Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Learning At The Casino

So this morning, I left my house at 5:30am to make my way to Fallsview Casino. Convenient I got there at 6:45am, because then I had over an hour to play my favourite casino game:

You know how horny I get when I get these cards together?
The Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI), which I am almost proud not to be a part of, was holding it's annual conference there. This was a three day event, starting last Monday. I wasn't going to go, but my Boss wanted me to go. Add on top of that the day he chose for me to go was on a Wednesday (cheap tables!), I guess I wasn't gonna complain. The only thing I was semi-worried about was that I was on-call, and there might have been a chance I could've gotten an emergency call (imagine I'd have to go back home while at the table?). But, I didn't.
So the result? I doubled my money going in, but found it was only 7:30am. So did I stop? Nah...I kept playing till I lost all the money I won. In other words, I broke exactly even. I'll take it!
Oh yeah, and the conference wasn't that bad I guess, it was somewhat interesting. Looks like I'll be paying my $120 dues every year starting next year, I suppose to be a "member in good standing." My self-imposed boycott has been lifted; not that anyone noticed. But make no mistake about it: I still don't know what CIPHI does for me. You're telling me I'm paying $120 every year for...magazines?!? (PHIs would know what I'm talking about here)
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I've been meaning to take and post picture of my driveway before and after shots. Eventually. Maybe next year? We'll see how lazy I'm not.

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