Kellie Pickler sings great, .......

........ but this girl is dumber than a rock.

Kellie Pickler sings great, .......

........ but this girl is dumber than a rock.

Another Sin City HNT

As you know, Lori and I recently went to Sin City. If you didn't know that, "WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN!" Get your ass in gear and check out the Las Vegas posts on my regular blog and catch up.

Sin City Part One, Sin City Part Two, Sin City Part Three, Sin City Part Four, Sin City Part Five, Sin City Part Six

Anyway........................

We loved Las Vegas and believe you me, they don't call it Sin City for nothing. Our first day there we drove up and down the Strip just to check out the place.


Lori saw this SUV and started drooling. Her favorite color is pink.









We didn't have time to check out this place, but it is at the top of our list of place to see on the next trip.









We stopped for a red light and Lori spotted this. We parked in the Fashion Show Mall parking garage and went over to check them out.





Here's a closer look at what she found. Yep, advertisements offering sex of all kinds in your room in 10 minutes or less.

How cool is that?







We each reached in and pulled out the ones we thought were most interesting.








It was perversion gold!










We just picked some out and compared what we each choose when we got back to the room. Among the others, we each picked out a copy of this one. LOL

"Barely Legal Asians"

Have I told you how lucky I am. :-)





On our way back to the mall, I found a ticket on the side walk.



HAPPY SIN CITY HNT!

Another Sin City HNT

As you know, Lori and I recently went to Sin City. If you didn't know that, "WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN!" Get your ass in gear and check out the Las Vegas posts on my regular blog and catch up.

Sin City Part One, Sin City Part Two, Sin City Part Three, Sin City Part Four, Sin City Part Five, Sin City Part Six

Anyway........................

We loved Las Vegas and believe you me, they don't call it Sin City for nothing. Our first day there we drove up and down the Strip just to check out the place.


Lori saw this SUV and started drooling. Her favorite color is pink.









We didn't have time to check out this place, but it is at the top of our list of place to see on the next trip.









We stopped for a red light and Lori spotted this. We parked in the Fashion Show Mall parking garage and went over to check them out.





Here's a closer look at what she found. Yep, advertisements offering sex of all kinds in your room in 10 minutes or less.

How cool is that?







We each reached in and pulled out the ones we thought were most interesting.








It was perversion gold!










We just picked some out and compared what we each choose when we got back to the room. Among the others, we each picked out a copy of this one. LOL

"Barely Legal Asians"

Have I told you how lucky I am. :-)





On our way back to the mall, I found a ticket on the side walk.



HAPPY SIN CITY HNT!

SIN CITY - PART 6, Scary View, the Conclusion

Poor-o-poor BTExpress, he seemed to have met his doom in the last episode. Like you, I need to find out what happened to the poor old guy. So without further ado, lets see what happened in part two.



"Sir, sir, the plane is landing and you have to put your seat in the upright position."

"Leave me alone, I want to sleep!"

"Sir, your tray and seat back must be in the upright position. Don't make me call the sky marshal on you."

"Yea, yea, what ever you say......................... bitch."

Can't a guy get some sleep?

SIN CITY - PART 6, Scary View, the Conclusion

Poor-o-poor BTExpress, he seemed to have met his doom in the last episode. Like you, I need to find out what happened to the poor old guy. So without further ado, lets see what happened in part two.



"Sir, sir, the plane is landing and you have to put your seat in the upright position."

"Leave me alone, I want to sleep!"

"Sir, your tray and seat back must be in the upright position. Don't make me call the sky marshal on you."

"Yea, yea, what ever you say......................... bitch."

Can't a guy get some sleep?

SIN CITY - PART 5, Scary View

If you've been reading my posts about the vacation Lori and I recently spent in Las Vegas, If you haven't read them, then STOP NOW and go back and read them., I'm sure you've been on the edge of your seat waiting to find out what happened after The Scary HNT. If your not on the edge of your seat, then that means you haven't read my Las Vegas posts and I'm pissed off. So STOP NOW and go back and read them! There will be a test so pay close attention.

Wait no longer my faithful readers, but beware, this one is scarier than the last one!

