What happened to let’s make a deal this morning?
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FUN: Let’s make a deal?
Thursday, March 17, 2011
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FUN: Happy Saint Patrick’s Day
Thursday, March 17, 2011I have a double special connection to Saint Patrick’s Day.
Frau Reinke’s maiden name was Mahoney. An she had the Irish wit.
And, I have a religious connection to the Old Sod.
It is embarrassing that a bunch of fools get wasted in “celebration” of Saint Patrick.
I’m certainly not against having a good time, and I love Irish music. But those boobs wrecking a perfectly good car in Albany, how is that having a good time.
In all things in moderation!
HSPD.
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FUN: There goes “MY” Wiz of Oz win!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011*** begin quote ***
In late January, the largest WMS WAP jackpot ever, totaling more than $4.9 million, was won on THE WIZARD OF OZ™ RUBY SLIPPERS™ penny slot game at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, Atlantic City, N.J.
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Aghhhhhhhhhhh!
That should have been mine. Wrong time.
On 1/21/11, I dropped $300 in that machine. (Don’t have a cow, I was winning! Finished the trip up about 700$ after splitting. My life was all good that day. But it could have been infinitely better!)
Why not me?
Argh! Square.
(Maybe Luddite shouldn’t have told me, in my fragile emotional state.)
ROFL.
Time for an appropriate quote from “CHURCH 10●19●62”?
“If she mourned anything, she mourned that. It might be terrible to say. But, she felt as she would imagine the lottery winner who can’t find the ticket to cash.” — character “June” in CHURCH 10●19●62 Volume 2 Page 189
I guess I don’t feel as bad as that. I never had the tickets. And, Our Girl always said that I was unlucky. She was wrong. I won her in life’s lottery. That was enough luck for one lifetime. Imagine all the folks who never find their soulmate?
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FUN: Trying to be the Penny Zen Master
Tuesday, March 15, 2011Frau Reinke wanted to go to AC so of course we went. We had dinner at the main buffet since drinking for me is now out of the question. I have to be in full control of my senses to help her get through this time of trouble. Yesterday, I played better on a Penny. Following some of my Zen, I walked away with 100$ profit which I split with Ev. I played for a long while on her card.
Interesting. A lady sat down to play next to me. She was very concerned with how I was doing. I was playing max bet max lines on a low progressive slot. Buck and a half a spin. And, was doing pretty good. I was trying to be the Penny Zen Master and not get caught up in the “feeding frenzy” of push push the button as fast as you can.After all I had two hours to kill and the Mac Book Air only runs for an hour on the battery. (That’s why I don’t recommend it and if I had known that I would not have bought it.) So so I was following my “timing the machine” strategy. (Three deep breaths between pushes. Being mindful of “speed kills your wallet”. Letting it count out all pay offs. “Respect the machine”. Calculate the eventually total of what ever I’d win with what I had. Setting stop limits. Being calm. Being in the moment.) So this lady goes to sit next to me. She bumps me hard. Mumbles something. Starts playing with a voucher from another machine. I could help but notice she started with 80$. But, I was in the moment with “my own” machine. I was hitting a lot of small stuff. And I noticed she was very interested in how I was doing. That usually is a giant turn off for me. I am superstitious had believe it brings you bad luck. Like an evil eye. Completely irrational I know. But that my feeling. Conflicts with my new belief — Zen of Penny Slots – Point #10 – It’s a random number generator — and I’m trying to master my emotions at the slots. Any way, I’m not doing badly. I played off my “free” money and put in my planned stake. Two spins in I hit the free spins. Usually I would avoid this kind of game since you have to pick in a “concentration” style bonus game. I am usually a terrible picker. So I used my “randomizing technique” of taking the top bill in my wad and using the digits on it to pick. (Hey, the casino has a random number generator; why can’t I? I probably should print a card of random digits from 0 to 9 at home. I’m not sure those bill digits are that random.) In this case it was my innermost twenty. Good old Andy Jackson. So I plunk out the numbers and sure enough I get top number of spins and top multiplier with a wild card for five additional spins. Now this machine is imho notoriously stingy in the bonus round. But I am the aspiring Zen Master of Penny Slots. And it’s just a random number generator. Any way, bout half way thru, it hits big. 70$ or so. And, the lady next to me is going nuts. She stops play and starts watching me. When I notice this, my machine stops hitting and the bonus round ends. Up about 90$. Normally I’d be pissed and move on. But not the new ZMoPS. I just calmly sit there as it pays off. She says to me: “How did you get so much?” DUH. Now usually I be all in a snit. Say something real nasty, but I’m now the new ZMoPS. So I reply: “Just dumb luck. Besides you shouldn’t be too concerned with what I win. You need to win.” She obviously didn’t like that answer. So she resumed playing and watching. Her husband sits down and she laments on her fate of a “bad machine”. And, tells him I keep winning and winning. With a thick Russian accent. She starts playing again. Stupidly imho. She’s tells hubby: “She’s varying her stake to bring out the luck.” I feel like yelling at her: “No, Grasshopper, that leads to the dark side.” I really wish her the best. Don’t you know she hits the bonus, picks max spins, with max multiplier, with 5 extra, … … with a minimum 30¬¢ bet. Argh! She goes nuts. Meantime, she focuses back on me. I’m still waiting for it to count out my win. But she doesn’t know that so she thinks I’ve hit again. Starts muttering under her breath and yelling at the husband. To which he says: “Lats go eat.” She says something. He walks away. She’s going nuts. Any way I continue to play with a new stop point set of 150$. I hit some more. Get the bonus a few times. Use different bills. Nothing big. My stop keeps edging up to to two hundred. She goes nuts and eventually puts more money in and finally busts out down about 300$ by my eye. So naturally, I start bouncing in and around the 210 to 225 range. At 230, my stop would move to 210. Can’t seem to get up to 230. Eventually the machine “turns cold” and I hit just under 200$. 199.12. And like the ZMoPS I am, I cash out. Thanking the Universe for a nice hour and ten minutes of fun. It was “fun”. Split with the old lady. And I can come another day. I didn’t ever indulge in schadenfreude at my “companion’s” loss. But it did teach me that I’m on the right path to control my losses at the casino.
