Some video evidence of the good time we had on New Year's Eve, even if we can't quite remember it the next day...

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, there were lots of chances to make new ones with all the celebrations going on in town. There was an estimated 291,000 people partying up and down the Las Vegas Strip which, they say, is up from last year's count (est. 284,000) but down from '06 (est. 305,174 or thereabouts). We've always wondered how the heck they actually estimate that...

There were also 30,000 crazies on Fremont Street--including our beloved mayor Oscar Goodman (along with his beloved showgirls) which was more than double last year's crowd (of course, it was free for locals this year and only $20 for aliens while it was something like $40 for everyone in '07). We also had several vehicles making jumps around town: Robbie Maddison jumped up and on and then down our fake Arc de Triomphe, Robbie Knievel jumped in front of the Mirage volcano--rather than over like was advertised by Fox--and Ryhs Millen did a back flip with a pickup truck over at the Rio (although he didn't hit the landing quite right).

The Strip fireworks show received lots of complaints as it was difficult for many to actually view the various displays and all in all, many are happy to be done with 2008.