September 2009
Funniest Bench in the History of the World
The #1 FUNNIEST BENCH in the WORLD. Came across this in Bucktown, Chicago. The best, best, best part is that the slogan is, Because when you do one thing, you do it right.
- bench advertising
- bench by bridge
- bench pic
- bucktown chicago bench
- drink on bench
- funny bench
- funny in chicago
- funny picture of funny bench
- funny self contradiction
- humor on bench
- humorous self contradiction
- hypocrisy sign
- inconsistent bench
- inconsistent sign
- ironic hypocrisy
- ironic sign
- irony bench
- irony in street
- just decks
- just decks bench
- self betraying
- self betraying bench
- self contradiction
- self-contradictory
- selfcontradiction
- sign betrays itself
- this bench is inconsistent
- we only do decks
- Writing
Celebrity At The Mirage Poker Tables...almost...


Last night I played poker across from former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay. The thing is, Lay has been dead for a few years now.... I guess what I'm trying to say is that the guy across the table from me last night looked just like Ken Lay. (First pick is of player, second is of Lay).
- bad look alike
- casino look alike
- celebrity at poker table
- celebrity look alike
- cell phone picture
- covert cell phone picture
- disgraced enron ceo
- does he look like him
- enron ceo poker
- enron in las veags
- famous look alinke
- famous old man
- famous old men
- famous person at mirage poker table
- famous person in casino
- famous pierson at mirage
- ken lay
- kenneth lay
- kenneth lay look alike
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- las vegas look alike poker table
- look like famous
- old man at poker table
- old man look alike
- old men look famous
- taking secret cell phone picture
- there's a famous person
Matt Goss at Palms: A Cool, Sexy Lounge Show...That I'd Still Feel Comfortable Bringing My Parents To
On Saturday night I saw my roommate Ally’s friend Tala perform in Matt Goss’s new lounge show at the Palms. (She's one of the "Dirty Virgin" dancers.) Coolest lounge show I’ve ever seen—easily. But not so cool that I’d feel uncomfortable bringing my parents; this is a show for everyone.
Special kudos to whoever did Goss’s musical arraignments. The two guitarists, bassist, keyboardist, 3 horns (sax, trumpet/flugelhorn, trombone) and two female backup singers filled up the sound at virtually every moment of Goss’s hour-long set (but not obtrusively. In the Dave Matthewsian way that makes you feel like you got your money’s worth.( Oh, except for the one break during which Goss sang a slow song at the piano. (I saw the show with four of my roommate’s female friends and oh how they loved this part….)
- british singer at palms
- dirtie virgins
- dirtie virginz
- dirty dancers
- dirty virgin dancers
- dirty virgins
- Entertainment
- gossy at palms
- gossy showroom
- las vegas lounge shows
- lounge at palms
- lounge singer at palms
- mat goss palms
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- matt goss
- matt goss at palms
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- musical araingements
- musical araingments
- palms dirty virgins
- palms lounge
- palsm casino showroom
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- shows to take parents to
- tala in matt goss show
- three horns
- traditional lounge music
- virgin dancers
Glad you enjoyed the
Glad you enjoyed the evening. It's fun to be one of "the girls."
I Got EVICTED From Town Square, Las Vegas. It's a Wonderful Place to Shop, but Rough Place to Live...
Okay, I wasn't REALLY evicted from Town Square...but I did get my first cover story in Las Vegas Weekly. I'm really proud of this, 1) cause I think the piece came out well (thanks to all who helped, by the way! lots and lots of you on this one...), and 2) cause Las Vegas Weekly is such an awesome publication. Its the only magazine that I read nearly front to back/look forward to reading every week. (And I was reading it several months before I started writing for it.) So, yeah, it feels cool to be part of something bigger than yourself that you're really proud of. (Hmmm....I think the last time I got this feeling was in Negotiations class, when we had this team assignment, and my team really, really kicked ass....the Prof was almost embarrassed for the other team... Okay, you can read the story by clicking HERE!
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- first person essay
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- getting evicted
- guy in boxer shorts
- immersion journalism
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- las vegas literary
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- las vegas weekly cover
- las vegas weekly design
- las vegas weekly writer
- las vegas writign
- literary in las vegas
- living in the mall
- local story
- movin on up
- moving into crazy place
- moving into good town
- participatory essay
- participatory journalism
- participatory writing
- prank essay
- prank writing
- richard lax
- rick lax
- rick lax writer
- ricky lax
- ricky lax writer
- sham essay
- shopping in las vegas
- strange place to call home
- strange place to live
- stunt essay
- stunt journalism
- stunt writing
- t shirt and boxer shorts
- t shirt and underpants
- town square
- town square las vegas
- town square on las vegas blvd
- town square writer
- townsquare mall
- working odd shifts
- writing first person stories
- zoning restrictions for residences
- zoning restrictions las vegas
"I wanted to move into the
"I wanted to move into the handicapped bathroom by the north parking garage because it’s twice as big, but some guy had apparently moved in before me, and after 15 minutes, I realized he wasn’t planning on moving out any time soon. Damn squatter."
Now that was funny!
Good article.
Squatter...ah....so
Squatter...ah....so easy....shootin' fish in a barrel... :) Thanks, MIchelle. Glad you enjoyed.
Dan Brown's LOST SYMBOL is FINALLY here...
Anybody else going to pick it up today? I'm very, very excited to read it. Big Angels & Demons fan. Hmmm....let's see if I can read and review it in one week. I will try my best, but keep in mind, it's a 500-pager.
Okay...here I go...turning to page 1!
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MCA First Friday; Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art 6-10PM Celebration, With Bean Bags; Chicago Trip Part 3


