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Posted by on Oct 27, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Rants and Raves | 0 comments

A Buyer’s Guide to Winning the Garage Sale Wars

 

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Fellow citizens.

All this stuff you hear about Americans not wanting to go to garage sales, preferring to stay at home, is a lot of bullshit.

Fact is, we love garage sales.  All real Americans love the sting and clash of getting a bargain.  We love the art of the hustle.

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Posted by on Aug 26, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Personal | 8 comments

Is Las Vegas Still a Good Place to Live?

 

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Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky,
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same.
There’s a green one and a pink one 
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.

— Peter Seeger (“Little Boxes” — 1962)

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Posted by on Aug 9, 2014 in Blog, Personal, Rants and Raves | 5 comments

A Customer Service Pet Peeve

 

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Yesterday at a local Firestone Auto Center, I encountered something way too common.

While standing at the counter and explaining what repair services needed to be done, my time was poached and my man-space was violated.  I’m talking about being hijacked by the all-too-frequent alien invader phone call.

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Posted by on Jul 17, 2014 in Blog, Personal | 2 comments

My Pet Bed Review

 

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Our oldest cat needs a new pet bed.

At age 13, Alex is a senior now.  So, he has special needs.  He’s what we call a special needs cat.

Unfortunately, we can’t ask Alex his opinion about which type of pet bed he prefers.  Soft or firm?  Cotton or foam?  Circle or square?

The only sound he makes is “meow,” which in cat language basically means one of three things:

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