My Trip to Las Vegas During "El Nino" in the 1990s, (Autobiography) My Father Bought Me a Vacation. Truly a Blessing Because The Endless Rain Was Depressing.

He Proposed that I White Water Raft the Colorado River thru the Grand Canyon. Just Like the Book "The Monkey Wrench Gang" by Edward Abbey... I Declined that offer because I Was Afraid that the Extreme Rain would Make Rafting Too Dangerous... 

SO, I Spent a Week in Las Vegas. Riding the Rides, Drinking Booze and Playing Slot Machines.

My Travel Agent Booked me in a No-Name Motel Right on Las Vegas Boulevard Between Circus Circus and New York New York. Within Walking Distance to Everything. 

My Main Goal was to Ride the Star Trek Simulator at the Hilton. It Has a Trekkie themed Casino/Sports Betting Lounge for Me to Wait in Until it was time to Ride the Ride. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Experience
We all got on a Spaceship and Had a Battle with Klingons... Yep... Then I Rode the Monorail to the Luxor... Where they Had a 3D Movie. Totally Surrealistic as Their 3D Quality Really Made it Seem real. 

I Also enjoyed the Treasure Island Battle between Pirates and the English Navy. Taking Place in a Pool on the Street. The Pirates Won... Hey, It's Las Vegas... Pirates WIN Here... 

Then I walked over to the RIO Hotel and Enjoyed the Mardi Gras Float that was Flying over the Slot Machines... A Band, Singers and Dancers performed the Song "Aiko-Aiko" while riding the Float that was Attached to a Track in the Ceiling... Throwing Beads... and the Waitresses were Beautiful and Served Free Drinks as Long as I was Playing a Slot Machine... 

I rode the Roller Coaster at New York New York and Enjoyed Whooshing Past the Giant Statue of Liberty... Then Inside the Casino there was a Billy Joel Imitator Playing "Piano Man."

I walked over to the STRATOSFEAR Tower and Got in Line for the Roller Coaster at the Top... BUT I SELECTED TO NOT GO. I Have Limits to How mush Fear I want to Experience and... I Never Rode a Roller Coaster Again... Ever... Anywhere... 

My Motel Had a FREE "Bloody Mary Fountain" pouring Booze 24 Hours a Day and I Did Drink whenever I was Near... But I was Not Near Very Much... I was Mostly Visiting Rides... and Casinos... Circus Circus Had an Excellent Buffet and That was My Main Source of Food. Yes, They DID Have a High Wire Trapeze Act on the Ceiling... 

I Remember FLASHING NEON LIGHTS... Like the Hallucinations of an LSD Trip Without Actually Eating the Drug... Fantastic!

Read More of My Autobiography at:
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/03/growing-up-in-los-gatos-california-in.html

YOU MAY CHANGE THE WORDS IF YOU WANT TO...  Plenty of Space to Write Your MANIFESTO... Or The Great American Novel... WhatEVER!

"Art in the Time of Coronavirus" T-Shirt
by gregvan

Three More #MAGAKillers Arrested BEFORE they Did Mass Murder... Great Job, Police... Thanks! As the Country Decides to Make Guns Illegal and Congress Drags It's Feet... Here is What YOU CAN DO!

You, the American Citizen, Can Call the Local Police and Ask that they Visit GUN NUTS... Find Out What They Are Doing and What They Are Planning... One of these FREAKS was bragging in an Email that he wanted to Hold the World's Record for Killing the Most People at Once. The Person Receiving that Email Alerted the Police... 

Currently The World's Record is Held by the Las Vegas Shooter... 58 People at a Country and Western Dance... No One Know WHY that Madman Decided to Kill All Those People BUT... WE DO KNOW... That GUNS Enabled Him to Kill those people... GUNS! Not Video Games, Not Mental Illness, Not Lack of Christ in his Life... IT WAS GUNS. GUNS! 

Here is a Clue to How to Solve the Crisis of People Using GUNS to Kill Americans... Find Out What All The Mass Shootings Have In Common and Address That Issue... The Main Cause is GUNS. That's Right... GUNS. What was it? GUNS! 

We really need to have a GUN Buyback Program. Take GUNS to the Police office and they will PAY YOU and then MELT THE GUNS... Making the USA Safer... 

Video: "Aiko Aiko" traditional Mardi Gras Song designed to Dance to. With That Beat! Originaly Recorded by The Dixie Cups in 1965.

https://youtu.be/huxPOT8RxUo


In 1965 New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups were recording for Leiber & Stoller’s Red Bird Records in a New York studio. They’d finished “Chapel of Love” and during a break the girls began singing a song they’d learned from their mother called “Iko-Iko,” a call and response chant of a Mardi Gras Indian tribe. http://performingsongwriter.com/mardi-gras-music/ 

Republican Congressman Devin Nunes declares war on the media. Claims his local newspaper is working for Aliens from Betelgeuse.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/18/devin-nunes-fresno-bee-newspaper-attacks-731032

Nunes appears fixated on the Central Valley’s media landscape. Earlier this year, POLITICO reported that Nunes was operating his own partisan news outlet, “The California Republican,” paid for Nunes’ campaign committee but designed to resemble a local, conservative news site.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/07/19/rep-devin-nunes-spent-dollar15000-in-campaign-finances-on-three-celtics-games/23485673/  

Rep. Devin Nunes spent $15,000 in campaign finances on three Celtics games...

https://www.wzzm13.com/video/syndication/veuer/rep-devin-nunes-reportedly-used-political-donations-to-pay-for-15k-in-nba-tickets-winery-tours-vegas-trips/602-8194429 

Rep. Devin Nunes Reportedly Used Political Donations to Pay for $15K in NBA Tickets, Winery Tours, Vegas Trips