Charlie’s Haus

Last week, our friend Tim was in the Budweiser regional finals RPS (rock, paper, scissors) contest.  We had a good showing of people to cheer him on, and he had an excellent showing.  Unfortunately, he did not win.  He took second place though.  If the winner cant make it to Las Vegas for the finals, he gets to go.  Pretty funny.  I have some pictures of the breathtaking action that I will post later.

I got a lot of work done on the boat motor.  The power-head is back on, and its all mounted.  I now just have to put the trim unit back on and the lower unit.  Sunday hopefully I can finish that, and then take it out someday next week just to run her. 

Saturday Mandi and I went to the new Gander Mountain on the north side of Madison.  Its really big and its really nice.  The only bad thing is its kind of far away…no running for a quick item or two.

I am currently in Las Vegas at the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS).  This morning I registered and got my Swag Bag.  Its a pretty nice laptop backpack and a few other trinkets.  Today is a pretty slow day and my first hands on lab is at 10:30am.  Too bad I had to force myself to sleep until 6:30am.  My body hasn’t gotten used to the time change yet.

Most people would think Vegas is a great place to have a conference, but the reality is that I’m not much of a gambler, and when I came here a few years ago with my Mom and Sister I did everything I wanted just about.  We didn’t have time to see the Shark Reef at the Mandalay Bay, so I am going to do that on Friday after the conference closes.  I really wanted to see the Neon Sign Graveyard, but its closed except if you make reservations because they are adding on.  The 1 time they have for reservations is right in the middle of the day and I cant go.  Oh well.  So Im trying to find some things to do, if anyone has any advice, please feel free to let me know.  Im looking for low cost or free things.  The only other thing I want to look into is going to the new Bass Pro shops that is out here.  I talked to the lady at the front desk and she said its awesome, but its kind of far away.  In other words, unless I can find a bus that makes it out there, it will be a no go.

I was going to post pictures of my nice suite at the Venetian, but I forgot any method to transfer pictures from either camera to the PC.  Boo.  Maybe I can find someone to help me out.  Nice room though.  3 flat screens in it, 1 by the bed, 1 in the sitting room, and 1 in the bathroom (but not in a place you can watch it on the can…doh!).  Fun times.  Oh and I got a surprise last night.  9pm I here someone coming in the door.  Im like wtf.  I get up to find room service coming in.  It was my turndown service!  So I got my yummy chocolates and ice.  Now thats service!