Archive for November, 2006

British Mince Pie Recipes - English Mincemeat Tarts For Christmas Recipe

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

In my view, mince pies are almost the best part of Christmas, aside from presents and maybe run a close third by Christmas pudding that is, but pretty close to being the best part anyway. My mum always made loads of these scrumptious little devils back in England around Christmas time and since I’m a …

Save the Date: January 17 for Joe Calhoun

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Reno-Tahoe Entrepreneurs’ Organization presentsPriorityAdvantage™ - A Proven System for Dynamic Business Growth, CSP, is recognized as one of the nation’s leading authorities on leadership development and organizational performance. In the past 20 years, Joe has given over 2,000 presentations to more than 400 organizations on four continents. His clients include Ritz Carlton Hotels, 3M, Best …

What the hell?

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Why didn’t anyone tell me my contact form was acting wonky? After troubleshooting for 20 minutes, I decided to shut off the CAPTCHA verification. It’s nifty, but it doesn’t seem to like my site too much. Besides, I don’t think I’ll be missing much. Oh well.

Kerkorian heads for the exits

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

MGM Mirage majority owner Kirk Kerkorian has apparently abandoned all hope of remaking General Motors. He sold one fourth of his shares last week and then sold another fourth in an off-market transaction and now the Wall Street Journal reports that he has sold the rest of this stock in the auto maker to Bank …

Unsolved Mysteries

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Who can resist a good mystery, the kindthat leaves you both rattled and baffled?  Certainly not us.  So it’swith sinister pleasure that we bring you 13 tales of unrighteous deeds,inexplicable vanishings, supernatural weirdness, and the stuff thatnightmares are made of.  Click here to read more!

Take a Hike

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

It’s a bautiful time of year, and one of the best places to get away from the holiday bustle and noise is at Red Rock Canyon. Have a few days…

Metro: No Charges for Gibbons in Alleged Groping

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

KVBC reports that Metro is passing the Mazzeo case onto the D.A. with a recommendation not to prosecute Gibbons for his alleged grope:Investigators with Metro say thedepartment spent nearly 800 hours investigating the accusation. Thatincluded interviewing 44 people and reviewing hours of surveillancetape from a parking garage near the restaurant.  Metro saystheir efforts uncovered no …

The Grammar Police Write Letters To the Editor Of the RGJ

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

In today’s RGJ Letter to the Editor section there are two letters from the grammar police–yippee–my favorite! First up, Katy Stangland takes new UNR President Milton Glick to task for saying the following during an interview: “I appreciate how much this community and the university have welcomed my wife and I.” Well …

Before I Lay Me Down To Sleep…

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

I took the new job. And giving my two-weeks notice was hard. I’m really going to miss them (they don’t read this so I got no shame to admit it).Long day. Long night. Good night.

PPP Rap Smackdown

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

For all of you at our wedding you met Ted, remember? He was the guy with the pink tie that counted out the thousand dollars to us all in $20 dollar bills. Remember now? Okay.He started a movement called the PPP Rap Smackdown and how anyone is going to top this is …