Okay, going for a new record # of posts in one day here. Finally downloaded some sweet pix from our "Weekend at Mammoth" trip with the Ridge's. Imagine a "weekend at Bernie's" with 5 feet of snow overnight, no dead bodies, a classic Volkswagon bug on a carhauler, horrible Asian drivers from So Cal w/o chains in overpriced SUV's, good friends, good beer, and lots of coffee. Bottom-line, mission was accomplished: we got the car back to Reno so James can put it in the shop and have a sweet bug. I'm jealous, so now I need to paint mine.....watch for more info on that. Earl

Hey everybody, here we are with the honorable Judge Chuck Weller (tough on crime I hear & pro father's rights...my kinda guy) for Jordan's official adoption into the Lear clan. Way to go kid! It was short & sweet, rather unemotional (well, it was 8:15 in the morning after a long weekend and we've been waiting for about a year, so it was a little melodramatic) but a relief to all parties involved. Thankfully, Jordan still considers himself an Indian, so we won't need to have the big conversation yet. But when we do, I believe that honesty is always the best policy-I always want to be the "good guy" when it comes this stuff....On the Indian note, a while back Jordan comes home from school and says "I"m an Indian dad," to which I responded "really....what kind of Indian?" After comparing himself to his fellow student's who are native children of the country of India, he says "a different kind." I said "you sure are kid." :)

Hey, here's the new addition to the not so famous Lear family in Reno/Sparks. Read more about little Ethan Michael Lear at http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060110/SPARKS/601100311/1021&template=printart