Here are a few more pictures…..

Water show outside of the Bellagio. Oh. Even though I wasn’t all that jacked up about Vegas if anybody wants to take me away for the weekend at the Bellagio, I will not turn you down.

Observant folks will note the giant “Donny and Marie” sign in the background. In a separate show the actual “Osmond Brothers” are playing.

I went to a conference in Las Vegas this week. I didn’t gamble that much because I don’t generally win at games of chance. I dropped maybe 20 bucks on the slot machines but there was plenty of good people watching in the various casinos. I went solo and partnered up with another girl or two who were also going solo. I discovered that it is very common for bridal parties to go to buffets, a large percentage of people who go to Las Vegas have had a lot of plastic surgery. One night we played “find the boobs” and picked out all the women who had breast augmentation. I got to see what a two thousand dollar purse looked like.

Nobody looks all that happy while they gamble, they either look intense or zoned out like a zombie. Maybe Americans need to find new hobbies. Like being awake and thinking or making better food choices. I didn’t sleep very well in my hotel even though the bed was very comfortable because they hotel didn’t provide dogs or cats to hog the bed. I was at the Las Vegas Hilton which I think was pretty middle of the road by local standards. And what the fuck is up with charging four dollars for bottled water that I pay a buck for in Tennessee? One night we accidental stumbled into the employee area in the back of some hotels and found a vending machine with bottled water for a dollar so we stocked up.

I took a few pictures…..

I shot this from the top of the Rio Hotel…..

This very attractive young woman was more than happy to pose since  I was not a drunken middle aged man trying to paw her…. down on Fremont Street…

A few more on Fremont Street….

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Jefferson Airplane – Early Days

Somebody to Love

Here are a few more pictures from the fair I attended. I am leaving for Las Vegas tomorrow and since I will be going solo (sniff) I suppose I should have time to get some more cool pictures.

Yes. There is a hat theme here.

Thanks for looking. Hang out chit chat and then go read some of the excellent diaries on our recent and rec’d list. And feel free to show us some recent pictures you may have taken.

Elton John ~ Rocket Man

Swiss pilot Yves Rossy flew across the English Channel this morning with a homemade rocket backpack.  

Yves Rossy, 49, who calls himself Fusionman — half man, half bird — made the 21-mile, jet-powered flight from Calais, France, to Dover, England, in just less than 15 minutes while traveling at speeds of more than 125 mph, The Daily Telegraph said.

~National Geographic

Image from AFP/Getty (Slide Show)

The winged craft weighs 120 pounds and has four kerosene burning jet turbines.  There is no rudder – he used his head and  back to steer.

After the flight Rossy said, “With that crossing I showed it is possible to fly a little bit like a bird. I am full of hope there will be many in the near future.”

Here’s an idea!

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