HOT POKER ACTION
[BISCUIT COUNTDOWN: 13 DAYS]

It was a good weekend to be a Cheap Bastard. While blindsided by some unanticipated outlays, it was nevertheless a net winner for this CB. How? My first ever Hold 'Em victory. Granted, it was only a $5 buy-in at a table of six, but walking away $20 richer than you came is still impressive.

Even cooler was the fact that we roped a Latin King of Comedy into our little game, after taking in his performance at The Funny Bone. While I'd love to say that this brush with celebrity came about due to our inherent coolness, the fact that the poor guy from Hollywood was marooned in Bloomingt0n-Normal surely influenced his decision. Nevertheless, a class act all the way (I'm now officially a member of his fan club).

Anyways, rest assured that I am not some poker stud (nor disco stud, nor any other kind of stud, for that matter); however, the law of averages had my back - I'd never before made money in a card game. If you take the dirty salesman hat out of the equation, that likeness of Edward Norton in Rounders closely approximates what I look like playing poker - with remarkably similar results, as his character just always happens to find a way to lose or get his ass kicked.

Anyways, I will be back with a Slip-N-Slide redux tomorrow, and still have yet to expound on the wonders of clearance gum. With 13 days til Biscuitville, the best is yet to come!