I was gonna write a post about this, but I think my original IM’s to my wife Kelly do a better job. She posted already about it, so here they are:

On KellyGarbato.com

On easyVegan.info

I am in Las Vegas this weekend for two reasons.

1) My brother’s bachelor party for a wedding that is ten months away
2) To purchase and hopefully transport successfully from Las Vegas to Kansas City, 4 dozen vegan donuts from the best donut shop, Ronald’s Donuts.

Last night, as people arrived, the drinking ensued. We arrived early enough that I was able to partake easily for a few hours, stop at around 9:30, get to bed early, and be up at 5:40 am local time, and get those donuts. All worked out perfectly. Everyone I’m hanging out with in Vegas is still hung over at 8:40 am local time, while I’m completely fine. No traffic or people to slow me down getting donuts either. I was able to leave my room, get a cab, drive to the donut shop, ride back, and get to the room in 25 minutes. I have the chat log to prove it (note, all times are CDT):

(08:15:34 AM) Shane: so i’m gonna head out now to get donuts *kiss*
(08:15:36 AM) Shane: bbiab
(08:39:53 AM) Shane: mission accomplished

Kelly questioned how much time I would have just laying around in the hotel room. Currently, I’ve been up three hours, watching “The Lone Gunmen” for the most part. Apparently, I’m spending a lot of time laying around the hotel room while people recover from last night.

We’re staying at the Palms, in the “Playpen Suite.” It’s not a horrible suite by any means, but I don’t think it lives up to the reputation. In fact, a lot of little things seem kind of cheap. I have 2 lights in my room on a nightstand, sitting around unplugged because there is no nearby outlet. My shower/tub filled up because the drain wasn’t quite working. There is no vent in the bathroom either, the water pressure was kind of weak, and the clock radio’s alarm doesn’t work. I’m not sure the AM reception does either. The best place I’ve stayed at in Vegas, is my brothers’s time share suites. at the Hilton properties here. They’re really nice. Kelly and I spent a week in one during our “honeymoon”, and I think I remember us really enjoying it.

Well, that’s it for now. There is a movie theatre possibly calling my name in the casino, and I might try to do some walking around before it gets too much hotter.

When not bashing Ron Paul for being anti-gay, I also now own a home, which is in the process of being updated to the current century. I thought I would list some of my home projects online. Here is the page:

Home Projects. Eventually, I will include pictures and plans.

Well, after avoiding really using it for anything other than testing particular banners for my job, I’m linking to my myspace profile here, and actually inviting people to be my “friend.”

http://www.myspace.com/vissud

One day I will have to expand this concept of “Libertarian Veganism” but for now, I’ll just point you to my other site:

We are what we eat subsidize

On Wednesday, April 4th 2007, my wife and I entered a contract to purchase an awesome home in a small town called Plattsburg, MO. It’s a 4900 square foot home sitting on 22 acres, with a 4.5 acre lake. It’s an amazing property, with an amazing amount of potential. We have a lot of plans for the house and we can really see ourselves settling down there for ten or more years. It’s such a nice property. The home itself needs some work, mainly new floors, but we have the ability to fix a lot of it up. It’s gonna be a lot of work the next couple months, but it will be worth it. My wife and I will be including lots of pics on our blogs as we convert it to our home.

To get on record before tonight’s Mets-Cardinals 2007 season opening game, I want to get my predictions down. I plan to write about baseball quite often this season.

Division Winners

NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Dodgers
AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Twins
AL: West: Angels

Wild Card

NL: Mets
AL: White Sox

World Series

Twins v. Cardinals with a Twins victory

Recently, William Dembski, the tireless crusader against scientific rigor, and Michael Shermer, one of my favorite authors, were involved in a debate at Bridgewater College, a small liberal arts school affiliated with the Church of the Brethren. It was hostile territory for Michael Shermer, who is used to being outnumbered. I remember quite well his taking on four different guests on Coast to Coast AM, debating each of them on some psuedoscientific nonsense.

While I didn’t get to be there, of course, I thought it was interesting to see two different takes on the debate.

Panda’s Thumb has a nice write up here: Shermer and Dembski in Bridgewater

And on the ID side, we have a writeup from Dembski’s blog “Uncommon Descent”: “Bill Dembski is world famous” says creationism’s prodigal son Michael Shermer

I’ve never read the bible: