Star Wars Food

Usain Bolt Humor (~1 minute video).

Healthcare, Stick Figures and Analogies

This YouTube video (found by Lilly) not only spells out the case for universal healthcare, including a public option, but ends with a great analogy that will help people struggling with the complexities of the current system.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jng4TnKqy6A

(I had it embedded, but the dimensions of the video exceed the space allotted and I'm too lazy to recode the main page. It's 4:37, well worth it, amusing, and not a Rick-Roll.)

The problem with playing poker in Vegas is: if enough people stay in with hands they shouldn't be playing, you're still likely to lose even if you have by far the highest chance of winning of everyone.

Ate another amazing meal last night, while DeluxX was busy winning almost 400 dollars playing poker all through the night. So, good for him. I'm going to stick with devoting the largest portion of my funds-to-gamble to stock picking...it's just as uncertain, but I'm way better at it. Up about 80% YTD on those picks already (I should put more money into those and less into the "smart" investments...).

Also, why is 30 Rock such a great show?

Vegas Tip: Go to a breakfast buffet about 30 minutes before it turns into a lunch buffet. That way you get TWO meals chock full of variety, for the price of not only one, but of the less expensive one! Did that this morning at Harrah's (one of the best breakfast buffets on the strip). I recommend the made-to-order omelets, the kung pao lamb, and the beef medallions (or whatever they were) that get cooked on a spit. Biscuits, bacon and pastries were available in quantities that can only be described as "excessive."

LiveBlogging from Vegas

So I'm in Vegas, and this is my second blog post. I'm going to aim for short punchy updates of a shallow self-absorbed nature, but not in a Twitter kind of way.

Anyway, you'll all be pleased to know I've made SEVERAL Futurama references already. For example, so far I have:
-Tried to put 100 bucks on Rectoid Zambot while playing roulette.
-Asked what the house limit on Do-Overs is.
-Refused to see a Celine Dion contest.

I'll probably do a food report either here or on Awesomeopolis at some point. I've already eaten two things I'd award 5-stars if I had a map for their particular categories.

All right, gotta go. BlastFax Kudos all around.

In Vegas through Monday night. First vacation in 19 months, so I'm looking forward to it. People out here are nuts. It's like neon signs meet Wall Street, circa 2007. Also, as soon as I got off the plane everyone was talking about how Michael Vick signed with the Eagles. And I'm thinking "no way, I just came from Philly and I can assure you, good sir, that you are insane." Weird town. Oh well.

Gambling Ledger: Down $1

What are peoples' thoughts on what happens here staying here? Does that count for calories, cholesterol and sodium? Man I hope so...

Tony Danza wants to teach a 10th grade English class in a Philadelphia public high school, and film and televise the results. He'd also be active in chaperoning prom, and lend his considerable acting experience to the school play. We'd all be able to see this unfold on a new reality/documentary TV series called Teach. Apparently, before he became an actor, he always wanted to be a teacher.

You can't make this stuff up.

I know a lot of dorky readers who will appreciate these rarely seen Star Wars photos. (Hat Tip: Lilly)