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Gambling is a funny thing. You can go on wild rides, swing way up and swing way down. If you are not careful, it can consume you, destroy you financially, and be a major problem in your life. I have a buddy, who has a major gambling problem, and I hope that he finds a way to get it under control. I have some feelings of guilt, in that I have been complicit in enabling him. I didn't realize how bad it really was for him until just recently, and I have loaned him money in the past. I now realize that I can no longer do this for a couple of reasons. For one, it puts strain on the relationship, and two it does nothing to actually help him resolve his problems, and worse just enables him to continue to gamble. So I have decided to no longer loan him any more money, and just hope that he will eventually be able to pay me back the rather large sum of money that he owes me. I know that I won't be getting it back anytime soon. Fortunately, I don't need the money, but that's not really the point.

In other gambling exploits, I have been on a major blackjack rush. I turned $400 into about 12,000 in one night. And another night, I got down to my last $100, that I turned into $11,600 in the span of about 90 minutes. Go figure, I am running way positive on the wheel of variance, while my buddy is running way negative on that wicked wheel of fate.