The village idiot of Las Vegas..Hard luck and busted Part 2..

I got a message on Face Book today, it was from an old friend of mine in Kansas. He's a fan of the blog, and he wanted to know why I was so down on my luck..The truth of the matter? My life has been a bowl of cherries compared to his. Growing up, know one, and I mean know one, thought this kid would live to see 21. He'd been diagnosed with cancer multiple times, multiple bone marrow transplants, encephalitis, car wrecks, carnage, this was all before he turned 21. If it had anything to do with hard luck? He experienced it in his younger years. Turns out, his 40th birthday is right around the corner..Now, I have to admit some thing to him, and I hope he doesn't take it the wrong way. It had been 15-20 years since I had talked with him, that's before I ran into him on Face Book..When I first saw him on Face Book, I had to do a double take..I was shocked that he was still alive, and I don't mean to sound like a morbid prick when I say that, but it's the truth.. Nowadays, we've reconnected and I'm convinced that he is going to out live us all. I guess will see..

Hard luck and busted stories are a dime a dozen in Las Vegas..The town was literally rocked to the core by the recession. Anything that could go wrong? It did for a lot of people who call Las Vegas home. You could put a list together longer than a donkeys tail about what needs to be done to correct things in Las Vegas..What would be at the top of my list? Two things actually, job creation and entrepreneurship.. Here's an interesting tidbit about me (I'm a registered Libertarian)..The Libertarian point of view is a generation or two from becoming mainstream. Anyways, I'm going to save the political talk for a different day.

I like to end every post of mine with a thought I'm having..Call it the village idiot thought of the day.."I wonder if people would find this concept interesting? A grown up Oliver Twist like character meets a modern day Las Vegas..The goal of any blogger is to see if he can't bring his writing to life..I'm convinced I can, just need to find the right person to play along with..One last thing. Happy Birthday to my friend Scott Edwards..I can see 40 more coming your way."