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FreeWill Is Digging For Filthy Lucre
Jan. 13th, 2016 08:01 pmDo you want more money, Sagittarius? Are there treasures you wish you could have, but you can't afford them? Do any exciting experiences and life-enhancing adventures remain off-limits because of limited resources? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, now would be an excellent time to formulate plans and take action to gather increased wealth. I don't guarantee total success if you do, but I promise that your chance to make progress will be higher than usual. Cosmic tendencies are leaning in the direction of you getting richer quicker, and if you collaborate with those tendencies, financial magic could materialize.
Oddly enough I'm not playing Powerball. Not because of any moral issue, just that I'm even more broke than usual and can think of many better ways of spending mad money if I had it.
Useless Fact
Dec. 24th, 2015 10:47 pmFreeWill Pulls The One-Armed Bandit
Dec. 8th, 2015 10:29 amMy old friend Jeff started working at a gambling casino in Atlantic City. "You've gone over to the dark side!" I kidded. He acknowledged that 90 percent of the casino's visitors lose money gambling. On the bright side, he said, 95 percent of them leave happy. I don't encourage you to do this kind of gambling in the near future, Sagittarius. It's true that you will be riding a lucky streak. But smarter, surer risks will be a better way to channel your good fortune. So here's the bottom line: In whatever way you choose to bet or speculate, don't let your lively spirits trick you into relying on pure impulsiveness. Do the research. Perform your due diligence. It's not enough just to be entertained. The goal is to both have fun and be successful.
Last night I dreamt that there had been a rumor going round that I lost a hand--and people responded by sending me hands in the hopes that one of them could be transplanted on my arm. Perhaps my view is that while the goodness of people persists, they are being undermined by a lack of truth in the right places.
I'll need to get together with my siblings, my niece and my nephew about further redistribution of stupf. The problem with such family get-togethers is of course some people exercize too much EQ and do too good a job of entertaining for much to get done.
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My brother is now a Blackjack dealer at the Harrah's casino in Cherokee, North Carolina. They had no shortage of applicants but how he told me he must have been one of the best ones. I wish him all sorts of success.
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Yesterday I wasted a lot of time watching the movie THE SCARLET AND THE BLACK on TH¡S network. It was about a young man who is the illegitimate son of one of Napoleon's generals, and his travels in French high society as the post-Waterloo Reformation begins to implode. And the ghost of Napoleon himself hovers around, giving advice that eventually gets him killed. (I'm spoiling this because it is far too long a movie and so slowly paced you're better off finding the Russian version of WAR & PEACE.)
If you had a famous ghost giving you advice, would you always obey it? Or would you tell him to go to blazes and try to break the cycles?
Random Stupf For Friday
Mar. 20th, 2009 01:52 pm*) While looking for other things, I came upon the Ford Super Pursuit, which is an Australian vehicle that is a Mustang front end combined with a pickup bed. They don't sell those in America because the Department of Transportation's laws regarding Light Trucks have been written by twerps. There has always been demand for these sorts of machines here, but the law has pushed the compact pickup truck instead for the job since the 1970s.
*) BP has a scratch-off sweepstakes going on now, but it doesn't have a Second Chance like previous ones. We won Second Chance drawings a couple times. Instead, BP says, "if you don't win, go to our website to download free Hannah Montana digital content." Which begs the question, who, older than 18 years of age and buying BP gasoline, would WANT Hannah Montana digital content?
*) I've needed to write a scene for a comic book for weeks now and haven't felt in the mood for it.
*) I rolled dice last night to set the budget for my Florida trip. It came to $372. I'm sure that sounds like very little to some of you, but for me that is a fortune.
Why I've Given Up On Gambling
Jun. 8th, 2008 12:36 am[Author's Note: Image removed. Punchline of the comic strip, the consultants think that a sure thing isn't to take their pay in cash, it's to take bets on Barbaro getting third-place or better at the Belmont Stakes.]
If you know what happened at the Belmont, you'll see why that was such a bad move.
FP
Awesome Pie For Dessert...
Mar. 16th, 2008 12:54 pmFP
PS: If the above link doesn't work...try this one.
I got a pamphlet from "bet.us" detailing the NHS, NBA and NCAA wagering options.
Man, I hate these people. Who do I have to nuke to get rid of them once and for all? Don't think I can't get fissile material.
FP
Back when I was living in Florida I'd usually play the Lotto if the jackpot was in excess of $100 M. And I had a nice system. At least, when I played, I broke even or did a little worse.
I don't yet have a system for playing Powerball.
And I don't even have money for a ticket.
If any of my readers plays and wins this weekend, I will not despise you, or hit on you for money. I blame my lack of success where it belongs, 100% on me.
FP
