The Bar 2014 Edition

[^Rhino!]

Wish I were going, aserendipity (I'd save you a few dances on my card), but out here in Missouri things are cool again. Twelve degrees tonight, thirty tomorrow. Tonight, to avoid the drunk dragnet I'm staying home. I'm cooking (haven't figured out WHAT yet), but it'll probably be pretty doggone good.

Gung hei fa choi!

Oops. Tonight is normal New Year, not Chinese New Year.

Ham and blackeyed peas, anyone?

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[Patsh]

It's not unusual for Jerome to get snow now and then, being a mile high up on the mountain. The valley, however, usually gets a sprinkling of rain while it snows in Jerome.
It has been snowing in the valley, big fluffy snow, all day, for over 7 hours and it's still coming down!

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Cactus in the snow.jpg

This has caused our first ever postponement of the Frosty Balls, Chilly Boobs run, in 19 years. They say, "First of January, rain, snow or sun".... One year, I did ride it in the snow, but there had been no accumulation on the roads. It was definitely chilly, but really fun. All the other years that I've joined in on that run, have been sunny and brisk.

Missing my little kitchen wood stove's wonderful heat... now, it only serves to hold up plants.

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[sadie]

Happy New Year bar friends!

[magicmarty]

Here's wishing you all a very Happy, Peaceful, Healthy, Tranquil, Prosperous and Dusty 2015! I know so many of you and am thankful to have you in my life. Each one of you that I have had the good fortune to meet has added something special to my life and for that I say a very warm thanks. I do think of you guys every day and it brings a smile to my lips and warmth to my heart. Ain't Burning fun???

Love and Hugs to you all and especially.

(((Ygmir))) ((((LF))))

[Ratty]

Happy New Year Dear Bar !

Wow! You went from lsd to blood to booze
rock on

Armory in S.F. tonight.. anyone from here going ?
To get ready I had a dream that I grew a tiny dick for protection
Studied Jung so I am considering all .

xoA.

I sent a PM. I would love to go to the city tonight.

[Elorrum]

Wow Patsh!!! Look at that snow! Sadie, read that our new year showing or carousel is cancelled due to icy conditions... Looks like I enjoyed a window of sunshine in both your towns. I am in San Jose at my sister's house and she just made a great steak dinner, a real treat for me. How's the leg doing, Sadie? Get some spikes so you don't slip, now. Happy new year to all. I'll check back later.

[tatonka]

Nice snow Patsh we are cold here . warm inside tho Happy new year all ! saying it early in case I dont make it ")

[MyDearFriend]

Happy New Year, Bar!!!

[Patsh]

Just about midnight here, and I'm so impressed by the fact that I'm actually still awake!

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all you wonderful ePlayans an absolutely Perfect, Healthy and Happy New Year!
If only you all knew how much you all mean to me... You (collectively and individually both) have helped me through a few trials and tribulations, just by being here. Thank you, all, from the bottom of my heart!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

[msj2u]

Happy New Year

May all your hopes and dreams come true in 2015!

Lots of hugs and new friendships,

MSJ

[Elliot]

We are now planning for this year's Burn, as opposed to next year's Burn!

[Jovankat]

We are now planning for this year's Burn, as opposed to next year's Burn!

Thank god! That was getting super confusing!

Also yay! It feels so much sooner now! 247 days til the man burns!

[MyDearFriend]

Good morning, happy new year, where is my

I hate my job today; everyone I talk to is really pissing me off.

[magicmarty]

Grabs MDF's hand and dives into the NEB for some therapeutic cuddling Good way to start off the new year.

[MyDearFriend]

Happy New Year (((Marty)))

*cuddles into the NEB*

[Patsh]

I hope your day cheers up SOON!
(((((((MyDearFriend)))))))

did you find the ?
It seems to be helping over here.....

Happy January, 2015!
(yikes!)

[TinkerMom]

HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY!!!

A long winters day yesterday, dumped 14" inside 15 hrs on us up here.



Off work until Mon, yay!

[Captain Goddammit]

We are now planning for this year's Burn, as opposed to next year's Burn!

AAAAAAAAAaaaaagghhhh!!!!! I'm not ready!!

[lucky420]

Morning Bar!!!

