I'll take "Things I Thought I'd Never Say" for $1000 please, Ken
Originally posted on Facebook on October 31, 2024 My life has rarely offered me moments of perfect clarity, but it happened last week. I was in Las Vegas for a baseball tournament. On Wednesday night a few of us went to the casino. I hit a crazy hot streak at the blackjack table and won about $1000. Standing in line to cash in my chips, my eyes drifted to a TV showing a preview of the upcoming World Series. Now, it’s probably been 20 years or more since I placed a sports bet, simply because I’m insanely bad at it. I mean like WAY worse than the proverbial “monkey-throwing-darts-at-a-betting-sheet” bad. My Dad always believed it was a trait inherited from his side of the family. He loved to tell the story of how the other regulars at the local track would follow my Uncle Mike to the betting window, hoping to overhear what wagers he was placing to make sure they chose different horses. So during that maybe 30-to-60 second wait, three thoughts flashed through my mind: ...