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No DMV, at one time the Highway Patrol website was gone, and multiple other state agencies are off the Internet and unable to operate face to face because their computer systems are down. This has been going on since Sunday. The state authorities have been tight lipped about what precisely has...

A Las Vegas team made it all the way to the Little League World series. The game was played today and Vegas went in there hamstrung in a couple of ways. First, Little League rules are such that we could not field out #1 pitcher. Almost worse was the regular catcher getting injured in the US...

Been noting some odd bird calls around here lately. Today I spotted this critter mixed up with the House Finches. It's sparrow/finch size, but with finer lines. I've been rooting through the Allaboutbirds website to no avail. Reconciling the streaked breast with those face markings seems to be...

In the urban setting, residential streets have a routine. You pick up on when certain neighbors come and go, what time the mail comes, and when the Amazon/UPS/Fedex deliveries usually take place. When things are "off", the more situationally aware among us notice, sometimes to the chagrin of...

Not to hijack the other driving threads, I thought y'all would be interested to see this. Guy gets pinched for doing double the 70 limit, resulting in: Seizure of the vehicle; 56 day driving ban; $2300 in fines. I've no clue what the costs are to recover a seized vehicle as those kinds of...

It was 28 years ago today, 11 August 1997, that I landed in Las Vegas to start a two to three year job. So much for that plan, eh? One of my UK colleagues was pretty sure I'd stay here. It all had to do with what happened the day I was told there was a job out here that might be right up my...

Since they went public, the number of GrabAGun emails I get has skyrocketed. I'm getting three or four a day. That's excessive. Maybe I'll hit the "unsubscribe" button and see if it takes me to a "Why are you leaving us?" page so I can tell them. The emails are beginning to get on my nerves.

After our go-around landing, I observed some mystifying stuff coming through immigration. Most of the CBP officers in the booths were asking "How much cash are you bringing in?" Really? I had no clue how much was in my wallets (I have two, the US wallet and my travel wallet) so I picked a...

So as not to hijack the turbulence thread, I'll tell this here. Flew back to Vegas today after a few days away. Skies around the city looked awful due to CA wildfire smoke and the pilot mentioned that it was windy. Approaching from the east it was no surprise that the ride was getting bumpy...

Stepson sent me this from his dashcam. First, he noticed a Chevy dually flatbed tailgating a little Nissan Tilda running with the trunk open. Then he got alongside and could see why.:oops: I don’t know the recommended maximum tow rating for a 1.6/1.8 Nissan Tilda, but I bet it doesn’t...

Gone at 97. He was not popular with everyone with his "in your face" dark satire and "nothing's sacred" attitude. In fact, the BBC banned his material in 1953. He was also a gifted mathematician who got his first degree at 18, and he taught music and math for many years. Interesting guy...

Actress Emma Watson, better known to many as Hermione Grainger in the Harry Potter movies, picked up enough points for a driving ban in England. Funny thing, so did another HP alum, Zoe Wannamaker. Check out those fines with the six month driving ban, about $1400 at the recent exchange rates...

Last year I replaced the wall controllers on two of my combined light/fan fixtures. The slider knobs had broken on the originals, and the new devices allowed me to use dimmable LEDs on the light side. I didn't really pay too much attention to the fan side, except that the new controllers had the...

This popped up after closing my email last night. Makes grim reading. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/53-fury-inducing-photos-shrinkflation-113106090.html

This is not a good thing, especially today. Low humidity and gusty winds are going on. Guess I'll have to be extra diligent on illegal fireworks watch given how dry the trees and shrubs are in my part of town. Maybe the southern parts of the valley that just smashed by some storms this week will...

I would like the home HVAC experts to comment on what follows an if they think there is a fix or that this is how things are, now. Basic setup is two units, one for each floor, with the returns in the ceiling of the upstairs hallway. There have been some changes in my home over the last year. A...

Boeing may have won the F-47 contract, but yesterday SecDef said the USAF should cancel the E-7 project (E-3 replacement) and today a 787 went in big time in India. One survivor. The video of it going down should tell the experts something, I'm sure. Engine sound was odd to me...

RAF pilot, spy, and author of The Day of the Jackal passed today. He wrote some great stuff, and some of the movie adaptations were pretty good, too. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czj4ljxv17xo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cley59le6d8o

We've all had kids balls and toys land in our yards, but this is another level entirely.:oops: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8nk279ydyo

Tired of waiting for a return phone call after a week, I drove down to the practice my PCP had been moved to. Note, he had been moved by the large health company that bought up a chain of practices here in Vegas. He used to be five minutes away if the lights were against me. So, score negative...