Hope everyone enjoyed ringing in the new year. I made it up to 12:30. Had to cuddle the dog from all the big scary boom & fireworks noises.

Off to the Morris to help with LNT. They had a big party last night but I elected to stay home and protect my dog but I'm not hungover and that's always a plus!


Have a great day all

[FIGJAM]

I think Tink and Patsh are pranking me.

I think it's called snu???

It doesn't snu here!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sadie]

Wow Patsh!!! Look at that snow! Sadie, read that our new year showing or carousel is cancelled due to icy conditions... Looks like I enjoyed a window of sunshine in both your towns. I am in San Jose at my sister's house and she just made a great steak dinner, a real treat for me. How's the leg doing, Sadie? Get some spikes so you don't slip, now. Happy new year to all. I'll check back later.

So glad to know you made it back to family for NYE. I was
counting on 'no news is good news' after the 2nd breakdown in
2 days. The leg is improving. The boot has a little traction but
I still walk like an old lady with it in the frozen tundra that is
Abilene right now------folks, you dont want to rip your calf (sp?)
muscle.....trust me on that. Anyway, thanks for asking. You did
seem to bring good sunshiney weather with you when you came
through this neck of the woods.!

[Elorrum]

Good.morning bar! I smell bacon, so it's time to get up. Going to get some new tires before I head out again, tomorrow i think. Some pro-active auto care. Then help take down my sister's tree.

Lets have a long chat over coffee this morning. I love you all, and wish you the best in the coming year!

[Thecatman]

MORNIN ALL!!
Having meatloaf and fried eggs for breakfast

Speaking of snow, I heard areas of So. California, like Lake Elsinore 6", Temecula 3" etc. Places that haven't seen snow in 10-15 years. Even Lake Havasu, AZ along the river got in on the act.
Here in Dayton, NV we got just over an inch on the 29th. After that, just damn cold...single digits in the morning, high 20s in the afternoon.
Some 2014 weather trivia for Reno :
The warmest in Reno was 105 on July 14th.
The coldest was 8 above yesterday morning on Dec 31st.
The fastest wind was 71mph on Dec 11th.
The most rain in 24 hours was 0.62" on Dec 7th, if I'm not mistaking.
Figures were from the weather station at the airport

I was in bed by 8:30 last night....my normal time and didn't get up til 07:30 this morning.
Hope all stay safe in 2015.
Got to get used to that when writing checks now

[Captain Goddammit]

I think Tink and Patsh are pranking me.

I think it's called snu???

It doesn't snu here!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh hell that's hardly snu. That's more like heavy frost.

[FIGJAM]

Snu to me!!!!!!!!

[FIGJAM]

This is pretty long, but seems like a great way to start the new year!


Dr. Wayne W. Dyer



Today is the dawn of the New Year. So you’re probably working on a list of things that you’d like to get done in 2015. Well, I’d like to ask you to forget about making these resolutions. Forget about deciding on the first day of January how you will be conducting your life in September, some nine months later. Any resolution that involves making decisions about future behaviors is a waste of time. It also reinforces the self-defeating notion of living in the future.


For 2015, wouldn’t you rather live in the present moment?

This day that you’re living right now is the only day you get. Period. You can resolve to be skinny when next July rolls around, or to quit smoking next month, or to write that book you’ve been meaning to, or to embark on your overdue exercise program by the end of this year. You can go about resolving until the cows come home, and you still have to live your life just like everyone else on the planet: One day at a time.

You can only live minute to minute. You can certainly use up your present moments thinking about what you’ll be doing in the future, but that doesn’t change the fact that you can only live in the now. The important question to be asking yourself is:

How am I going to live in the present moment this year?

Will I waste these moments reviewing the way I used to behave? Will I waste these moments reviewing how I would like to behave in the future rather than resolving to live each day to the fullest?

The New Year is a good time to initiate a plan so you can make some changes and help live your life to the fullest. See if you can practice thinking differently. Decide very specifically what it is that you would like to change about yourself in 2015. If you have some goals in mind, vow to work on them day by day rather than making them a year-long project.

