Mom and I caught this one last night. Yeah, we’re pretty tough. And now she has him strapped down in the insect torture chamber. Not to 50!

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What is this thing? I saw it at the gas station in Las Vegas.

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I went to lunch at the Las Vegas Hofbräuhaus today. It shared some similarities with the one in Munich, but I think anyone who has been to the original would have no trouble telling them apart. Also, they seem to use the Euro there. My pretzel was $12.50. They claim to import them from Bavaria, [...]

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Welcome to Denver! This was my second visit to the city, but my first time trying to explore the city. We arrived late Friday night and eventually found our way to the hotel. Just a tip: if you find yourself paying tolls, you’re going the wrong way.
Saturday morning we checked out the 16th Street area [...]

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I may be the luckiest guy around.  In the last week, I have been randomly selected to win: trips, cash, TVs, a college education and, most importantly, rude wake-up calls.
One morning last week I woke up to 2 missed calls. Thankfully the ringer had been off. Not to worry, they were going to call back. Again. And [...]

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The Black Box
Consider a black box. The box takes, as inputs, a number of things. As output, the box produces some output that is both expected and desired. How the box works and what’s inside of it is of no moment. What matters, for now, is whether it works or not.
Not understanding the inner workings, [...]

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What a weekend. Thursday I left Las Vegas in the early afternoon and flew to DC. Here are the highlights:

The reason I went to DC.

Our friends who joined us on the boat.

And for some reason, we separated into gender for the pictures. Which reminds me of the bathroom in the food court at the dock [...]

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