Subject to Change

I left one major surpise out of my long Las Vegas post because I wanted to comment on it separately.

I had expected to see the casinos handing out free sodas to anyone playing slots, but there was none of that. Kelly said she saw an explanation for it: in an effort to go green, you now need to request your free sodas on the casino floor. In the most wasteful city on the planet, where air conditioning pours out onto the street through open walls, water is a source of entertainment, and everything is lit up like Christmas, the’ye decided to save resources by cutting beverage service.

So, Summerfest used 9-11 security as the excuse to crack down on outside beverages and Las Vegas used the environmental movement as the excuse to cut freebies.

I swear if I’d seen Al Gore in Vegas I would’ve beat him with a stick, then told him I was going green by not using tar and feathers instead.