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Real Estate Agent - Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - 01338415
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He said to me, “I didn’t know you were still in Real Estate”…  When he sold with another agent… Oh boy oh boy…  Have you ever heard this line?  One of your past clients, or friends, or SOI saying that they didn’t use you, because they thought you were no longer in the business. At first you thin...
08/28/2011
Camping and hiking at Big Basin Redwood State Park, in California.  One of the few Old Growth forest that still exist out here in California...  Most of the forests were cut during the boom times in California's history. One of the hikes we took, guided us through some of the beasts that exist he...
08/28/2011
Hiking in "Almaden Quicksilver County Park".  It is located in New Almaden, which is in the Southern part of San Jose, CA. This park is owned and maintained by the County of Santa Clara.  It was purchased in the mid 70's and turned into a rich historical park full of trails and discovery. The par...
08/25/2011
There are times that you decide to NOT read the signs...   So yeah, that is me at the end of this tunnel.  I just walked in...  It was pretty dark down there, and I kind of didn't think about the fact that I could have cornered a raccoon or cougar...  So next time, I might just have to throw a ro...
08/23/2011
Motivational Monday - Don't loose your dreams...  No one can take them from you! "The diamond may adorn royalty, regardless of personal worth...   But jewels of thought render even poverty illustrious and sublime." -Gems for the fireside I have no idea what "Gems for the fireside" are or is or wh...
08/21/2011
I was headed out to New Almaden today to do some hiking over at the Almaden Quicksilver Mines...  And to the left was this huge field with over 20 wild turkeys just hanging out!  I have them up at my house, but see one or two...  Sometimes three...  So to see this many, I had to stop the truck, i...
08/21/2011
Kindergarten Some of us remember those times like it was yesterday, and some of us just can't recall! I still shake my head at the silly things we would do back then.   Take our lunch sandwich bags and trap honey bees in them...  And try to sneak them in class... Grab snails and see how many we c...
08/19/2011
Oh CRAP!  I left my listing presentation on the copier at work!!! So what…  No really, so what… People are more likely to choose you BEFORE they call you…  Seriously.  Who really cares what your super secret listing presentation is anyways…  Most listings are won BEFORE you go out to the meeting ...
08/17/2011
Sooo...  uhhh...  I guess I can't lie about the size of this fish...  It is HUGE, right? So, as you can see...  This HUGE catfish was my prize fish of the day. Actaully, I caught about 8 fish that night and this one was in the early morning.  And was one of the smallest. I threw 'em all back, but...
08/16/2011
Actual pictures installing a windmill that makes the earth rotate... (at least that is what I thought when I was a kid) As you drive over the Diablo Range in the Pleasanton/Livermore area of the East Bay in Northern California, you see a huge wind farm. The pass is call the Altamont Pass, and Vas...
08/16/2011
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