How about that bizarre World Cup game yesterday? I'd say the US was robbed of a victory by the ref (we tied in the end 1-1), but we continued to seem incapable of putting the ball in the back of the net. For you non-WC fans: to advance, the U.S. needs to beat Ghana in combination with either an Italy win over the Czech Republic or a Czech blowout victory.
On the home front, DC United lost a late lead for the second game in a row -- this time agains the revolution. After looking at the highlights, New England certainly deserved the point, as they created a lot of chances. And, the late, game-tying goal by Dorman was so pretty that it could easily end up being the goal of the week. But,all-in-all, a very frustrating day for me soccer-wise.
However, the most exciting part of the day was traveling to Atlantic City to meet up with Samidh, Seth, and Kevin. We walked the long boardwalk, where I got to experience first-hand several places mentioned in Monopoly. After searching for a reasonably-priced buffet, we found one, but unfortunately it served terrible vegetarian food. Basically, I was subsidizing all of the carnivors who eat steak and lobster. The dessert (peach cobbler a la mode) was decent though.
Next, we headed over to a casino to gamble, and from here on I'll mask their names so they aren't embarrassed by the amount of money they lost. Person A immediately lost $100 on roullete. We then found a "double attack" black jack table where Person B lost $60 and I lost $20. All of this occurred without us winning a penny at any time. Person C played $100 at black jack straight up, won a couple times, but ended up blowing the whole wad. After Person A lost another $20 on roulette, we were pretty dejected and ready to leave.
But, I had $5 I wanted to play on a slot machine. I had to look around for the quarter slots, but found a Monopoly slot machine. Hey, if I could win this game as a kid (the board game version), why not as slots at a casino? I won a couple small amounts immediately, and since I was feeling lucky, I bet 4 credits ($1) on a single pull.... First line: blank. Second line: also blank. At this point I thought I had thrown away my winnings, but the third line was Uncle Pennybags, which immediately paid $12.50, and lit up this odd "Monopoly Bonus" button. After hitting the button four times, with each hit paying off a different amount, I ended up with ... $47.25! Pretty impressive rate of return for a $5 bet :) Of course, if I factor in my blackjack losses, parking and gas costs, I just about broke even for the evening. But that's a win when you go to Atlantic City in my book!
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