Bored in Las Vegas

I know, hard to believe, right? How can anyone be bored in Las Vegas? Let me tell you how...

I have been spending 2-3 days per week in Las Vegas for the last few months. And I can honestly say I get bored everytime. It has given me some time to read lots of books. It has also given me time to blog! Here I sit in the FedEx Kinko's waiting for a proposal to be collated and I'm pulling my hair out. (Now I know why the balding process has exponetially increased since September)

I've learned lots of things while traveling to Vegas. Here are a few of them:

1. How to order at a Starbuck's. The first time I ordered a hot chocolate they asked me what temperature. I paused and replied, "Hot".

2. Las Vegas was originally settled by Mormon missionaries.

3. There is a convention for just about every group, club, organization or entity. Just a couple of weeks ago it was PBR (Professional Bull Riders) and this week it is CES (Computer geeks like me).

4. The Stratosphere is the tallest free standing observation tower in the United States.

5. Seventeen of the twenty biggest hotels are in Las Vegas.

6. In 10 out of 10 hotel/casinos it is next to impossible to park your car and find the registration desk in less than 30 minutes. I call it "smoke and mirrors".

7. I can spend hours at the FAO Schwarz inside Caesar's Palace and not spend a dime.

8. When I leave the FAO Schwarz and buy a 1 oz cup of Italian Ice it will cost me $17 and will disappear in four seconds.

9. How to order the Double Double cheeseburger "animal style" at the In-N-Out Burger. Best thing I've ever eaten. (Next to Amy's chocolate chip cookies)

10. The beam of light atop the Luxor in Las Vegas is made up of 39 individual lamps. Each xenon lamp costs $1,200 and will last about 2,000 hours. The electric bill for the Luxor beam is $51 an hour. See honey, our electric bill isn't so bad.

Well gotta go, looks like my document is finally done. Hmm... What top ten should I come up with for the next blog?