AC is bad enough...but casinos are the most depressing places on earth. It's not that I don't like a couple hours of gambling. Its just that you always end up at some point at a table with someone who's playing with the rent money, and takes the laws of probability personally (often with disbelief and accusation.) Uh...cue Rick Blaine. Not gonna happen in AC.

Some how there was a hurricaine or something going on when I woke up. There were these guys that I thought had little motorized carts. One of them got me to take a ride down the boardwalk to Resorts, where I was going to see a show. It was really really nasty out. It turns out, the cart had no motor and this guy was pushing me. I was so embarrassed (and such a big winner at Gulfstream Park) that I paid him double.

So this weekend, I went to Atlantic City. I spent most of the time in casinos, so I didn't really get many pictures. He he he, anyway, I mostly played horses, which I could have done in Brooklyn. It was ok. AC is like a Hillbilly Vegas. Vegas I can stand for maybe 48 hours. AC...24 at most.

Although I can't say I had a bad time...one must admit, that going to your own alumni function is unbearable enough, going to some one else's is just...well, not something you get overly excited about.

This is the only picture I got of Harris Raynor, honoree. We were all the way in the back. And there wasn't much light in the room. Mr. Raynor drew quite a crowd of his peers. There were also management people there too (there's a management side award and a Union side award given out.) The funniest part of the evening was realizing that prior winners of the management award included last year's honoree, Gary Bettman. The irony is that, of course, a few months after, Bettman destroyed the NHL by locking out the Union. Yeah, real management genius.

There's Donovan again...still with no one to talk to.

There's Towne again eating salad with another Union Vice President.

There's Donovan, he only taught at Cornell, and didn't have anyone there to talk to.

There's Towne working the floor with other Union Vice Presidents.

Uh, this is an unfortunate picture. I'm sure as soon as Towne and Donovan realize its up on the web, I'm gonna catch hell.

So later that day, Towne, Donovan and I went to an Cornell ILR Alumni event honoring Harris Raynor, the southern regional vice president of our Union.

I guess its even less shocking that the Unions want to save social security. If you're not Charles Schwab, you don't really stand to gain from private accounts. But you do have a lot to lose.

I guess its not shocking that a Wall Street mogul is in favor of the introduction of private retirement accounts to be managed by Wall Street moguls.

So the New York City Central Labor Council decided to dampen Chuck's day in the sun by disrupting his reception.

Thursday, there was a rally in front of the Ritz Carlton hotel, where Charles Schwab (of Charles Schwab fame) was receiving an award for something or another. The problem with Schwab is, he's in bed with a bunch of lobbying groups who are pushing for social security privitization.