Stories's Log |
This log represents the Life and Times of the Las Vegas Dude. |
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01/06/2007 20:34:39 Jim New Years on the Vegas Strip | Sat |||||||||||||||||||
It was cold in the parking lot in front of the Frontier. We found a parking spot, almost right on the Strip, and right around 9pm. I thought that was AMAZING! We had to hang out for the next three hours for the big fireworks spectacle, so.... Becky and I walked up and down the Strip. We popped into the Frontier, Venetian, and Treasure Island. Compared to the other New Years, the crowd was as thin as Charmin. But like I said, it was f-f-f-f-f-r-e-e-z-ing! Finally the time came...midnight on the Strip. I futzed with my new Christmas camera for a few moments, the looked up, and it was over! Wut thu hay I hooted, and I'm not an indian. 2007 had to be the shortest New Years fireworks display I'd ever seen, lasting only 6 minutes long. The things I enjoyed this New Years were: The scantely clad girls. The guys in heavy fur jackets. The people with flashing balls in their mouths. The horse cops. And the all-slapped-give-out drunks. |
01/01/2007 11:00:08 jim HoneyMoonIsland-20070101 | Mon |||||||||||||||||||
01/01/2007 08:56:10 becky Happy New Year | Mon |||||||||||||||||||
Good Morning babe I had a great time last night. You were right about the fireworks being so short. I really didn't know what to think about that guy that came up to me dancing. I've never had that happen before. It was kinda flattering to me. I wanted to grab you but you were taking a picture. LMAO!!!!!!!!. What was so funny about it was the way he danced. I got a kick out of all of the people there. I couldn't believe how some of those young girl's were wearing dress skirt's in cold weather. WOW!!!!! LOL. Thank you so much babe for a good time at the strip. I Love You Becky |
01/01/2007 00:01:00 sae .New Years Day | Mon |||||||||||||||||||
WHY?????? |
12/31/2006 07:40:31 Jim I saw the New Years Ghost | Sun |||||||||||||||||||
12/31/2006 - I saw the New Years Ghost I saw a ghost this News Years Eve when I looked in the mirror. It looked just like me. Then I started seeing ghosts all around me. When you go out this New Years, look around at the people. Picture them as if you watching them in a video filmed 100 years ago. Notice how much we all look alike, how well we get along, and how we all seem to be related? Don't look at our differences. Look are how much we have in common. Pretend you lost your long term memory? Ever see a picture of a Great Great relative that looked just like you? Ever talked to someone who thought just like you? If you can think like me for just a moment Imagine that when we die, we don't go anywhere. Imagine the we are all reincarnations of our ancestors, without their memories. Imagine that it goes much deeper than that. Imagine we are all the reincarnations of the dinosaurs and further back. Too me, life seems too obvious. Animals, birds, fish, insects, we all have the same organs. We all must be related. We were born with knowledge. It came from someone. It probably came from our parents. Nature could have populated our memories with that of our ancestors, but for whatever reason, it didn't. Who knows, maybe we'd still be arguing about how someone sacrificed our favorite lamb or something... But doesn't that seem a lot easier to believe than some fairy floating down and touching us with her magic wand. If you think like I do, you'll know that on this planet, all life is related. Given enough time, we all come back. |
12/30/2006 13:04:59 becky I love you | Sat |||||||||||||||||||
Hi babe I Love you too!!! |
12/28/2006 10:58:15 Jim Im having to recode my notary site | Thu |||||||||||||||||||
IE only allows 20 cookies per sight. It looks like one cookie when you look at it in explorer, but you could basically unstring a cookie.txt file delimited by ";" into cookie1, cookie2...cookie20. Handling the cookie is IEs job since you have to go through its routines to access local files. That really sucks. All the other browsers don't care how many cookies you have. I hate spending hours trying to figure out why items are dropping off when the reason is plain stupidity. --- sheesh --- |
