Old Michael Murphey song, “Crack up in Las Cruces.” How’s that for an unknown B-side?
Flash flood came on Highway 10
Lost control and went into a spin
Felt the trailer cracking at the hitch
Felt my bones cracking in the ditch
It was a crack up in Las Cruces…”
(From Geronimo’s Cadillac)
“Might never see your Wanda Lee again,
It was a crack up in Las Cruces…”
“Astrofish.net – as seen on TV!”
“As I was walking round Grovesnor Square
Not a chill to the winter but a nip to the air
From the other direction, she was caught in my eye
It could be an illusion but I might as well try, might as well try…”
Grateful Dead, Scarlet Begonias, Hunter/Lesh/Garcia
Live From The Mars Hotel
Sequel:
Hamlet 2….
High Priced Living:
$20 Scoop: Where I stayed in Vegas? Close to Caesar’s Palace. I played some in Caesar’s Palace, too, all the games are hooked to the same comp machine anyway, doesn’t much matter. And while I was at Caesar’s Palace? In the Forum Shops?
“Oh look, Ice Cream – better yet – Gelato.”
I’ve paid a premium price for ice cream, Austin’s Amy’s Ice Cream is akin to “designer ice cream,” or maybe, a local brew pub would be a better analogy, but anyway, Amy’s – with stores in Austin, San Antonio and Houston, is pricey at $3 per small cup. If my memory serves me right, and we all know that I might be faulty. But it’s about $3 a pop. Worth it, too. So – I was in Las Vegas – and Caesar’s has to be a shining example of wretched excess, so I paid.
Sorbet, actually, not ice cream and fresh ingredients, so the label claimed, made fresh by an expert, brilliantly concocted, and was it worth the $20?
Burgers: Dinner, once evening, was at “Le Sports Bar,” and I wasn’t really interested other than it was the cheapest burger I could find without leaving the premises that evening. I glanced at the menu. A Kobe (beef) burger, with Main Lobster. No, it was Maine Lobster, a bottle of Dom, and the price? At first I thought it was a mere $7.77. My eyes deceived me; misplaced the point. $777. More than I spent on the whole trip, no, not for me.
Consider this was a cheap work-related trip. Frequent flyer tickets, casino comp rooms, no real expenses except play money.
It’s all about life on the road.
So, do you play? Do you have a fixed amount and then quit when you’re done?
It’s a major issue with me, since I’d bet everything, right down to my nonexistent socks, if given the opportunity. forget the glitz and glamour, just give me the games of chance!
fixed amount, some days I win big and get to stay, other days, well, the place wasn’t built on nothing…