tam activities

Hello everyone! I arrived in Las Vegas late yesterday night, and naturally the hotel had screwed up and they didn't have the room I'd reserved available. So, with a bit of hassle I ended up spending last night in a room with two queen-sized beds instead of one king-sized bed. No biggie -...

College of Curiosity going to Death Valley, and you can come! And it's free, but you'll need to have your own vehicle or bum a ride from someone. Thursday, July 16th. Leaving from Tropicana at 8AM. You will miss workshops at TAM. Reminder, this event is not associated with JREF or TAM. It is...

For the past several years, I have organized trips to various attractions that involve Not Fearing Heights: Tandem Skydiving (from an actual airplane), Indoor Skydiving (in a vertical wind tunnel), and the Stratosphere's SkyJump. Last year we did the Voodoo Zipline between the Rio hotel towers...

Here's the deal... I'm willing to do a bus tour of Death Valley at TAM on that Thursday or Sunday. It's expensive, so I'll only do it if I know there are people who are going to come. We will see amazing things, including where we control our drones from, where some of Star Wars was shot, a...

Once again, I am supplying a collection of board, card,and dice games for folks to borrow (and play, of course) while at TAM. The games will most likely be available at the JREF Forum table, but may end up in another location. The current list of games I plan to bring this year includes: (The...

Event|Day|Time|Contact person|Link|Notes Meet the Skeptics Breakfast|Wednesday|TBD|TBD|TBD| Meet the (later) Skeptics Breakfast|Thursday|TBD|TBD|Me|Likely going to the Hash House south of the Southpoint if it's still...

For the past few years, I have been organizing trips to various attractions that involve Not Fearing Heights: Tandem Skydiving (from an actual airplane), Indoor Skydiving (in a vertical wind tunnel), and the Stratosphere's SkyJump. This year, I would like to continue the tradition. I could...

In the past, I have only seen a small number of costumes worn at Penn Jillette's Private Rock & Roll Doughnut & Bacon Party, (that takes place an evening of TAM). A couple of characters from Dr. Horrible, and some Pastafarian Pirates, for example. But, I would like to encourage more! Your...

There has been some discussion of seeing various Vegas shows in this thread, but nothing concrete yet. Going to see Penn & Teller at the Rio on Sunday evening was mentioned a few times. I'll likely be going, so I thought I'd start a thread about it to gauge interest. The show is at 9pm, but...

I'm thinking about having a party during TAM. I live kinda far from Vegas proper, so people without transportation would be unable to attend. Also, I'm kind of poor at the moment, so I can't promise awesomeness (am actually considering trying to raise $150 in donations, which you will get back...

As I mentioned last year, I happen to belong to a bit of a social skeptical group, in New York City, called The Jolly Thirteen Club. It is based on the old Thirteen Club, an anti-superstition social gathering established in the 1880's. We meet on the 13th of every month, usually for dinner in...

Each year at TAM we usually have a group that organizes to see Penn and Teller at the Rio. Unfortunately this year they are dark July 8-12 so we may have to find another form of entertainment for Wednesday July 10th. Has anyone had experience with the Cirque du Soleil shows? Or perhaps a...

As with last year, let's get this started. I don't have anything planned, so this is a start for folks. Event|Organizer|Date|Time|More Info (Thread / FB Event) Drinking in the Del Mar |Scrut|Wed - Sun|24 hours a day|Public event for all. Bring your humour and have a good time. What “THEY”...

I am not much of a nightclub-goer, really. But, if anyone would like to go here, I wouldn't mind tagging along to check the place out: http://www.insertcoinslv.com/ It's a nightclub with video game consoles and vintage arcade boxes lying around, that you can play as much as you want, at no...

A group of skeptics is meeting at the horses ass @5, to go see SB.

I happen to belong to a bit of a social skeptical group, in New York City, called The Jolly Thirteen Club. It is based on The Thirteen Club, an anti-superstition social gathering established in the 1880's. We meet on the 13th of every month, usually for dinner in some reasonably priced...

Hey, rather than trying to organize a particular game night I want to do like last couple of years and just say that I will be bringing games to the Del Mar each night and anyone else who wants to bring games is free to do so too. My games will be available for anyone to play while I am there...

Last years mixer was a blast, so let's do it again. GLBT mixer at TAM Friday, July 13, 2012 6:00pm until 9:00pm At Miguel's Tequila Bar, just up the stairs across from the Silverado Lounge. It was so nice getting to meet people last year, and quite a few of us have kept in touch on the...

No, not the drink... the show! I've heard really great things about Absinthe, anyone interested in going? Here's a quote from their website: “Absinthe,” is the critically acclaimed acro-cabaret variety show. “Absinthe” is performed in the round with unobstructed sightlines and in intimate...

I've run the Poker Tournament the last two TAMs, but alas, there's a pretty good chance I won't be able to attend TAM X. So I thought I'd give you guys a heads-up, that if you want poker this year, we'll need someone to step up and take over. I can give you the details of who to contact, and...

They don't have a Wednesday show the week of TAM, so Saturday or Sunday are likely options for most people, I'd assume. Since the only official event scheduled Sunday night looks like The "Challenge", I think that's the night that I'll be heading over to the RIO. Dinner and cab splitting, anyone?

We're down to only 5 months until TAM 10 in July, so it's time to start filling your social calendars with the important events that everyone actually goes to TAM for - the side events. Add your own event, tell people about it, and do it. If there are logistics like figuring out transportation...

I am posting this a bit late, kept forgetting to post, anyway, as I did last year I will be bringing games with me to play in the Del Mar. I use to try to establish a game night, but with all the stuff going on throughout TAM it is just hard to get a good group together for an official games...

I'm thinking in finding a grocery store for soda and food supplies. Being Vegas, maybe some booze and weapons too? A Target or Wal*Mart would likely work, especially if there's a T-Mobile or AT&T vendor nearby. Anyone with a car and no plans other than to drive around Vegas in the afternoon on...

I've recently begun geocaching, and I was wondering if there are going to be any other cachers at TAM. I'd like to track down a couple of caches while I'm in Vegas, and I know there are at least a couple of caches within walking distance of South Point. However, I'm not too excited about...

Well, I decided last year's event went well enough, so I've chartered 16 lanes and we'll try TAM Bowling II. It'll be the same time (Thursday, 9-11PM) at the South Point bowling lanes, and the cost will remain the same, $10.00 for 2 hours bowling and a voluntary (which means I won't twist your...

Somebody had to start it. For now I'll just fill in everything I found in other threads. I'll try to keep it updated. Also including 'official' evening events so as to make planning easier. Please help filling in any ??'s, also it would be nice to have estimated ending times for events. Will...

Hi, all. I registered for a ticket to the P&T show, which is listed as a "Saturday night show"... but when? It's not on the Flamingo's Web site. The dinner w/ Randy and Al is 8:30. So when's the show? After the dinner? I'm signed up for both, so I need to know. Maybe it's listed somewhere...

Okay -- how much should the buy-in be? Total cost = ($25 to the house) + (a slice for the JREF) + (pot which will come to me)

... besides Randi I mean. :) I imagine there must be several conjurers and artful deceivers attending. As a former professional magician (long ago) and a current hack amateur of the worst sort, I thought it might be fun to have an informal get together.