At my wit's end

I am a dork. Yup. Had a flash yesterday at work that I might have put the fuel needle in backwards when I rebuilt the carb and somehow missed that every time I adjust the float. I pulled the fuel bowl off when I got home today to find it bone dry and yes in fact the fuel needle was in backwards and pushed in enough to allow almost no fuel into the bowl. I reversed it and tried to start it. Once I got enough fuel into the carb it fired right up. I played with the throttle and let it rev for awhile to see if it bogged down, but it didn't. I let it idle for a little bit while I adjusted the timing a little and then took it for a test drive around the block. It seemed to bog a little after holding the gas for an extended period of time, which tells me the float isn't opening like the spring isn't letting the float drop or something. I'll adjust it tomorrow and getting the timing a bit closer to right.