Your real TAM 4 highlights - post them here!

The Central Scrutinizer said:
Damn. I knew about this, and had even printed out directions. I didn't know that anyone else would be interested. I was going to suggest it for Monday afternoon, but then I forgot. I don't think it was all that far from the strip.
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Nope, a couple miles east on Flamingo.

OK, I'll add it to my list for TAM5 activities...;) :D
 
kittynh said:
OH and Brown let me be his Bond Girl while he taught me Pai Gow poker.

I totally could get into dressing up and hanging on the arm of a handsome man while he gambles. I wonder if it pays well?

Brown, Leno was terrific. But he didn't even compare to the joy of spending time with you.

(Girls, next year married ladies like me are out of luck with him. Better sign up for your date with him now! )
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Whoa, I'm actually blushing. I was going to say that I had a wonderful evening with you, Kitty! I enjoyed the conversation and the show. The only thing I didn't enjoy was the nagging thought, "Darn! Why are all the really great women already taken?"

(For those who didn't see it, Leno's show was a one-man monolog--apart from some audience interaction, there was no one such as a band leader or announcer with which to banter--preceded by an opening act from musician Kenny Rankin. Rankin played guitar in what I would call a classical style--plucking the notes rather than strumming the strings--while singing in a relatively high-pitched voice. He was very good. Leno took the stage and had the audience laughing nearly non-stop. His material was at times a little more "adult" than what you see on TV, but he was never "blue." Throughout the performance, he repeatedly flung the end of his tie over his right shoulder, in a gesture that I had not seen him do on television.)

As for Pai Gow, Kitty and I actually did pretty well. Kitty helped set a couple of the hands. We came out one hand ahead: enough to get the starting stake back, pay commissions, tip the dealer and tip the valet.

Later, Joshua watched me play Pai Gow at the Stardust. He also witnessed the most nauseating run of dealer luck I'd ever seen. My stake vanished. Now, that might have been a "low-light" rather than a highlight, but for the events of the following two days, in which the kind folks at Caesar's and Paris happily reimbursed me for my losses at the Stardust.
 
Other highlights for me:

Meeting so many forum folks, including some I hadn't met yet. I'm sorry to say that I didn't get to meet everyone I'd hoped to meet, though.

I also enjoyed going out to the gun range and firing an automatic handgun (a Beretta 9 mm).

Jamy Ian Swiss's show, which included a mishap. I sat a few feet away from Adam Savage and Kari Byron.

My contribution to the silent auction brought more than four times as much to the JREF as I'd hoped!

I also rather enjoyed the task of assembling the packets, under SkepticScott's thoughtful direction. Scott was a superb boss!! Scott divided the jobs with skill and supervised a system that, as best I can tell, worked very well. Another pleasant surprise came when, after delivering supplies to the assembly room, I answered a knock on the door, and there stood Mr. Randi (and others). A nice moment.

I also enjoyed the lobster bisque at the Palace Station, but even more than that, I enjoyed the company and conversation that came along with it.
 
You'd think my TAM4 highlight was being part of the security team for the Skepchick PJ Party. Nope- it was learning how to pronounce Paul Anagnostopoulos' name. (It's pronounced "Pawl"- ryhmes with "Awl" or "Maul"). Easy once you get the hang of it.
 
...watching fowlsound spit his rum and coke over the table at Tony Romas after my suggestion of what to do if tkingdoll and Phil got served before us.
 
All my time with Gell-Man. That man made me feel like a million bucks.
 
I do not know if I can decide, there were so many moments. The speakers were great and to meet each and everyone at the conference was great. But to see all the familiar faces was perhaps the best.
I had a great time and I now only need to make sure I can see you all again at TAM5.
 
Chaos said:
Kitten sat on my lap - however briefly - during the forum picture shoot. Now that´s a burden I would like to bear every day!
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Now that is clearly untrue. Kitten was sitting on rebecca's lap, and I was sitting on kitten's. Ask rebecca, she has the bruises to prove it.
(I would post the picture, but I can't upload it from here)

Favorite moments (apart from meeting so many fun forumites and listening to great speakers or other stuff already mentioned by others):
The bar crawl on Thursday night (and the waitress making some amazing pipe-cleaner art).
The 2nd annual scotch night (and toasting with Mercutio over the phone).
The wild after-party on Sunday night.
And the strip crawl on Monday with Triangle man, Sid and rebecca after a nice, relaxed breakfast at the Stardust buffet. (which crazy person decided to leave for Hoover Dam at 8 AM :rolleyes:)
 
exarch said:
Now that is clearly untrue. Kitten was sitting on rebecca's lap, and I was sitting on kitten's. Ask rebecca, she has the bruises to prove it.
(I would post the picture, but I can't upload it from here)
*snip*
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Well, she actually sat on my before she decided that was too precarious (I guess she knows it all about unstable geological formations).


Another highlight, of course, was meeting Julia Sweeney´s daughter Mulan, and her introducing me to her stuffed toy elephant, Eddy.

And watching Randi trying - and failing - to trick Mulan with his sleight of hand (making Eddy disappear) was absolutely priceless...
Randi: "Got you worried there for a moment, didn´t I?"
Mulan: "No. You were holding it in your other hand."
 
The post-TAM4 party in Phil and Rebecca's room; not sure where Rebecca took off to.

Certainly a unique experiance. Liquor and music, etc etc etc, and Moe extremely tipsy.

Stimpy (to me): "So, do you have any music that doesn't suck?"
Better than that (asking about a song by The Specials): "What is this, polka?"

I'm not going reprint some of Phil's comments, but suffice it to say some of them had me rolling.
 
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Looking back I now think it is rather funny that when I went to the physician he (and the nurse) kept saying to me over and over as they handed me my perscriptions, 'You know, you can't drink and take these."

I kept nodding and they kept saying, "We are serious! You can't drink at all, no excuses, you will end up in the hospital."

I kept just saying, "got it, I UNDERSTAND"

Then at the Walgreens, 3 times, "You know you CAN'T DRINK"

The pharmacist came over and looked me in the EYE.

I'm thinking, "do I look like a lush? What is wrong with me?"

Finally it hit me, it wasn't me, it was that I was in VEGAS.

(the whole avoid cigarette smoke thing was also interesting)
 
exarch said:
The bar crawl on Thursday night (and the waitress making some amazing pipe-cleaner art).
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Housekeeping stole Jamiroquai and friend

:mad:

I'm f*cking choked. Those were my favourite souvenirs.
 
The highlight for me had to be when Murray Gell-Mann undressed me with his eyes and commented on my "very pretty outfit".
 
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