12/27/2006 08:58:02 warren .Regarding quitting smoking and hypnotism | Wed |||||||||||||||||||
Hmmm, scrolling action incapacitated at some point, but aside from that. A super great method for quitting shmoking is this, and it really works. Dress up your hands each morning. One hand, the hand you smoke most often with, dress up as a burglar, or better yet as Bush, or any of his sneaky awful cabineteers. Dress the other up as something good to you, like some one you would ordinarily most always trust. Then when the burglar attains in its arms a cigarette you immediately know to demand an answer from it as to what nefarious intentions it plans for you. And it will say to you, "Oh this? I just want to bring the chemicals inside by way of lighting it on fire, you kniow, show them off again to the rest of the body, beginning with the lungs and heart." Well, youve caught him there! and the wrestling match should be easily won, as you are alot larger and heavier than your own hand. After awhile the burglar hand should just give up. If youve dressed up your other hand correctly wrestling with it will not be an issue, it will not want to do things it knows you frown upon. No - Bad mr rumsfeld, you will not host a fundraiser in my body - bad bad mr rumsfeld!! Im winning yay! This has such moralizing overtones i think Ill just stop now. |
12/27/2006 08:58:02 jim (Reply)Regarding quitting smoking and hypnotism | Wed |||||||||||||||||||
I've heard good things about being hypnotized to quit. How do you look that up? |
12/28/2006 10:52:49 Jim (Reply).Regarding quitting smoking and hypnotism | Thu |||||||||||||||||||
Thats kind of why I mentioned it in this blog. I wrote the shrinks name down, but forgot it, and lost what I wrote it on. Shoot. And if I try to look it up on the net, I get thousands of junk sites. I thought his name was Bill...but I forgot his last name too. --- One of these days I'll fix the order of entries on this blog. |
12/28/2006 14:45:46 sae (Reply)..Regarding quitting smoking and hypnotism | Thu |||||||||||||||||||
I have Bill's email address written down, on my liptop, but not here at work. I haven't emailed him in two years plus. So, I don't if it's any good. I can try emailing him this evening.If I hear back from him, I'll ask about the smoking hypo. |
12/28/2006 14:48:36 sae (Reply).Regarding quitting smoking and hypnotism | Thu |||||||||||||||||||
Jimmy... You remember - Oh, what's his name (Bill something)? The tall, gray haired bloke who you worked with at MGM, and I worked with at Fly's. The cashier... Remember how he said quit smoking, using hyptotism, and it worked for him really well. |
12/27/2006 07:01:26 jim Should auld acquaintance be forgot | Wed |||||||||||||||||||
People we lost in 2006 Gerald Ford (US president) 93, James Brown (singer) 73, Peter Boyle (actor) 71, Moses Hardy (oldest man) 113, JB Hunt (trucking mogul) 79, Samual Bowers (KKK Imperial Wizard) 82, Dave Kochran (author X-Men) 63, Mike Douglas (talk show host) 81, James Van Allen (Van Allen belt), James Harvey Young (medical historian) 90, Mikey Spillane (Mike Hammer author) 88, Red Buttons (comedian) 87, Billy Preston (singer) 59, Darren McGaven (actor) 83, Don Knotts (comedian) 81, Wilson Pickett (singer) 64, Shelly Winters (actress) 85, Lou Rawls (singer) 72, Aaron Spelling (TV mogul) 83, Dennis Weaver (actor) 81, Louis Cutlar (my dad) 83. |
12/27/2006 08:51:19 jim (Reply).Should auld acquaintance be forgot | Wed |||||||||||||||||||
Wilson Pickey was 64...I copied the footnote reference accidentally. Thanks SAE. |
12/27/2006 11:48:31 sae (Reply).Should auld acquaintance be forgot | Wed |||||||||||||||||||
Jimmy... Wilson Pickey (aka: Pickett) was 64, almost 65 - not 93. typo!!!! Howl... |
12/26/2006 23:59:54 jim I am sick, IM IM. | Tue |||||||||||||||||||
