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       Too busy with analog stuff these days.  Not much time to jack 
       in.  Domestic tasks and attending to the child processes have 
       occupied my time.
       
       Drove to Las Vegas this past Thursday through Sunday to 
       attend my son's soccer tournament.  It was odd going to Vegas 
       for something like that.  I'm used to going there to hang out 
       at The Strip or attend some kind of work-related function.  
       Anyhow, we were there and Vegas was Vegas.  We did get to 
       stop at Cracker Barrel for dinner on the way in.  I try to 
       hit Cracker Barrel whenever I have a chance.  I *heart* their 
       food.  
       
       The kids wanted to hit the Pinball Hall of Fame again, 
       but unfortunately we didn't have a chance.  We were bummed.  
       I had taken them there before and we always have a blast with 
       all of the old and fairly new pinball machines  
       
       We would also hit up this video game place next door as 
       well...I think it was called Gamer's Paradise.  It is kinda 
       like a museum that also sells and repairs old games and 
       hardware.  They even have the walls lined with boxes of the 
       vintage hardware and the hardware behind display cases.  Last 
       time we were in there, I spent quite a bit of time just 
       looking at everything.  They had old consoles, like 
       ColecoVision, Intellivision, Commodore, Odyssey, as well as 
       more recent ones like Xbox and Playstation, along with 
       accessories...some of which I have never seen.  A lot of the 
       old machines there end up being emulated these days.  They 
       also had a bunch of handheld games, like the table top arcade 
       Pacman or the some of the Tiger Electronic LCD ones.  Even 
       the LED Mattel handheld Football and all those games under 
       that series.  There were a few Nintendo Game and Watch games, 
       but not many.
         
       Next door to that is a PC gaming cafe that also has a bunch 
       of music/Bemani video games.  The kids (and myself) likes 
       that place as well.  We gotta go to those places again next 
       time.  Also, it is much cheaper and more fun than the games 
       on The Strip.
       
       There was this one incident I observed at the soccer 
       tournament that I thought was funny.  My son had a game at 
       8PM this past Saturday evening and I was walking around the 
       fields as they were warming up.  I was approaching this row 
       of port-o-potties by the front gate and I saw these 4 soccer 
       moms hanging around gate.  One of the soccer moms had their 
       phone out and was filming the outside of the port-o-potties.  
       Then all of a sudden, this other soccer mom ran up to one of 
       the toilets and shoulder checked the port-o-potty.  The 
       female occupant screamed, "HEY!?!" as the port-o-potty leaned 
       and wobbled back into place.  The soccer moms were laughing 
       and cracking up even more when they saw me laughing.  I'm 
       sure it was probably sloshing around inside.  Man, it was so 
       fuckin' funny!  I wish I was able to capture that video.  I'm 
       pretty sure the soccer moms partook in some adult beverages 
       prior to getting to the field.  So funny!!!  
       
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