For those keeping score, second time in two years.  President Obama bashes Las Vegas with comments made at a town meeting in New Hampshire:  “When times are tough, you tighten your belts,” the president said. “You don’t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don’t blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you’re trying to save for college.“

These remarks come a year after Obama criticized businesses for scheduling conventions and trips in Las Vegas.  Seems like I remember my parents teaching me something like, if you can’t say something nice about someone then just don’t say anything at all.  Apparently our president didn’t learn useful life knowledge like that.  –vk

From Breaking News on twitter.com:  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says US using earthquake as pretext to occupy Haiti

Hugo Chavez, congratulations on your Bonehead of the Week award.  –vk

What I really meant to say was that Obama transcends what some may consider limitations placed upon some people because of the color of their skin or the way that they talk. Yeah…ummm…yeah, that’s what I meant to say.

It has been quite some time since I’ve had a cold like the one I have now.  Normally I will catch a cold, suffer through it, maybe miss a day of work.  Not this time.  This thing hit me in the afternoon last Thursday.  I still went to work Friday, but felt like crap all day.  By Friday night, it was actually difficult for me to walk.  Of course I did not go to work Saturday and when I woke up this morning, I knew I would not be working again today.

So here it is Sunday afternoon and I am just now feeling human again.  Going to go to work tomorrow.  Hopefully this thing’s behind me. –vk

So I’m at the grocery store earlier tonight cruising through the aisles and I quickly realize that the cart I’m pushing keeps shocking me.  Not painful, but more than a little annoying.  I started thinking maybe that’s what they’re doing now to keep people from stealing them.  Who knows.

Anyway, I get home and jump on the internet to see if anyone else has had the same experience.  Turns out, quite a few people have.  I didn’t find anything suggesting it’s a new way to prevent theft as I originally thought.  It seems like there is just this new kind of shopping cart with a certain kind of paint on it that apparently is a great conductor of static electricity.

Guess I’ll be wearing rubber gloves next time! –vk

Here’s how they played, in shuffle mode, no editing:

1. Come Undone, Duran Duran #139

2. Put The Message In The Box, World Party #33

3. Loves Divine, Seal #98

4. Downtown Train, Rod Stewart #97

5. Cool, Gwen Stefani #115

6. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You, The Monkees #134

7. Sharp Dressed Man, ZZ Top # 143

8. Hot Child In The City, Nick Gilder #32

9. Realize, Colbie Caillat, #73

10. I’m Feeling You, Santana & Michelle Branch #162

–vk

Thursday November 12, Wasted Space brings you the Thursday Night Ride with a LIVE Performance from Chelsea Girls with Lydia Vance!!  Click here to get on the Guest List:  http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/eve/1462859512.htm

–vk

Ok, consider yourself invited.  If you’re in Las Vegas, NV this Saturday, don’t miss the 5th birthday celebration at Steiner’s Pub at Las Vegas Blvd. and Windmill Lane.  College football, baseball playoffs on the televisions all day inside.  Live music outside including the band Arms of America, playing the music of U2.  Come early, stay late, it’s going to be a great time.  The live music starts in the early afternoon around 4:00.  See ya there!  –vk

Well hello there.  Yes I know it’s been way too long since I’ve posted, but lots of stuff has been happening, ok?  Started a new job a couple of months ago and have been totally focused on just that.  But I’ve got a couple of minutes here so I figured I could write something real quick.

Can’t spill all the beans on this just yet, so let me just say this:  Many years ago I had some fun learning to play the harmonica.  I never became a great player, but I actually did get up on stage to perform a few times…(open mic nights at bars with other musicians, that type of stuff).

All I can tell you now is that I’ve begun practicing again.  More details to come.  –vk

So I’ve noticed this music Monday thing happening on twitter…I don’t exactly know what it is, but it gave me an idea.  A few weeks back, one of my facebook friends did this deal where you put your mp3 player in shuffle mode, hit play, and then tell everyone the first 10 songs that played.  No editing, no starting over, no cheating, first 10 songs.  It was kind of fun.

Then my idea popped into my head: if it was fun once, it would probably be fun again.  And what better day to test that theory than on music Monday on twitter.  So I just played the 10 songs and sent out tweets as they played.  In order, here are my first 10 songs that played on this twitter music Monday August 10, 2009:

1. Do You Know What I Mean, Lee Michaels

2. You Were Meant For Me, Jewel

3. Watching The Detectives, Elvis Costello

4. Hypnotized, Fleetwood Mac

5. And You and I, Yes

6. A New Day Has Come, Celine Dion

7. Sunshine Superman, Donovan

8. You’ll Never Find, Lou Rawls

9. Shake, Rattle And Roll, Big Joe Turner

10. There She Goes, Sixpence None The Richer

–vk