Hi! What have I missed? Fiveteamer is back for a few days? RogueScholar is gone? I can't keep up.
The games begin in a few hours, and it cannot be soon enough for me. I have a bulge in my pants and a wiggle in my Adam's Apple. I have some major studying to do in the next couple hours before tipoff, when I shall proceed to bet like a banshee and drink like a Scot.
I'm completely exhausted. The flight on Tuesday night was terrible. There was a baby in front of us who cried almost the entire four hours. The worst part of it was that it was an Asian baby. They freak me out. When we landed in Vegas, I had a celebrity sighting at the airport. Evander Holyfield was walking next to us towards baggage claim. I asked him who he liked in the tourney and he said "Mmmph ummm mmph yeeaaaaa." OK then.
We rented a car yesterday and decided to drive out to the Grand Canyon. People told me it was a three hour drive. Once you get through all the construction at the Hoover Dam, it turned into a five and a half hour trip and I turned into a sad pumpkin. I hate long drives. We stopped off at a few desolate little stops along the highway. I was hoping to bump into a Texas Chainsaw Massacre type gas station, or have a From Dusk Til Dawn type experience. No such luck. I did bump into this guy though. He freaked me out and we didn't pull off the road anymore.
By the time we got there, we were both miserable. I walked out to the edge and the mud took out my feet and I almost hoped that the tree in front of me would give and I would not have to endure the grueling drive back to Vegas. No such luck.
Not sure if this video will post...here is link if not.
http://www.sbr.tv/WatchVideo.aspx?postId=1013&title=Grand+ Canyon+Balls
On the way back, we stopped off at the most hilariously depressing casino ever, Railroad Pass. I played some blackjack at a $5 minimum table. My dealer looked like Pico if he were an ugly woman, and the other players looked like those freed Pennsylvania coal miners. I was playing $20 hands which I think freaked out the entire place. True story: I had a guy sit at the table and play three hands at $5, which he won all three. Then, beaming with pride, he stood up and told the table he was leaving, that this just saved his day. I'm not even kidding. I love Railroad Pass.
It's going to be a wreck today. I posted up at The Greek and Just Bet and will be running around trying to find best line between them and the sportsbook here. Throw in free alcohol and I expect to be nibbling on Natasha Richardson's ear by midnight.
Random angry tangent: Do you actually notice how many times you hear someone say "the economy these days" or "with the economy the way it is" in a freaking day??? It's unreal. Start paying attention. You will hear that phrase being tossed around at least 10 times a day and it pushes me to kill.
Good luck to us all on this most magical of days.
XOXOXOXOXO
Bread
The games begin in a few hours, and it cannot be soon enough for me. I have a bulge in my pants and a wiggle in my Adam's Apple. I have some major studying to do in the next couple hours before tipoff, when I shall proceed to bet like a banshee and drink like a Scot.
I'm completely exhausted. The flight on Tuesday night was terrible. There was a baby in front of us who cried almost the entire four hours. The worst part of it was that it was an Asian baby. They freak me out. When we landed in Vegas, I had a celebrity sighting at the airport. Evander Holyfield was walking next to us towards baggage claim. I asked him who he liked in the tourney and he said "Mmmph ummm mmph yeeaaaaa." OK then.
We rented a car yesterday and decided to drive out to the Grand Canyon. People told me it was a three hour drive. Once you get through all the construction at the Hoover Dam, it turned into a five and a half hour trip and I turned into a sad pumpkin. I hate long drives. We stopped off at a few desolate little stops along the highway. I was hoping to bump into a Texas Chainsaw Massacre type gas station, or have a From Dusk Til Dawn type experience. No such luck. I did bump into this guy though. He freaked me out and we didn't pull off the road anymore.
By the time we got there, we were both miserable. I walked out to the edge and the mud took out my feet and I almost hoped that the tree in front of me would give and I would not have to endure the grueling drive back to Vegas. No such luck.
Not sure if this video will post...here is link if not.
http://www.sbr.tv/WatchVideo.aspx?postId=1013&title=Grand+ Canyon+Balls
On the way back, we stopped off at the most hilariously depressing casino ever, Railroad Pass. I played some blackjack at a $5 minimum table. My dealer looked like Pico if he were an ugly woman, and the other players looked like those freed Pennsylvania coal miners. I was playing $20 hands which I think freaked out the entire place. True story: I had a guy sit at the table and play three hands at $5, which he won all three. Then, beaming with pride, he stood up and told the table he was leaving, that this just saved his day. I'm not even kidding. I love Railroad Pass.
It's going to be a wreck today. I posted up at The Greek and Just Bet and will be running around trying to find best line between them and the sportsbook here. Throw in free alcohol and I expect to be nibbling on Natasha Richardson's ear by midnight.
Random angry tangent: Do you actually notice how many times you hear someone say "the economy these days" or "with the economy the way it is" in a freaking day??? It's unreal. Start paying attention. You will hear that phrase being tossed around at least 10 times a day and it pushes me to kill.
Good luck to us all on this most magical of days.
XOXOXOXOXO
Bread
