Monthly Archives: March 2020
Back To Railroad Pass, Clark County, Nevada
Railroad Pass, Clark County, Nevada (first RR Pass page here) More info on RR Pass at my rockhounding site linked below: https://southwestrockhounding.com/2020/04/02/more-on-railroad-pass-clark-county-nevada/ March 31, 2020 Yesterday I returned to Railroad Pass (internal link) to further investigate the area. I went … Continue reading
The True Believer
The story goes of a town facing a flood. Rain had been falling for two weeks and a dam was about to burst. A mandatory evacuation order went out for everybody to leave. One man remained. He was a true … Continue reading
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Tagged belief, divinity, god, help, religion
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Some Ultraviolet Entertainment
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Railroad Pass, Clark County Nevada
Railroad Pass, Clark County, Nevada — (second page here —>) Railroad Pass is outside of Boulder City where the dam is located. Bureau of Reclamation land. I’m here above the Railroad Pass Travel Center where there is dedicated parking for … Continue reading
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Tagged andesite, basalt, Clark County, day trip, geology, HWY 95, HYW11, mountain biking, prospecting, railroad pass casino, railroad pass loop, railroad pass nevada, railroad tracks, Rhyolite, rockhounding, spring wildflowers, the shit, transmission towers, video
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Near Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
Red Rock is on the west side of Las Vegas near the suburb called Summerlin. Only a half hour drive from the Strip. Many parts of Red Rock Canyon are closed but I ventured out to a hill that is … Continue reading
Those Weird, Crazy, Angry People on Facebook — Among Other Sites
I’ve given up for the most part on trying to help people with questions on Facebook and most of the other discussion sites I have participated in. The only forums that work are those where every question and answer is … Continue reading
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Tagged prodigy, the internet, the web, trolls, usenet
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My Favorite Airline is Helping Out
My favorite airline is JSX (external link) and they are helping out in this crisis. I haven’t written about them before because many people think it is snobbish to fly private. But this isn’t like hiring a private jet to … Continue reading
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Tagged airliners, airports, carriers, commercial aviation, COVID-19, jet suite x, jsx, private aviation, southwest, united airlines
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Alain Silberstein And The Triumph of Whimsy
In the late 1980’s, Parisian Alain Silberstein upset the staid watchmaking world by producing fanciful watch pieces the likes of which had never been seen before. A professional interior architect and industrial designer, Silberstein was so enamored with watches and … Continue reading