I was enjoying a fire in the backyard and suddenly the crickets stopped chirping and our cats darted to the far corners of the yard. I turned around and a big raccoon was walking behind me about 5 yards away. It jumped the fence and I got the girls to come take a look. It came back and I got it's picture. It hung around for 20 minutes or so. We have never had any raccoons here before.

Spanish Spring High School has their graduation Saturday night. Only 2 more years and I am here for real.

I went to the Las Vegas Office and met at the new building. Very Nice. The weather was great, not too hot. Business was very receptive to the new applicaiton. Cool!

Last weekend, by the Sparks Ness Monster (who we have not seen in 8-12 months) lake, a lightning fire broke out and spread to 40 acres. Vista was closed for 5 hours and the only way to Banestone was on Pyramid.

From my family on my wife's side are great lofts. These are build by Pam and Kelly on Center street in Reno and are knowns as "8 on Center". What a fantastic place to live. Jordan thinks they are fantastic. "These are designed by award winning architect Jack Hawkins , who also designed LouLou's and the Stremmel Gallery. This urban loft showcases cutting edge design principals while keeping comfort and accessibility in mind. A true urban loft in Reno." Check out more photos at (click here)

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I was at the old Reno post office this last weekend and look what I found. Art Decco cast aluminum fixtures all through out. They have more and I will get some up soon.

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Haley, Tom's dog, was in for a treat and a walk but the weather was cold so just a good scratch from everyone was all she got. What a great dog!!!

Dean and I went out on lunch and hit some ball at Rosewood. THis might be something I need to take up. I did crappy! Dean's mighty swing

I got the truck detailed this weekend and I found a new ding in the driver door. I'm not sure what they were doing but it looks like crap. The detail job wasn't even that good as you can see.

I had a flex day today and went to get truck washed. It would take an hour or so . I walked to the Sparks Marina and took some photos for our dog store's web site http://www.myfavoritescraps.com

Not very many people there. Got some good photos.

My new PC at work has an enormous heat sink. Check it out!!!

Here is my new setup for my monitors at work. I am using Synergy to pass the mouse and keyboard to my old pc at the top in the back. Cool huh!

What Yahoo Widgets are you running on your desktop??? Here is the Widget converter, Google Earth Best Locations, Sort_it_Later, Scuttlebutt, Calendar, DSX clock, Earthquakes, Weather, iStat CUP and Memory. Picasa is peaking in from the right.

We stayed at a great bed and breakfast, Querencia Inn in Murphys California. It is located on the top of a hill in the Sierra foothills in gold country. Look at these images of the upper portion and the views from the railing. This was one of the best inns that I have ever been to. The owners made us and my wife's sister and husband feel like family. The house is an artistic endever that is on 40 acres of prime Sierra foothills. The food was fantastic and the most creative I've ever had. Go to their web site http://www.Querencia.ws and see why.

We went to Murphys California for wine tasting this weekend. Here is the Stevenot winery. Great place!

Here I am inspecting the wreckage from the UFO crash in the great ice fields of Nevada.

I went to Chico California this month to recruit interns for my company. I stayed in this Bed and Breakfast called the Greatfull Bed. Very nice and great price.

Here is a new picture to save in my profile

I've found a wonderful wine. The Vincent Arroyo Winery has made some great Petite Sirah. I'm pre-ordering a case for next year - you should too.

This is Jack. He is 12 weeks old and he is new to my family for about a week now. We were not sure if we could handle a puppy but Jack is a great dog. Yes there is the puppy stuff that we are overcoming a little at a time. The main obstical is our cats. One is very curious and the other is just hidding most of the time. He is not sleeping most of the time just these are great times for photos.  

I went to southern CAlifornia with the family this last week for Thanksgiving. My wife has family there and they are always fun to hang out with. Here is some shots of Disney and California Adventure. Terror Tower A cool new fast pass handed out to limited random guests (we got them!)