A Northern Nevadan

Posted by Boomer | Humour | Monday 31 March 2008 6:30 am

Found posted in an office…

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September to May, you may be a Northern Nevadan.

If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don’t work there, you may be a Northern Nevadan.

If you’ve worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may be a Northern Nevadan.

If you’ve had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed the wrong number, you may be a Northern Nevadan.

If “vacation” means going anywhere south of Salt Lake City for the weekend, you may be a Northern Nevadan.

If you measure distance in hours, you may be a Northern Nevadan.

If you have switched from “heat” to “AC” and back again in the same day, you may be a Northern Nevadan.

If you install security lights on your house and garage but leave both unlocked, you may be a Northern Nevadan.

If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you may be a Northern Nevadan.

If you design your kid’s Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you may be a Northern Nevadan.

If the speed limit on the highway is 75 mph — you’re going 80, and everyone is still passing you, you may be a Northern Nevadan.

If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you may be a Northern Nevadan.

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction, you may be a Northern Nevadan.

If you find 10 degrees “a little chilly,” you may be a Northern Nevadan.

PCOTW - 03/30/2008

Posted by Boomer | Life | Sunday 30 March 2008 6:46 am

Not really…

Do The Test

Posted by Boomer | Life | Saturday 29 March 2008 6:43 pm

For my bicycle-riding comrades, or more exactly, for folks who drive near bicyclists, here’s a little visual test. How many times do they pass the basketball?


In Honor of Opening Day…

Posted by Boomer | Sports | Wednesday 26 March 2008 9:15 pm

Here’s a typical Cards fan.

Go Cubs.

UNR = Ouch

Posted by Boomer | Education | Monday 24 March 2008 6:30 am

The below is a screenshot of my current student dept to UNR for two graduate-level classes.

There’s nothing to be done about the Special Fees (lab fees) or the Surcharge, but I will never use the Health Center, Student Union, or Counseling Services. And the class books and a parking pass ain’t cheap, either. Unless the Financial Aid comes through (and it may not because I don’t have a major), I’ll drop one of the classes.

UNR prides itself on being one of the less expensive graduate schools and here you see why: it nickles/dimes its students as much as they can.

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