Blogging is just another type of writing, you know. I have WAAAAAAAY too much time on my hands, and I've managed to devote most of it to another type of writing, the composition of a novel. If you (rands) can identify what makes a good story, you ought to.

Anyway, my want to create, my imagination, and the fact that I lead a life UNWORTHY of a blog (boring for the most part, but I'm also a private guy, mostly, so mine would never be updated) have both kept me from starting a blog or e/n site, and have caused me to pen a growing, 115000 word novel.

Also, I'm sure we'd all love to see (and buy) a tome called 'Vegas: The Rands Way, by Rands' Take that outline of yours and flesh it out! Also, see the movie 'Rounders,' thereby discovering the world of professional poker, and use that to help you understand the 'serious fucking guys' who gamble for a living in Vegas. (Self help and instructional books are the best selling english-language books right now, you know.)