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Baby girl Zoe was delivered by C-section just after 10 this morning. Mom and daughter are doing well, currently resting. Bandcamp and hangovers can wait.

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Went to an award ceremony honoring all the students in our school district who scored distinguished on state testing in @ least one of three subjects Math, Reading & Science. My son James, he's

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The whole trip could be a lot of fun, closer to the trip I'll have to hit you up for the beers to keep an eye out for and good places to eat in Vegas.

There are some decent local brewers there, and you can find a lot of top shelf west coast beers out there. You'll pay too much for most things if you stay on the strip, except for cheapo food like hot dogs and buffets that only exist so that you'll keep dumping your money into gambling. Some of them have decent prime rib, but it's usually only worth it if the staff comps you for gambling enough. If money isn't a problem, there are tons of great places on the strip, many of which are run by celebrity chefs. There are also a couple of Zia Records locations down there, a new/used record store throughout the southwest at which I have found many a treasure.

If you've never been, you'll probably have a good time. There's plenty to do, but I hate the desert, and over the years, the place has lost its luster for me. Either way, I'm game to come hang out, hit me up when you have concrete plans.

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1 hour ago, FatherAlabaster said:

That's what we thought would happen when you hit 10,000 posts, and here we are, still waiting for the Rapture. 

No, no, no it's 100,000 posts before the stars will again be right for the return of the Great Old Ones.

 

Best of luck to you Deathstorm.

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Now see this, THIS, is exactly why I chose to do the activity planning for this holiday. I have no interest whatsoever in Legoland nor anything else San Diego has to offer BUT because my kid brother is coming along we'll be going both there and Disneyland. I planned for Disneyland that's not really an issue. The issue is he is having more of a say then me about what we do on this holiday when it was MY FUCKING IDEA! So that's an extra thing to add into an already completely packed schedule meaning one pre-planned activity has to go and I'm fairly certain it'll be the main thing I want to do on this damn trip - Six Flags Magic Mountain. Oh the joy of family holidays...

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Now see this, THIS, is exactly why I chose to do the activity planning for this holiday. I have no interest whatsoever in Legoland nor anything else San Diego has to offer BUT because my kid brother is coming along we'll be going both there and Disneyland. I planned for Disneyland that's not really an issue. The issue is he is having more of a say then me about what we do on this holiday when it was MY FUCKING IDEA! So that's an extra thing to add into an already completely packed schedule meaning one pre-planned activity has to go and I'm fairly certain it'll be the main thing I want to do on this damn trip - Six Flags Magic Mountain. Oh the joy of family holidays...

San Diego has some of the west coast's best breweries - Stone, Green Flash, Ballast Point, among others. Do some research and set up a beer tour. 

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Problem solved, mostly, if we do 2 days in Vegas rather then 3 with 1 day in San Diego that should work out nicely. They can spend a day at Legoland while I do some brewery tours and sample some quality beers.

All of the ones that FA mentioned are high quality. Stone has a restaurant attached to their brewery that also has a great reputation.

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Problem solved, mostly, if we do 2 days in Vegas rather then 3 with 1 day in San Diego that should work out nicely. They can spend a day at Legoland while I do some brewery tours and sample some quality beers.

I take it while in San Diego you won't get on the Trolley and head to the worlds biggest shit hole Tijuana??

Now see this, THIS, is exactly why I chose to do the activity planning for this holiday. I have no interest whatsoever in Legoland nor anything else San Diego has to offer BUT because my kid brother is coming along we'll be going both there and Disneyland. I planned for Disneyland that's not really an issue. The issue is he is having more of a say then me about what we do on this holiday when it was MY FUCKING IDEA! So that's an extra thing to add into an already completely packed schedule meaning one pre-planned activity has to go and I'm fairly certain it'll be the main thing I want to do on this damn trip - Six Flags Magic Mountain. Oh the joy of family holidays...

No way can you miss Magic Mountain dude. Absolute thrill park highlight of my life. There is stuff there you need to ride. Urgently. Drop Universal Studios if you need to drop something.....waaaay overrated that place.

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Universal Studios is over-rated but the rest of the family want to do it so we're doing it. I've solved the problem by dropping a day in Vegas (which suits me fine 'cause we don't need 3 days there).

 

Yep true, if you haven't been before I guess you do really need to do it. I've been 3 time now and really it's not something I need to do again.

Tip: easiest way there is to catch the train. There's station right there at the bottom of the hill. Super easy.

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Universal Studios is over-rated but the rest of the family want to do it so we're doing it. I've solved the problem by dropping a day in Vegas (which suits me fine 'cause we don't need 3 days there).

That's about all it takes before I get burned out on it and want to go home. 3 days in Vegas is plenty to get a taste of it, and go home without getting too broke.

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How far apart are LA, San Francisco and Vegas? I've only ever been to Connecticut, New York and Vermont.

I've just had a look through the "Promote your band" section, people really don't get the hint do they? At least half of them have no replies whatsoever, and the views for most are only in double digits.

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