It’s still strange to come back here and see the casinos, even after all these years. In my childhood Atlantic City was an aging resort with the kind of faded glamour you think of when you watch the movie Sunset Blvd. I know it’s better this way for all the workers, but I miss the Steel Pier and the Million Dollar Pier and the Italian Village at the back of the MIllion Dollar Pier where you could get the best Italian lemon ice in the world.
Even as you read this
I will be in Washington DC jamming in as much time at the various Smithsonian buildings as humanly possible. And no, I will not do anything as childish as going to the White House, sticking my tongue out and saying “Nyaaaa! Nyaaa!”. I’ll think it, but in these days of Homeland Security, I won’t do it.
The holiday approaches, the family gathers
Let the games begin!
It occurs to me
It occurs to me that men once wore the high heeled shoes. But they wised up quickly. Could that be why they still dominate the world? Or is it that they don’t have to struggle with panyhose five days a week?
It’s better than a typewriter
As I struggle with lap tops and desk tops and internal and external hard drives I have to keep reminding myself…it’s better than a typewriter and white out.
I fear the world is spinning too fast
So I’m sitting here with an external hard drive that is smaller than my little finger and holds what used to take four hundred floppy disks. I think it’s probably significant that the clerk thought to use the floppy disk analogy rather than a CD analogy. He probably thought I’d be more apt to relate to the older model. Now my problem is I can’t figure out how to plug it in. Sigh.
You lost. Get over it.
Just when I thought I could put the recently completed political season behind me with a minimum of annoyance, the two major political parties decided to go that one step too far. And now I’m not feeling quite so charitable towards them.
Let’s start with the Republicans. You lost. No matter how much spin you try to put on it, you lost. And I, quite frankly, am getting a major headache listening to talking heads trying to twist this around into a scenario in which it looks like you lost but not really.
From what I can glean from the
In case you were wondering
In case you were wondering if Christmas was on time this year, I think the glut of commercials for children’s toys that have suddenly sprung up may be a good indication it can’t be that far away.
Traveling East
I arrive in Atlantic City today, home of my misspent youth. It’s too bad that now that Atlantic City has so many more ways to misspend my youth, I have no youth left to misspend.
Please buy a ticket
Bird TLC is holding an auction to benefit the birds. The auction will be held in Anchorage on February 3 at the ConocoPhillips Atrium from 6 to about 9 PM. The price of a ticket includes the food, a no host bar and music and entertainment by the great Mr. Whitekeys of the late, sorely missed and immensely lamented, Fly By Night Club. There will also be a variety of education birds available with their presenters. What more can you ask for in an evening’s entertainment.
We have tables available for eight at a variety of prices. The Eagle Tables