After the tournament, Norm, Vicky, and the UConn contingent had to get ready to see the Cirque show that they had tickets for. We agreed to meet for dinner after the show at around 10 PM. In the meantime, Lisa decided to nap, and Andy decided to go off and wander the casino. Eric took…
After New York, New York, it was getting close to the time we’d been planning to hold the Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournament in our room. We headed back up the strip, stopping to buy some beer on the way (for outrageous prices) and then returned to the hotel to set up for the game.…
After MGM, Eric, Andy, Lisa and I headed over to New York, New York because I wanted to ride the roller coaster that they had there. Lisa is not a roller coaster fan, and so she headed off to find a slot machine. Meanwhile, Eric, Andy and I followed the lines on the floor up…
I thought I would end up sleeping in pretty late, having been up so late and for so long, but I was up sometime around 9 AM. Eventually, Andy, Eric, Lisa and I headed out to visit some of the other hotels and casinos. The UConn contingent headed off to watch the UConn game. On…
A few words about the following blog entries: It was my initial intention to write these blogs in a way so as to hide everyone’s identity, but the truth of the matter is that really isn’t necessary. While “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” is a good philiosophy for that town, as it turns…
I skipped lunch today (and now I am hungry) in order to squeeze in a little extra work completing a requirements document. So I’ve been writing all day. I’m getting ready to head to Las Vegas shortly. My flight out of Dulles is at 7 PM, but I’m not really sure what traffic is like…
I gave myself the night off tonight. No reading, no writing. I got “Must Love Dogs” from NetFlix so I sat down and watched that this evening. Good movie. And I packed and got ready for the trip to Las Vegas tomorrow night. Did 70 pushups tonight. Also arranged to get together with Rich and…
It’s been 10 or so weeks since I’ve transferred my daily diary to this blog. In that time, I’ve done over 200 entries, which is pretty good. I also haven’t missed a day in over 60 days which is also pretty good. Norm makes fun of my for this. I’m a geek, I admit it,…
I am superman! Earlier this week, I wrote about a problem I was trying to solve with some software packages I was integrating at work. I had more or less given up doing it the elegant way and had resigned myself to doing it a more complicated way. This morning, I got it working the…
On the train this morning was a colorful character who boarded at L’Enfant Plaza. He had more or less wrapped himself in that yellow DO NOT CROSS police line tape. He was carrying an old tape recorder, connected to a Bose headset. And he was yelling. It was actually kind of funny because the whole…