BINGO BINGO BINGO in Bismarck!!!

I finally won at Bingo! We haven't gone in probably a month or more because people have been busy since it is summer. But the reat thing about it being summer is that lots of people are busy, and so there are not nearly as many people at bingo. Which means two great things... 1-there is a lot less smoke, which makes it more pleasant while playing. 2-there is a greater percentage chance of winning. To win the big prize, you need to black-out your card in 55 numbers or less, so that is obviously not dependent on the number of people. But for the fun prizes and the consolation prizes, that does depends on the number of people, so the fewer people, the greater the chance of winning. And I FINALLY WON!!! Now the downside of fewer people is that the consolation prize is based on a percentage of cards sold... so the less cards sold, the lower the prize. My grand total winnings were only $15 (in the winter they are more like $30-50 consolations). But, still, it's $15 that I didn't have before. And being the engineer/finance person that I am, I spent $9 total for the night, so a $6 profit on $9 investment is a really good rate of return. More importantly, I got to yell BINGO, which was awesome... even more awesome was hearing the groans of all the losers who were SO CLOSE! Suckers!!!

Butt-Pockets in Bismarck

Following up on my shoe incident and speaking of embarrassing work situations... Another little gem for my fans. So, I was in my friend Kirsten's (pronounced Shirsten, don't ask me why) office last week chatting. I went to leave, and all of a sudden came to a jolting stop - she described it as a dog who ran out of leash. The corner of back pocket on my pants got caught in between the little wooden strip of the door jamb and the little metal plate that the locking/latching mechanism goes into, and I was stuck. I tried to free myself, but eventually had to get Kirsten's help. We were both laughing so hard that it took her a few minutes while I dangled there. On a good note, at least my pants didn't rip.

Black and Brown in Bismarck

So, the State Bar convention is in town. I went to hear my nemesis speak this morning. (The opposing counsel from me hearing.) Listened to her, chatted afterwards, met a couple judges, said hello to the chief justice, etc. You know, networking... After that a bunch of us went to Ribfest for lunch, which is in town this weekend. Walked around there, saw lots of people I knew. Good times. Came back to the office, was walking down the hall around 2:45 p.m., and notice... I am wearing two different shoes today. One black, one brown. I am awesome.