Archive for April, 2006

Once More…

Friday, April 28th, 2006

Once more, let us give praise to McCarran International Airport. And a “Hallelujah!” for the fact that I’m finally leaving. It was fun through Sunday (Jessica left, wisely, Monday morning), and I’ve no airplane rides scheduled for the near future. I went back to the Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame last night. […]

Las Vegas Elevator Experience

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

I pushed the elevator call button to go to dinner tonight, and when the elevator arrived a couple dressed in black were positioned rather closely to each other in the rear of the car. They looked up a little as I entered, both of them taking a half step away to reach the “acceptable […]

Reporting to you from Las Vegas, Nevada

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

We saw Dan Rather last night while walking through the Bellagio. It’s rather stunning to be working your way through a river of people when, out of nowhere, somebody as famous as Dan Rather strolls by. Stunned, I leaned in to Jessica to tell her; she caught sight of his back walking away. […]

Solenoid

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

I’ve started a second blog, Solenoid, which will be focused on my pinball obsession. Those of you who know me may wonder how long it will last, but hopefully it’ll be informative to somebody out there while it’s up. On an administrative note, you may have noticed that the blog was unusually clean-looking earlier today. […]

Your Annual Update

Sunday, April 9th, 2006

Oh, the things we’ve been up to that I haven’t been writing about. We went to ATLX, the Atlanta Lindy Exchange, last weekend. (My photos here.) Kingsized played the first night and did a smashing job, and Saturday night’s orchestra had socks-knocked-off power. Both really made the Georgia Tech swing nights really, well, […]