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Happy New Year’s Eve

December 31st, 2004 by Dave

Just in time for the end of ‘04, I’ve added a new photo gallery–Macau–and added images to “Casino Fun.” The challenge is to see if you can find my picture of boxing cats somewhere else on this site. It will not disappoint.

Have a great New Year’s. I’ll probably be w/out fireworks here in Las Vegas, but that’s OK with me. Fireworks are, I think, the most overrated thing since ebooks.

Happy new year!

Posted in life in vegas

3 Responses

  1. /kamitwi

    La dee dah, happy new year! Don’t get swept away in raging floods and/or the tsunami (how is this pluralized?!) that are running rampant lately. You can never tell, Hoover Dam is a sleeper I tell ya.

  2. Ezekiel Zechariah

    Oscar Goodman himself said, with his usual modesty, that the fireworks to ring in the Las Vegas Centennial would be "the greatest fireworks in the history of the world."

    С Новым Годом!

    ♥ EZ

  3. suzanne

    hi there david. happy new year!

    i was surprised to NOT read the most impotant reason why casino carpet looks the way it does…..chip DISSAPEAR when dropped! especially those green and black ones. i ofen wonder how much the vacuum cleaner brings in at the end of the night!

    suzanne :D

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