So it’s “Thanksgiving”, and I don’t celebrate “Thanksgiving”.
I never understood the point of the thing.
I am not more thankful for things than I was yesterday, and I will be no less thankful for things tomorrow than I am today.
Someone completely pulled this “Holiday” out of their ass. And they had the good sense to make it coincide with some supposed (and probably bogus) event where a bunch of Native Americans fed our nation’s founders … shortly before we mercilessly slaughtered them, took their land, and named a bunch of crappy sports teams after them.
It really is a beautiful story.
But I still don’t celebrate it.
What I do, is take advantage of the people that do celebrate it.
In the weeks preceding holidays like “Thanksgiving” and “Christmas”, hotel rooms are dirt cheap, traffic is light, buffet lines are short, ride lines are short (heck, all lines are short). half-priced (and sometimes free) shows are easy to come by … and it’s just a great time of year to take in attractions without a pesky wait. I’m actually very active on The Strip in November and December, because everyone else is at the shopping malls draining their wallet because they have been told that going into debt pleases Jesus.
To each his/her own …
This morning I got my kids into the Adventuredome at Circus Circus the minute it opened, and they got to ride 3 times as many rides in the same amount of time as a regular day, due to the lack of lines. After a few hours there, I took off down The Strip to see what was happening.
At about 4pm, traffic really started kicking in as the no-longer-thankful started beating a path to their respective casinos. The next 3 1/2 days are going to be packed, but starting Monday we should hit another lull until the New Years Weekend, when all hell will once again break loose.
For those of you celebrating whatever it is you are celebrating, I hope you enjoyed it.
Those damn Indians had it coming with their smug “we know how to plant corn and you don’t” attitude, and it’s only right that we continue to show them who is boss by eating turkey, swilling beer, and watching football.
Imagine if those bastards had won. We’d be watching some crude game consisting of pebble-throwing between teams named the “Detroit Pale Skins” and the “Green Bay Wifebeaters”.
And that certainly wouldn’t be any fun at all.
Wait, what was my point?
Oh yeah … I got some construction photos of the Fontainebleau (above), Encore (below), and The Palazzo (below) today.
Seriously, I hope that everyone has a safe and happy 4 day weekend.