Feeling down from a cold I wasn't really a pleasure to be with today. I guess its a cold. Sore throat, sneezing, itchy eyes, can't breath. Since I've been back, my breathing has taken a drastic turn for the worse. Becky and I are going to quit smoking on New Years. It seems like the right thing to do. Nevada hates smokers and I don't like being an addict. I suppose if I succeed, I'll end up like all the other people who quit smoking and hate smoking too. I'll probably end up using the inaccurate term "Cancer Sticks" in slurs, myself. BTW - The odds of rolling a 3 in craps are about the same as a smoker getting cancer. Only an idiot would think 3's are probable. Hence, "Cancer Sticks" is a stupid label. I know it sound cool. "Empysema Sticks" would be far more appropriate. Everyone that smokes will eventually get emphysema. While I'm on stupid slurs, "Heart Attack Coffee", "Chlorestoral Bacon", "Big Butt Burgers", "Fat Fanny Fries", "Mucous Milk", and "Bimbo Beer"would be more appropriate labels. You could even slang ham by saying, "Here, have an ass sandwich", but thats just wrong. IM'd GMa We thought we were all invited over today for dinner, but it turned out the invitation was for New Years. IM'd Ida We talked about our Christmas's. Ida says her boyfriend is going to liquidate his business and retire. He hurt his hip not long ago. I should offer to buy it from him. Ida says he was doing well with it. She invited Allen into our Instant Messenger conversation. IM'd Allen, after over a year of silence We'd been friends since high school, but fell apart over money. That kind of thing seems to happen a lot. He was funny as usual. He said he'd just visited the Blue Hole in Kentucky. Small world. He was getting run off by the same hillbilly that tried to run us off. I told him that the guy knew both Allen and me. Its funny how hard it is to recognize people after they've lost all of their teeth. I thought the hillbilly guy was just paranoid about us finding his pot crop |
12/25/2006 03:46:57 jim This will be my best Christmas | Mon |||||||||||||||||||
The Christmas I'll remember best will be the one thats happening today. My memories of the past have faded into sepia-like images, tinted by the colors of the spirits that I've chosen to keep in my mind. What I'm trying to say is, when I remember Christmas, I see the spirits of love. So, at this time... I want to thank the 100s of people who have shared their holidays with me and made them absolutely wonderful. You've worn pajamas, business suits, tank tops, and robes. You've put bows in your hair and worn funny hats. We've celebrated at work, at your place and at my home. We've spent time together and you made me smile. And I want you to know that I love you with all of my heart. Thanks for the memories. |
12/21/2006 17:47:15 sae .The Smoking Law took Effect | Thu |||||||||||||||||||
Howl....
Life is life. We shall see what happens. But it's all in the right direction over time.. |
12/23/2006 14:42:50 sae (Reply)..The Smoking Law took Effect | Sat |||||||||||||||||||
Not that I can claim to know the exact wording of the NV law that just took effect, I can't see where it descriminates. It applies to you, me, and every other Bloke and Sheila (British terms for "Guy" and "girl"). If it ends up closing up all those little bars, of which there are 15 on each LV intersection, then so be it. Part of progress. Who needs those 2 million bars in LV anyway. Let people drink at the larger establishments that will still be around or at home. |
12/24/2006 06:20:06 jim (Reply).The Smoking Law took Effect | Sun |||||||||||||||||||
The law discrimates against business types. If they said it applies to all businesses, and allowed for smoking areas, that would be a start at being impartial, but it didn't. The law said it applies to you, you, and you and but not you. If you own a hookah bar (a specific club for tobacco users), your business will be destroyed. If you don't have an unlimited gaming license, or a strip club or brothel, or serve food thats not prepackaged, your business will be damaged. After the hooka bars did all of the homework to start a legal business, gotten all of their licensing, and dealt with all the Krapola involved, after all that, a law came up that will shut them down. RED just invested $250,000 to expand one of their hookah bars in Las Vegas. Don't we have too many stupid laws already? What if they came up with a law that said computer consultants had to be licensed and pay $20,000 a year in taxes. These kind of items have already popped up in laws claiming to be Sin Taxes. Cute, but stupid. What will happen when these kind of discrimintory laws hit your business. I've read the sample ballots countless times. No way would the voters think that - any bar that serves a wedge of lime with a drink be counted as a serving unprepackaged foods - hotel rooms would be included in the ban, - the health department can now write $100 tickets to customers in effect, turning them into another policy maker and enforcement agency. But really, I could care less. I'm not effected by the law. Nevada is. I'd expect the winners of the law would be the casinos. They've had business legally thrown in their direction. |
12/20/2006 14:45:13 jim Jennifer stayed over last night. | Wed |||||||||||||||||||
We took to the dentist at 8am this morning. THEY SAID: She can't have a root canal, so they're going to have to pull her molar. However, they are saying she needs to be put under for the extraction. While waiting in the lobby, waiting I talked to this fellow about Medicare supplimental insurance. I told him I thought Champus took care of that for a small premium. Somehow we got to talking about Mexico. He said, his parents, rather than go through the health system in the US, got their teeth work done in Mexico for 10% of the cost. He also said he has heart problems and will probably go to Thailand for an operation. I thought that was an interesting thing to say. |
12/15/2006 22:22:52 jim Vegas,NV-ChucksAccident | Fri |||||||||||||||||||
12/14/2006 11:50:04 Jim My Be Quick Yellow Book Ad | Thu |||||||||||||||||||
This is my yellow page ad, and it cost $200 a month (for three ads). Advertising is expensive. It'll come out in The Yellow Book some time in April. Hopefully, I won't have to take a job at Walmart before then...haha. Http://www.lvdude.com/bequick is close to being finished. It can take credit cards right now, but it needs at least 40 hours to be polished up. |
12/13/2006 08:51:42 sae Bow Wow... | Wed |||||||||||||||||||
Jimmy.. I have been leaving my laptop on at night instead of shutting it down and restarting it in the morning. So, I didn't get your IM. So, why did Sonny put a 38 slug through the old water heater to get it to blow up? Just kidding. So, what are you doing for the holidays? |
12/14/2006 03:15:25 sae (Reply)..Bow Wow... | Thu |||||||||||||||||||
OH NO!! Dennifer and Justin spent the night? Did they cause any troubles? Is there a specific thing special (food, etc) about a xmas breakfast? That's why so many kids are so out of shape. When you and I were kids, there was little television, no computers, no video games and there was actually phys ed in schools. Now we have too much television, video games and computers and no phys ed.I think you should take Dennifer and Justin jogging around the block a couple times a week until they are in the mode of exercising regularly. |
12/15/2006 08:16:25 sae (Reply)...RE:Bow Wow... | Fri |||||||||||||||||||
Which headhunter was it? And where in Tampon? I will email you. |
12/15/2006 17:19:36 sae (Reply)...RE:RE:RE:Bow Wow... | Fri |||||||||||||||||||
Well, RJ has numerous spots, both contract and contract-to-hire spots open right now. Wynn emailed me the other day about a straight 6 month contract (NOT leading to permanent) at RJ, but I didn't reply. I thought you were turned off to headhunters? |
12/09/2006 19:00:00 Jim Las Vegas Marathon - Starts Tommorrow | Sat |||||||||||||||||||
Blue Man Group will play live on the start line. Blue Man Group will perform the Star Spangled Banner in the signature style that has brought them to international prominence against a spectacular display of pre-dawn fireworks. Immediately after Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman fires the starter pistol, Blue Man Group will entertain and energize with a special performance for the field of up to 20,000 runners, walkers and wheelchair athletes as they run the electrifying neon corridor of the world famous Las Vegas Strip. The Las Vegas Marathon (a 26.2 mile race) will start at the Mandalay Bay at 6am. The Blue Man Group will kick it off playing the Star Spangled Banner. Be there, or be square!!! |
12/09/2006 11:15:32 Jim WinterFest at the Events Plaza | Sat |||||||||||||||||||||||
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