08-08-04 - 11:08 a.m.
ways to amuse yourself in a small nevada desert town;
1) visit a pawn shop and buy cheap used videos. hundreds of them.
2) visit a big farm supply store and buy a garish purple halter and lead for your horse.
3) visit the drugstore to pick up a prescription and play the slots.
4) visit safeway to pick up milk and play the slots.
5) follow the signs to the kit kat, sagebrush, and moonlit bunny ranch and discover a charming cul-de-sac of nicely kept brothels.
6) drive to boomtown for the all-you-can-eat whole maine lobster buffet and compete with your dining companions for the title of buttery glutton.
7) visit virginia city for the claustrophobic underground mine tour.
8) drive 30 miles to the nearest 7-11 for a slurpee and play the slots.
9) drive 60 miles to a better walmart and find no slots.
10) restaurant hop to satisfy a taco craving only to discover la cocina's specialty is mini-corndogs.