Sin City

Just returned from 3 days in Las Vegas (business conference).

Everything is very large there. There is a lot of money going on. It is loud, and there are a lot of lights. People seem to stay up quite late.

The "family-friendly" push of a few yrs ago is history. On the street are people handing out cards with pictures of strippers who will come to your room for private dances. Or whatever. Didn't hire one, so I'm not totally sure of all the details.

I saw Mamma Mia (musical based on ABBA songs). I was the only straight male in our group, but I confess to a secret love of ABBA's music, I don't care what anyone says.

I had beginner's luck at the blackjack table, ended up ahead about $65.

On the plane I sat next to a Columbian guy who had a couple bottles of red wine and became friendly and garrulous. He said we can all create or choose our own reality, and that everything I said was what he had already decided I was going to say. Or something. Not totally sure about that either, because his Spanish was so fast and his English was accented. Not to mention people aren't at their most articulate when their hearts are Merry with Wine, as it were.

That's pretty much it. My presentation went well, I might get some business out of the schmooze-a-thon (ie, networking) aspects of the conference.

Tomorrow I leave for Austin, TX. With luck I'll soon write a blog post someone would actually want to read...