GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS

THERE IS GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS TO REPORT FROM NEVADA THIS MORNING. FIRST GOOD NEWS IN A LONG TIME.........

PAULIE WENT BACK TO WORK THIS LAST WEEK-END, AT THE PALMS CASINO IN LAS VEGAS. REMEMBER BACK IN JANUARY WHEN PAULIE BROKE HIS UPPER ARM IN A SNOWBOARDING CRASH AT BRIAN HEAD IN UTAH. HE HAS BEEN HEALING SLOWLY AND UNEMPLOYED SINCE.

I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW DEPRESSING IT MUST HAVE BEEN TO BE OUT OF WORK IN THE "GLOOM & DOOM" OF THE LAS VEGAS ECONOMY. SO TO BE BACK AT WORK IS GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS FROM NEVADA!!!

WE ALL CAUTIONED PAULIE ABOUT TAKING IT EASY IN RETURNING TO WORK AND TO TAKE AN "EO" (EARLY OUT) AND ONLY WORK 5 OR 6 HOURS THE FIRST COUPLE OF NIGHTS. HE STILL HAS TO WEAR THE SOLID PLASTIC BRACE THAT IMMOBILIZED HIS UPPER ARM. HAD TO BE A TUFF STRAIN TO REACH THE LINE IN A BUSY CRAPS GAME.
WOULDN'T YOU KNOW ON FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN HE RETURNED TO WORK, THE PALMS WAS HOSTING HUGH HEFNERS BIRTHDAY PARTY. THE JOINT WAS PACKED AND BUSY. NO "EO" FOR THE FIRST NIGHT. I GUESS THOSE NEW AND OLD PLAYBOY BUNNIES RUNNING AROUND AND PLAYING CRAPS MUST HAVE BEEN BETTER THAN THE MEDS, CAUSE HE MADE IT THROUGH THE 8 HOUR SHIFT.

HOWEVER WHEN I CHATTED WITH HIM IN THE MORNING HE WAS COMPLAINING OF LEG PAIN AND SWELLING. SEEMS WHILE HE WAS "OFF" WORK HE PUT ON 20 POUNDS AND BEING ON HIS FEET FOR 8 HOURS WITH THE NEW AND EXTRA WEIGHT WAS KILLING HIM. WELL SON, THAT'S WHAT HOT TUBS ARE FOR. FIND ONE AND SOAK THOSE JOINTS!!

"TOKES" WENT OVER $300 FOR THE NIGHT, AND THAT WRAPS UP THE GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS FROM NEVADA FOR TODAY.

THE PUNCH LINE
"Week 3 of the Letterman marriage ... and still no government bailout." -- David Letterman