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The Daily Doings of Steph

This morning, Peter started composing a rap for Tygey. Here are first two stanzas:
My name is Tyge
and I’m a Bouv.
You’re in the way,
now move
My name is Tyge
I’m in the groove
Because, I’m a
big, bad, blond, Bouv
In real life, Tygey is very polite, but he tries to project a tough rap personna.
Peter has a couple more stanza’s […]

Read: Tyge’s Rap - First and Second Stanzas »

It’s been almost a week since my last post. There’s a reason for this. Peter and I spent 4 days at the most lovely and delightful bed and breakfast in rural Illinois. But as it turns out, rural Illinois has both cell phone signal and internet connectivity issues. As a result, simple phone calls, let […]

Read: Back Among the Connected »

Lately, my travels seem to be a tad more arduous than usual. Thursday was a supposed to be a simple day: Las Vegas to Seattle. Seattle to Chicago: arriving in Chi-town just in time for dinner at the Frontera Grill.
The plane was scheduled to leave Las Vegas at 9:05 PM. However, the plane was late […]

Read: A to B via Z »

Even though I’m here in Vegas, I’m closely watching the whole legislature bribery/extortion scandal. Yesterday, Bill Allen and Rick Smith of Veco pled out. I never ever thought I’d see Bill Allen go to jail. I figured he was flat untouchable.
Here’s a fun little exchange between Bill Allen and former Speaker of the State House, […]

Read: The Alaska Bribery/Extortion Indictments Continue »

Today was Day 3 of the Cable Show (if you count Sunday’s special OCAP seminar). Unfortunately, I hit sort of a little bump in the road on the whole surgery recuperation front - too much standing/walking - just not good for someone with recent abdominal work. The ol’ Slat Rat abdominal region is now quite […]

Read: The Cable Show Continues »

Tonight I caught Cirque de Soleil’s, “Love” - their acrobatic, musical, wonderful celebration of the Beatles. What a total and complete blast. Love is not the out and out acrobatic jaw dropper that Ka is. But there is still plenty of show (I loved the trampolines) and the music, well the music is the Beatles […]

Read: All You Need is Love! »

How could I resist - Derby Day in Vegas! I’ve never formally bet on any sporting event - I had no real clue. But I made my way up to the betting window and with a little bit of help from the staff, I placed both a trifecta bet and a matchup bet. And of […]

Read: Kentucky Derby in Vegas »

Note to Self: The next time I fly in to Las Vegas, arrange for a limo as opposed to catching a cab.
Our plane landed at 11:00 PM and the bags took forever. I finally snagged my bags at Midnight and then went outside to the cab line and about passed out. The line was unbelievable […]

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O.K. - as one my buddies emailed me today, “Smirk. Smirk. Gloat. Goat.”
Three state of Alaska legislators were indicted for bribery and extortion. These are the latest in a series of federal indictments in relation to Veco and the proposed trans Alaska gas-line. There has been a rotten stench rising from our legislature for several […]

Read: More State Lawmakers Indicted »

I’m in the midst of making my way to Las Vegas for the The Cablehttp://www.thecableshow.com/ Show. I’m definitely doing the milk run thing. Scheduling and pricing was such that flying via Juneau was about $300 cheaper. So, I spent a few hours this afternoon in our capitol city’s very little airport. I have to say […]

Read: On the way to Vegas (baby) »