Las Vegas

So after a few days in Las Vegas there are a couple of things that I have noticed.  It's easy to see why it got the label 'sin city'.  It is an artificial, neon lit paradise for all those seeking to indulge the human senses.  Advertisements for all kinds of shows and casinos are everywhere, and slot machines seem to be an almost universal feature of every business.  There are no naturally occurring plants in the city, only palm trees and other similarly imported exotic plants.  Outside of the Las Vegas strip where all the big hotels and casinos are, the city seems to be spread out and run down.  It is easy to imagine mob violence and death stalking the empty lots.

However, this trip so far has not been without its little amusements for me.  Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you a sample of the crazy advertising you can see in Vegas!

If it's in stock, they have it.  But if not, we don't.

Care for a tattoo?  I dont, but if you want one, you can have one while you wait.  Presumably rather than leaving your skin there while you continue shopping.

So life goes on in crazy Vegas.

Trip to Las Vegas

Our Neighbourhood

I am in Las Vegas at the moment - a place I wouldn't normally consider going to, unless to visit Rachel's grandfather who lives here.  I would have phoned him already but I am having problems with my telephone.  Oh well.  As I took off out of Minneapolis I flew right by our house.  Emma says she saw my plane, but I didn'd see her waving.  Oh well.  More on Vegas later!

A New Challenge

My dearest wife, the Lovely Rachel, has challenged me to restart a blog and update it regularly.  So here I go reactivating this blog, with the shameful date count of the past attached to remind me of past failures.  Forgive me blog for I have failed you!

However a new year, a new start on this old blog.  And here is the first item of interest - a visit to the dentist with Elisha.  And there I realised something that I just had to included it in my blog of the week.

A Dentist.  A Dental office is a place where you exchange one form of discomfort for another, in the hope that at the end of the treatment, there will be peace.  Until the next cavity, that is.

Hope you enjoy that,

Derek