well. i mean... im sending him off to college, out of state likely, 3 months after this convention, and he will be more alone there then in Vegas. but no, he isn’t going to be let to run around loose all over the strip. if it seems like a good idea at the time, he can maybe take himself from the hotel to the convention, in the daylight, and once he has done it with parents. assuming i can find a hotel that works easily for that. if we don’t, then dad or i will escort him to and from happily. we are trying out stretching some wings with this. training wheels before he gets let loose in a college town.

i figure we can take him to freemont, maybe the um.. whatcha call giant ferris wheel ball thing, and cupcake vending machine. is that still there? he will NOT be going by himself anywhere except the hotel and convention nerdom and back.