Vegas and a few random sports thoughts....

Last Tuesday morning, Shawna and I, along with our friends Kevin and Sarah Campbell, headed to Las Vegas for four days and three nights of fun. This was a time to rest and relax and unwind from a very busy summer. Shawna had been on the road for almost 6 straight weeks and Sarah spent the summer travelling all over the country while leading the Highland Youth group as our feerless youth minister.

While in Vegas, we took in three shows: Zumanity and Mystere, both Cirque du Soleil shows along with Blue Man Group. On Thursday morning, Shawna and Sarah spent the better half of the morning being pampered in the Mandalay Bay Spa with massages and steams while Kevin and I parked ourselves in the Race and Sports Book watching and betting on baseball games.

After returning home, I read this article stating that the Las Vegas casino industry won a record 11 billion dollars from gamblers in fiscal 2005 and a record 954.2 million dollars in June alone -- an 11.7% gain over the same month in 2004. I'm just glad I could do my part to contribute to the record winnings by the casinos. It would have been more -- much more -- had Shawna not been there to oversee my gamblings.

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Congratulations to Phil Mickelson on winning another major -- the 2005 PGA Championship. Now maybe Tiger actually has some competition.

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My Texas Rangers may not be playing well but at least I'm not a Kansas City Royals fan! 16 losses in a row and counting.........

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So long Michael Findley (Billy Ocean). Thanks for the memories. While I agree it was the best thing to let you go, why did we have to sign Doug Christie?!?

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Did anyone see that the Rams were only -3.5 for opening weekend against the 49ers? That's some sweet action..easy money..help me Shawna!