Boston Bound

On October 2, I will be off to Boston, MA for one week of product training. As a reseller for Thermo-Electron Corporation myself and five others from various branches have been chosen to become "Titration Experts" for our company.

Man, I almost fell asleep just typing that.

The classes are sure to be a yawner as I am very familiar with chemical titration from working at both Hycroft Resources and Barrick Goldstrike.
Of course back then we used to titrate chemicals
using the old colorimetric method. This method
was much more fun than sucking solution through a tube and having the results print out on your computer. At least you felt like you were doing basic chemistry then and had to actually calculate the results yourself. Okay, so now days, with Automatic Titrators, you can analyze about 50 times as many samples in the time it took you to run one the old way, but it's still not as much fun.

Anyway, the classes are sure to be long and boring. I am looking forward to going however;
I've always wanted to see this part of the country
and I couldn't ask for a better time to go with the
fall foliage this time of year.

Fremont Cannon Returns to Reno

After 5 years without our cannon, UNR finally brings the Fremont cannon home Saturday night with a 22-14 victory over the Running Rebels.

"For over 30 years Nevada has had a north vs. south civil war in college
football. This is not a friendly rivalry as fans from both schools have become
verbally and physically violent over the state prize, an exact replica of the
historical mountain howitzer cannon that Captain John C. Fremont towed on his
expedition of the West from 1843 to 1844. The replica was originally appraised
at over $10,000 in 1969."

Now that it is home where it belongs, let's hope it stays here for awhile.

Happy Birthday Tina!

Happy Birthday Chad!

Now here is a man who loves to go fishing. It's written all over his face. He was so excited on this trip that he literally dove into the water. That's how I remember it anyway. Of course I still might have a bit of memory loss from walking into that glass door. He does have that "Take your %#$@ arm off me or I'm going to rip it off!" look to him though. Doesn't he?
Good times!

Happy Birthday Little Brother!

RIBS AND MUSIC

This is definitely one of my favorite times of the year. Football season is underway and the 17th Annual Nugget Rib Cook-off is this weekend. This year there will be 25 cookers and 30 bands. I am hoping to catch .38 Special when were there.
Have a great Labor day weekend everyone!