Fair Night at Sycuan Casino

I went to the Sycuan Casino last night and joined a game of Texas Hold 'Em. It was $3-$6 No Limit game and I must have had at least ten hands dealt that resulted in folding after seeing my hole cards. I folded an A ♠, 4 ♥ that would have won the pot when another two aces were turned over as community cards. After seeing that I resolved to bet my hand the next time that I was dealt an A. I opened for $2.00 when I was dealt an A ♥, 9 ♥ which was raised to $5.00. I called and the next three cards were a 10, 7, 6 (off suit) which I checked to the guy who had raised. He bet $10.00, which I called. The next card was a 3 and he bet $20.00. I called and the final card was flipped. It was an 8 and he bet all the chips that I had left, which was $12.00. He turned over a pair of 10s, giving him three 10s and was ready to rake the pot. I turned over my A ♥, 9 ♥ giving me a straight (10, 9, 8, 7, 6), and he about fainted. I played one more hand and then picked up my chips and walked away from the table. When I cashed in I had exactly $135.00. Considering that I had bought in with $60.00 I made 125% profit! This was the first time that I have ever played Hold 'Em at an Indian casino and I am very pleased with the results!

I'm Fast Becoming A CraigsListaholic!

Last June I decided that it was time that I splurge a little and buy a new LCD HDTV. I checked out all the models at Frye's, CostCo, Best Buy, Circuit City, Wal-Mart and Target. There were plenty of 26" sized ones for less that $400 (which is what I wanted to spend), however, all the 32" sized ones were all above $500. I pondered my dilemma, "How to get a 32" LCD HDTV for less than $400," for a few days and then I remembered that a number of friends had highly recommended looking through the ads on CraigsList (San Diego). I am very happy that I did because I bought a 32" Envision LCD HDTV that had been purchased in March for $375!

The Sunday before last I decided to check out the "Free" stuff and found an Ikea butcher block cart that had been posted only half an hour before. The ad said that it could be picked up in Hillcrest which is only a few miles from Sherman Heights, where I live. I responded to the email link for the ad giving my name and phone number and within half an hour I got a call from the lady who was giving it away. It turned out that she lives in Golden Hills which is a few blocks away from my house. When I saw the cart standing at the location that she said that she would leave it I couldn't believe that if was free! Once I got it home I oiled it down with vegetable cooking oil and it is a valuable addition to my kitchen which has zero counter space!

Today, I was trying to locate a battery for a female friend of mine's car. Kragan didn't have that particular style, AutoZone had one for $90.00, and before I went to CostCo to see if they had one, I decided to check CraigsList (San Diego), once again. Wow! There was a brand new Energizer bought from Pep Boys which was for a Ford LTD. The pictures with the ad verified that it was the correct size. I quickly called Joe, the seller, got his address in Chula Vista and within 20 minutes the battery was mine for $50.00! He gave me the receipt along with it showing that he had paid $92.00 for it on August 29, 2008.

I'm seriously considering shelving Google and making CraigsList (San Diego) my home page!

Is the Torture of Prisoners Moral or Immoral?

I think that torture is a perverse form of cruelty whether it be used on human beings or animals. Our courts are filled with laws making cruelty to animals or persons a crime! Therefore, it stands to reason that Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et.al., are guilty of "Crimes Against Humanity" because they approved the torture of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba!

Once Bush has left office I hope that International Criminal Court in The Hague brings charges against him and his cronies. Not only has Bush, single-handedly bankrupted our country far into the future, he has brought deep shame to our country!

When Bush took off he made made the following oath, "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Bush violated the following amendments when he approved the torture of prisoners at Guantanamo!

1. * Sixth Amendment: guarantees a speedy public trial for criminal offenses. It requires trial by a jury, guarantees the right to legal counsel for the accused, and guarantees that the accused may require witnesses to attend the trial and testify in the presence of the accused.
2. * Eighth Amendment: forbids excessive bail or fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.

WOW!!! I was able to purchase two tickets from Ticketbastard for the TOM WAITS concert on JUNE 18th at 8:00PM at the ORPHEUM THEATER in PHOENIX today! I've got an extra ticket and would like to take a female (over 35-yrs) to the gig! Anyone interested can email me at champayne@cox.net (include a recent pic) and I'll do likewise!

