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went to vegas...

gambled, drank, ate, exercised my right to arm bears (photo to come back with the L). All things America (fuck yeah!) and A-Mare-I-Cuhn.
Las Vegas.
Damn, was it hot.
Decided to go to the store to pick up supplies (read: beer) for the fridge in the hotel room.
Found out from the not so helpful desk clerk that there was a quickie-mart was on the corner, but a VONS was three blocks down.
A more attractive selection was awaiting us there, we supposed. Got to the Slushie emporium, decided that wasn't going to do, and got about 1000 feet down the street to the supposed VONS when we both realized the shear impossibility of continuing the journey.
It was hard to breathe.
Had been out walking for maybe 10 minutes. Hot wind at our backs meant a hot wind in our face on the way back.
Having no sign of VONS. walked back to the quickie mart, with hot wind in our faces, and just about melted into the store from the door. AH, Air Conditioning. After taking a ten minute or so refuge there (periodically opening and standing in the doors of the refrigerated section), we headed back the ¾ block back to the hotel.
Later, in consultancy with others about the journey, discovered that it was 116 degrees Farenheit during our death march.
that's hot. that's 'oh i killed my dog by leaving him in the car' hot. Sheeit.

Relax! Eventually, we got beer. Thanks for your concern, tho!

Best two Tshirts I saw all weekend were this and one that said "Gold Digger. Like a hooker...only smarter."

Rode the NY NY rolly coaster. Wasn’t drunk, like the previous time I rode it. Not a bad ride, but a little short for the $12.50 entry. Ouch.
Played a little video poker, drank a little beer, saw the MGM lions a few times.
Mostly hid from the outside.
Damn hot.
The pool was a good refuge. But once you got in, you couldn’t get out, the poolside concrete was boiling. Cook an egg. Shoulda tried that.
Went to the Wynn.
It’s the newest of the big casino’s on the strip. It’s aight. Fancy and all, and a nice touch by having more nature than most. But still a giant hotel with a big casino. Giant water fountains. What’s that logic? You got a desert city, and you surround these giant hotels with moats. Damn mall with a moat. Illusion? Silly! Pirates of the caribbean gone WRONG.