On my way back across country to Los Angeles, Putt had told me that he was going to be in Las Vegas. So instead of taking my usual route of I-10, I took the northern route and drove all the way to Las Vegas.
I stayed with Putt at the Venetian and had a marvelous time going out and about with all of our friends. I was also a participant in 4 different games of credit card roulette, and fortunately only lost one of them (albeit it was a $300 loss).