Life In Vegas
Wacky
I love getting to be a part of Verve. It’s a daily adventure where you never know who will show up or what’s going to happen. In a strange set of examples this weekend: On Sunday our second service had just started when 24 teenagers walked in together. There was something odd about them. They…
Read MoreLife Can Be Weird in Las Vegas
My daughter is in 6th grade and tonight had her middle school choir concert. My wife and I sat in the audience, listening to a 12-year-old boy and girl sing to each other, “Something in the way you move, makes me feel like I can’t live without you. It takes me all the way. I…
Read MoreFor Kids … Nevada Is The … Worst
The 2012 Kids Count Data Book on the wellbeing of children was released a couple weeks ago. Sad news for Nevada: We rank 49th in economic wellbeing. 46th in health. 50th in education. 41st on family and community indexes. Some other findings: In 2010, 22% of Nevada children under the age of 18 lived in…
Read MoreHeaded to the Atheist’s Meeting
A couple weeks ago I received an email from a guy identifying himself as a leader in a local atheist’s club. He asked if their group could attend Verve, explaining that it would be “unseemly for a group of heathen to show up unannounced.” I explained to him that heathen would fit in very well…
Read MoreHangover Heaven
The newest thing in Vegas? Hangover Heaven, a bus that cruises the Strip offering anesthesiologist-administered hangover remedies, including IV drips and anti-nausea meds. The founder is an anesthesiologist who claims his treatments can “take you from a semi-conscious, porcelain-hugging, hit-by-a-truck hangover to feeling like you’re ready to take on the world in less than 45 minutes.”…
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