Feb 24th, 2010
Preface: Yes, I am blithering a tremendous amount about Vegas. Yes, I will stop soon. I just need to get it out of my system and then we’ll be fine. I’m detoxing in 3 new inches of Chicago snow and you will forgive me my mental vacations back to the desert, won’t you? Thank you. [...]
Feb 18th, 2010
While the title implies some sort of graduate level thesis or in-depth study, 5 days of hazy observation of the Vegas landscape leaves me more than qualified to drop about a thousands words worth of science about capitalistic theory, gambling and sex, its effects on its surroundings and other things that sound terribly, terribly smart. [...]
Feb 16th, 2010
Before we begin today, how about a round of applause to Las Vegas for ditching that whole “embracing the family-friendly approach to tourism” thing and just completely embracing the fact that we all just need a place to go cut loose and get a little naughty or crazy or debaucherous. The world never needed another [...]
Feb 15th, 2010
You may (but likely didn’t) notice the radio silence coming from Camp Moi over the past ten days or so. This is because we were living the decadent life in beautiful Las Vegas, and I was terrified that if I tweeted anything about it we would be summarily robbed by social media burglars. I’m sure [...]
Jan 21st, 2010
I’ve officially set the DVR to record all the upcoming “Worst Cooks In America” shows from the Food Network, a channel I have mostly been ignoring for the past three years of my life. This is a major step and I commend FN for finally coming up with a concept that doesn’t just rehash recipes [...]
Jan 18th, 2010
A decade ago, I was a wee lad just entering the age where you throw social gatherings in order to injest massive amounts of alcohol. As one might expect of a group of very-early-20s gentlemen, we were not the most tidy individuals on the face of the planet.
Put plainly, we were filthy. We were men [...]