Subject: TAN: But It's a Dry Heat...
From: oilcan@wam.umd.edu (Chad R Orzel)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan
Organization: The Revolutionary Command Council

Random Notes from Las Vegas:

- For a major travel destination in the United States, the air service to
and from Vegas is incredibly fucked up. Delays and cancellations
abounded, both coming and going. Of course, this may be a deliberate ploy
to induce people to sink money into the vidiot poker machines near the
gates in McCarran Airport.

- OBCulturalLiteracy: "Serrano's got the disks! Serrano's got the disks!"
Call it <1pt>.

- Jim Hill is much shorter than I thought he would be. So is the Loy. In
almost all other respects, though, they conformed to my mental images
based on Usenet. 
  (This is a Good Thing)

- CD Skogsberg, otoh, provided a nice demonstration of the well-known
optical illusion whereby really skinny people look taller than somewhat
heavier people of the same height. By my estimation, he's eight foot
five...

- OBBoggle: "Casino War." Yes, it's the same card game as the "War"
you're thinking of. Only for money.

- People I Enjoyed Hanging Out With: Lara "Check My ID, Please" Beaton,
Bill "Captain Blackjack" Garrett, Nathan "Chippendale" Lundblad, Trent
"John Merrick" Goulding, Brian "Long-Haired Hippie Freak" Ritchie, Hawk
"Avery Brooks" Hawk, Mark "The" Loy, Jim "Blessed Union of Jesus and
Love" Hill.

- OBBoggle2: The Animatronic Fall of Atlantis. Somehow, I don't recall
any magical crystals in Herodotus...
  Still, Fire Is Cool.

- People I Didn't Hang Out With All That Much, But Who Were There All The
Same: Drew "Julie McCoy" Gillmore, Maggie "Croup" Whatever Her Last Name
Is, Dave "The British Guy" Hemming, Steven "Turn That Music Down" Ginter,
David "Vandemar" Scotton, Cassandra "I'm Not Late" Pick a Last Name, John
"Where'd He Go, Anyway?" Dilick, Pam "Queen of FAQ" Korda, Bunny T. Shen,
others too numerous to mention.

- OBBoggle3: The Excalibur. Somehow, I doubt Arthur of Britain was quite
_that_ twee..

- People I Only Spoke To On The Phone: Judy "Piglet" Ghirardelli.

- OBBoggle4: Somebody volunteered a cell phone for the purposes of
transcontintental harassment.

- Pathetic Dweebs Who Should've Been There: Mike "Never Send a Ferret to
Do a Weasel's Job" Kozlowski, Mike "Don't Make Me Drink the Big Beer"
Steeves.

- Famous Last Words: "New York, New York is right over there. We can walk
there, no problem."

It wasn't the most unified of groups, though, given some of the
excursions that took place late at night, I think that's probably a Good
Thing. And I don't think the Sprint for the Roller Coaster would've
worked in a larger group...

Anyway, it was fun.
When I've had a chance to sleep a bit, I might be able to provide some
more coherent comments.

Later,
OilCan