I'm currently waiting to board my third flight of the day (for this trip), sitting in the Las Vegas airport. The Las Vegas airport has free wireless! That's a good thing. It's also packed with slot machines going "bleep-bleep", "ding-ding", and "do-do-do-do". That's kind of annoying.
The southwest is sunny and warm. That's also a good thing. Considering that this is what I left this morning:
And this is where I'm going to be tonight:
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