What Do All These Famous People Have in Common?
Read MoreLet’s play a game.
Scroll down and look at each photograph.
There’s no rush.
Take your time.
Why Is This Type of Discrimination Acceptable?
Read MoreGo ahead. Laugh.
It’s funny. We’ve all been stuck on airplanes and seen things like this.
But it’s also sad — and very, very wrong.
Binion’s Horseshoe Bonus Stories
Read MoreSome great stories from the old days of Binion’s Horseshoe.
The Closing of Binion’s Horseshoe (Conclusion)
Photo by Ulvis Alberts (2002 WSOP)
Read MoreThis is the final segment in my trilogy on the closing of Binion’s Horseshoe.
What the Elephant Sees
Read MoreFreedom isn’t just a human struggle.
It’s also a humanitarian one, also.
Love and Romance in 2040
Read MoreMost futuristic movies deal with macro subjects. Big events like space exploration. Cataclysmic wars. Natural disasters. Hunger games.
Few movies dare to broach what daily life will actually be like for most ordinary people.
Here’s one that does.
Another Gavin Smith Story
Drinking with Gavin Smith last night
Read MoreGavin Smith and I go back many, many years. More cocktails, laughs, and hangovers than I care to remember. Let’s just say I knew Gavin before he became infamous.
Last night, we added another chapter to the encyclopedia of stories you wouldn’t believe.
My Picks: NFL Divisional Round
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The Closing of Binion’s Horseshoe (Part 2)
with Becky Binion-Behnen in 2003
Read MoreRead Part 1 HERE.
Ten Years Ago Today: The Closing of Binion’s Horseshoe (Part 1)
Read MoreToday is January 9th, 2014.
Ten years ago today, a Las Vegas landmark was forcibly shut down.
Binion’s Horseshoe, the crumbling ruin of a former empire and the final vestige of the Old West that had once transformed dusty Las Vegas into a neon-lit magnet of vice, shuddered its windows and padlocked its doors.
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