that has nothing to do with nothing; just a ramble type of day.  It’s a balmy high 90 kind of day out here in the big “P” and I’m watching Glenda in a freeroll on Absolute Poker.  Of course I’m telling her to watch out, the Card Fairy may come out of coma zone shortly.

Nothing #1 On the Card Fairy note, I won $80 in about 10 minutes playing two $2-4 LH games yesterday on Absolute.  I picked up Kings and had a guy raise me on every street – until I turned into a little diapered boy with a pacifier and just called him on the river when an Ace hit…he had 4-5 off suit and no draw to anything after the turn.  *Yummy!*  And about $60 on PokerStars in the same limit between three games.  I was playing more or less for FPP on PokerStars trying to clear an old bonus but I accept the extra dough…I missed the time frame on the bonus.  All of this leads me to believe the Card Fairy is seriously out of commission right now.

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Nothing #2, Here’s a fun food tip for a daily treat or just because you want something tasty that isn’t bad for you or full of sugar.  Before you stick your nose up at the ingredients, you should try it, there is no soy milk taste or yogurt smell, it’s just frothy and yummy.

If you don’t have a blender, don’t even go there.  I have a little Hamilton Beach smoothie blender that I picked up at Walmart for around $18.  I think I want a little more ‘oomph’ and may look for a bigger one down the road, but for now, this is kewl.

I use “Silk” Soy Milk Regular – yah, I like the way it tastes too and rarely ever drink milk – but you can substitute milk for soy milk.  It takes about a cup and a half of whatever your poison is.  Slice up a banana like you would for cereal and throw it into the mix.  Then add a half cup of Yoplait low fat yogurt, peach is my favorite but strawberry banana works well too – and you can pick up the Silk Soy Milk and 2lb container of yogurt at your favorite Super Walmart – and the low fat flavored yogurts taste more like a creamy pudding than the tangy bite of traditional, non-flavored yogurt.  At this point, just blend it, and drink.  Yippeeee!  If you have blueberries, throw in a few of those, and if you’re trying to get more protein in your diet, throw in a scoop of powder.  Don’t put ice in it; for one thing the smoothie blender won’t handle it, for the other, it dilutes your wunnerful tastee-treet.

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Nothing #3  Speaking of Walmart, I had purchased a router on my way thru Salt Lake City to use at my brother’s house so I could internet with DSL speed.  The trees won’t let the Motosat pick up a signal so it’s router or ATT air card.  I still had issues with the router and ended up using the air card.  When Riot was with me a week ago, we took the router back to Walmart.  I couldn’t find my receipt…which is insane and makes me even more so – I never throw away a receipt until it’s faded out and I’m going thru things 10 years later.  I kinda had the feeling they wouldn’t take it back without a receipt since it was electronics but if you don’t try, you don’t know.

The woman behind the return desk was the day manager and she’s the one that told me since they were the only Walmart in Pahrump – unlike Vegas – they didn’t have to be competitive on price.   Her customer left and while she was still busy putting things away, Riot skipped up and put his arms on the counter.  I followed him from the line and cautioned him to wait a minute that she was still busy.  She never looked up.

Riot boldly said, “She’s mad.”

I said, “No, she’s just busy.”

He repeated it, “She’s mad.”

That got her attention.  She told him that she wasn’t but if he wanted to see her mad, he could, and it turned into a little fun with a twinkling eye.  He may be the reason that I got a refund with no receipt.  Whew!  She didn’t know what it was, but it was nicely put back in its box with all of the pieces that came with it and I got a gift certificate in the amount of my refund.  Hail Walmart!

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Nothing #4 Evil tooth is still a major irritant – not as major as before, but I know it’s there.  Umnhhhhh…the ‘hard suck down’ is painfully unreal, gives me a headache, makes my eyeteeth horribly sore in the gum area until it’s removed, and makes me keep wanting to bite on it like a new tooth coming in makes you want to grind or bite on the gum.  And the suckdown was made from a mold of my upper teeth, identical mold.  How in the hell do your teeth move that much?  Better yet, how do they even stay in your gums at that rate?  Why don’t they just slide out of your mouth onto your filet mignon when you are on your first date with someone you really want to get in the sack that night?  Then you could easily explain…”Just wait, it will happen to you too as you get older…”  Fuck!

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Something #1 Go…NOW…and add your thoughts to this forum thread.

Enough of the Nothings for the day.  Laters.