Phones galore in Vegas

My original plan in Vegas, at some point, was to find the Nokia Experience Center at the Fashion Show Mall.  It has since left, but I was pleasantly surprised by some of the other things available.
The first encounter was at the Caesar’s Palace Forum Shops.

I’m back! I think…

Well!
I get back from Vegas only to find out that while I was gone, a comedy of errors took place.
First, a lightening storm obliterated both the modem and the wireless router.  Then, my car’s Check Engine light came on.  Shortly thereafter, my dad’s car overheated.  Then a man who was supposed to fix the washing [...]

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas

I shall be leaving shortly for Vegas, and while I’ll try to update while I’m away, if I don’t…see you in a week!

I’m back

And will be posting like a madman soon enough.

Vacation, Part Ocho

Today was spend driving out of New Mexico and into Colorado.
We stopped off at the Four Corners, which is the wonderfully majestic coming-together of Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target and ShopKo.
Or maybe it’s the coming-together of New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Utah.  Who knows?
After that, we drove to Mesa Verde in Colorado.  It’s a lot of driving [...]

Vacation, Part Siete

Today was a lot of driving.
…Oh, forget it.
But, seriously, it was.
We drove through Albuquerque  to the Sandia Mountains where they had a lift thing to the top (some 10,000 feet) where I took a lot of photos and then had lunch at the top.  Then we went down.  That was pretty much it.
Then [...]

Vacation, Part Seis

Today was a lot of driving.
Or maybe it wasn’t.  But I think I should start all my entries like this since that’s all I can remember about each day.  This state is really kind of boring after a while.  I mean, anything gets boring after a while, but when there are only two major cities [...]

Vacation, Part Cinco

Today was spent mainly in the car.
Actually, no it didn’t.  I just about forgot the Big Event we did today.
We spent most of the day at Carlsbad Caverns.  For all the cow crap, throwing up, no vacancies, and whatever else has happened or will happen, it was worth it to see this.  The caverns are [...]

Vacation, Part Cuatro

The fourth day was spent in Roswell.  We went to the UFO museum and it was pretty awesome.  They had a timeline of the events of 1947 represented in newspaper clippings and other things.  They really poked apart the government cover-up since the government, at some point, claimed the event didn’t happen until 1957 and [...]

Vacation, Part Tres

Not much to report for today.
We visited Santa Fe all morning and it’s an awesome city. Everything’s adobe, so it has that quaint feeling even though it’s a big city. I like that.
The downtown/old town part is great. Lots of shops and restaurants and such. I got lots of pictures of [...]

Vacation, Part Dos

Just when it couldn’t get much worse.
The first half of the day went off without much hitch. We left Dodge City, avoided the cow trucks, and made our way into New Mexico. Then some stuff happened…I don’t really remember. Lots of small, rural, dusty places that all looked the same and had [...]

Vacation, Part Uno

This is the first chance I’ve had a reliable WiFi connection for my laptop or the first time I haven’t been tired to the point of passing out on the floor, so here goes: Part Uno of the dysfunctional family vacation.
The first day involved driving to Dodge City, KS. Why? Nobody knows. [...]

Vacation is a go

Maybe.
It’s rainy and stormy and windy. A great start to a great vacation.

What happens in Vegas won’t stay in Vegas

I discovered that there is a Nokia Experience store (think: Nerd Toy Store) in Las Vegas. While I’m there, I’m hunting this place down and playing with as many phones as possible.
UPDATE: Fashion Show Mall? Hopefully I won’t be expected to wear a dress while playing with phones.

Nebraska

I can’t believe I’m still—
Oh, forget it.
We made it out of Kansas without being killed and are now back home in time to watch 
some fire works down the street.