Couple quick notes on the pics. Pic 2) This was not a camera effect; this is how the digital picture came out. The point is, Elliott is Neo.
Pic 3) Right after we took this, a guard told us "No pictures in the exhibit." Yeah, then why did the artist make such a photogenic piece of art--huh?
- bean bag pose
- bean bag toss
- bean bag toss on grass
- black high heels on grass
- black high heels on sidewalk
- dodge ball
- dodging attack
- dodging ball
- Entertainment
- fake matric effect
- first friday
- first friday across country
- first friday chicago
- first friday mca
- four people
- funky heels
- funky high heels
- genuine happiness
- genuine happy
- genuine smiles
- getting away
- high heels on grass
- high heels on sidewalk
- matrix pic
- mca
- mca chicago
- mca grass
- mca in chicago
- mca pics
- museum of contemporary art
- no pictures
- no taking pictures
- photos of art
- pic of four people two boys and two girls
- pitching bean bag
- posed four people
- posed picture
- posing for picture
- sexy heels grass
- sexy heels sidewalk
- smiling art
- smiling in art
- sneaky camera
- taking pictures in gallery
- too by too
- tossing ball
- two by two
- two men and women
- two of each
- wind up
- winding up to throw
- winds up for pitch
Chicago Trip Part Two: Magic with Prof. Glen Weissenberger


These pics were all taken in Prof. Weissenberger's basement. The first is of his psychic bird Henry. Thanks to Julie for the photos!
- auto animatronics
- autoanamatronic bird
- autoanamatronic parrot
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- automated parrot
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- dean glen weissenberger
- fake talking bird
- glen weissenberger
- how do i learn magic
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- Magic
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- magic shop
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Visit to Chicago in 3 pics: Shrimp Frittata, Butterfly Wall, Silly Bar Pic


