Gratuitous Power

No, I'm not talking about the office of the Vice President.

I just returned from Las Vegas. For someone who would never by choice visit Vegas, this is the third time I've been there this year.

It was 112 degrees.

I'm struck by one thought each time I visit: all the energy required, not just to light and cool the city, but just to get water there. And this city exists for one purpose: recreation.

Somehow, the whole idea of Las Vegas seems anachronistic.

Las Vegas Bound -- Again

I'll be in Sin City next week through the 20th. Plenty of time to see the Star Trek Experience.

Postcards from Vegas

Here's the gi-nourmous Barry Manilow that greeted me at my hotel.








And here the devil took me to the heights and promised me that all the earthly pleasures below could be mine...