Thursday, October 25, 2007

David Sedaris is-- um-- an interesting author. I was able to read 1.25 of his books (I read about a fourth of his second book, and that was enough). But the first book I read was hilarious-- and shocking. When Sedaris was in Charlottesville for a reading, I brought my book for him to autograph.DR. HOOK- Compulsion: Gotta get it signed, gotta get it. (The Hook)

By April M. Havens Slot machines could create up to 6,497 jobs in Miami-Dade County in their first full year of operation, says an economic-impact study commissioned by backers of a move to legalize slot .Slot machine proponents' survey predicts 6,000 additional jobs

Oklahoma is now third in the nation in the number of slot machines in the state, according to a study of the gaming industry nationwide, and Oklahomans spent an average of more than $600 per capita to gamble.Oklahoma ranks third in number of slot machines