Oopsie, it’s gone, deleted in a spasm of belated sensitivity.

Don’t dwell on the past, move on!

We went to the beach yesterday. Zoe goes to the beach with her summer camp at least once a week. Beth has been to the beach a few times over the last year with Zoe and/or her sister. Me, I haven’t been to the beach in at least a year, probably two. It just doesn’t occur to me. And my skin reflects it.

This is the result of me A) not going to the beach for more than a year and B) figuring “Nah, I don’t need sunscreen. My legs never burn and we’re not going to be here that long anyway.”

I needed sunscreen. My legs do burn. Two hours was more than long enough. I’m a crispy critter.

Ow.

The race goes to the swift, I s’pose
or else the slow and steady,
or else the passionate, or those
who bothered to get ready,
or ones who coached themselves, or those
meticulously mentored.
But every single time it goes
To somebody who entered.

This came out of today’s Sunday comics. I like it.

I just got back from an impromptu evening at the Bicycle Club playing 4/8 Hold ’em. I was tired after we put Zoe to bed and kinda sorta wanted to go play cards but couldn’t commit until Beth announced she was going to watch our Tivo’d What Not To Wear, which made the decision easy. Ten minutes later I was on the freeway, headed for the Bike.

I had a good night. I bought in for $100 and cashed out an hour and a half later with a profit of $250. I usually call it a night when I hit +$100, but tonight I was on a rush and my opponents were playing No Fold ’em Hold ’em and stayed in to the bitter end on every hand. Which only added to my stack. So I kept playing.

Best hand of the night was when I looked down to find AK and two people in front of me raised, so I re-re-raised it up to $16. Half the table called, which made the pot nearly $100 pre-flop. The flop came down King/rag/rag, giving me top pair with top kicker. Everyone checked around to me, I bet $4 and everyone called. The turn came a Queen, everyone checked around to me, I bet out $8, about half folded and the rest called. The river came another rag, everyone checks around to me, I bet $8, two people called, and they didn’t even bother showing their cards when I flipped up my AK. It took two racks to stack that pot, and I won the next one while I was stacking that one with A5 that turned into a straight. I was unstoppable.

After I cashed out I hung around for awhile watching the No Limit game. I really wanted to buy in to that one, but I’m going on the road for two week and I’m a little short on cash because registering my motorcycle cost me $1000 last week so I figured I’d better keep that $250 in my pocket until I get back. I’ll wait for my next per diem check and get into the game then. There’s definitely a chair with my name on it at that table, they’re just keeping it warm for me.