Anonymous Anonymous said... you are a discusting person! February 07, 2008 8:53 AM Blogger Robert said... You may think that I am disgusting person, although I don't agree with you, however, you are entitled to think whatever you like. One thing that I can say about you with certainty is that you need help with your spelling. March 27, 2008 6:25 PM Anonymous Anonymous said... wow only a freak would post a page about their shit....good job February 20, 2008 5:57 PM Blogger Robert said... The entry that I posted wasn't so much about 'shit', it's main objective was to address the issue of loaning something to a person (the plunger) and who's responsibility it is to clean up the mess that was caused by their not returning it. Yes, they promised to return it as soon as they were finished using it, and, to tell the truth, after a few days had gone by without it being returned, I completely forgot about it. Then, when I had a backup in my toilet and I looked in the cupboard where I had kept the plunger, imagine my horror when it wasn't there. I could have avoided having to deal with this hideous episode by refusing to lend my trusty plunger to my neighbor and in the future anytime that someone asks to borrow something of mine, my answer will be "no"! I might add, that after I had cleaned up the mess, I knocked on my neighbor's door and politely asked him if I could get the plunger that he had borrowed from me back. He said sure and went to his bathroom to retrieve it. When he returned, he told me that he had loaned it to his brother who lived several miles away. I nearly blew a gasket upon hearing this for the fact that he had given it to his brother as if it he owned it. He didn't give a hoot about the fact that it was not his to lend. I told him that I needed it and that I expected him to go get it, or to have his brother return it. When I asked him about it the following day he said that his brother must have lost it, because he couldn't find it. Then I asked him if he had told his brother that the plunger was mine and if he couldn't find it, that he would need to buy a new one for me. He gave a dumb sounding answer of, "No". I said to him, "I don't care if you have to buy a new one or not, I want my plunger replaced by tomorrow!" He quit answering my knocks on his door after that so I figured that he was sliding my demand off. A few weeks went by and this ass hole had the audacity to knock on my door, late one night, asking to borrow a flashlight so he could see while he relighted his pilot light to his water heater which was located in a metal box just outside his back door. He was taken aback when I refused to lend him anything ever again after he had never replaced my plunger. As I closed my door to him, he began muttering epithets about me which I chose to ignore. Imagine my delight when I heard a mildly loud explosion ten minutes later. Upon investigating its origination, I found him in the back of his house with a dazed look on his face and his eyelashes, eyebrows, and the hair on top of his heard singed to a crisp! I could barely refrain from bursting into laughter and had to delay my belly roll until I had returned to my house! What a fucking idiot! I was glad that he hadn't been seriously injured, but I was elated to know that he had been blasted by a small gas explosion. But that was not the end of this unfortunate episode, for a few weeks later another neighbor told me that he had told them of his misfortune and that it was all my fault, since I had refused to let him borrow a flashlight. March 27, 2008 7:08 PM

Huge Load of Shit

Today at about 10:30am I was sitting on the john doing my daily duty (which I had missed doing the day before). This was a welcome sign of relief as I was feeling a bit constipated and because of my constipation I had two bowls of raisin bran before going to bed. It usually takes a few minutes of sitting on the john doing a crossword or reading the newspaper before my bowels start to move. However, once my cheeks hit the toilet seat a huge load was expelled. When I flushed, the huge (one piece) turd rolled over once and then lodged itself in the trap, leaving half of it exposed to view. I rolled off some TP and prepared to wipe, but before I could I was seized with the urge to evacuate once more. Suddenly another huge turd (loose) was deposited atop the half that remained from my first effort. I followed this with emptying my bladder which has always indicated that my trip to the john had reached its conclusion. I was amazed when my stomach growled, followed by a significant fart, and another loosely formed turd eased out to top the other two!

Before wiping, I thought I should take a look to see if my three deposits were flushable and for the first time in my 55 years I saw vapors rising from the scene of the crime! I've been frantically searching the web ever since trying to find any info on this phenomena and have yet to find anything about it. My own postulations of the matter have lead me to three possible explanations:

1. It could have been vapor caused by the pungency and foul odor of the mess!
2. It could have been steam, however I live in San Diego and the air and water temperature were in the mid 50s.
3. It could have been "the smoking gun", whatever that signifies.

I have yet to attempt flushing this mass of shit for it filled half the bowl and I want to avoid having it overflowing the toilet. I didn't have a plunger as the neighbor who borrowed it a few months ago failed to return it.*

• What would Dear Abbie's advice be about if I did flush and I had an overflow would it be proper manners to get the neighbor who absconded with my trusty plunger over to clean the foul mess up?

I've decided to go public with this toilet tale in order to hear what the blogger reading public has to say in the matter. Has anyone out there ever had first-hand experience with a similar episode or heard of such a perplexing potty naughty?