When you set up day-to-day goals for yourself, you can begin living this way for the rest of your life. Remember this little piece of advice, which will be extremely helpful to you if you can incorporate it into your life: When you go for one entire day without eating sugar (or not smoking, or being assertive, or any other new behavior), you are a totally different person at the end of that day. What you must learn to do is let that totally different person decide on the second day whether to do it again on this new day, rather than letting the same old person decide today that it is going to be difficult in a couple of days anyhow, so what’s the use. Always let the New You make the decision, and then you’ll be living your present moments.

Remember, you are in control of all thoughts in your head. When you are using up your present moments to worry about the future, constantly reviewing the past to come up with how you should have done it differently, or contemplating disaster, remind yourself that you are wasting this particular present moment.

Practice cancelling out negative thoughts for a few minutes at a time. Vow to enjoy the next five minutes regardless of what has previously transpired or what you think is about to happen. Remind yourself of the folly of wasting your present moments on mental activity that focuses exclusively on your past or imagined future. All of your thoughts about what you should have done, or how terrible things were in the past will not change one tiny slice of the past.

As you celebrate this New Year and each precious present moment, here are 10 reminders to help you live in the Now:

1. Remember that habits are changed by practicing new behavior. By practicing new thinking every five minutes, you’ll soon begin to master the art of present-moment living.
2. Do an honest assessment of your “problems.” You’ll very likely discover that almost all of your problems are really in your head and not located in reality.
3. Take time to be mindful of everything around you. Begin to look at your entire surroundings in a new light. Observe every detail on every face, every building and every object. If you do this often enough it will become a habit that will facilitate your being alive in every moment of the year.
4. Change your attitude. Begin an attitude-redevelopment plan. That means practice enjoying everything you do.
5. Be specific about what you want and take action. Decide on one thing that you would like to work on and do it today. Work at it daily, rather than making it a long-range objective.
6. Create a self-improvement agenda for yourself. Put on your agenda whatever activities you’ve always thought about but never had time to do. Do them now.
7. Rid yourself of mundane chores that are not really that important. Spend more time making your life a pleasure.
8. Eliminate procrastination as a lifestyle. Instead of talking to yourself about what you are going to do next week or even tomorrow, use this time to start a new task.
9. Don’t give up control of your life to others. You cannot enjoy the present moment if you are busy trying to make everyone else like you. People respect you more when you operate from a position of strength and self-reliance.
10. Feel good about yourself. You are a magnificent human being. Always feel good about that self that you are always with.

For 2015, as I have for many other years, I vow to be fully alive and see the world the way Walt Whitman described it to be many years ago: “To me…every cubic inch of space is a miracle.” I really believe that.

I wish you a New Year filled with many miracles. May you live a long and productive life—one present moment at a time.

Love,
I AM,
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

[Bin Noddin]

At the present moment my mind and body are working on a batch of oatmeal raisin cookies.
OMMMMMM OMMMMMM

Happy new year and many hugs to you all.

[theCryptofishist]

Happy New Year, Bin, FIGJAM.

[shroom]

Happy new year! Drinks all around.

[^Rhino!]

Happy new year! Drinks all around.

Thank you, shroom!

Here at the Casa Rhino and Geologist Kitchen things started out well for the New Year. On a whim I went over to the Isle of Capri casino just down the road in Booneville, and ended up winning $6.05 on $20.00. I quit for the day. Dionn (a new lady in my life, and now my friend and confidant as well) and I went over there because she had coupons for their full buffet brunch (FREE!).On the buffet were LOCAL fruits and vegetables, homemade jams and jellies, biscuits, full breakfast (BACON, sausage, ham, cooked to order omelets, pancakes), beef brisket, fried chicken, etc., etc......We got there at 10 a.m. and left a little after 3 p.m. after gaming and eating.

SO, now the winnings total for my only three experiences in gaming:

Bozeman, MT - nickel slots - $0.35
Lovelock, NV - quarter poker - $0.50
Booneville, MO - slots - $6.05
TOTAL - $6.45

That's for a total of 2 hours playing. I'm not EVEN thinking of doing it for a living at that rate.

The week was spent in Rolla, Missouri doing the foundation study for a new 300'+ radio tower our Department is installing for statewide simulcasting service to replace the older one there. My drillers were great this week (lots of humor flowing like wine)

If yesterday was an indication how the year is going to be, Black Rock City will be GREAT this year.

See all of you lovely people in the dust.