* * * * *
                                        
                                Viva Lost Wages
                                        
Besides being 61 years since Oppenheimer became Shiva [1], it was one year
ago today that I flew out to Las Vegas with my friend Hoade [2].

I must not have finished _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_ [3] since I
haven't finished (or even started) the write up of the trip. I still have the
notes, on 88 5×3″ pages (a small wirebound notebook).

> Penny slots no longer
>  take pennies but
>  nickels. They are being
>  phased out for more money
>  making machines.
> 
> 5^95 Prime rib
>      Salad
>      potato
> 
> pix 42–43 Carpet of
>  Hôtel San Réno [mispelled in notebook, it's supposed to be Ré**m**o —
> Editor]
> 
> * * * * *
> 
> Dancing Bartenders
>  Centerfuge @
>    MGM Grand.
> 
> Notes from page 18 of “Viva Lost Wages!” notebook
> 
> [Yes, all casinos have carpet like this] [4]
> 
> pix 42 mentioned above
> 
> [I think it's designed to confuse people] [5]
> 
> pix 43 mentioned above
> 
> 

I really need to finish up writing about the trip, which included a sidetrip
to Rachel, Nevada [6] which was eerily quiet (quiet enough to hear our shoes
squeaking as we walked). I also forgot about the Chinese cook who threatened
us with his mad martial knife arts at the Hôtel San Rémo buffet.

I really need to get this written up.

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2006/07/16.1
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2005/07/22.1
[3] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0439784549/conmanlaborat-20
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/07/16/hsr-carpet-1.jpg
[5] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2006/07/16/hsr-carpet-2.jpg
[6] http://www.rachel-nevada.com/

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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