All That I Forgot To Blog About Part 1 - Sunday Day 1

Since there was such a disproportionate time period between the fury of blog posts on Sunday October 14th and the quick update later in the week, I figured that now since I am back to balmy Baltimore I could give a more thorough review and breakdown of the events that occurred during our stay at the Westin Hotel in Las Vegas.

SUNDAY (October 14th 2007)

(Ron Paul spoke at the Westin for a rally, but it was the Westin in Seattle instead of Vegas.)

So to begin from the beginning, I couldn't check in to the hotel until 4pm on Sunday, so I left my luggage entrusted to the hotel staff in the lobby and wandered to Panera Bread which ended up being on South Fort Apache.

When I did finally check in, there was a half naked gentleman already occupying my room, and it turns out he had the same last name as me so I guess I can understand the mix up.

I gambled a little the first night playing video poker conveniently setup in the main lobby and I was actually up about twenty dollars by the end of the night.

Oh yeah, I also wandered around The Forums mall that is attached to Caesars Palace... and I snapped the above photo inside The Paris, and the picture turned out a lot better than I thought it would considering I took it from my lightweight low-tech Samsung cell phone with the sub standard 1.3 mega-pixel lens and no flash. Sometimes low-tech works I guess.

Monday will be coming up next....

Finally in the Room, More Problems - Laughable Ridiculousness

Well, I finally made it to my room.

The kind Westin frontdesk ladies gave me a key to room 628. No problem, I went to 628.... guess what I found there... I barged in on someone already occupying my room.

It turns out he has the same last name, so no big deal there.

NEXT,

I get my real room key on the 10th floor....

I get in the room only to find that I cannot connect to the wifi Internet in my room because my COX cable box needs to be reset or some crap like that.... so I am stuck waiting for 15 minutes after waiting half a day to get a room after flying to Vegas early, arriving at 8am this morning local time....

So the technician checks the TV, pulls the plug out and puts it back in and it works.

I could have done that myself, but I was warned by COX cable on the phone that I would be held accountable for any damages that may occur due to my activity.

I actually laughed at the COX cable guy as I logged onto the internet.

I knew it would make a good blog entry.

So continues my virginal day in Vegas. I think I may head downstairs and play some slots, why not. The hotel credited my room fifty bucks for the whole identity mix up and connectivity debacle... so I might as well waste it wisely.

If you get bored reading my rants, please refer to the interesting archival data over at http://www.constantskeptic.com/ especially the posts about RFID implants, those stories will sober you up real quick daddio.

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Waiting for a Taxi at Panera Bread

Well I am on hold trying to get a cab from Panera Bread back to the Westin Hotel...

Vegas is dirty so far.

Low men have tried handing me cheap girl thrill flyers and others have enticed me to enter their casinos under the guise of "free money". There are no free rides cowboy.

I think I am going to head back to the hotel and see if I can check in yet... (how long does it take them to prepare a room)

 

I haven't had any urges to gamble yet, just a healthy thirst for a cool drink and some good seafood.

First Thoughts on Vegas

Well, here I am in Vegas.

I am at a Panera Bread, which cost me a 15 dollar taxi cab ride and 10 minutes in the opposite direction from the main strip.

Why?

Turns out that my room is not ready at my hotel, which I am not surprised about considering I tried to check in at 9am...

So I had to find free wifi to start things up for the conference I am helping with, and to generally waste time until I can check in.

NO Free wifi in the lobby. Ridiculous.

NO pay wifi at all at the Starbucks adjacent to the lobby. Unheard-of.

NO wifi within five miles?

Now that I am logged on and checking out the wifi locations, I see that there allegedly is wifi access at the starbucks about 1 block from the hotel, so I will probably go there tonight. There is also a local chain called "Its A Grind", their website is crap, it looks like it hasn't been updated since 1983, so hopefully they are still in business.

Coffee and delicious free wifi just go together don't they?

Wait, I am in Vegas, I should head to the slots.

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