defocus·blog

Only in Vegas

It's the Statue of Liberty. In jellybeans.

Arizona Boycott

I had, literally, just crossed into Arizona, and stopped for lunch, when I heard the news that the state's governor signed SB 1070, Arizona's new “Papers, Please” law.

Creation Museum (part 3)

Part Three of my series on the Creation Museum, wherein we learn of the Great Flood and Noah's Ark.

Choose Your Freedom

Choosing the freedom to use an apostrophe to mean “Look out, here comes an S!”

Recipe for Fun

It is a simple, scientifically proven axiom, the Law of Increasing Fun: no matter what the activity, the level of fun is increased with the addition of scantily clad women dancing. Eating, gambling, tax preparation – you name it, the Law holds.

Your Mall Sucks

Tourists in Las Vegas likely don't get to the mall much, but the Fashion Show mall is as impressive as you might expect from Vegas. Fashion Show lives up to its name by having hourly fashion shows: a little building and runway rise up from the floor and models show off clothes from stores in the mall.

Creation Museum (part 2)

In Part Two of my series on the Creation Museum, we visit the Garden of Eden. This is where things start to get a little strange.

Tax Day Teabagging

It's Tax Day here in the US, and the Teabaggers marked the occasion by having a moronathon at Sunset Park in Las Vegas. Having only seen these things on television, I decided to attend.

Creation Museum (part 1)

While crossing Ohio, I stopped for a visit to the infamous Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky. I took many pictures.

No Rest For You

All the rest areas on Interstate 40 in Arizona are closed, except the one right at the New Mexico border. In the land of John McCain, anti-earmark crusader and former maverick, they can't find the money to pay for the rest areas.