How not to listen to your doctor when she tells you to stay off that knee

The city of Las Vegas is completely conducive to the liberal usage of mind altering substances.
It was not my intention to go with the specific purpose of channeling Hunter Thompson. Nor is it not my contention that you can't have a good time there without them; it is just that everything there is so surreal and poured plastic light up glitter that being under the influence of alcohol or narcotics or psychedelics or even a severe lack of sleep brings the distortion full circle. It turns everything back upright but with a difference that you can't quite put your finger on.

Los Angeles has a similar surreal quality but I left LA feeling like I had just come off a bad date.
LA didn't want me, not like that. Vegas was surprisingly appealing. It delivered such a perfect and forward come on with such little pretense it reminded me of the vaguely hot guy at the bar, who in the light of day might be considered a tad sleazy but with such clever pick up lines and with so little regard for getting turned down that you let him buy you a drink.
Vegas didn't care that I showed up without a lot of money, looked terrible in a bathing suit and was a far cry from the blond petite casino servers in bustiers and fishnets. It wanted me in such an unapologetic manner that I couldn’t help but be complimented.
So for forty-eight hours I packed my coyness away in my suitcase and let Vegas buy me a drink and another and have its untidy way with me like it had with millions of others.

( Scavengers )

I can't help 60,000 people at the SuperDome but maybe I can do this

While the Atlanta Rollergirls were in Vegas we had the grand pleasure of hanging out with the Big Easy Rollergirls and when we all went home, they had no place to go.
Some stayed in Vegas trying to get jobs so they could afford hotels. Some headed back towards New Orleans to get as close as they could since most have no idea where their friends or familes or pets are with no way to get in touch with them. One girl received a single phonecall from her boyfriend as he was heading for a shelter saying he locked the cat in the attic. She hasn't heard from him since.
The Atlanta Rollergirls have set up a donation fund for them: Big Easy Donation Fund The link is on the left.
One girl Atilla The Hunny is currently in Arkansas with her dog a change of clothes for two days. If anybody out there wears a size 6 in clothes and size 7 1/2 or 8 in shoes email me and I will give you the address to send it to.

Thanks everybody.