or how to learn basic math from a card dealer. Plus recs for Anna Deveare Smith on hope, The Onion on parody takeovers, and Google Street View under the water
"There were no other players at the War table and it did not seem as though there had been any other players for quite some time. The dealer looked so bored and unhappy that I can only imagine he had been assigned to this game as punishment for some poker-based transgression. His complete lack of enthusiasm was met by my extreme joy at having discovered this table..."
Funny, I’ve seen dudes at the War table before and just assumed they were degenerates. Gambling neophytes never crossed my mind 🤣
No reason you can’t be both!
Ha!
dear chris,
thank you for this beautiful war story:
"There were no other players at the War table and it did not seem as though there had been any other players for quite some time. The dealer looked so bored and unhappy that I can only imagine he had been assigned to this game as punishment for some poker-based transgression. His complete lack of enthusiasm was met by my extreme joy at having discovered this table..."
love it, love you, thank you for sharing!
myq
*Ken Burns Documentary Music Plays*
Dearest Myq,
Thank you for reading my dispatches from the war. Your love and support mean so much.
Sincerely,
Christopher
Sent from the Las Vegas Front