Here’s what I did, learned, and observed in Vegas last week (at least the parts I can tell you, tee-hee!):
Did:

Attended a work-related conference
Presented a session at that conference
Killed my BlackBerry battery twice doing conference calls with work
Stayed indoors for about 2.5 days straight
Talked to strangers
Won $29 at craps at my favorite cheap casino
Introduced strangers to [...]

Do you ever wake up with a song in your head?  (Not one of those annoying ones that you can’t stand to have there.  Just a song.  Usually a good one.)
We were listening to some tunes the other night while we were playing cards, and “Chevy Van” came on.  Awesome song, with some (probably unintentionally) [...]

What I learned from the online harassment prevention training at work (yea, it’s a rare work-related post):

“Just because you’d say it or do it at home, doesn’t mean you can say it or do it at work.”  Well, yea.  They expect me to work at work.  Plus there’s no TV or recliners there.
“When in doubt, [...]

Tonight, I researched bees.  Tina got stung the other day (3 times!!!  By the same bug!!!), so we were trying to figure out what kind of bug it was.  She found a picture online, but it didn’t say what kind of insect it was.  So I found a different website (I’d give you the link, [...]

I heard today on MSNBC… “it was a very… kind of… strategic… um… strategy…”
I’m going to have to work on making my strategies more strategic.

I was reading an article the other day about blogging (in Toastmasters magazine, by Lin Grensing-Pophal), and how to get started, and how to have a good blog.  As it turns out, I’m a BAD blogger.
Under tips for bloggers?  Number 1 is “Write regularly.”  I think we can all agree I’ve been a miserable failure [...]

Cause 10 is damn near NASCAR, and 7.5 just seemed silly.