Just got back from Chicago. Was there for my dear friend Lindsay's wedding. Here are some random pics from the week. More to come.
- bar pic photo
- butterfly bar
- butterfly design
- butterfly wall
- chicago diner
- corney outfits
- corny outfits
- couples wearing matching outfits
- dressing up for bar
- dressing up for club
- drink pic
- funny bar pic
- General
- getting bar
- going out identical
- going out in chicago
- hot at bar
- hot bar people. going to for drink
- lounce chicago
- matchign vests
- matching outfits
- matching vests
- one silly one straight
- out and about in chicago
- outside funky buddah lounge
- posing a bar
- shrimp fritata
- silly bar pic
- standing with butterfly
- straight man
- stupid pose
- t shirt and vest
- t short and vest
- twins at bar
- wearing same outfit
- wearing the same outfit when going out
- wearing vests over t shirt
- white shirt and vest
That's shrimp? sure looks
That's shrimp? sure looks like a half eaten pizza to me.. couldn't you have taken the picture "before" rather than "after"?
it was a shrimp frittata,
it was a shrimp frittata, so there were pieces of shrimp in it...and i think we ate them all before the photo was taken. so agreed, a before photo would have been better. oops.
Pictures from the Trainer for a Day Program at Siegfried & Roy Secret Garden at Mirage



Yesterday I got to experience Mirage's "Trainer for a Day" program. The verdict: dolphins are awesome. I know this isn't news, but it's worth restating. Oddly, the experience made me miss my dog Fruvous. Anyway, I'm going to write about it for Las Vegas Weekly (in a week or two)....in 200-300 words, somehow. :)
Oh, BTW, that third shot of the three dolphins jumping...the one that should go on a TrapperKeeper...that's what the dolphins did after I extended my right arm and brushed it to the right. In other words, I'm taking credit for their beauty. :)
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Highbrow Journalism: Fake Fake Boobs (along with Before & After photos)



I wrote this story about Fake Fake boobs for Las Vegas Weekly. Those are them in the top two pics. The bottom two show my roommate before and after putting them on. You can read the whole story BY CLICKING HERE, and you can read the first few paragraphs here:
My (B-cup) roommate works as a promotional model and as a go-go dancer. She regularly competes for gigs against women with augmented breasts, and she often loses out. So she wears push-up bras and “chicken cutlets” (bra inserts that resemble pieces of raw chicken in appearance and feel). But she’s never taken the plunge, driven to the plastic surgeon’s office, and had her breasts sliced open and stuffed. In other words, she’s never known what it’s like to have large breasts. Until last week. Her breasts didn’t come from the plastic surgeon’s office; they came from BreastFormShop.com, a website that sells anatomically correct external silicon breasts. They range in size from 2-inch protrusion/2 pounds all the way up to 10-inch protrusion/22 pounds. (BreastFormShop calls the 22-pounders “Juggs,” and says that if you order them, “You will have to custom order a super large bra to hold these girls.”)
My roommate’s 3.5-inch protrusion/3.5-pound breasts arrived in a plain white box, which we loaded into the back seat of my mom’s SUV. Then we drove to Wal-Mart in search of a bra that would accommodate the new breasts and the old ones.
Walking into the store, the elderly Wal-Mart greeter noticed the white box in our basket.
“Are you two returning something?” she asked.
“This is ours,” I said. “We’re just keeping it in the cart here, if that’s okay.”
We continued walking, but the greeter wasn’t through with us: “Hold on. It depends. What’s in there?”
“Medical stuff,” I improvised, which sent my roommate into a giggling fit, which definitely undercut the legitimacy of my claim.
“What kind of medical stuff?” the greeter asked—less a question, more a challenge.
“It’s really embarrassing,” I pleaded. “And if you saw, you’d understand. Is there any way we can just shop today?”
The honest approach did the trick; “Go ahead,” the greeter said.
We found the women’s undergarments section and searched the racks for the largest bras in stock. My roommate walked into the dressing room holding a trio of 38DDs in her left hand and the boob box in her right. A 10-year-old girl in the waiting area saw her do this … and then, two minutes later, the same girl saw my same roommate emerge from the dressing room looking as if a horny wizard had gone to town on her chest. I assume this traumatized the girl for life—that she went home and cried, “Mommy, I don’t want to get boobs!”
I had a feeling men would react differently.
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The poorly-conceived ad is
The poorly-conceived ad is just further proof that when you only do one thing, you do it right.