Category Archives: From the Management

It’s Friday the 13th — A Day of Evil for the Unlucky

Beware of black cats crossing your path!  Don’t walk on cracks!  Don’t walk under ladders!  Toss salt over your shoulder!  Friday the 13th is said to be the most feared date in history.  But why do we fear Friday the 13th? Find out the history of why people think Friday the 13th is unlucky.

The Waning Days of Summer

A field of wild sunflowers ripple in the breeze on this, the first day of September.

VIDEO: Annual Nugget Casino Rib Cook-Off Event In Sparks, Nevada

Local news video (embedded below) showing vendors and rib chefs vying for the big prize for best rib cook (see the list of all chef vendors) at the Nugget Rib Cook-Off festival, which will be announced at 2:00 p.m. Labor Day Monday (tomorrow).  See the event’s Facebook for fun visitor commentary and photos: Best in [...]

Pot Growers the Cause of the Massive Yosemite Rim Fire

I KNEW IT! I just fucken KNEW humans were involved in the cause of the destructive Yosemite Rim Fire that has destroyed thousands of acres of lush forests, killed and sickened wildlife there, destroyed people’s homes and lives, caused mass evacuations, inconvenienced travelers, polluted the air and reservoirs of neighboring cities with massive smoke fallout [...]

How to Have “Campfire Smell”

Not Fog — That is Fallout and It’s Here Daily NOT a Good Thing The Rim(job) Fire at Yosemite Park (some 150 miles away) is only 30% contained with nearly 5,000 firefighters battling the blaze, and the smoke from it is still covering Reno, Nevada in what looks like pea soup fog.  The fallout is [...]

Residents Told to Stay Indoors in Reno, NV

Smoke from three major forest fires (so named the “Finch Fire,” the “American Fire,” and the Yosemite “Rim Fire”) burning in remote, lush forest areas of California’s Tahoe and Yosemite is carried by the vicious wind northward directly into Reno and its surrounding cities, leaving “very unhealthy” levels in air quality, virtually choking the region [...]