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FUN: RU Women’s berth
Tuesday, March 15, 2011http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/womens-basketball/news?slug=ap-ncaa-rutgers
Rutgers snares a No. 7 seed in NCAAs
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP)—Rutgers women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer wasn’t exactly thrilled with her team’s NCAA tournament draw.
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I think they did pretty well.
The committee stuck Notre Dame in UConn’s bracket. RU dodged Baylor’s and Tennessee’s brackets. All in all, I can see RU getting to the Final Four if they play well.
Out in the first round if they play that funky “pass the ball around until we turn it over” style that seems, like a recessive gene, to come out when one least expects it. All her teams have had that. Perhaps it’s the coaching?
I’d expect that the hardest thing for a coach is to infuse the players with intensity.
And, RU hasn’t had a legitimate 5 since Sue Wicks left.
Now there was a woman with intensity.
It’s hard to see RU advancing without a traditional 5 for rebounds and points in the paint.
But then what do I know? I’m only a fat old white guy injineer. And this was the first year without season tix to RU. Among other things I am without.
Time to see RU pull a rabbit out of the hat, or put some intensity in the sneakers. That’s what winning is all about.
Raw naked desire!
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UPDATE: FROM A COMMENT ON FACEBOOK, MY RESPONSE:
We’ll see. This was my wife’s “team”. Subway alumni. Had season tix from the mid-70s until last year. I think when ever she watched them that she wondered what might have been. Her common phrase was “I was born two decades too soon” and after the women would play badly “they have no idea what gift they have to play at this level”. Not in criticism, but a wistful sadness.
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FUN: Mars Needs Moms — Part 2
Monday, March 14, 2011MARCH 14, 2011, 7:00 AM ET
‘Mars Needs Moms’ May Be One of Hollywood’s Biggest Bombs
By Anthony Kaufman
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Disney’s latest 3-D animated film “Mars Needs Moms” may be one of the biggest box office bombs of all time.
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A smart ten year old told me all I needed to know about this stinker.
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FUN: Mars Needs Moms
Saturday, March 12, 2011Oh, come on now, do they really think that children are that gullible.
Colors were good.
The family icon was strangely “universal”.
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The grand nephew in law had words of wisdom. Enough to make you cry.
“I miss Auntie Ev” Me2
“I told Mommy we should get you a puppy so you wouldn’t be lonely. (I’d heard that one before. I explained my “one dog, one wife, one house” policy)
“When will you get remarried? Then you won’t be lonely.” Argh! Explained policy again.
(Now that’s either a penetrating insight or he’s repeating what he’s heard.)
Caught me by surprise. Out of the mouths of babes.
How could anyone replace, match, or even come close to, another soul mate?
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FUN: Young Women’s BBall
Saturday, March 5, 2011Watching little girls learning physical courage when the basketball bounces the wrong way. I know some one who would have enjoyed every minute.
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FUN: I wuz robbed!
Friday, February 18, 2011
I wuz robbed! Can’t fool me. I ain’t that tired, drunk, or stupid not to know when I’m being cheated.
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FUN: Vote Betty White as the new Wonder Woman
Saturday, February 12, 2011http://www.tvguide.com/photogallery/wonder-woman-cast-1029055
Photo GalleriesWonder Woman: Who Should Be Cast?
Why Betty White, of course. Who else is a wonder!
Vote Betty White! #wonderwoman #bettywhite
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