Soup's On Again!

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…but this should be the last time for a while. We're coming to you today from the fabulous city of Las Vegas, Nevada where everything is fast except the Internet connections in this hotel. Last night, I could have gone downstairs and lost everything I owned in the time it took to update iTunes. But my schedule should get a whole lot better Thursday and therefore I'll have more time to neglect paying work and pursue my first love which, of course, is putting stuff up here.

No interesting Vegas anecdotes so far but an observation: This place is really getting into social networking. Everywhere I go, I'm bombarded with ads not to go in somewhere and gamble the rent money but to "friend" businesses on Facebook, give them my e-mail address, follow someone or something on Twitter, etc. Last night in one of those cheesy souvenir shops, I saw a t-shirt for sale that said "What happens in Vegas stays on Facebook." I'm not even sure there's a joke there; just that some guy sensed combining the Vegas slogan with a Facebook reference might compel the purchasing of shirts. I'm not sure he's wrong.

I also couldn't help noticing how incredibly complicated slot machines are getting. I wonder if their makers are presuming that your average consumer is getting more and more tech-savvy…

Gotta run to a business-type meeting but I'll be back if anything interesting happens. And I should be back in full force around Thursday…