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Two Vegas-ish Funnies For Monday
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 24 May 2011
Every day, I make Miles his lunch and include a note and at least one comic from the newspaper. Often they're not actually funny, but the comics pages these days are slim pickings for belly laughs. These two, however, felt blog-worthy in a Vegas-esque kinda way:
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The Strip is LIVE tonight: Fator vs Fator
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 23 May 2011
We are live tonight on The Strip, where we'll be playing my stunningly candid interview with Mirage headliner Terry Fator, who lays the blame for his 18-y
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The Show is UP: Holly Madison's Stars
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 22 May 2011
Alrighty, folks. Here's a new show! And folks who download the show might already know that for the past few weeks we've been adding a time guide to help you navigate to parts of the show you want. It's below and it's in the show notes on the Web version. Enjoy. Click on the date below to play or right-click to save the show.
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Birdy Bin Laden Is Dead, We Think
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 21 May 2011
Justice has been done. We got Birdy Bin Laden. Probably.The other day I posted about this bird in the neighbor's tree that was dive-bombing to frighten -- but not attack -- our dogs. Here's the YouTube video again:
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The Strip is LIVE Tonight @ 8pm PT
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 18 May 2011
Oscar Goodman may be working overtime to ensure his wife replaces him as the official face of Vegas, but it's been a heckuva lot easier for the city's unofficial mascot, Holly Madison, to spread her fame among her minions.
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VIDEO: The Bird That Terrorizes My Dogs
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 18 May 2011
Explain this? Anyone?
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More Proof Sahara Closer Sam Nazarian Is Full Of Sh*t
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 16 May 2011
The Las Vegas Sun turned its entire section today into a Sahara tribute, complete with John Katsilometes sleeping over for the final nights. And that's nice. But buried deep in the eight-page commemoration was owner Sam Nazarian's baloney and pastrami about his plans for the property.
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Carolyn Goodman's Contextual Problems
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 16 May 2011
There is a very troubling pattern emerging with Las Vegas mayoral front runner Carolyn Goodman that came up last Wednesday when I moderated the forum for the Lambda business group with both candidates and again tonight
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Sahara's Short, Humdrum, Dry-Eyed Goodbye
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 15 May 2011
On Friday night, I emailed my Las Vegas Weekly editors my idea for my next column, which I proposed to be a look at how little emotion has been stirred up by Monday's closure of the venerable Sahara.
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Las Vegas Experience #5 - The Strip, Of Course!
Blog: Living the Dream: RTW - 10 May 2011
Winding down our list of the top Las Vegas experiences is one that needs no introductions and is the entire reason people visit, for the Strip itself! No one hotel can bring in the feeling that the Vegas Strip gives off as a whole, and it is really the combination of every unique highlight found that real
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Grabbing Every Illegal Handout - Las Vegas Experience #4
Blog: Living the Dream: RTW - 10 May 2011
Anyone who has ever been to Las Vegas is painfully aware of the illegal immigrant situation, as a walk down the Strip is met with dozens of Mexicans handing out cards for call girls while wearing hilarious shirts with 'GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS' and other slogans written all over it. The "job" is not only limited
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Check this stuff out...
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 10 May 2011
I'll be busy today prepping for tomorrow's forum between the mayoral candidates, so I've got just
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The GLBT Mayoral Forum I Moderate on Wed
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 9 May 2011
As crushed as many readers and podcast listeners may be to learn this,
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Why Sherm Frederick Is No Longer The Publisher of The R-J
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 9 May 2011
I just made that groovy chart. Click on it to enlarge and look closer if you wish.
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The Show Is UP: Jean Philippe Maury, Yum!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 6 May 2011
Here we go, folks. And, FYI, if you download the show, I've started putting a time guide into the shownotes so you know where to skip ahead to if you're looking for something specific. Enjoy. Click on the date below to play or right-click to save the show.
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Moilanen Kills His Blog
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 6 May 2011
UPDATE: As Hunter Hillegas noted in the comments, nothing ever really disappears on the Internet. Find Tom's now-"deleted" blog here.
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LVW Col: The Nasty Professor
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 5 May 2011
The theme of this week seems to be people who think that whatever they do on their personal blogs has no bearing or relevance to their public/"real" lives.
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The NEWS: I'm a Knight-Wallace Fellow
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 5 May 2011
That, above, is the news. A fellowship.Which is to say that as of September, I move to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where I'll spend the academic year at University of Michigan with 11 other "mid-career" -- gosh that sounds OLD -- journalists taking whatever classes I want, traveling overseas, listening to lectures, taking a cooking class, reading War & Peace, doing whatever I want.What I won't be doing? Freelancing. For anyone. Or podcasting. Or blogging.
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Important Announcement Coming Live Tonight On The Strip
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 4 May 2011
No, we didn't kill Gaddafi.
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Unique On Strip Tastings - Las Vegas Experience #3
Blog: Living the Dream: RTW - 29 April 2011
The Vegas Strip is one of our favorite spots in the world to take a weekend break be it to bar hop, see a show, have a golf break, or even just eat some delicious meals. The food in Vegas is one of the more impressive aspects of the city, and is so great that i
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What If The Cosmo-Transgender Thing Is A Hoax?
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 29 April 2011
Late Wednesday, I couldn't get relief from a nagging feeling that there was something awry about the hullabaloo that erupted regarding a transgender woman named Stephanie who alleged she was banned for life from the Cosmopolitan after being confronted recently for using the ladies' restroom at 4 a.m.
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Rachel Maddow STILL Hearts That Dam Bridge
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 28 April 2011
Hoodie-loving MSNBC host Rachel Maddow apparently came through these parts recently in order to make an example of the American can-do spirit out of ... the Hoover Dam and the Bypass Bridge. She did a whole slew of them, which you can see here.The 45-second bursts are for the Lean Forward series of promos on MSNBC but they're just fun to see, too. Here's one:
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Meanwhile, Transgender Drama Grips The Cosmopolitan
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 27 April 2011
UPDATE: Cosmo issues new statement. See bottom of post.
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Trump En Route To Vegas As GLBT Ire Heightens
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 27 April 2011
Last week, I reported for AOL News/HuffPo about growing anger at mogul Donald Trump on account of his recent spate of polarizing political statements.
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Trailer Station Tomorrow!
Blog: VEGAS HAPPENS HERE - 27 April 2011
I know many listeners and readers are fascinated by those eight-hour casinos that pop up every so often around town, dubbed by R-J gaming scribe Howard Stutz as a "trailer station" because, as depicted here,