SIN CITY - PART 5, Scary View

If you've been reading my posts about the vacation Lori and I recently spent in Las Vegas, If you haven't read them, then STOP NOW and go back and read them., I'm sure you've been on the edge of your seat waiting to find out what happened after The Scary HNT. If your not on the edge of your seat, then that means you haven't read my Las Vegas posts and I'm pissed off. So STOP NOW and go back and read them! There will be a test so pay close attention.

Wait no longer my faithful readers, but beware, this one is scarier than the last one!

My new favorite model/actress, .........

........is Heidi Klum. I'll give you one guess, no, two guesses why. :-P



I bet you love her now too.

My new favorite model/actress, .........

........is Heidi Klum. I'll give you one guess, no, two guesses why. :-P



I bet you love her now too.

I went to Lori's for Thanksgiving

Lori 's parents came down on Tuesday from Rhode Island to spend the week visiting. Like last year, my son went to his girl friend's and I went to mine (my girl friend is Lori if you were wondering).

I asked her if she wanted me to bring something, because I wanted to share show off my culinary skills to her family. I've developed into quite a cook if I do say so myself. Except for baking. I don't eat desert, so I never bothered to learn to bake. That was proven last year when I tried to make a pie and screwed up the ingredients. If I remember correctly, I left out the sugar.

At first she said she didn't want me to make anything, but then a couple of days later, she said she changed her mind. She told me she found a recipe for something she wanted me to make. Now of all the things she could have asked me to prepare, what do you think it would be? It could have been anything; stuffing, any of the side dishes or even the turkey.

So what do you think she asked me to make? I'll give you one guess.

So, did you guess it correctly? Of course you did!

Yep a desert, a baked desert. Did I tell you I don't bake and that I never learned, because I don't eat desert? No, not just any old baked desert, but a frigging "Tropical Pumpkin Pie". Did I tell you I don't bake and that I never learned, because I don't eat desert?

Of course I said yes, because I'm the man and I'm good that way.

She emailed me the recipe and I read it. Basically a Tropical Pumpkin Pie is a pumpkin pie with flaked coconut mixed in with the pumpkin filling and spices. Crushed pineapple is spread on top of that and then that is covered with toasted coconut. Here's my pies, all three of them.


Why are there three and why is the crust so dark you ask? Did I tell you I don't bake and that I never learned, because I don't eat desert? Well, since I was making attempting one for Lori, I'd make one so my son could take one to his girlfriends house. I mean how hard can doubling the ingredients be, right?

Now you ask, if I just doubled the ingredients, why are there three pies and not just two. Well, I tell you. I have no frigging clue! I measured all of the ingredients VERY carefully and even leveled off the measuring cups and measuring spoon with a knife. I followed the directions precisely and double checked as I went along. I made sure I even bought 9-inch pie crusts like they said. Good thing there were three in a pack or I'd have tossed a lot of filling. I just have no idea what I'm going to do with three pies. Did I tell you I don't eat desert?

I know the crust is way too dark, so next time I'll cover the edge with aluminum foil like they suggested. Did you know I don't always take suggestions?

When my son got home he immediately wanted to know what smelled so good, so I showed him. He took a double take and then asked me why I made all those pies. I explained that Lori asked me to make it and that I was taking one to her house and I'd made extra so he could take one to his girl friends.

Before he answered, he saw the small dish of filling cooling on the rack that I'd made for a taste test after they were done and he asked to taste it. He got a spoon, tasted it and HE LOVED IT! He cleaned the dish. I thought it was pretty darn good myself. :-)

I felt a lot better now. Even with the dark crust, I'm sure it would be a hit, especially with the crushed pineapple and toasted coconut on top.

Oh yea, did you know they don't sell toasted coconut? I had to toast my own. That was a first too, but even that came out good. :-)


To make a long story just a bit longer, my pie was a big hit. And you know what? I might just do a little baking now that my second attempt at pie making came out pretty darn good?

I went to Lori's for Thanksgiving

Lori 's parents came down on Tuesday from Rhode Island to spend the week visiting. Like last year, my son went to his girl friend's and I went to mine (my girl friend is Lori if you were wondering).

