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In my dream, I was at some kind of conference in a hotel and Barry Greenstein, Chip Reese, and Doyle Brunson were there  playing some fucked up version of ping pong for insane amounts of money.  Then out of nowhere, Allan sits down with a wad of cash and starts playing heads up ping pong with Doyle.  Next thing I know, they’re playing poker and I peak over at Allan’s cards and he’s holding 5d 8d to a board of 5 8 3 8 2.  Doyle bets out and Allan goes all in.  Doyle calls with A4.  Allan takes it down against the legend.  Afterwards, we start walking around and Allan tells me about this girl Angela he’s dating.  We meet up with her and walk into a big ass classroom and sit down.  Then the TAs start passing out an econ final exam.  I go through it and find myself having to bullshit all the answers.  Panic sets in and I’m beginning to accept the reality that I’m going to fail the class.  That’s when I wake up.

1st – Allan (+$55)
2nd – Jeff (-$5)
3rd – Me (+$50)
4th – Christian (-$100)

The four of us put in $25 each and first got 80%, second got 20%. Christian and I had a sidebet of $75 between the two of us so in the end, Allan got $55 profit, I got $50 profit, Jeff lost $5, and Christian lost $100 which is actually the dream scenario for me because that meant the only person who lost a substantial amount of money was Christian. To understand why I would wish this upon Christian, you’ll have to look at his trash talking during Round 1 of the tournament:

Christian: omg you see the games today. what a jihad

Ken: Yeah, you’re doing pretty good

Christian: Dude, I’m a master at this shit. I came in 2nd place last year in iraq. I lost to a high school basketball coach that’s obsessed with ncaa

Christian: Ken man. you know by picking Illinois to win it all you already lost the 100 bucks to me right?

Ken: $75

Christian: dude I’m gonna win that, and the 25. lol

Christian: illinois for the champs? are you insane?

Ken: i always pick illinois for the champs

Christian: and you put 75 bucks behind that? wow. and you lecture me about losing propositions.

Christian: That 75 is as good as mine man. lol. Sorry Ken, but if you bet… you gotta at least try a little bit.

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Christian: so… that’s 150 dollar profit for me!

Ken: Man, you are so overconfident.

Christian: Dude, I don’t pick Illini to win it all especially when I got 100 bucks on this.

Ken: Am i being overconfident?

Christian: Illini isn’t even gonna make it to final four. Elite 8… if you’re lucky

Ken: It’s so early in the game and you’re already claiming victory

Christian: Dude, you picked Illini to win. That is automatic victory. That’s such a huge mistake it’s not even funny.

Ken: You’re claiming victory over Allan and my bro too.

Christian: No not all allan and your bro but you, yes. I claim victory over you for sure.

Ken: How is that $150 profit then?

Christian: Because in that instance I was claiming victory over everyone but let’s put this into perspective. Allan knows sports. He’s basically my only competition. Now that is… since… you picked Illini to win

As part of a reality TV stunt, a Uruguayan Village was challenged to push a train a certain distance. As one would expect, the train ended up running over and killing 7 people and injuring others in the process. You can read all about it here.

As the consummate gambler, I’ve wagered $25 into a pool with 3 other people and a side bet of $75 with one other person.  I’m not too concerned about winning the $25 one but the $75 one has me worried.  For one, the guy has an early lead in the tournament, correctly guessing 2 of the upsets.  We have the same picks for 3 out of the final four teams which is amazing considering I tried to be a little creative with picking Gonzaga to make it that far.  In order for me to win, I need UNC to lose, Illinois to make it to the final four, and Duke not to win the whole thing.

I got a lot of flack for picking Illinois to go all the way, especially with the amount of money on the line.  Yeah, it wasn’t exactly the smart thing to do but I gotta go with my heart on this.  I’ve been picking Illinois to go all the way for the last 6 years and last year was awfully close.  I’m not about to lose faith.  Go Illini!

I honestly don’t think single straight men and single straight women can be friends with one another. Either,

1.) Man has no interest in Woman. Woman has no interest in Man.
2.) Man has no interest in Woman. Woman develops interest for Man.
3.) Man develops interest in Woman. Woman has no interest in Man.
4.) Man has interest for Woman. Woman has interest for Man.

All things being equal, there is a 1 in 4 chance that there is such a lack of chemistry between the two that romantic feelings never develop in either of them. Scenario 4 may start out good but what happens when the interest with one another wanes? Either the relationship will evolve into “friends with benefits” or the relationship/friendship dissolves altogether. If things remain good however, I guess that’s when people get married, start a family, etc. Once a relationship becomes mutually romantic, I no longer qualify that as friendship. Scenarios 2 and 3 are definitely the most common and these types of friendships are typically what I consider to be fraudulent because one person tends to be preoccupied with making good impressions on the other, often resorting to exaggerating/lying about oneself. So do I think a male/female friendship can exist? I think if both people are in a solid relationship with their boy/girlfriend or they’re gay, then yes.