Wednesday, October 10, 2001

First day back in the normal world. Well let me say this, Airport security is not a big deal. Although I got man handled at Austin-Bergstrom when we were leaving for Vegas, everything was normal. What sucks is you need a ticket to get into the terminals, so if you're there to pick people up or whatever, you have to stand before the security checks.

Some quick highlights from Vegas:
1.) H-Dog blows 35 bucks on slot machines, wins 120 at one point, eats popcorn and drinks water for the rest of the week.
2.) All of us eat at the most depressing Breakfast Buffet, the Surf Buffet at the Boardwalk Casino. We knew something was fishy when the slot machine car prize was just a Jeep Cherokee.
3.) A mentally handicap person at the Surf Buffet destroys the calm, overhead muzak of the sea waves and birds chirping with a groan/hollar reminiscent of a World War II makeshift battle hospital.
4.) Excalibur was the best hotel/casino there. Everything was so gauddy, cheesey and downright disgusting. If any of you guys remember The Time Machine restaurant, imagine one about 500 times bigger, with legalized gambling and 50-year old bar wenches.
5.) The General snores and passes gas all night in the hotel room.
6.) POTG goes on a gambling spree, hits his highs and lows and ultimately feels like he fell in a money pit.
7.) New York, New York roller coaster is a whopping $10.50 per person to ride.
8.) Beer, Drinks, etc. cost only a quarter if you know how to do it right.
9.) Good to be back in Austin with my credit in tact.
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