Oh,, "September Song" now playing, one of my favorites, I was born in September. Might have been better off if my Mom had picked another month, just look up Libra, I have all the negative characteristics.
I was informed yesterday that I am going, with my wife, to her ....... 60th ...... high school reunion, that sounds, so, so, so, old. I'm a few years beyond that, but it's almost something beyond my comprehension. The "high school" years are such a big part of life, at the time. I think we all remember those, then, the life after that is somewhat of a blur, goes by so fast.
Some morning news .......
I can picture some poor guy, living under a bridge, with his wife and three kids, nothing to eat, no home, no job, no prospects, and the wind blows a newspaper under the bridge, he grabs it and reads this ...... A rare Persian carpet sold at Sotheby’s auction house on Wednesday was nabbed by an anonymous caller who dropped $33.7 million to own it. The carpet is from the 17th century and came from the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
And then below it, this article .... Wayne Newton is leaving his home of 45 years, "Casa de Shenandoah." Wayne Newton is downsizing from a 52-acre estate to a $3 million mansion with just 20 acres. The move is part of a bankruptcy reorganization. "Oh Martha, look, poor Wayne had to sell his place and move in to a smaller one, gawd I feel sorry for him."
"Oh, lookee here Martha, some poor guy lost his Cadillac." ... A tractor-trailer carrying a tank of 6,000 gallons of Scotch whiskey overturned on a New Jersey road this week — and then the liquor caught fire, officials said. No one was injured, but the flaming booze did set a Cadillac ablaze before flowing into the gutter, he said.
And, I just got an Email from Publishers Clearing House: Could It Be Joseph Dooley's Name That We File as a Winner?
Casinos in several states are forbidding gamblers from wearing Google Glass, the tiny eyeglasses-mounted device capable of shooting photos, filming video and surfing the Internet. Regulators say the gadgets could be used to cheat at card games.
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement issued a directive on Monday ordering Atlantic City's 12 casinos to bar casino patrons from using the device. The directive was first reported by The Press of Atlantic City.
Similar bans are in place at casinos in Las Vegas, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Connecticut, among other places.
"If these eyeglasses were worn during a poker game, they could be used to broadcast a patron's hand to a confederate or otherwise be used in a collusive manner," David Rebuck, the division's director wrote in a memo to the casinos.
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement issued a directive on Monday ordering Atlantic City's 12 casinos to bar casino patrons from using the device. The directive was first reported by The Press of Atlantic City.
Similar bans are in place at casinos in Las Vegas, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Connecticut, among other places.
"If these eyeglasses were worn during a poker game, they could be used to broadcast a patron's hand to a confederate or otherwise be used in a collusive manner," David Rebuck, the division's director wrote in a memo to the casinos.
Many years ago,, in Reno, I had a friend who came up with an idea. We got a dealer we knew well, and my friend, will call him Ralph, and I. Ralph had the great idea of putting a toe switch in his shoe. When he pushed his big toe down, it would signal my shoe, which had a small vibrator in it. He would be on first base, one side of the 21 table, I would be on third, the other side. She would deal the hand. Ralph, who was betting small would play his hand. As the action moved from one side to the other, prior to her coming to my hand, she would "flash" or expose the next card, which would be mine, to Ralph. He would then signal me whether to "hit" or not.
We tried it once. It didn't work, I would jump every time he "shocked" me, I couldn't help it . "I'm good."
"HIT"..... it just never worked. We did get a lot of laughs out of it though.
