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The Missing Post Mystery
A post I made to a Vista newsgroup was missing from the Outlook newsreader
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The Missing Post Mystery Revisited
It happened again! A post I made to a Vista newsgroup was missing from the Vista Mail newsreader
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A Case of Maxtaken Identity
When is a hard drive not a hard drive? Find out when!

How To

Changes to the Windows 7 Taskbar You Should Know About

Vista Image Capture 'Slipstream' SP1 and SP2 into a single Vista install disc
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What is RAID? Some RAID Basics
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The Bathroom Remodel for Under $1000 Project

The Do It Yourself Bedroom Engineered Prefinished Red Oak Wood Flooring Installation From Hell

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Use Comodo Internet Security 4.0 to Lock Down Your PC Following a Windows Install or Reinstall

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The Northstar Horizon Microcomputer

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Round-Tailed Ground Squirrels
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Arizona Sonoran Desert
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eBay ePacket Direct Shipping From Hong Kong - Should You Risk it? eBay Buyer Protection and What You Should Know About Buying From Overseas

The Other Reason Why Your Irrigation Valve Might be Leaking

My Response to the Newegg Affiliates Program Changes

Playing the Rebate Game
Know the Rules Before You Play

Vista Confusion
The four questions you need to ask before buying Vista

Arizona Sonoran Desert Pictures

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The Irascible and Lovable Pecos!


Read the story of the wild and ornery Round-Tailed ground squirrel Pecos

Pecos - terrorgroundasquirrelius

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It is a common myth that small animals don't have much intelligence or personality and that they therefore make for fun but uninteresting pets. I hope that if you are one such person that believes this way that you will think differently after reading about a Round-Tailed Ground Squirrel that I had as a pet.

The story began on one spring day 1976 in Tucson Arizona. I was a freshman at the University of Arizona. I had made friends with a dorm resident named John who was my Frisbee partner. He also enjoyed golf and invited me to join him and another dorm resident for a round of golf. I had no interest in learning how to play but thought it would be fun to tag along with him. And so it was that at the age of 19 I found myself at Randolph Golf Course North much more interested in the small burrowing animals that I had run across than my two friends and their golf game. Read More

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Arizona Sonoran Desert Arizona Sunsets Cienega Creek
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Trains In the Desert Desert and Mountain Flowers Fox Squirrels
Fox Squirrels Fox Squirrels
Round-Tailed Ground Squirrels Round-Tailed Ground Squirrels

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