Moving up in the world

(First of all what to thank Falstad for the solid post yesterday. I appreciate what the millions...and millions of the followers of the blog are trying to do by keeping him humble and not commenting on his post. The view count speaks for itself. Either 1) Falstad has been refreshing the page ad nauseum or 2) lots of people enjoyed the post [if 1) that would be captured in the "unique visitors" of my analysis, which it is, so possibly 2) is what happened yesterday]. In any case da rude boy came correct yesterday and really displayed some solid writing skills. He made this place feel alive again. In the future if anyone feels they would like to contribute, please don't hesitate to mention something in the comments and I will see what my publishers will let me do.)

Brown nosing. Does it help? What exactly is brown nosing? Who knows but I'm pretty sure I experienced it a few minutes ago. The boss just got back from Vegas so I was shooting the breeze with him regarding what he did, did he make money etc. Then rolls up mini-boss and he's just laughing his face off at every semi-entertaining phrase the boss says. Just felt weird. A real fake laugh too. Real grimey. I was smiling and nodding my head and what not because the concept of which he described; lots of mid-westerners getting real burned at the vegas pools indeed did conjure up some great imagery - but it wasn't funny, per se. The mini-boss was doubled over and laughing like a bird. Interestingly enough - it seemed to get a good reaction from the boss because he in turn kept describing the situation and showing a look of "this pleases me the way in which you are reacting, mini-boss" on his face as he continued. I may have chuckled once or twice, who knows, but may not have played this one right. Was the mini-boss' reaction more in concert with moving up in the world than mine? Is the "yes man" not just a colloquialism, but a harbinger of truth and what results in success in relationships in and out of the professional world?

On a related but seperate note, the boss dropped some info regarding doing vegas on the cheap. Now I have done some research on the constituents of this here blog, and I know this is of interest to most of you. The demographics show above average income - but a much more above average level of "thrifty". It is actually not anything great but it does one two three four five things things: 1) occupies a good amount of time in Vegas, 2) does so cheaply, 3) involves drinking, 4) involves gambling, and 5) isn't really viewed as "thrifty" or in any way shirking the Vegas experience. Apparently, (this post may effectively arbitrage away any net utility benefits given the amount of people who a) visit my blog and b) go to vegas [and the intersection of these two sets]) if you go to Ceasar's you get a free drink with every five dollar bet on the horse races! Anticlimactic you say?! Possibly, but in practice it really kills alot of birds with one stone. And, it genuinely is known to be a fun thing to bet on horses. My boss says that "it essentially can occupy time from like 12-6", that being said, I do not think I would do that for 6 hours, but the point is, you could. If instead you did it for a couple, hung out with some friends in the mean while, essentially get five dollar drinks, or gamble with the houses money (whichever you chose to look at it as these are economically equivalent transactions) then maybe hit the pool at some point. A solid afternoon in Vegas at a reasonable cost.