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Friends, family… tick tock. Such is life. All relationships end eventually. It may not seem like it at times, but every second that passes makes the inevitable severances that much closer. Keep in touch while you still can.

One of the recurring themes in gambling is knowing when to quit. For me, it doesn’t take much. If I happen to get ahead of the casino, even by a small amount, that’s often all it takes for me to cash out and walk out the door. Feels good. The casino will always be there for when, or if, I decide to go back. In the meantime, I’m up!

I bought a pizza cutter on Amazon. Tried using it for a few seconds, but then quickly reached for my 10 inch chef to finish the job. So much easier using a long knife that spans the diameter of the pizza rather than inching across with the rocker.

The potato is such a great food and yet apparently it isn’t. Thanks to it’s high glycemic load, eating too much potato can lead to weight gain and assorted maladies like diabetes. I’ve been aware of this, which is why I eat very few potato chips – but whole potatoes, that’s a different story. I’m not one to say “hold the potatoes” at a restaurant, but instead – “extra well done” or “just this side of burnt” anyhow… now that I just made a batch of creamers with garlic and herbs, it remains to be seen if I can eat them in moderation.

It appears that The Video Store in Sebastopol is no more. Went by there a couple of days ago and it looks like the store front is going to be a part of Ace Hardware. I’m actually surprised at how long they lasted in the face of Netflix downloads and the like. Physical media like DVD and CD for the transmission of digital information is obsolete.

One of the things I find myself doing using Avant Dernier in baccarat is to only bet on the dominant color on it’s turn. For example, say the shoe is running 57% Banker, therefore I ignore the Player bets and just bet Banker when it’s turn comes up. This helps to slow down the pace of the game.

At least for me, when I’m stressed out or upset, I don’t eat or sleep well. The upside is I usually lose a few pounds.

I’ve mentioned it before, but when I watch documentaries on World War 1, and World War 2, I am watching images of people that are all dead (well certainly all the WWI people are and probably 99% of the WWII folk too). It’s really not that long ago, and yet it is. Entire generations gone forever. Just their images on film remain.

The horrific photographs of the dead in WWI (including women and children) is only diminished somewhat in it’s impact by the film being in black and white and often poor resolution. The truth is that tens of millions of people were slaughtered in these wars. Mankind at it’s worst.

If you’re a man, don’t talk to women dealers at the casino – they might get the wrong idea. Even if you think you’re just being social, some women dealers may interpret any exchange as inappropriate. Probably shouldn’t make eye contact or look at them either. Just let them deal the cards, nothing more. Or better yet, avoid the tables with women dealers completely. Unfortunately, such is the current atmosphere surrounding the male gambler in America’s casinos.

I’m heavier than I’d like to be. Since I started keeping track in 2007, I’m up about 10 pounds. I know what the likely cause is — beer, bread, chips, pizza and too much of it. When I cut down on these things, my weight drops. Simple as that.

There a lot of good documentaries now on diet on Netflix and Amazon Prime. The big takeaway from most of them is to watch out for sugar, vegetable oils and processed foods in general. For years I’ve been pretty good about avoiding sugar, but vegetable oils was not something I paid much attention to. Now I’m making an effort to avoid those foods that use any oils other than olive, coconut or peanut. No canola, safflower, cottonseed or vegetable oils if I can help it.