gambling isn't the only way to lose money

Shiggs is back up to Reno for one last "Hooraa" before he and Tawnya head off to Japan. So last night his old roomate Nate and some friends wanted to go play some BlackJack. I wasn't too keen on the idea (I'm broke) but I figured I'd go to hang out with Ronn for a while. Well Ronn is broke too so we both got out $20 (which amazingly with inflation you cant get a "quick 20" anymore from the ATM, it's up to a "quick 40" now) and then Ronn just played for both of us. When he got a 13 for his first hand I thougth it might be a short night. No, no, no! Ronn fought back. We were up so we both pulled our $20 investment off and he was just playing with our winnings. At one point my addiction along with some gentle peer pressure I joined in with half of the winnings we had. At one point I was up $35 and Ronn was up $30. Dan, who came over after he got off work, and Tawnya were praying that we would leave at this point, but that is why they're not gamblers. I had a small Democratic thought of Cut & Run, but I Stayed the Course. Needless to say we lost all the winnings. Dan who had $5 burning a hole into his pocket, didnt play eventhough we kept pushing him to. Instead Dan brought us up to the arcade to play some DDR. Strangely the arcade was the only play in the casino we got carded. Dan talked Ronn into dancing with him a lil bit, like to see it? Here it goes