Rick Lax
Rick wrote the books Fool Me Once: Hustlers, Hookers, Headliners, and How Not to Get Screwed in Vegas and Lawyer Boy: A Case Study on Growing Up. Lax enjoys playing Mafia (the party game, not the Facebook game), and hopes to turn Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit into a cult film before he dies. He currently writes for Las Vegas Weekly.
Recent Stories (view all stories)
- Did you know you can fly straight from Las Vegas to ... ?
- Thursday, May 23, 2013
- Montreal is lovely this time of year.
- Be sure to catch world-famous con man Frank Abagnale this weekend
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- You saw him portrayed in Catch Me If You Can
- In brief: A proposed state drink for Nevada, a local Monsanto march and more
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- Also, one son seriously ups the ante Mother's Day gifts.
- With Sapphire Pool & Dayclub there’s good reason to leave the Strip for something new
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
- Don't worry about smelling like suntan oil and stripper.
- Hocus focus: 'The Centerfolds of Magic' was ... kinda great
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
- Despite a last-minute setback, Centerfolds manages to avoid train-wreck status.
- Aziz Ansari’s latest Vegas visit was hilariously noteworthy
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013
- "The world would be a better place if everybody treated each other the way black people treated magicians."
- In Brief: High school singers hit the big time, and more
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013
- Also, the El Cortez has Double Attack blackjack and desert tortoise limits are in effect.
- Valley of the 'Bots: How a Vegas workshop is blurring the line between man and machine
- Thursday, May 2, 2013
- Human? Machine? In an entertainment studio just west of the Strip, the answer is definitely both.
- Which is harder to counterfeit: the new $100 bill or a $100 casino chip?
- Wednesday, May 1, 2013
- We put the new Benjamin to the test against a typical black casino chip.
- Catching up with comedian Aziz Ansari
- His ‘Buried Alive’ tour hits the Mirage this weekend
- Wednesday, May 1, 2013
- His ‘Buried Alive’ tour hits the Mirage this weekend.
Recent Blog Posts (view all entries)
- Maybe socializing and musical discoveries at the Anonymity Masquerade Ball
- Tuesday, April 16, 2013
- Be careful who you talk to and what song you Shazam.
- A two thousand dollar rooster for twenty bucks
- Monday, March 4, 2013
- Cleverboy couldn't decide on pretty or hideous, but he had to have these roosters.
- MAGIC partying with Cleverboy at Haze and Wonderground
- Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013
- Back in Vegas and back in action, sort of.
- An exploration of saltshaker ethics
- Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
- Let's say Cleverboy was going to borrow a saltshaker from a restaurant ...
- Choosing a name for an adorable puppy is a tough task
- Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013
- Anybody ever met a dog named Robot?
- Some clever Christmas cheer, with Melody Sweets
- Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012
- All you need is a piano, a cabaret singer, and some friends.
- Cleverboy masters Tiny Wings, 'Congratulations,' says nobody
- Monday, Dec. 17, 2012
- It takes a lot of time to slide this bird over all those hills.
- Excessive tagging prevents perfect underpants
- Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012
- Cleverboy isn't usually so particular, but six tags in a pair of underwear seems silly.
- Paying for Pop Rocks isn't cool. You know what's cool?
- Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012
- One minute, you're turning water and candy into soda, Jesus-style. The next, you're getting free Pop Rocks.
- Coin trick awesomeness vs. internet trolls
- Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012
- Online haters are always gonna hate.
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