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Today, I received word that Mojave Max, the desert spokestortoise for the Clark County Desert Conservation Plan died. I had the pleasure of feeding and taking care of this tortoise at the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center in the early 1990s. He was a very friendly tortoise with a great personality and he lived in the […]

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The $0.99 shrimp cocktails that we often enjoy at lunch at the Golden Gate in downtown Las Vegas have recently increased to $1.99.
However, I am glad that the Rj interviewed an economist for this story.

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Last night I found this website to track your flights. If you are an airplane junky like me, this website maps all the airline flights you’ve taken and produces some interesting statistics. I spent over an hour trying to remember all the flights I’ve been on. You can also track such trivia such as aircraft […]

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Back in December 2003, Hot Pregnant Wife was very pregnant. So pregnant, in fact, I was already on paternity leave. The Princess was a few days late and Hot Wife was ready to be done with being pregnant. We did the usual things to induce labor. She walked the neighborhood putting door hangers on doors […]

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On March 9, we went to Death Valley National Park to view the ephemeral wildflower display. It was a pretty good show this year. Hot Wife and I got some pretty photos of the flowers and the kids. Link.

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On December 20, I made a quick trip to Orange County for a physical for my impending bone marrow transplant (actually a PBSC donation but bone marrow sounds much more cool!). It was a quick and easy trip except for the very end. Basically, I drove to the airport, flew to Orange County, got picked […]

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Right now, I am a Wildlife Conference in Tucson. Getting to the airport for my early morning flight was a pain. First of all, I had to stop by my office to pick up some papers I was bringing to the meeting. I had left them neatly stacked on my desk and forgot them. It […]

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I’m still battling this head cold and I called in again sick today. I am feeling better, however, and I managed to get out of bed and had enough strength to move around the house and watch lots of TV during the day. I’m not nearly as tired as I was on Wednesday and the […]

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Today, Rob and I took the kids hiking up Golden Canyon in Death Valley. Both three-year olds had a great time and both dads had fun watching them. We hit some light rain near Death Valley Junction and it had just stopped raining we got at the trailhead. We had lunch in the parking lot.

Rob […]

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While on the subject of New York City, Hot Pregnant Wife is currently there on a business trip. She was looking at the Christmas decorations in Rockefeller Center, when a scrolling news sign caught her eye. “Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman to teach martini mixing class at Clark County Community College.” Link. You just can’t […]

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