I do not take credit for the Keyboard Cat phenomenon, but I certainly helped get the ball rolling.  The original Keyboard Cat vid with the guy falling down the escalator was posted to OT, and that was that at the time.  I then added Keyboard Cat to a few other vidz, such as the treadmill failure, the guy breathing fire, and Rorschach leaving and posted those to OT.  OT members then posted them all over the place, which in turn elevated it to meme status and spawned hundreds of imitators.

One of my vidz shows up around the 1:10 mark, followed by my Youtube page.  The other vid of mine shows up around the 1:55 mark with the sleepwalking dog.

Few hands later I was dealt KK, and flopped a set.  I forget the exact specifics but I flopped a set and doubled up off of another player.  Two hands after that I was dealt another KK.  No king on the flop, river, or turn, but the board showed a pair of twos.  Took about T1000 from one caller who thought I had the 2.  The rest of the tournament was uneventful for me.  Wasn’t really dealt anything useful, and the blinds whittled me down and I went out shortly before the final table (70 entries).

Took a short nap and went back down to the casino.  Sat down at a roulette table with $60 and hit my 15.  I stood up 30 minutes later and doubled my money.  Moved over to blackjack, and I more than doubled my $120.  I used some of my winnings for the 7 PM tournament.  In this tourney I kept getting garbage hands after garbage.  I was dealt AA though, but no callers to my small pre-flop raise made it useless.  I had less than T1000 at the break, and was planning on going all in with anything decent.  Another AA shortly after the break was over, this time I had a few callers but since my stack was so low the pot wasn’t too much.  Flopped a set and got to live for another orbit.  Few hands later I went all in with KJs.  One caller and paired the jack which stood up.  Few hands later another KJx.  Three others went all in, and the lady who flopped a set of 5s took the pot, and I was out.  Not sure how many people were left at that point.

Played a bit more blackjack and lost $100 before returning to the room for the night.  Planning on playing more blackjack and doing better in both tournaments for the next day.  Will keep you posted.

After the 5.5 hour flight I made my way to the MGM checkin desk, and minutes later was on the shuttle to the strip.  I putzed around the hotel and casino for a bit while I waited for my room to get ready.  Eventually got upstairs to a wonderful view of Hooters and the airport behind it.  Tried napping for a bit but it was no use as I was too excited, so I went down to the casino.

Random Interjection: Whilst traveling the strip I saw many signs and billboards advertising Rita Rudner, with the tagline Comedian of the Year. I say, ‘What year?”

Fed a few slot machines, played a little video poker and roulette.  Decided to take the Deuce bus to Fremont Street.  Wandered in and out of a few casinos while awaiting the light show.  In the Four Queens, I found a Star Wars slot machine I couldn’t pass up, and doubled a $20 in it.  Decided to break my Blackjack cheery.  The only available table was one with modified rules.  You can bet 1-3 times, and you are dealt one set of cards like regular Blackjack, regardless of how many bets you made.  The dealer takes care of their hand, and pays out winners and losers on the first bet.  Then, they keep one of their cards and deal to themself again, versus your same cards.  After that hand plays out they keep another card and deal themself once more.  What sucked about this game is if you busted you would lose all your bets.  I left the table down 5 bucks.  On my way out I fed the Star Wars slot another $20, which didn’t double this time.

Hung around for a little while longer as I wanted to catch the light show.  Whilst waiting a group of college kids walked out of Fitzgerald’s, and one of them must have either hit it big or been very drunk because he had a wad of singles he was tossing into the chilly wind in order to make it rain.  But since it was so cold not many people were outside and the bills just fluttered down the street.  I was able to snag one though.  Did get to eventually see the light show, but I wasn’t too impressed.  It seemed to be more of an ad for LG than anything.  I then found my way to the Deuce.  Traffic turned the trip back to the MGM into 1.5 hours.  I did get to see the Bellagio Fountains and Mirage Volcano on the way back, though.  When I finally made it back to the hotel I went up to my room because I was tired since I was still on Fort Lauderdale time.  Tomorrow I plan on entering a poker tournament.  Will let you know how it turns out.

Random Interjection: I saw signs for a show with Donny and Marie Osmond. It reminding me of a children’s book I had in which Donny and Marie build some sort of robot. I have no clue why this popped into my head. Crazy stuff.

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I’ve been to Las Vegas once, in the 80s when I was a kid.  I know the place has changed dramatically since then and I look forward to enjoying all the sites, shows, and gaming that Vegas provides.  Stay tuned for updates!