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Topical posts

How About Teaching Kids and Adults to Respect Everyone

I saw a tweet from @riayn about a Louisville administrator punishing a student who called school bus driver a “jerk” after school bus driver ridiculed student for having Lesbian parents: “RT @outoutout: Sick and disgusting! “Louisville school targets student over … Continue reading

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Vintage Vegas Blog

I’ve been interested in downtown Vegas for years, especially so the past 3 years while I’ve been waiting for my condo to be built. We are still in limbo on the condo, but I wanted to take a look at … Continue reading

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Crisis of Credit Explaination

Check out this is a well done and easy to understand explanation of how we got into this financial mess we are in.

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OK, I gotta say something…

I’m not big on political labels or other labels for that matter. They are used as a shorthand to tell us how think. You know, you hear “the progressive think tank, The Bookings Institute…” and you think, OK I’m oriented … Continue reading

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Random stuff

Living with 6 cats is very interesting. They chase each other non-stop during their waking hours. They attack my feet when I’m sleeping. They get into everything. They prefer to drink from our water glasses and aren’t afraid to knock … Continue reading

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Women in Non-Traditional Fields

This past Tuesday I was honored to participate as a member of a panel discussion at CSN. CSN held an event to raise awareness of employment opportunities for women in non-traditional fields. CSN provided pizza and pop in the lobby … Continue reading

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Do you know you’ve been robbed?

If you’re an American, you’ve been robbed. 19 foreign hijackers killed more than 2000 people on September 11, 2001, but our own elected representatives; our own countrymen have robbed us of many of our freedoms. You might not know it, … Continue reading

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Witnessed an Assault

Yesterday, I witnessed a man assaulting a woman. I was walking to my car and I noticed some odd movement behind a pine tree near my car. A woman was walking away from a man, and he was speaking to … Continue reading

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Downtown Vegas

I’ve been keeping an interested eye on what’s happening in downtown Vegas. I’m very excited about the plans for development down there and am impressed by all the building activity. If half the things planned by the city come through, … Continue reading

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Nevada High Tech Summit

Last Tuesday, I attended a summit sponsored by Senator John Ensign. In addition to the senator, the keynote speakers were Dr. Craig Barrett, the Chairman of the Board of Intel, and Dr. Irwin Jacobs, the founder and Chairman of the … Continue reading

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