Tilt

Most people have heard the stories of my vegas trips, and the ADD curse that sometimes pops up at the tables (which is why i quit playing table games...unless of course, those evil coupons come in the mail...)

anyways, i read this today, and it made me laugh...

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The Voice

A guy gets home from work one night and hears a voice in his head, which tells him, "Quit your job, sell your house, take your money, go to Vegas." The man is disturbed at what he hears and ignores the voice.

But the next day, the same thing happens: The voice tells him, "Quit your job, sell your house, take your money, go to Vegas."Again the man ignores the voice, but he’s becoming increasingly upset, and the third time he hears the voice, he succumbs to the pressure. He quits his job, sells his house, takes his money, and heads to Las Vegas.

The moment the man gets off the plane in Vegas, the voice tells him, "Go to Harrah’s."

He hops in a cab and rushes over to the casino, where the voice tells him, "Go to the roulette table." The man does as he is told.

When he gets to the roulette table, the voice tells him, "Put all your money on 17."Nervously, the man cashes in all his money for chips and then puts them on 17.

"Now watch," says the voice.

The dealer wishes the man good luck and spins the roulette wheel. Around and around the ball caroms. The man anxiously watches the ball as it slowly loses speed until finally it settles into number . . . 21.

The voice says, "Fuck."

Joss

Joss Stone's new album comes out tomorrow.

http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/stone_joss/772409/album.jhtml

The first album was one of my favorite albums ever (a collection of little known soul songs from way back), so I've been looking forward to this one since then.

Her concert last year was one of the weirdest crowds i have ever seen, with grandpa standing in front of me, and some underagers dispersed near the front of the club. We'll see if she can keep this broad audience range with this one.

And it doesn't hurt that she's hot...

Ice

winter is upon us. how do i know? ice hockey season officially kicked into gear yesterday. team's looking as good as can get in division D hockey, or whatever bottom of the barrel scum division we're in. sub-in carlton got the team off to a rousing start by gooning it up with the other team, and forcing us to "practice" our penalty killing. i got a warning from the ref for cursing...AT MY OWN TEAM...but other than that, a successful rout of the opposition, 9-3, including a meaningless goal by yours truly with 6 seconds to go in the game (but it was SKILL GOAL, I SWEAR). and the name of the team? no, we no longer represent any sort of dairy product, we're just the predators...boring, but who cares, its D league.

and so the personal stats as they stand:
record: 1-0-0
goals: 1
assists: 0
penalty minutes: 0 (that's strange...)
unnecessary falls on the ice (due to lack of skating ability): 10
curses: 547

potty mouth larry.

Pitbulls

I'm sure a number of you have read the news in the past few weeks about the possible ban on pitbulls in Ontario. I don't necessarily have an opinion on the matter, and even if i did, it would be biased based on my general fear of dogs and dislike (thats too harsh a word, but i can't think of a better one) for pets (pets, not animals) for them.

Anyways, in general, i think there may be a case for banning this particular breed of dog, just based on statistics. obviously, stats arent the whole story, and untrained owners definitely have something to do with it, but this dont seems to have some built in aggressive tendancies that cause it - once provoked, to fight to the end. again, i purport to know nothing about this situation, and/or about other dogs with similar behaviour, only what i've read in the papers on listened to on the radio.

ohh...and that i've seen the damage inflicted on someone by a pitbull...

you see, when i was in the OC last week, dave introduced me to a friend of his, who, just the day before, had been attacked by a pitbull while walking in the park. he detailed to me the tremendous strength of this dog, and how he had to fight it for 5 or more minutes at full out strength before the dog finally backed off. and this dude is a BIIIIGGGGG dude...i don't even think the picture below does him any justice...anyways, he showed me his cuts and bites - basically had his ear mashed up, and his forearm torn up. Anyways, pretty devastating, and its a miracle he's not dead. The disturbing part really is though - no one stopped to help him out, and the owner was nowhere to be found - pit bull just wandering around the neighborhood unattended...

you won't be seeing me with any pets any time soon...

enjoy the pics...

Equity

Its hard sometimes to swallow when your work goes unappreciated. First day back at work today, and the bonus payouts came out last week. I have known whats been coming for the entire year really, because our bonus structure is dumb, but it still stings when you see the final result. this year i got $407 (0.60% of my gross pay - yes - point six PERCENT), bringing my three year total bonus at the firm to $1607 (0.86% of my gross pay). I always say that money shouldnt be an issue, but i guess it is. But I guess I should be thankful for all the things i do have in life - sounds cliche, but its true, its just tough to be happy when you don't feel appreciated.