Today I won. I sold a stock for the same amount I originally paid for it, after having watched it lose 80% of its value. It took 4½ years, but I finally got out, and can happily proclaim that I didn’t lose a cent! What an emotional high!

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I started taking casino blackjack seriously about ten years ago, and the venue for three-quarters of my gambling junkets has been Foxwoods. Over those years, they’ve been very good to me.

A frequent birthday ritual has been to take the day off and drive down to Connecticut, play some blackjack, and then stop off at Purgatory Chasm on the way home.
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Last night I attended the Reel Paddling Film Festival at the Kendall, a three-hour collection of the best kayaking and canoeing films of the year.

On the way in, organizers asked attendees to register for two raffles. I ( Read more... )