{"id":758,"date":"2014-01-10T23:55:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T07:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=758"},"modified":"2014-01-10T23:55:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T07:55:08","slug":"las-vegas-scorecard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/01\/10\/las-vegas-scorecard\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas scorecard"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m posting this the next morning, but this is really Friday’s post<\/em><\/p>\n

The final score is in. I lost a little bit of money, I saw a little bit of CES, and the rest of the time was better than it has been in years. <\/p>\n

We stayed at both the Cosmopolitan and the Mirage. I’m too old for the former, and so I guess it’s the latter for me from now on. Vegas has definitely become a young person’s playground. The emphasis everywhere is clubs and pool parties. Blackjack and roulette. The slots are much quieter than they used to be…<\/p>\n

CES was good. I didn’t get back to the emerging tech section like I would have liked too. Also, the partner device that I came to see wasn’t on display. I guess I can’t bail yet (let’s see if Ian is reading \ud83d\ude42 ). All kidding aside, I do hope that they have it here next year. That would be a nice personal win. <\/p>\n

The craps table was good while I shot, and bad otherwise. I threw 9, 6, 9 (win), 9, 9 (win), 11 (win), 11 (win), 7 (win), 8, 8 (win), 10, 9, 7 (out). That’s quite a good roll for me. After me no one hit anything. Oh well. I was happy with the strategy, and it was only my dad’s money anyway \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The bonding is the best part though. Me, my dad, and my uncle – the three boys. We laugh about stupid stuff. Tell stupid stories. And all of a sudden the world doesn’t feel quite so big. <\/p>\n

So final scorecard reads – another big win in Vegas<\/p>\n

36.082025<\/span>-115.146101<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m posting this the next morning, but this is really Friday’s post The final score is in. I lost a little bit of money, I saw a little bit of CES, and the rest of the time was better than it has been in years. We stayed at both the Cosmopolitan and the Mirage. 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