Busy Two Weeks

Last week or so was full of excitement.

First of all, I was given some recognition for my 23 years as team doc at Fresno State. After this school year (2006-2007), I am going to step down. With the permanent closing of my office, it is time to recruit new blood at Fresno State. At half-time of the New Mexico State game, I was given a jersey with my name and number of years by Dr Welty and Thomas Boeh, the Athletic Director.



Also last week we drove to West Hills and grand child sat for Bill and Beth as they both had to go to business meetings. It was a great time. Grace is so engaging and playful.



....however, she is not dialed in on lipstick yet...



This week we went to see the famous and infamous Dixie Chicks at Save Mart Arena. They were everything I expected and more.

Tomorrow I am driving to San Francisco for an appointment Tuesday with a Prostate Cancer Specialist (Dr. Eric Small). I want to see if he has any bullets for my problem and get his advice. I will let you know how it goes.

In the meantime we are preparing for our annual trip to Maui at the end of the month.

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Fear and Loathing -- NOT

Dateline: Las Vegas, Nevada





We just returned from 5 days in Las Vegas, mostly dedicated to the doins' at Vegoose at the Sam Boyd Silver Bowl. The most insane day for me was Sunday:

Sunday October 29, 2006
Las Vegas Nevada

10:20 am

Awoke at Terrible's Hotel, showered, went down to the casino to check the latest betting lines. The Steelers were playing the Raiders - so we located a Steeler Fan Bar on Flamingo Ave - Play of the Day - voted one of the 10 best Sports Bars in Las Vegas.

1:30 pm

Arrived at Play of the Day. The bar is filled with die-hard Steeler fans and has a lot of space and probably 20 TV/flat screens.







We (me, Scott, Polly, Peter, Nichole, Carole) found a table and were dismayed to find the Steelers were losing to Oakland. We had two rounds of Jagermiester, beers and mixed drinks.



2:15 pm

We headed out to Vegoose and managed to have the celebratory drink of Jagermeister in the parking lot.




3:00 pm

Stubhub.com has created a Sports Bar with every football game on a projection 82 inch TV. We had more drinks as we watch Pittsburgh lose to Oakland and Denver lose to the Colts.




4:45 pm

I was able to get to one the smaller stages to catch Fiona Apple and her brand of angst. Great show. Sun went down at the close of the show.



6:30 pm

The Black Crowes took the stage and there was a strange feeling with the crowd, lights and energy.



8:00 pm

Widespread Panic came on for a continuous three (3) hour set. It was chilly but everyone was have a good time.



10:00 pm

The ladies were having a good time!




11:30 pm

We left the venue and found a couple of folks selling fun-fun baloons and walked back to the car. A group from New York were impaled on a dirt mound in the lot, but Peter figured out how to lift them out and get them on their way. They ended up with big hugs of graitude.

12:15 am

We were back at the hotel, dressed up and headed to the Orleans for String Cheese Show. String Cheese came on at 1 am with a Jungle themed show. Two sets, lotsa wierdness (Axel rose impersonator), acrobats and fun.

5:00 am

The show was over there was a huge line for cab rides so we connected with a limo and rode to the MGM Grand.

5:45 am

We ended ed up in the lobby bar at the MGM Grand Hotel - great time.



We made friends:



7:00 am

Back home at the Terrible's Hotel and to bed!



More to come.

Monday 10/30 -- Widespread Panic at the MGM Grand Arena

Tuesday 10/31 - Halloween at the Wynn