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Jacob Drafts
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Carolinian. Former combat engineer. Current before cure tire repairman.
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Last week I was talking to this couple from Vegas and they asked if I have ever been to Vegas and I responded that it has been a real long time... Pretty much 20 years ago when I first landed in the US that was one of the first places I visited.

It was a Dani Johnson's First Steps to Success Seminar. Learning all about cold calling.....

This is what's left of those memories.

It wasn't until several days later, that out of the blue it dawn on me that I have absolutely been to Vegas more than that one time.

I am amazed how I blacked out to recall that.

But yes, I was in Vegas in 2011 speaking at a conference, the largest in the industry I was involved at the time for about a decade as a "top" "influencer" 💁🏻‍♀️oooooh... Spoke about "Social Media Buzz with Video" in the Palms hotel Pearl ballroom....

I remember the big brag about that was that Britney Spears was performing on that same stage the weekend after... I am literally laughing out loud right now writing this.... 😆mostly because silly outdated old paradigm copywriting and marketing spins that such details were made to stand out... Later gave a talk at a breakout room...

There was a VIP after party for all the speakers later at the top floor at the Playboy Suite 👯‍♀️ and we got to take photos with industry friends at a giant spinning oval bed.

My partner at the time and I had hired a filming crew and traded a ticket with another industry friend to be our assistant and bring one speaker at a time into our suite where I'd interviewed them.

It was a busy weekend and I remember feeling terrible inside the Vegas Hotels. The energy was ewwww. I eventually went to hang out and restore with a massage at the spa and chill out by a pool in the sun. As far as I remember it was some acupressure massage and triggered a ton of grief in me. I ended up crying the whole time on the plane home, grieving my 18 year old cousin Toni who was killed car accident in recent months. 😪

Does not getting out of the van other than to get someone’s bags at the airport count as going to Vegas? That’s my only time there. It was after dark though and when they found out I had never been they took the long way so I could see the strip lit up.

Felt this. You really should have seen it 10 years ago. Though it’s closer to 20 at this point.

https://youtu.be/agVIN8UIRsg?si=o684IMaQGf4dTYCb

I miss the sheriff we had my first 26 years. Back when the department was mostly hands off with people. Then the feds come in and arrested him for corruption. I mean. He was. That wasn’t their business though. I guess all good things must end. Sure he was taking bribes but what’s a campaign contribution here and there between a sheriff and his constituents.

If only Nobel had a Nobel peace prize…

(Yes, I know he didn’t kill anyone)

Is there a Gell-Mann amnesia equivalent for government? Where people will see their elected officials doing something reprehensible over there but then suddenly trust their motives on any other government program?

Indentured servitude. The stolen money is gone? The thief better get to work. Not got to prison. Working to pay back the principle amount stolen plus interest. A lot of interest. On a chain gang at gun point if they refuse to work for garnished wages.

On the opposite end of the spectrum my mother was born overseas when my grandfather was stationed abroad. Fast forward half a century and suddenly she’s getting requests to prove her citizenship. It was a whole thing for several months.

Coworker: are you related to those Drafts’ over in Saluda County?

Me: different branch of the family but yeah.

Coworker: they’re all trouble makers.

Me: rule of thumb, if their last name is Drafts they probably a trouble maker.

Coworker:…

Me: just being honest.

That’s government for you. Even in the future apparently.

https://youtu.be/FbBuNGVDNCM?si=o4nfs0rcalw5vGfO

Just finished my two weeks on day shift headed into my two weeks on night shift so I’ll be opposites. It’s funny at shift change to say good morning when it’s good night for the other person. We all do it.

Some of them are jewish. Some of them aren’t. Don’t much care about their ethnicity one way or the other.

The central bankers. The real fascists. A private company created by government charter whose chairmans are appointed by the government and which enjoys a government granted monopoly. The economic system of fascism I mean. Not the concentration camps everyone pictures in their head when they hear the word fascism.

Pretty much. The little guys on both sides. Like always.