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Wait, Live journal was down?<\/p>\n

Yesterday was a nice relaxing day. Or then again maybe NOT! Well it started out relaxing. We slept in. When we woke up I did some more genealogy on our family<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I love genealogy. It’s a hobby that not many people know I do. I’ve been researching my family for a few years. Now granted, as a Russian Jew, my family’s history consists of the following statement.<\/p>\n

Oh we go back about 3-4 generations and then we’re from the old country… Brooklyn. Before that my family came in from the Galician region<\/a>. Galicia is an area that sat between<\/a> Romania, the Ukraine and Poland. What this translates to is that my family history consists of:
\nGo back 3 generations. Stop off in Brooklyn. Rent “Fiddler on the Roof”. Watch it on the plane trip to Europe. Because the movie is the most you’re gonna find.<\/p>\n

Then there’s shimmeringjemmy<\/a>. She is as Western European as they come. I have about 600 names in my history database so far. About 550 are her ancestors and relatives. Recently, I traced her lineage back to about 600 AD in Norway.<\/p>\n

I did a little cleaning around the house and got some stuph together for our trip. H went out drop the keys with our awesome house-sitter, ethernight<\/a>. So, she’s the one to contact for the killer party she’s planning in our house while we are away \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

The it was game time.<\/p>\n

I may not live in Pgh anymore, but I’ve become a huge Steelers fan over the past few years. Much like Darth Vader, I’ve managed to turn H over to the Dark Side. She’s started the season as truly ambivalent. I will now confess that she scolded me when I forgot to tell her when commercials ended during the game.<\/p>\n

As for the game… Wow. Nothing short of wow. Not the Steelers’ best game by far. If we wanted to see our Rookie QB actually act like a rookie; that was our chance. Igg. I guess some higher power<\/a> must prefer Primanti’s. Hopefully, this will knock some reality in him and he’ll ramp up for this game. As posted elsewhere<\/a> by ts4z<\/a>: MVP of the Pittsburgh Steelers: the field goals at Heinz Field, which actively repel footballs kicked by visiting kickers.<\/i>. Today, we’re gonna watch the game in the Casino…<\/p>\n

After the game, we got in the car and headed North East. As we head for our Honeymoon in Las Vegas!!!!<\/p>\n

We got on the road about 6pm. Which was good because just traveling down the 35 miles on route I-10 took us an hour. We only made quick restroom stops along the way swapping out in Barstow and in Primm. Thanks to H’s holiday gift to us, I got to enjoy music by DaVinci’s Notebook.<\/p>\n

Once we got onto I-15 the trip went fairly quickly. We checked into the Luxor and headed to my first surprise for H. A small executive suite with jacuzzi in the room \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I loaded up the in-room internet… So. yes… occasional connectivity. But not a lot if H has her way \ud83d\ude09 I discovered that the new dual G5 we ordered that is shipping in February has actually now shipped early. I made a frantic call to fedEx to guarantee that they wouldn’t deliver it tomorrow while I was away and hold it at the station until I return to pick it up.<\/p>\n

We headed down to the casino. Changed our player cards to our new married names and combined our accounts. Note my surprise when I found the name of an ex on my account. And not the name I really wanted to ever see again. (This was the recent ex that forced me off LJ for 9 months) She has since been PURGED!<\/p>\n

I put some cash in a video poker game that slowly evaporated. H on the other hand put $40 into a video slot machine and walked away with just under $300. So… lady luck likes the lady so far \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

The room is really nice. It’s in the pyramid itself. It has a little reading nook-room to the side. A nice full bathroom. They brought us a refrigerator. A lovely view of the snow covered mountatins and the Luxor pool. And of course… the jacuzzi.<\/p>\n

After I finish this post, we’re going to head down to have a light brunch. I’m going to go to a craps class and we’re gonna watch the Patriots\/Colts game in the sportsbook. Tonight’s show… Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’ at the Paris.<\/p>\n

I’ll have sidekick on.. But… may not respond often \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Waves.<\/p>\n

MWAH!!!!!<\/p>\n

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