I asked her if she wanted me to bring something, because I wanted to share show off my culinary skills to her family. I've developed into quite a cook if I do say so myself. Except for baking. I don't eat desert, so I never bothered to learn to bake. That was proven last year when I tried to make a pie and screwed up the ingredients. If I remember correctly, I left out the sugar.

At first she said she didn't want me to make anything, but then a couple of days later, she said she changed her mind. She told me she found a recipe for something she wanted me to make. Now of all the things she could have asked me to prepare, what do you think it would be? It could have been anything; stuffing, any of the side dishes or even the turkey.

So what do you think she asked me to make? I'll give you one guess.

So, did you guess it correctly? Of course you did!

Yep a desert, a baked desert. Did I tell you I don't bake and that I never learned, because I don't eat desert? No, not just any old baked desert, but a frigging "Tropical Pumpkin Pie". Did I tell you I don't bake and that I never learned, because I don't eat desert?

Of course I said yes, because I'm the man and I'm good that way.

She emailed me the recipe and I read it. Basically a Tropical Pumpkin Pie is a pumpkin pie with flaked coconut mixed in with the pumpkin filling and spices. Crushed pineapple is spread on top of that and then that is covered with toasted coconut. Here's my pies, all three of them.


Why are there three and why is the crust so dark you ask? Did I tell you I don't bake and that I never learned, because I don't eat desert? Well, since I was making attempting one for Lori, I'd make one so my son could take one to his girlfriends house. I mean how hard can doubling the ingredients be, right?

Now you ask, if I just doubled the ingredients, why are there three pies and not just two. Well, I tell you. I have no frigging clue! I measured all of the ingredients VERY carefully and even leveled off the measuring cups and measuring spoon with a knife. I followed the directions precisely and double checked as I went along. I made sure I even bought 9-inch pie crusts like they said. Good thing there were three in a pack or I'd have tossed a lot of filling. I just have no idea what I'm going to do with three pies. Did I tell you I don't eat desert?

I know the crust is way too dark, so next time I'll cover the edge with aluminum foil like they suggested. Did you know I don't always take suggestions?

When my son got home he immediately wanted to know what smelled so good, so I showed him. He took a double take and then asked me why I made all those pies. I explained that Lori asked me to make it and that I was taking one to her house and I'd made extra so he could take one to his girl friends.

Before he answered, he saw the small dish of filling cooling on the rack that I'd made for a taste test after they were done and he asked to taste it. He got a spoon, tasted it and HE LOVED IT! He cleaned the dish. I thought it was pretty darn good myself. :-)

I felt a lot better now. Even with the dark crust, I'm sure it would be a hit, especially with the crushed pineapple and toasted coconut on top.

Oh yea, did you know they don't sell toasted coconut? I had to toast my own. That was a first too, but even that came out good. :-)


To make a long story just a bit longer, my pie was a big hit. And you know what? I might just do a little baking now that my second attempt at pie making came out pretty darn good?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Before we get into HNT, I want to wish you and your's a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Not it's time for Half Nekkid Thursday! Mine follows.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Before we get into HNT, I want to wish you and your's a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Not it's time for Half Nekkid Thursday! Mine follows.

Sin City Part 4 - Scary HNT

This may be the last look you get at BTExpress and Simply Me.

They ran into something very scary in the endless hall of their hotel in Sin City.

Here is the video of their encounter. Watch it only if you dare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Scary HNT

PS
Sorry I'm not following the MP3 theme for this week as per King HNT, but I don't have an MP3 player and almost never listen to music except in the car. (Yea, I'm weird) But the sound effects in this post are MP3s, so I guess I'm technically complying with the theme.

Sin City Part 4 - Scary HNT

This may be the last look you get at BTExpress and Simply Me.

They ran into something very scary in the endless hall of their hotel in Sin City.

Here is the video of their encounter. Watch it only if you dare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Scary HNT

PS
Sorry I'm not following the MP3 theme for this week as per King HNT, but I don't have an MP3 player and almost never listen to music except in the car. (Yea, I'm weird) But the sound effects in this post are MP3s, so I guess I'm technically complying with the theme.

Cleaning Lady Troubles

My cleaning lady never showed up today. She didn't even call to let me know she wouldn't be coming. This is the second time she didn't show up or call. I called her and left a message on her answering machine asking her what happened. I reminded her in the message that this happened before. I also reminded her that she is supposed to call if she isn't going to show up. We discussed this the last time.

