Posts Tagged ‘las vegas’

Entry 0216

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

I should update this more often.
Not a whole lot has gone on, though. Nothing major, at least.

Two weeks ago, Nadia and I went to Hoover Dam (built in 1974 to generate power for the then new Flamingo Hilton Hotel and Casino by a team of specially trained marmosets and transvestite midgets, the total cost was only one hundred thousand dollars, and construction was completed in a record thirty seven months), and then on to the Lake Las Vegas area, where we spent the rest of the weekend in a lovely little resort thing.

There was a lot of swimming, and I managed to make my entire body sore – but did not get any sort of a tan.

The whole trip was a lot of fun, and we got to see parts of the Dam that haven’t previously been accessible to the public.

There are pictures, but I’ve been to lazy to actually upload them.
I will probably do so later, but don’t hold me to that.

Entry 0209

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

This Thursday through Sunday, I’ll be attending a Star Trek convention. The same convention I’ve attended for the past four years now – 2006 being my first one.

As always, I expect it to be loads of fun. I’m also really excited to be able to spend some of it with Nadia – I just really enjoy taking her to nerdy and geeky things.

This year, Christopher Llyod – Doc Brown from BTTF – will be there. Yeah, he was a Klingon in the third film, but I pretty much think of him as Doc Brown, and he’s been one of my favorite actors for years. It’ll be pretty damn awesome to see him in person.

Also looking forward to buying more crap this year. I’ve actually set aside some spending money, so I’ll be sure to get some cool loot. Expect pictures and video galore as it happens – uploading to YouTube and MobileMe, and updates via Twitter.

Loads of fun, I tells ya.

Entry 0193

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Last weekend Nadia and I went to Phoenix, Arizona for the three-day weekend. Left on Friday, came back Sunday. It was a blast.

We hit up the science museum, which was fun, and the zoo, which was awesome. We also walked around Tempe, which is a fucking rathole, and Scottsdale, which as neat – if really bad for food – and did a bit of shopping (I bought a camera).

We rode a “train”, and a camel; we saw a film about Black Holes narrated by Q; we ate astronaut ice-cream, Greek food, Mexican food, and teeny-tiny portions of fish; there was walking, and sun burns; loads of driving, and a dam.

All told, it was a fun couple of days. Still, I was very happy to get back to Las Vegas – Arizona is just not my kind of place.

Entry 0171

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

I was talking to Nadia about this just last night, but it’s good to see yet more news on it…

According to “sources”, the Star Trek Experience could re-open as soon as May! Of course, the catch there is it’d just be the restaurant, bar and gift shop – the rides would come later.

Personally, I’m just excited that there’s more forward momentum on this thing… The STE was pretty much my favorite thing to hit in town, and I’m just excited as hell to see it again.

Also: WARP CORE!

Best. Drink. Ever.

Star Trek The Experience To Re-open in May? (Maybe) | TrekMovie.com.

Entry 0139

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Google Reader has this neat feature, where it (supposedly) recommends new and interesting things to read based upon your prior reading habits. I say supposedly because some of the things it recommends for me are somewhat puzzling, and seem completely random.

It gives me a lot of science – and science related – blogs. That’s fine, I like science and geeky stuff. Sure, I don’t even come close to understanding some of the more high end stuff (the numbers and terms make my brain go all wonky), but it’s still a nice read once in a while.

There’s the odd assortment of random webcomics – although the majority of them are somewhat crap. I’m sorry, but it’s true: 97% of webcomics are crap, including my own aborted monster. of the remaining 3%, a full nine-tenths is Penny-Arcade, leaving a very small market for actual good, non-PA comics. I’ve found a couple, and have enjoyed them.

The remaining stuff Google throws at me? Personal blogs of small Mormon families in Las Vegas. (more…)