Thursday, September 27, 2007

Anthony's Birthday Party


Anthony, originally uploaded by Nextelguy.

Here is a picture from Anthony's B-day Party at Dick's last resort in Las Vegas. You will not see me in the photos because I was in Flordia on business.

If you want to see more photos follow the link.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9698718@N05/

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Happy Sweet 16 ! (and Dad is caught in a Hurricane)




So today is Anthony's sixteenth birthday and I am in Flordia in the height of the Hurricane season. As you see from the picture, the rain came in very fast. It was bright and sunny and now it is UGLY! So Anthony and the rest of the family are having dinner at Dick's last resort. If you are not familar with Dick's. The servers at the resturant insult you through out the dinner. What a great resturant for a teenager. I will post the pictures for the dinner when I get back from Flordia.

HEY ANTHONY>>>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Dad

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Schools are still safe havens, if the shooters are out of the school.

The story below is a new report from the local news channel. The High School in the story is the school that Anthony attends and where is Aunt Brandi is a Counselor. It was scary morning and of course at very unproductinve day of school.



Gunshot victim sparks high school lock down
September 13,2007

Gunshot victim sparks high school lock down

An early morning shooting near Legacy High School in North Las Vegas sends area schools into lockdown. The shooting wounded one 17-year-old male with what police are calling non life-threatening injuries.
The shooting did not actually take place on school property. North Las Vegas Police say the teen was actually found near the intersection of Commerce and Deer Springs, walking in the direction of Legacy.
A woman driving by stopped to ask if the boy was okay. When she saw that he was wounded, police say she put him in her car and took him to this school for medical attention.
"I heard some boys got shot and that's it," parent Mellany Almacn told News 3. Almacn says she got a phone call from her two boys Thursday morning that any parent would dread. "It's kind of scary because I heard like a riot in my phone," Almacn said.
"Everyone just started panicking. Nobody knew what was going on. Everyone just started calling their parents," Mellany's son Maverick Almacn said. News of a 17-year-old boy stumbling to the nurse's office with a gunshot wound struck fear in students and sent them scrambling to call their parents.
It also sent Legacy and the nearby elementary school into lockdown. "If there is any sort of police activity regardless of where that activity may be, if it's in the immediate area of a school obviously we want to err on the side of caution to protect our children. They do that by locking the school down," Sean Walker with North Las Vegas Police Department said.
Schools were locked down for two hours while North Las Vegas Police searched for answers. The gunshot victim, who didn't explain what had happened, was taken to UMC. It's unclear at this point if he was even a student at Legacy.
Mellany Almacn says even though Legacy High just opened last year, she's ready to transfer her children to another school. "If they want to transfer, I want to transfer my boys to another school."

Thursday, September 6, 2007

I have been TAGGED! (que the James Bond theme music)

I was tagged by Kristie at Life with My XMen .

The Rules.

Post the rules before you give the facts. Post eight random facts about yourself. At the end of your blog post, you need to tag eight people and list their names. Leave the people you tagged a comment on their blog, letting them know that they've been tagged.

So, here goes:

1. I love Public Speaking. I am not afraid to talk in front of a large group. I enjoy stepping into the spotlight. To check out my speaking, listen to my on-again, off-again podcast at http://aplethoraofideas.libsyn.com/ .

2. I am MORE THAN A DISNEY FAN. I have been a fan of Walt Disney Company, since the first time I visited Walt Disney World in 1976. But I become more than a fan and developed a greater appreciation for Walt's vision and process to achieve your dreams after receiving the book, "Walt Disney: An American Original by Bob Thomas". That is a must read of any Disney Fan. Also "Mouse Tales, A behind-the-ears lokk at DISNEYLAND by David Koenig is a great book.

3. I live in the Entertainment Capital of the World...Las Vegas NV.

4. I am a Loving Husband and Father.

5 I am passionate about my work and career. I am a Technical Adult Learning Instructor for a major wireless carrier. I fly around the country , instructing corporate clients on the device , like Blackberries and Pocket PCs and applications that employees more productive.

6. I like to Cook, but I love the science of cooking. I am a HUGE Alton Brown Fan. (Food Network: Good Eats).

7. I am an Eclectic Music Lover. I like to listen to Blue Grass to Calypso and I am learning to play the ukulele.

8. I love to Read. Favorite books/authors are: Harry Potter series, Dan Brown books, books and stories by Garrison Keiller, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.

And now the people that I have tagged...

TIKI Talk

Blog of Southwest Airlines

Ukulele Hunt

Window to the Magic Podcast

SQPN: The Best in Catholic Podcasting :look at the Daily Breakfast podcast.

Getting Things Done Blog

The Gastrocast

Disney Frontier Blog