. By the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30 a.m. That's pretty convenient when it comes to seeing something that no human has seen in recorded history. So mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grows progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month. Share with your children and grandchildren. No one alive today will ever see this again.

Opera Software

Opera Software
This is fast becoming my favorite web browser. For years I was a Netscape user then switched to Internet Explorer about 4 years ago and have not found anything better until now. I like that it loads fast and the pages load much quicker too. Also has a built in email client that's just as good as Outlook Express.

Top Ten Urinals

Metrosexuals: It's a Guy Thing!

MSN Health - Metrosexuals: It's a Guy Thing!: "There, deep in the hair-care aisle, carefully selecting the product du jour, or in the salon having his nails buffed to the perfect shine while checking out the latest fashion magazines -- it's not a bird, not a gay man, it's a metrosexual!

And judging by the popularity of the new TV program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, many more once slovenly men want to join the ranks of this new breed of Renaissance man.

Not yet familiar with the new buzzword, 'metrosexual'? Some social observers and product marketers believe it's just a matter of time until 'metrosexual' becomes part of your vocabulary -- and perhaps a description of your own lifestyle as well"

Kokopelli

Known as a fertility god, prankster, healer and story teller, Kokopelli has been a source of wonder throughout the country for centuries. Kokopelli embodies the true American Southwest, and dates back over 3,000 years ago, when the first Petroglyphs were carved. Although his true origins are unknown, this traveling, flute-playing character is a sacred figure to many Southwestern Native Americans. Carvings of this hunch-backed flute-playing figure has been found painted and carved into rock walls and boulders throughout the Southwest.

There are many myths of the famous Kokopelli. One of which is that he traveled from village to village bringing the changing of winter to spring; melting the snow and bringing about rain for a successful harvest. It is also said that the hunch on his back depicted the sacks of seeds and songs he carried. Legend also has it that the flute playing also symbolized the transition of winter to spring. Kokopelli’s flute is said to be heard in the spring’s breeze, while bringing warmth. It is also said that he was the source of human conception. Legend has it, everyone in the village would sing and dance throughout the night when they heard Kokopelli play his flute. The next morning, every maiden in the village would be with child.

One popular myth explains where Kokopelli got his flute. It is said that young boy named Kokopelli went into the forest to gather food for he and his mother. While gathering figs he encounters a grey wolf caught in a trap. He freed the wolf and returns to his village very happy that he has been able to help the suffering creature. Upon returning to his village he discovers the village is being punished with sickness for not respecting the laws of nature and taking more then they need. Kokopelli, heartbroken that his mother is dying, runs into the forest and is found by the same wolf he rescued earlier. This wolf beckons him to follow, which Kokopelli does.

To Kokopelli’s further astonishment, the grey wolf also spoke; "Each of us will bestow a trait upon you. You are to travel far and wide to bring health to all those good people such as yourself." With that, Kokopelli felt his eyes closing and in no time, he fell into a deep sleep. In his slumber, each animal - the white bear (healing), the white wolf (intelligence), the frog (singer of songs) and the coyote (humor), each bestowed their gift and lastly the greatest of all guardians, the Eagle placed a wooded flute colored in four colors of the four ends of the earth - Blue (North), Orange (West), Purple (South), Yellow (East) by Kokopelli’s side. With these gifts and his magical flute, he is able to heal his village and show them the error of their ways.

Which religion is best for you.

Which religion is best for you.: This is a website in which you answer 20 questions and at the end determines which religion is best for you. Below are my top 10 religions and on a side note, I am protestant.

My Results:

1. Mainline - Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (97%)
3. Liberal Quakers (96%)
4. Neo-Pagan (96%)
5. Mahayana Buddhism (77%)
6. New Age (75%)
7. Secular Humanism (73%)
8. Bahá'í Faith (72%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (67%)

Def Leppard - Love Bites Lyrics
Great song.

Tim's Random Life Experience.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

‘Dusty Roads’ exhibit brings Nevada artists’ work together | NevadaAppeal.com

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Saturday on the river.

Friday, May 30, 2008

The boobs.

Gas Prices

Monday, May 19, 2008

Cookies

Tonights Sunset

Kama Sutra for the computer guy.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Monday, May 12, 2008

Barbie dolls of Northern Nevada

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Scouting for "Camel Toads" at pool.

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Allergens spring up as seasons change

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Red Rock DJ Night

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Seismic Shift To Smartphones

Friday, February 08, 2008

God Hates Reno

Monday, January 07, 2008

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Gay FAQ

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Free Burma

Treatment

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Johnny Cash Hurt

Monday, May 14, 2007

New Studies Destroy the Last Objection to Medical Marijuana

Tomorrow the FBI will be able to wiretap all internet users

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Great Aunt Gerry Allen

Monday, April 09, 2007

A Call for Manners in the World of Nasty Blogs

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Lake Tahoe

Friday, January 05, 2007

Why Verizon has been able to get by releasing new Blackberry devices a year after other carriers and why that time has come to an end | RIMarkable |

Sunday, December 31, 2006

Woman turned away by doctor - for being American

Thursday, December 28, 2006

Uncle Jim

Monday, December 18, 2006

Gay condo controversy

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Gartner predicts end of blogging hype

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

The Piddler on the roof

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

A bright idea that brought the winter sun to the disbelieving folk of Viganella

Soy Makes You Gay

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Philip's an American Party

Friday, December 01, 2006

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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Reno 911 the Movie

Sunday, November 05, 2006

How did the BlackBerry get its name?

Thursday, November 02, 2006

210 North opening draws gallery of celebrity guests

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Canada troops battle 10-foot Afghan marijuana plants - CNN.com

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Burning Man 2006

Friday, September 15, 2006

2005-09-16-misc 045

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Warmest Summer on Record at Reno

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Black Rock City 2005

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Reno News and Review August 17, 2006

Tuesday, July 18, 2006