Things that make me want to PUKE

Today, as I was standing behind the dealer waiting to push into a $2-5 blind NLH game I witnessed the 2s accidentally drop a $1 chip into his rocks glass full of some type of liquor. I have seen chips end up in drinks before, but I have NEVER seen anyone fish the chip out, pop it into his mouth and suck it dry. I almost gagged. Of course, I couldn't keep my mouth shut. I asked the kid WHY? Didn't he know that a fair number of poker players (and the population in general) don't wash their hands after visiting the water closet? Chips are filthy!!
I wonder how long it takes alcohol to kill all of those germs.

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I wandered into work 30 minutes early today. As it turns out, the room was busier than normal at that time of the day and I was asked it I was ready to go to work. Of course I was. It was my Friday and the earlier I started the sooner I got out. I entered the line-up in the best of all spots, sailed through 6 hours of uneventful poker and headed out into the Nevada evening looking forward to three days off.

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And from a Dean Koontz novel, this quote.

Every palace and every work of art is only dust as yet unrealized, and time is the patient wind that will wither it away.

This quote reminds me of hiking in the desert. I've started using it as my signature on my emails.