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
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:
Just started a new job, so I haven’t been writing much here, you may or may not have noticed. When I’m not working, one of my fun distractions is the computer game Roller Coaster Tycoon 3.
I worked at at a theme park when I was a teenager, so I guess I’m re-living part of my childhood. Anyway, I haven’t done a lot with the game lately and I got inspired to start a new park. And I figured this blog would be the perfect place to update it’s progress. So here is a screenshot of the very beginnings of the park. Whether you are into the game or not, I hope you enjoy seeing how the park gets built. — vk
I just finished watching the final round of The Open Championship. I was rooting for Tom Watson. I kept telling myself no matter if he won or lost, it was still a great performance this week by the 59 year-old. Of course I was disappointed when he couldn’t pull it off.
I thought it was pretty cool that he was near the top of the leaderboard after Thursday’s first round at Turnberry. But honestly, if you would have asked me then if I thought he’d still be there Sunday, I probably would have said, “I doubt it.”
As the second and third rounds progressed with Watson’s name still up there around the top, I, and I’m sure, golf fans everywhere realized we could be witnessing history in a game that is soaked in it.
In the end, we did see history: Stewart Cink’s first major win. Congratulations to him. But for a few days in this July of 2009 it was great to see the championship golfer from my hometown right there in the thick of it going up against guys half his age. It made this year’s Open that much better, brought back some great memories and, I believe, created a few more. Thanks Tom. — vk
With apologies to Paris Hilton, that’s about the best way to describe the weather here in Las Vegas over the next few days. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat watch for us.
Listen, I don’t need to be on the lookout for something that hits you in the face the second you walk out of your house. If you’ve never been to Vegas in the summer…well let me put it this way…there’s usually a week or two every year of what I can only describe as, “a hot that I’ve never felt before.”
The high temperature today was 110 degrees. The forecast for tomorrow is 111. As I write this at 8:47 pm, it is 102. We’re talking hot you don’t want to mess with. Perfect pool weather though, I have to admit. But I even saw a couple of people in the pool today swimming for shade.
I had to be outside this afternoon only for about ten minutes. Of course I tried to stay in the shade as much as possible. It was kind of like sticking your whole body inside of a pre-heated oven. You know that part of your leg directly behind your knee? I was even sweating there.
I’ll never forget the hottest day I’ve ever experienced out here. I was driving down I-15 past the Luxor Hotel and just happened to glance at the temperature display: 122. That was weird. I remember thinking, “I don’t think I’ve ever been anywhere where it’s been 122 degrees before. That calls for a drink!”
Luckily, as I mentioned earlier, it usually only gets this hot out here for one or two weeks. You know we’re in those weeks when you hear people that were born and raised here even saying, “Wow, it’s pretty hot today.”
If this sounds like I’m whining, I’m really not. I’m just trying to offer you a little picture of what it’s like to be in Vegas right now. Because even as hot as it is, I’ll still take this over ice and snow and sub-zero temperatures in the winter. My heart goes out to all of you that have to deal with that every year.
Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s time for dinner. I’m going to throw a couple of steaks on the grill. Kind of cool that I don’t even need to light a fire. — vk
Harrah’s Entertainment has something a little different planned for the Las Vegas Strip. Here’s a link to the story by Las Vegas Sun reporter Liz Benston:
In the often-times jaded sports world of today, it is still very special when a baseball pitcher throws a no-hit game. Congratulations to San Francisco Giants hurler Jonathan Sanchez who threw this season’s first no-hitter on Friday night. Enjoy the video of the last inning.
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
I thought it was pretty cool that he was near the top of the leaderboard after Thursday’s first round at Turnberry. But honestly, if you would have asked me then if I thought he’d still be there Sunday, I probably would have said, “I doubt it.”
