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[CortJstr]

Oh yeah, cool. I was there Friday to Monday. So yeah, there's far more football on Saturday (and that's just Division I-A) than Sunday. It's a terrible time of year, anywhere in America near a TV, for people who don't like football.

The Wynn, fancy. Is it as nice as I hear it is? I was at the Elara. It's a Hilton hotel I guess, right next to Planet Hollywood. No smoking, inexpensive, big rooms. And a strict noise curfew apparently. Perfect for old people. Our suite had a washer/dryer, which I didn't realize until the last day when I was opening cabinets and such to make sure I had everything. Oh, and like a hot tub in the bedroom? It was kind of ridiculous.

I wouldn't pay to stay at the Wynn but for free it was pretty swank (I assume, I've only stayed in the Flamingo before). There are controls by the front door and the bed that work all the lights, curtains, and sheers. There's a doorbell outside the room with a screen that can display "privacy please" or "service room." They gave us a free cabana on Friday with privacy curtains, a fridge full of soft drinks and snacks, and misters over the pool chairs. Really the downsides were being all the way on one end of the strip, the fact that you have to show your room key to get anywhere near the elevators every time, and people in hideous white shoes with giant "LV" buckles on them. Oh, and we could see the eyesore that is the Trump hotel from our room.

Apparently the other staff got upgraded to suites but we had to stay in a regular room since we were staying extra days.

[jaydub]

Hooray for large, high places in industrial parks.

Youtube link: http://youtu.be/05vZKhvi6NQ
Not a Rickroll

[side_show]

Bring in the garden.  Yesterday was the last day of summer, and it dropped below zero overnight.  Bitter sweet.

[theinevitable]

There is this strange man who comes into my store lately. He makes really weird demands (the most memorable was to purchase one of the big terra-cotta planters on top of the refrigerators in the dairy section) and pays entirely in $100 bills every time. Usually luxury foods and flowers, but his clothes makes him look a little... homeless? crazy? Always skintight athletic bottoms, zipped up Cardinals rain jacket, mardi gras beads. Usually has his headphones on and won't take them off to talk to you, and either yells too loudly or speaks very softly.
He told me he is a doctor and gave me his card--

Dr (name), Ph.D: Talent Promotion, Home Improvement, Therapy, Security.

Then, the other day I saw him wearing only a pair of skintight bike shorts, dancing at a bus stop. Later he came into the store in that outfit. The manager made him put a shirt on before he bought his weird assortment of expensive groceries.

[CortJstr]

I got my hair cut on Saturday. The guy in front of me paid with an Amex black card. At Hair Cuttery. His bill was $16. I found this hilarious.

[jaydub]

Why couldn't I have been blessed with a sonorous baritone?  My only consolation is other height challenged dudes occasionally sound even more ridiculous.

Sweet, dude. Way sweet.

But what was that chipmunk saying in the audio there?

[doomglobe]

Climbed the first pitch of 'children's crusade' at white hoss in the dark.  Here is a photo of my buddy leading it.  Then 3 more people went up, and it was getting dark, and my friend is still up there at the belay ledge with no headlamp and wants to rap but there is still a bunch of gear in the wall so I have to climb up and clean it. Scary as hell to climb slab when you can't see your feet!

[Mr Trout]

On this outdoorsy note I took my girlfriend out mountain biking for the first time today and she chipped a few teeth in a wreck. As the more experienced rider I feel incredibly guilty about this and I keep running through different scenarios in my head where I could have prevented it. She is a trooper and hiked back to the car without complaint, reassured me several times that she had fun—regrets nothing, and loves me no less—but I can't seem to quench this guilty pit in my gut. Partly because I want to have prevented her wreck but mainly because I keep imagining the situation ending up much worse than it did.

Maybe I should stick to biking and skiing alone?

[wombat]

Maybe I should stick to biking and skiing alone?

Seems to me you should let the lady make that decision herself.

Today, in my continuing decades-long quest to figure out what I'm going to be when I grow up, I'm gonna accept a temporary two-month job at the animal shelter, starting tomorrow.

[wombat]

Actually I'll be spending about half the time in an office at a computer... But also for various reasons it is the least barky shelter in town.

[miles]

Seems to me you should let the lady make that decision herself.

This, but also make sure she understands she doesn't feel like she has to go just to be a good girlfriend.

And the guilt will fade eventually. I injured someone (very mildly and unintentionally, though very directly) over a decade ago. I was consumed with guilt for weeks, mostly because even though it didn't require medical attention, it could easily have been much, much worse. Now if I think about it I feel maybe a pang of guilt that fades quickly. But mostly it's just a reminder to not be a fucktard.

[KeithHernandez]

So like there is a presidential debate less than a mile from my house.  I am going on a run now, but debating on whether or not I should go over there and give every media member I can find a piece of my mind a bit later.  I probably won't but I really should-  all hey Chris mathews, eat a dick.  Or Shaun hannity go fuck yerself, etc. etc.

[doomglobe]

Last night me and a buddy drove side by side going about 20mph under the speed limit, on a 3 lane road. People would build up behind us in waves, then angrilly pass, only to get stopped at the next light - we basically wound up keeping up with most of them. It was kind of a rush.

[greenkoolayd]

get my time off approved.  im flying out to SLC to see about a lady.

[pmcd9]

get my time off approved.  im flying out to SLC to see about a lady.

Good News everybody.