7/26 (Thursday): Icbrkr should arrive from Arkansas around lunchtime. Eat lunch, hit I-40, drive west.
7/27 (Friday): Arrive in Vegas when we get there. Check into hotel. Stretch. Visit Riviera, assist anyone who needs help.
7/28-7/29 (Saturday-Sunday): Classic Gaming Expo! Two days of retrogaming glory. Also during those two days I plan on slinking over to the Commodore Vegas Expo 2007 (AKA CommVEx) at some point in time, and visiting the Pinball Hall of Fame/Museum if at all possible.
** Note: Copies of Commodork: Sordid Tales from a BBS Junkie will be available at the Digital Press table for $15. Like a real-life “Where’s Waldo” game, I will sign them if you can find me.
7/30-8/2 (Monday-Thursday): Icbrkr departs, dad arrives. Dad and I plan on spending four days seeing Vegas (his first trip, my third). Possibly Wednesday the two of us may swing over and visit Los Angeles. Details TBD. Dad departs for home Tuesday around 2pm. Tuesday evening I’m hitting the pre-Defcon ToxicBBQ.
8/3-8/5 (Friday-Sunday): Attending Defcon XV. I will be speaking Friday at Defcon from 3pm-4pm along with Myles Long (cDc) and RadMan (ACiD) at Track 5. Please stop by. I will also have copies of Commodork with me at Defcon presumedly on me in some fashion.
8/5-8/6 (Sunday-Monday): Homeward bound …
** Final call for any suggestions on things to see and do while in Vegas. The free’er the better, although everything will be considered. The current must-do list includes Freemont Street, the Atlantis Water Show, the Mirage Volcano, the Sirens of Treasure Island, the Bellagio Fountains, the lions at MGM and the Hard Rock Hotel.
** I am actively seeking coupons for restaurants and buffets in Las Vegas.
Go to a roulette table and place a corner bet on 25, 26, 28, & 29 – something about 3 blacks and a red seem to work good. My wife just won $150 on a $20 bet yesterday (she’s out there for a dental conference). 7,8,10, & 11 will probably work also. Then you’ll have a little foldin’ money for something. Good luck!!! Oh, and she said something about checking out a chocolate fountain at the Bellagio?
If you haven’t yet, don’t waste your time on the Sirens of Treasure Island. Not even a good girlie show, and they took out all the fun shooting and stuff. And unless you’re prepared to stand at least an hour, you won’t be able to see anyway. It starts filling up on the boardwalk right after one show for the next one, usually 1 1/2 hours apart. OUt of the mouthes of babes, a 13 year old beside me asked, When can we leave? This is BORING! Everyone around us was disappointed. We had seen the original one a few years back, and I agree totally with the 13 year old. BORING!!!!