I was playing “let it ride” and was losing. A while ago, I decided that I wanted the big kill. So, in evaluating the game, I decided to “chase low pairs”. It basically means that on a low pair (i.e., nine or less), that I would let my first bet ride. It increases the house edge to over 5%. But, I’m only going to be there until I lose 6 hands in a row. So today I was tempted to renege on that strategic decision. I decided not to when on what was to be my next to least hand. Dealt a 6 – 6 – 3, was sore tempted. But I was strong. The only way you can get four of a kind without starting with trips is to bet on the low pair in your hand. So I was focused on the dealer turning a 6. He didn’t. He turned a three! I had to check my cards. So that gave me two pair. So, of course, I let my second bet ride. Sure enough, he turns a 6! Full house. Yes! 200$ bonus and 110$ for each of my three bets. $530!! Yes. So, when you make a decision, you have to be strong. Strong enough to follow your own advice!
FUN: Following your own advice
Monday, November 27, 2006
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FUN: Had my pic taken with Brenda Lee (who?)
Sunday, November 26, 2006Now before you say “who”, here’s her website.
Once I get a chance to scan it, I’ll share my photo and autograph.
You’d be hard presses to find a more gracious performer. She, after an hour plus of effort, more than I would have done, was happy to greet each one of her fans. Celine (“Sell anything” lean) Dion didn’t do that. And, she cost five or ten times what Brenda did. She was very genuine in her greeting of each person.
I call that the Pat Sajack school of grace. Truly amazing. And it was a hoot.
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UPDATE:
Upon reflection, a joyful experience. I hope she gets all the Universe has in store for her. Good things come to good people. She made me laugh at myself. The fact, that Frau and friends were laughing at my chagrin, makes me smile today.
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FUN: WOW someone has talent BUT later pages are NSFW
Sunday, November 26, 2006http://www.guidodaniele.com/bodypaint01.htm
… just look at page one!
As one would expect for a European, on subsequent pages, the paint goes to interesting places.
I’m no prude but, as an injineer I have to ask: How does one clean up from these projects? The hands on page 1 are easy. The later pages are more of a challenge. Dip your “palate”, or your “pal”, in paint remover?
It is a fun site. It made me laff! At least page 1.
I always admire those who are more talented than me. I wouldn’t have even come up with the idea. Let alone been able to make it look like an inhineer slopping on bridge paint to prevent rust.
It does remind you that the inet is for adults.
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FUN: Snowglobe … lame … funny
Saturday, November 25, 2006
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FUN: My six word memoir
Tuesday, November 21, 2006Injineer. Frau. Jobs. It’s a life!
—–Original Message—–
From: support@twitter.com [mailto:support@twitter.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:00 PM
Subject: Twitter Contest and New Features
Hello Twitter-ers!
This email comes with a special treat from Twitter and Smith
Magazine: The Six-Word Memoir Challenge! Twitter your own memoir in exactly six words and you could win a free iPod!
HOW TO ENTER
1. Make smithmag a friend: http://twitter.com/smithmag 2. Preface your six-word entry with “smithmag” like this:
smithmag He wore dresses. This caused messes.
ABOUT THE SIX-WORD MEMOIR CHALLENGE
Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in six words. The result was “For sale: baby shoes, never used.” More recently, Wired Magazine revived the challenge and author Margaret Atwood came up with this short but funny beauty:
“Longed for him. Got him. Shit.”
We realize November is National Novel Writing Month but 50,000 words in 30 days? That seems heavy considering genius may surface in just six words. The folks over at Smith Magazine think everyone has a story and they want to reward you for yours.
For more information visit: http://smithmag.net/sixwords/
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FUN: Different _________!
Friday, November 10, 2006http://www.earlytorise.com/index.php
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Steve started off the conference with a parable:
A man on a safari in Kenya gets separated from his group and wanders off, lost. He comes across an elephant lying in a clearing, nursing a foot that has been pierced by a branch.
Carefully and slowly, the man approaches the elephant. Once he gets close enough to touch the beast, the man yanks the branch from its foot. He runs back across the clearing, then stops to look back at the elephant.
The huge animal stares at him. Then it rises to its feet, walks slowly over to the man, and touches him on the forehead with its trunk. Then the gentle giant turns and walks away.
The man eventually meets up with his group and goes home.
Ten years pass.
The man goes to the zoo with some friends. At one enclosure, he notices that an elephant is staring at him intently. The elephant drops the food it is eating and approaches the fence, staring all the while at the man.
The man’s friend says, “Hey, looks like that elephant recognizes you.”
And the man starts wondering, Is this the same elephant?
As the elephant stares at him, he becomes more convinced that this is the same elephant he saved in Kenya. He goes closer to the fence. The elephant stares at him. He starts to climb the fence, despite the protests of his friends. He drops into the enclosure. The elephant stares at him. Then, slowly, the elephant reaches out its trunk and touches him on the forehead.
I know this elephant! the man thinks. Then the elephant stretches out his trunk again, and grabs the man around the waist and slams him on the ground.
It wasn’t the same elephant.
Steve got a lot of laughter from this story. But his point was that info marketing is not the same elephant.
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I gotta kick out of thins and a new catch phrase “different elephant”!
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FUN: Tourist SHOULD win a “darwin”
Thursday, November 9, 2006http://www.smh.com.au/articles/
2006/11/09/1162661802875.html
Outcry at stupid Stefaan’s croc shock
Jamie Pandaram and Jano Gibson
November 9, 2006 – 5:06PM
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The two-metre croc will live out its days in a farm as a breeding crocodile after biting 24-year-old Belgian tourist Stefaan Vanthournout’s leg when he tried to get its attention by wading into a creek and slapping the water with a stick.
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The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who, uh, remove themselves from it…
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As a pro-life libertarian, I deplore any loss of human life. But when people freely do “dumb things”, and bad things result, I say “say la v”! Certainly, punishing things, animals, people is irrational. In this case, I’d allow all the dumb tourists to feed themselves to the crocs. As Judge Judy says, “beauty fades; dumb is forever”. My concern is that this tourist’s next stupidity might have an innocent victim.
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FUN: How long will Vista take to boot up?
Monday, November 6, 2006I heard a wag say today:
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Well, it’ll be quick in comparison to a human that takes between 18 years and 25 years to move out on its own.
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That struck me funny. In a techie sort of way.
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FUN: Great pictures
Friday, November 3, 2006http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/
news.html?in_article_id=414417&in_page_id=1770
Autumn finally arrives in spectacular fashion
By PAUL HARRIS Last updated at 22:00pm on 3rd November 2006
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Autumn in bloom at the National Trust gardens in Stourhead, Wiltshire
The landscape is so perfect it might have been painted by numbers. But this spectacular backdrop of red and gold is a living work of art, coloured only by nature.
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Wish I could take photos like this!
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FUN: Great Norway pic of hiking guide and his cats
Wednesday, November 1, 2006http://www.aftenposten.no/english/bildeserier/
article1479765.ece?start=11
Great pics of Norway. Don’t miss the one with the island and rainbow.
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