Sad sign of the times: The Chairman's old casino closes & gaming at Tahoe generally in sharp decline http://ping.fm/KtBic

good morning - hope you're having a great day

springtime in NW NV: wildflowers bloom in the blizzard - seriously, WTH?

good morning!

DYK? "Nevada" is Old Spanish for "Crappy weather for gringos stupid enough to live in a desert"; don't believe anything else

OMG moment of the day: Pope John Paul II passed away five years ago (4/2/2005)

one dropped cup of mcdonalds coffee in a seated position & i'm REALLY awake now

good morning - hope you have a great day (& that it includes waffles!)

not gonna let things get me down; it's spring, i'm gonna be a grandpappy, and baseball, baseball, baseball - happy saturday

Lady Gaga: pretending to be Madonna; Madonna: pretending she is as young as Lady Gaga

furlough day: do nothing and don't get paid for it

starting my weekend early: long island ice tea or censored on a beach? decisions, decisions...

good morning - it's my friday (thank you, unpaid furlough day) - hope y'all have a great one

i have a minor rant http://ping.fm/MtIhG

Peter Graves, Fess Parker, & Robert Culp = 3 classy guys; no wonder there's nothing good on TV now

good morning - has it really been a week since st. paddy's day? finally sobering up here...

a coolish night for a short walk around the block - maybe Kash will be ready tomorrow...

good morning - it's my monday of a three-day work week - can we play outside, teacher?

The Bride (@strdncr5) and I are calling it a day and we wish you all a very good night - behave out there

happy annual leave day (& happy furlough day on Friday) - hope y'all have a great one

tires are pumped on Eeyore the Giant bike - if they're inflated tomorrow, we'll go rolling - if not... (mumble)

good morning - i could get used to this 'spring' thing

blog post: bicycles fear me http://ping.fm/2HCRw

got 2 bikes in the shop for "tune-ups" (supporting our small-town LBS's, tyvm); dare i pump up the tires on the third?

one bike's in the shop - dare i even try to take the second out into the gorgeous spring day? suuuurrreee

happy vernal equinox - hope y'all have a great day

happy last day of winter (and about freaking time, too)

looking forward to a rollicking good time today - if i don't have that attitude, what's the point of getting up?

reading the sf chronicle on the kindle; skipping all stories w the word 'tiger' in the headline

good morning, y'all - what's the big deal? i'm irish everyday

riding to @bikehabitat (LBS) & got a flat; guess who didn't have his bike/tire gear with him? #godiscruel

good morning - today is the beginning to the Spring Deporkifying ("diet" is "die" with a "t" :)

flirting before yesterday: witty repartee; flirting after yesterday: dirty old man = #lifesabitch

blog post: Boredom Over (w/ultrasound) http://ping.fm/LdCB1

good morning - Happy Pi Day (3.14) and happy birthday to the dotter!

blog post: Spring Training http://ping.fm/VPQ9E

another sign you've been married too long: you both strained your backs at the same time but not for good reasons (doh)

today was the first time i introduced myself this way: "tall, deaf guy"

TGIF + carpe diem = Booyah!

nice sunset going on - must be some wet weather on the way

let's have a whine-free social network kind of day...hello? hello? is this microphone on? *tap* *tap*

feeling my years tonight

Cartoon City road rpt: two inches of snow & ice out there w/ little plowing - be low & slow, folks

good morning - i need a vacation to recover from the vacation - oy...

we're home after an up-&-down day; we had a great time in AZ seeing our relations (& watching the A's & Cubs win, too)

good morning - yesterday's Cubs-Dodgers was rained out - gonna try Cubs-A's today, then fly AZ to CA to NV - long day!

back at the motel after 'Alice' - a visual extravaganza but underwhelmed overall

and the rain, rain rain come down down down (really hard)...

good morning from rainy AZ - not yet but we're getting some Pacific moisture this afternoon which will probably canx the Cubs game

Arizona Spring Training Rpt: A quality 4-2 win for the A's over AL West rival Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim County California

good morning, crew - today is A's and Angels - good game (#donthateme)

Arizona Spring Training Rpt: Overcoming a 4-error game, 7-run inning saves the A's as they beat the Brew Crew 8-7

good morning - The Bride (@strdncr5) & I are slowly heading towards RNO; hope they don't ask us to fly the plane (<--zombies)

short blog post: Road Trip! http://ping.fm/rpT69

good morning - hope y'all are having a great one!

Weekend schedule: Fri, baseball; Sat, baseball; Sun, baseball; Mon, baseball - #donthateme

it bears repeating: baseball cannot get here fast enough

good morning - #UNR cuts back many programs & closes a college that severs it fm its original "land grant" mission http://ping.fm/LycOJ

a long boring monday; the best part is knowing that we've got 10 hours a day of this coming up in july - yay