She called back about 5 minutes later. The poor thing had migraines so bad that she was admitted to the hospital. When she was released, she felt too poorly to call me.

I wasn't buying a minute of it as an excuse not to call.

Sure she could have had a sever migraine and even have been admitted to a hospital for it. BULL SHIT! Poor thing. But WFT? She couldn't find 1 minute to call me an when she got home to let me know she was going to stand me up?

I am normally very nice when I talk to her, but this time I was very stern. Not angry sounding, just stern.

The holiday is coming up and she stands me up! This better not happen again or it's curtains for her. I don't care how good she is. I'll get someone else to clean my house for $20 and hour. Anyone want the job? You just show up every two weeks for four hours and clean my place. It will be the easiest $80 you'll ever make.

Cleaning Lady Troubles

My cleaning lady never showed up today. She didn't even call to let me know she wouldn't be coming. This is the second time she didn't show up or call. I called her and left a message on her answering machine asking her what happened. I reminded her in the message that this happened before. I also reminded her that she is supposed to call if she isn't going to show up. We discussed this the last time.

She called back about 5 minutes later. The poor thing had migraines so bad that she was admitted to the hospital. When she was released, she felt too poorly to call me.

I wasn't buying a minute of it as an excuse not to call.

Sure she could have had a sever migraine and even have been admitted to a hospital for it. BULL SHIT! Poor thing. But WFT? She couldn't find 1 minute to call me an when she got home to let me know she was going to stand me up?

I am normally very nice when I talk to her, but this time I was very stern. Not angry sounding, just stern.

The holiday is coming up and she stands me up! This better not happen again or it's curtains for her. I don't care how good she is. I'll get someone else to clean my house for $20 and hour. Anyone want the job? You just show up every two weeks for four hours and clean my place. It will be the easiest $80 you'll ever make.

Sin City - Part 3, Day 2, The Vacation Club Tour

We arrived at the hotel early Friday morning. The hotel looked first class, but I assumed it would if it was to compete with all the other hotels in Las Vegas.






There was marble everything everywhere.











Check in was at 4:00, but arrived a little early........at noon. They gave us a room right away anyway.










The hall was kind of creepy. We had an interesting experience in the hall the next day, but I'll leave that for another post.










The first thing we did when we got into the room was to take pictures of the room before we messed it up. The room was really nice, but nothing special. It was a lot like all the other newer Hilton hotels I've stayed in.


Here's the view of the Las Vegas Strip from our room.








The second thing we did was make drinks (I packed the gin & tonic) and make a toast to the two love birds destined to have a naughty time in Sin City.

Wait, that was the third thing. We went to the bathroom after taking the pictures.






We were going to get together with Tara this weekend, so next I got online to send her an email to let her know we arrived. We exchanged a few text message and emails and agreed to get together the next night on Saturday.



The free high speed wireless internet access was nice. When we were in San Diego last November we only had free wired access. The old phone landlines suck!

The next day, Saturday, we were scheduled to take the two-hour-tour of the Hilton Grand Vacation Club on the Strip we were staying at. I got the cheap rate for the room when I agreed to take the tour. The vacation clubs are time share condos at Hilton resorts around the world. Right now there are almost forty of them.

The tour of the facility was nice and the salesman was friendly and knowledgeable.



They don't have a restaurant in the hotel, but they have a 24-hour deli. There will be a restaurant in tower three when the build it. They are also going to build a fourth tower. With four, almost 40-floor towers, that's a lot of frigging rooms!



They have a health club, but it's one place I'll probably never go into. Who goes on vacation to spend it in a gym?







The tour was nice and then we sat down for the sales pitch to try and get me to buy a time share. He even said they had an incentive to buy into their time share. I just wanted to get it over with so we get back to touring Sin City. But the guy was good, very good. He made it all sound so attractive. Somewhere during this conversation he asked us, "If you could take a vacation any where in the world, where would it be?" Lori said Hawaii and I agreed. I'd always wanted to go there. (Lori thought that this is the incentive to buy they would offer me.)

It isn't like any other time share I'd ever heard of.

You know how when you buy a time share that you get a week at a certain resort at a certain time of the year? This isn't like that.

