Here are a few snippets from the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas.

Once again flipchip from LasVegasVegas.com was coerced into the arduous task of taking photos. -It’s a tough job but somebody has to do it.

Ron Jeremy, aka “the hedgehog” is still going strong as the unofficial spokesman for the adult film industry.

Ron is one of the few stars in the industry who has managed to transition from a “porn star” to successful business man.

There are always a number of the local gentleman’s clubs represented and this year the Hong Kong Gentlemen’s Club from Tijuana Mexico set up a booth.

In addition to the usual sex toys on display there is a portable stripper’s pole that can be taken down and stored that will appeal to women wanting a more interesting form of exercise.

You can find a bunch more photographs from this years AVN here with additional AVN photo galleries going back to 2008.

I’m helping a friend with his online catalog. –This means I mostly look at the finished product and make suggestions which he may or may not take under consideration.

This morning I discovered that his code now only works under IE and hates Firefox… His response was that most people use IE and only a few potential customers use anything else.

I wonder if I should tell him it’s not 1999?

The point of this whining is that I keep running websites that haven’t changed their code in the last ten years. This means modern browsers look confused and inevitably their website security sucks. Which in turn means that it’s possible that their site can be used as an attack vector, etc.

But mostly it’s just I hate programmers that refuse to update their code because those are the people I seem to wind up working with. And I have trouble fixing the problems because I’m not a very good programmer and that gives me serious headaches. ( in my world Excedrin is one of the major food groups)

But mostly I hate them because I’m still too sore from my surgery to lift anything very heavy so I have trouble hiding the bodies.

A company here in Las Vegas makes gift baskets and such, with candy all dressed up in great casino themed wrappers.

Welcome to the Las Vegas Strip, the original “Disneyland for Grownups.” Over the top and damn proud of it.

Disclaimer:
The rest of us are relatively normal and therefore boring……. Except for late evenings at the Fremont Street Experience, which is often inhabited by people who are too weird for the strip.

I’m updating my Snow Leopard sever.
I knew it would take some time, but isn’t 2.1 billion hours a little excessive?

Or are they just admitting they know how long this update is going to feel like it takes?

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I finally got my inguinal hernia taken care of.

I wouldn’t say I was was tired of tucking my lower intestine back in to my abdominal cavity with it’s accompanying pain, but as the time got closer I was told I sounded like a 5yo waiting for Xmas.

During the surgery I got to sleep through the fun parts. Like the blood, the tube down my throat and the catheter. — Especially the catheter.

I’m in recovery mode and there don’t seem to be any major complications so now I’m sitting at home bored out of my skull, because I can’t get out with my camera and run around and I can’t get any of my remodeling done. Which means I sleep a lot and watch tv. Have you ever seen what’s on daytime tv? It makes me appreciate the inane drivel they show at night.

The doctor said I should leave about a two week window free to recover. Well it’s been a week and the incision itself causes almost no pain, but there is an accumulation of fluid -I believe it’s blood- in my scrotum and when I sit or stand for more than a few minutes it feels like I’ve been kicked in the balls. Fortunately my first post-op appointment is tomorrow and can ask the surgeon how soon this is going to clear up.

In the mean time I’m trying to get some work done from home, but between pain and pain medications I’m not exactly a model telecommuter.

Ah well, and this too shall pass…… Kind of like dysentery.

In the Sam’s Town atrium enjoying a break from the noise and smells of the casino.

I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who still enjoys reading a “real” book.

There’s just something satisfying about holding a physical book. I can thumb through it, pick it up or put it down without “saving”, I can bookmark it with a scrap of paper and not wonder what category it belongs in and best of all, there’s none of this “batteries not included” nonsense, all a real book needs is a little daylight.

Yep, I’m one of those “old dudes” who keeps his specs handy so he can see to read, and who’s the proud owner of several hundred books in a myriad of categories.

Let’s say you wanted to build a casino in the middle of one of the driest regions on earth what’s the first thing you would do?

Why build a waterfall of course.

Mystic Falls - Sam's Town

In this multistory air conditioned greenhouse you not only have a waterfall and running stream, you have places to sit and enjoy the animatronic birds chirping away, a woodpecker pounding on a tree, and a few furry forest creatures scattered about, all surrounded by lush plant life.

Even when the place gets crowded the atrium is a sanctuary from the lights and noise of the casino and a great place to sit at the bar, sip a beer, and people watch.