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From the Archives: Card Counting & Blackjack

My “Day I Left Pennsylvania” led me to some archived website posts (before blogs were invented) I had written many years ago. I’m re-posting them now. Bear in mind that most of the content in this series is over 5 years old. I have left the content more or less intact. I have removed some links and added some others — but that’s it. Enjoy!


A Primer to Card-Counting in BlackJack

You may remember seeing Rain-”Definitely Wapner, Definitely”-Man do some vicious 4-deck-shoe card counting in the movie Rain Man. This guide isn’t going to teach you how to memorize and play completely flawlessly, however I would like to at least educate you on some general strategies into how to best approach your betting amounts and whether to hit or stand on a total of X. These can at least tilt the odds a little bit less in the house’s favor. (You’ll never have odds in YOUR favor totally, because of the way the game is arranged. But we can at least decrease the house’s edge.) Read the rest of this entry »

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The Chilly Willy

There’s a reason why statistics have shown that married men live longer lives. 


From the archives…

For those of you not familiar with a “Chilly Willy” here’s a synopsis:

Chilly Willy is also a specialty shot. Taking a 1 to 2 ounce shotglass and placing it upside down on the table, pour chilled (non-pepper) Vodka into the bottom well of the shotglass that will now be facing upwards. Close once nostril by placing your finger over it. Place other nostril over Vodka. Snort. Not for people with sensitive sinuses.

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You should be envious of my homelife.

Last night, I was privy to my hot girlfriend (Melissa) and her best friend (Satya) wear pasties made out of copper. Satya had made them in her metalsmithing class earlier that day. Boy, were they glorious! Full areola coverage and then some, with faux-piercing and tassels to match!

Pictured here is me wearing a slightly lesser version of these copper nubs, made by the one and only, Dan Sanger. I was ridiculously intoxicated here, for what it’s worth. These nubs weren’t quite the 6-hour-labor caliber as those made by Satya.

So,” you may be thinking “I’m supposed to be envious because your girlfriend and her lesbian best friend cavorted around, wearing only copper pasties and pants? WhatEVER?

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2005: Best Year Ever?

Yes, I’m jumping on the year-end review bandwagon.

And yes, I just ate the remains of two tubes of cake decorating icing.

2005 has arguably been the best year of my life, ever. I really feel like this year I finally “came alive.” I have made a lot of progress defining who I am, what I’m about, and I’ve become more assertive about that. I’ve made a lot of friends, had a ridiculous amount of fun, and for the most part I’ve had a pretty consistent positive outlook on life. Read the rest of this entry »

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PA Trek, Part 3

Just as a quick aside, “PA Trek” is in no way a “Star Trek” reference…. more of a “Lewis & Clark trek across the country on the Oregon trail and their travel companion dies of dysentery” reference. Just wanted to make that clear.

Man….. It’s 5:41am right now. I just woke up about an hour ago. Those who know me know how strange it is for me to be waking up that early. I mean hell, the SUN isn’t even up yet! Well, the only reason I woke up was because I was having a strange dream and because I had already slept about 7.5 hours. No, no, don’t do the math in your read — I’ll just tell you. I went to bed at about 8:30ish. I don’t know the exact time my mom picked me up from John & Eric’s house, but I know it was sometime after Melon and before Kitten.

Yes, as you can probably guess, I got crunk. Totally crunk.
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