You know how they tell you that you can trade your week for another week somewhere other than the place you bought into and are lucky if you can get it when you want? This isn't like that.

This one works with points. So many points a year based on what level you purchase. You can use them at any of these palces, any time there is an available room or suite.

Hilton Grand Vacations Club offers a collection of extraordinary resorts in some of the world's most desirable locations, access to over 2,800 Hilton Family of Hotels worldwide, 3,700 exchange opportunities across the globe and a variety of unique adventure and cruise travel options. Hilton Grand Vacations Club resorts offer extensive amenities and impeccably designed studios, one, two and three bedroom villas...destinations unto themselves. Ownership at a Hilton Grand Vacations Club resort comes with a proprietary allotment of ClubPoints - the currency which delivers flexibility, choices and vacation planning services so simple and easy, you'll wonder why you ever vacationed any other way.

I wouldn't be restricted to just one particular week a year. Nor would I be restricted to any one place. I could vacation at any of the places they offered, anytime I wanted. I could even check into a local hotel for a weekend if I wanted. They have about a dozen different hotel chains.

Damn! I was just about hooked!

Next he asked me if I was interested in talking to his manager. It seems that if I bought in that day, the manager would offer me that "incentive" to buy. I figured it wouldn't hurt to hear what he'd offer, so I said yes. He walked away to get his manager.

I turned to Lori and almost at the same time we said, "This sounds good." I was hooked and being reeled in.

A minute later the manager showed up and we chatted a bit. You know, small talk. Then he says, "I see here that you'd like to go to Hawaii."

I said, "Yes."

He says, "If you buy today, I will give you two free round trip airfares on American Airlines and a week at one of our vacation clubs in Hawaii. What do you say, interested?"

(American Airlines is part of this too. So are every cruise line in the world and many other travel and vacation companies including house boats, including RCI time shares. It's just not Hilton's I am limited too.)

What else could I say but, "Yes."

That's right, I bought a time share at the Hilton Grand Vacation Club on the Strip in Las Vegas. I swore I'd never do that, but I bought it. I am retired, can travel at will and have been taking vacations anyway, so this seemed like a good idea. Besides, I'm actually buying a piece of the vacation club in Las Vegas. I can hand it down in my will, even give it away. I just couldn't see a down side.

The plan I bought was for a two-room suite, for a week in Vegas. That is 5,000 points. If I take a smaller room, like the studio we stayed in, the price in points drops by about half. That would give me two weeks at least. I can even use the points for airfare.

The incentive points I got for the free vacation in Hawaii was for 15,040 points. So I expect that a one-week vacation in Hawaii, in a two-room suite with airfare is expensive.

Does anyone have any idea how much that would cost?

But I'm free to use the incentive points and the 5,000 points I get right away, for any vacation I want. It doesn't have to be Hawaii. Having 20,040 points to start, is a lot of frigging points and a lot of vacation time immediately available to me. If I don't want to use it, or can't, I can bank it for future use.

I just couldn't see the down side to this, can you? Honestly, can you?

Sin City - Part 3, Day 2, The Vacation Club Tour

We arrived at the hotel early Friday morning. The hotel looked first class, but I assumed it would if it was to compete with all the other hotels in Las Vegas.






There was marble everything everywhere.











Check in was at 4:00, but arrived a little early........at noon. They gave us a room right away anyway.










The hall was kind of creepy. We had an interesting experience in the hall the next day, but I'll leave that for another post.










The first thing we did when we got into the room was to take pictures of the room before we messed it up. The room was really nice, but nothing special. It was a lot like all the other newer Hilton hotels I've stayed in.


Here's the view of the Las Vegas Strip from our room.








The second thing we did was make drinks (I packed the gin & tonic) and make a toast to the two love birds destined to have a naughty time in Sin City.

Wait, that was the third thing. We went to the bathroom after taking the pictures.






We were going to get together with Tara this weekend, so next I got online to send her an email to let her know we arrived. We exchanged a few text message and emails and agreed to get together the next night on Saturday.



The free high speed wireless internet access was nice. When we were in San Diego last November we only had free wired access. The old phone landlines suck!

