VivaLaMotherTeresa

In 1960, Mother Teresa was invited to speak at a national women’s gathering. It would be her first venture outside the borders of Third World poverty. And the event was held in … Las Vegas. After all her years living in the slums of Calcutta, we can only imagine how uncomfortable Mother Teresa must have…

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Desert Flowers

Occasionally it rains in the dessert and, when it does, flowers will often pop up. The flowers are all excited about the new home they’ve discovered, but then it doesn’t rain again for three months. The flowers realize they were deceived. And the flowers don’t have deep enough roots to continue growing, so they shrivel…

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God Gives A Damn

When we moved here to start Verve we interviewed hundreds of people to ask them about life in Las Vegas.  One of things we heard repeatedly was, “No one in this town gives a damn about you. Everyone here is just out for themselves. No one cares.”  We explained to people that we did, that…

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Honest City?

So here’s one way Las Vegas is probably different from where you live. Ask people in your town why they moved there and you’ll get a lot of, “For a job” and “To be closer to friends/family.” And you’ll hear those answers in Vegas, too. But you’ll also hear a ton of people say things…

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Felt Like The First Time

When I moved to Vegas I decided to try stand-up comedy, for fun and to maybe make some friends. I figured I would bomb the first time I took the stage, so I decided to do it in a town where no one would know me. I was going to be in Austin, Texas to…

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