It took me for-EVER to get to work this morning. Apparently, all the people that commute to work in Las Vegas didn’t get a chance to look at the fire damage on the Monte Carlo in real life over the weekend, so they all took the same freeway this morning to get a quick look.
It was dead stopped on the freeway with people hanging out the windows with cameras, and cell phones. So I figured…when in Rome, and took a couple pictures for myself. I totally forgot I had a sun roof I could have opened to get a better shot. Ignore the semi dirty windshield.
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Then I saw a rainbow, that went all across The Strip. Here is the beginning and ending of the rainbow. I’m not sure which is which though 
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That was the most excitement I had this fine Monday. How about you?
I didn’t go to work yesterday, because I was experiencing some side effects from a new medication I am taking. But that is for another post.
I was lying in bed, and our local news cut in with images of the Monte Carlo on fire. I watched the coverage for almost two hours, and couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Although this had nothing to do with planes, box cutters, and terrorist, I couldn’t help but think about that 9/11 morning watching the towers collapse, and wondering what caused this fire.
Photo Source - Matt Kotich - Monte Carlo Fire Flickr Set
We still don’t know what the cause was this morning, but everyone is safe, no one got hurt, and it wasn’t a terrorist attack. I guess 9/11 will forever haunt the memories of those of us who watched it that morning.
My friend Lola works at the Monte Carlo, but she wasn’t on shift during the fire, and they were closed last night so she didn’t have to go in. I was really worried about her job though, because in the service industry, those tips are the biggest part of your income. The Monte Carlo did release a statement on their website about their employees status. They really know how to treat their employees. I have great respect for this company now.
Statement from Anton Nikodemus to Monte Carlo Employees concerning pay and benefits
January 25th, 7:25 p.m
Starting today, Monte Carlo employees will receive pay, health and welfare benefits and toke and tip replacement for the lesser of 30 days or the re-opening of Monte Carlo. These payments will be offset if during that 30-day period a Monte Carlo employee accepts another position at another MGM MIRAGE property or company or accepts employment outside MGM MIRAGE. Also, if a Monte Carlo employee accepts a position with a non-MGM MIRAGE company and is subjected to a waiting period before receiving health benefits, then MGM MIRAGE will continue to provide the employee’s health benefits for the lesser of 30 days or the re-opening of Monte Carlo.
It’s that time of year again to vote for the Merriam-Webster 2007 Word of the Year. They’ve chosen words from popular searches, and submissions on their web site, and came up with this list of 20 words. You’ve got until Friday, December 7, 2007 to vote, so look over the words and make your decision.
Make sure to tell me which one you picked, and why you chose that particular word.
- apathetic - having or showing little or no feeling or emotion.
- babymoon - a short vacation for a couple before the birth of their child.
- blamestorm - sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
- charlatan - one making usually showy pretenses to knowledge or ability.
- conundrum - a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun.
- cruft - an element in computer coding typified by lack of style, quality, or relevancy.
- eleemosynary - of, relating to, or supported by charity.
- facebook - to get on a facebook website.
- hypocrite - a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion.
- linkability - the attractiveness of a Web site’s overall quality of content as a measure of potential Internet links made.
- melancholy - an abnormal state attributed to an excess of black bile and characterized by irascibility or depression.
- Pecksniffian - unctuously hypocritical.
- pretentious - making usually unjustified or excessive claims (as of value or standing).
- pugnacious - having a quarrelsome or combative nature.
- quixotic - having a quarrelsome or combative nature.
- sardoodledom - mechanically contrived plot structure and stereotyped or unrealistic characterization in drama.
- sputum - expectorated matter especially from the air passages in diseases of the lungs, bronchi, or upper respiratory tract.
- subpoena - a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure.
- vanity sizing - A term used to explain arcane practices attributable to sizing evolution or inflation.
- w00t - an interjection expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word “yay.”
It took me awhile to decide, and then I went with the word linkability. “I would like to think that my blog has linkability.”
EDIT - (December 12, 2007) w00t made the Merriam-Webster 2007 Word of the Year!
Merriam-Webster, 2007 Word of the Year, linkability
There is a very large Big Bear California fire burning right now that has burnt over 18,000 acres so far.
Our weather here in Las Vegas had called for sunny clear skies yesterday, but the smoke from the fires drifted here, and turned our sky into a beautiful picturesque scene last night. We went up on the mountain and took some pictures.
Here is a picture of the radar showing no clouds.
But this is what it really looks like in our skies. Yes, that is the sun behind the smoke.
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I don’t know where you guys go to read about your favorite train wrecks, errr, I mean celebrities, but I’ve got Perez Hilton in my feed reader, and it’s basically the first blog I read every morning.
He’s dirty and rotten and I love him. I want to marry him. Michael has a better shot at him than I do though, and if he wants to swing on the rainbow side of life, he’s got my permission to bang Perez. I just want to work for him. Look at me pimping out my husband so I can get a job. HAHA! Gimme a job Perez!
So tonight is his big television debut and I can hardly wait!!! This one is going on the DVR recording list for sure! Catch What Perez Sez on VH1, tonight at 9:00PM. Don’t miss it. I’m sure it will be the most shiteous show ever, and I mean that in the best possible way.
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