The next day, Saturday, we were scheduled to take the two-hour-tour of the Hilton Grand Vacation Club on the Strip we were staying at. I got the cheap rate for the room when I agreed to take the tour. The vacation clubs are time share condos at Hilton resorts around the world. Right now there are almost forty of them.

The tour of the facility was nice and the salesman was friendly and knowledgeable.



They don't have a restaurant in the hotel, but they have a 24-hour deli. There will be a restaurant in tower three when the build it. They are also going to build a fourth tower. With four, almost 40-floor towers, that's a lot of frigging rooms!



They have a health club, but it's one place I'll probably never go into. Who goes on vacation to spend it in a gym?







The tour was nice and then we sat down for the sales pitch to try and get me to buy a time share. He even said they had an incentive to buy into their time share. I just wanted to get it over with so we get back to touring Sin City. But the guy was good, very good. He made it all sound so attractive. Somewhere during this conversation he asked us, "If you could take a vacation any where in the world, where would it be?" Lori said Hawaii and I agreed. I'd always wanted to go there. (Lori thought that this is the incentive to buy they would offer me.)

It isn't like any other time share I'd ever heard of.

You know how when you buy a time share that you get a week at a certain resort at a certain time of the year? This isn't like that.

You know how they tell you that you can trade your week for another week somewhere other than the place you bought into and are lucky if you can get it when you want? This isn't like that.

This one works with points. So many points a year based on what level you purchase. You can use them at any of these palces, any time there is an available room or suite.

Hilton Grand Vacations Club offers a collection of extraordinary resorts in some of the world's most desirable locations, access to over 2,800 Hilton Family of Hotels worldwide, 3,700 exchange opportunities across the globe and a variety of unique adventure and cruise travel options. Hilton Grand Vacations Club resorts offer extensive amenities and impeccably designed studios, one, two and three bedroom villas...destinations unto themselves. Ownership at a Hilton Grand Vacations Club resort comes with a proprietary allotment of ClubPoints - the currency which delivers flexibility, choices and vacation planning services so simple and easy, you'll wonder why you ever vacationed any other way.

I wouldn't be restricted to just one particular week a year. Nor would I be restricted to any one place. I could vacation at any of the places they offered, anytime I wanted. I could even check into a local hotel for a weekend if I wanted. They have about a dozen different hotel chains.

Damn! I was just about hooked!

Next he asked me if I was interested in talking to his manager. It seems that if I bought in that day, the manager would offer me that "incentive" to buy. I figured it wouldn't hurt to hear what he'd offer, so I said yes. He walked away to get his manager.

I turned to Lori and almost at the same time we said, "This sounds good." I was hooked and being reeled in.

A minute later the manager showed up and we chatted a bit. You know, small talk. Then he says, "I see here that you'd like to go to Hawaii."

I said, "Yes."

He says, "If you buy today, I will give you two free round trip airfares on American Airlines and a week at one of our vacation clubs in Hawaii. What do you say, interested?"

(American Airlines is part of this too. So are every cruise line in the world and many other travel and vacation companies including house boats, including RCI time shares. It's just not Hilton's I am limited too.)

What else could I say but, "Yes."

That's right, I bought a time share at the Hilton Grand Vacation Club on the Strip in Las Vegas. I swore I'd never do that, but I bought it. I am retired, can travel at will and have been taking vacations anyway, so this seemed like a good idea. Besides, I'm actually buying a piece of the vacation club in Las Vegas. I can hand it down in my will, even give it away. I just couldn't see a down side.

The plan I bought was for a two-room suite, for a week in Vegas. That is 5,000 points. If I take a smaller room, like the studio we stayed in, the price in points drops by about half. That would give me two weeks at least. I can even use the points for airfare.

The incentive points I got for the free vacation in Hawaii was for 15,040 points. So I expect that a one-week vacation in Hawaii, in a two-room suite with airfare is expensive.

Does anyone have any idea how much that would cost?

But I'm free to use the incentive points and the 5,000 points I get right away, for any vacation I want. It doesn't have to be Hawaii. Having 20,040 points to start, is a lot of frigging points and a lot of vacation time immediately available to me. If I don't want to use it, or can't, I can bank it for future use.

I just couldn't see the down side to this, can you? Honestly, can you?