ASUS P7P55D-E LX LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i5-760 Lynnfield 2.8GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

Crucial 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

ASUS EAH6870/2DI2S/1GD5 Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
EVGA GeForce GTX 760 Super Clocked ACX 2GB GDDR5 SLI Ready Graphics Card

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 “Heatpipe Direct Contact” Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler

Corsair Graphite Series 600T Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Antec True Power Trio TP3-650 650W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply with Three 12V Rails
Corsair CX Series 750 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Bronze ATX12V/EPS12V 744 Power Supply CX750M

LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black SATA

OCZ Vertex Series OCZSSD2-1VTX60G 2.5″ 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

2x Western Digital Raptor WD360GD 36.7GB 10000 RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s 3.5″ Hard Drive -Bare Drive in RAID 0
2x 60GB SSD In RAID 0
OCZ Vertex Series OCZSSD2-1VTX60G 2.5″ 64GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Kingston SSDNow V Series 64GB SSD

2x Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YD 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5″ Hard Drive in RAID 0

Evoluent VM3R2-RSB Silver/Black 5 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical VerticalMouse 3 Rev 2

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000

Creative Fatal1ty Gaming USB Headset HS-1000
Corsair CA-HS1NA Gaming Audio Series HS1 USB Gaming Headset

Logitech Z680 5.1 Computer Speakers
Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2500 High-Power 2.1 PC Speaker System (CA-SP211NA)

Dell 2407WFP LCD 1920×1200 (16×10)
Dell E207WFP LCD 1680×1050 (16×10)
Dell P2714H LCD 1920×1080 (16×9)
Ergotron LX3 triple display monitor stand

I woke up this morning to this view. This is my back yard. I live in the mountains.

Standing in my back yard on the grass I face the East and turn my face towards the morning sun. The sunlight is bright and blinds my barely open eyes. But the warmth feels too good to turn away.

I can hear the quail all over the neighborhood calling each other. “Barking” as I like to say. I can imagine them saying things like “Hey! Where are you?” “Hey! I’m over here!” “OK, good. Where are you?” “It’s okay, I”m over here.” “Oh, okay, whew. Hey! Where are you now?” The California Valley Quail that are in my yard all day every day are beautiful and funny birds and an endless source of joy and entertainment for me.

I flew my little drone in my back yard. It’s a shaky flight with a poor camera. Might make you a little dizzy. Watch at your own risk. Yes, I know, I’m not a very good pilot (yet).

We here in Reno are laughing at you stupid Californians. We have plenty of water. In surplus years Reno puts water BACK into the ground wells. Imagine that. We live in the desert and we have plenty of water. California is going to burn. So glad I don’t live there any more.

Is there any better way to make coffee than a French Press? Seems to me this is the tastiest way. All the delicious oils get caught in the paper filters in coffeemakers, but not so in a French Press. I just drank six cups of French Press coffee and now I want more.

Enough rambling. I’m going to make some more coffee, sit in my back yard, and smoke a cigar.

Every morning when I’m driving to work at 6am I’m watching the sun come up over the local mountains, I’m looking at the snow on Mt Rose, I’m looking across the wide open spaces of the Nevada high desert, I’m feeling the cold clean clear mountain air on my face, I’m looking at all the natural beauty of the surrounding areas, I’m looking at all the evergreen trees that I love so much, I’m driving a very short commute of 10 miles, I’m actually looking forward to going to a job that I love, and I’m thinking about how lucky I am to be living here right now and experiencing all this.

I can’t help but smile and think to myself, “I can’t believe I’m here. I can’t believe I get to do this. I can’t believe I live in Reno and work in Reno. I can’t believe my good fortune. I just can’t believe it.”

Someone once said, “Happiness is when your reality exceeds your expectations.”

Well, I never thought I would be so lucky.