[06:20 UTC-5]
[-3*F....-13*F....clear....winds out of the south at 4 mph]
   Temperatures during daylight hours will be warm, but winds will be stronger....wind-chills hanging one side or the other around 0*F all day....so another day online....if the WiFi doesn't disappear again [Knock Wood]....
   Took a "seat" at a 1000/500 blind table [125K....max-buy-in]....and didn't take long to realize I had entered one of the lower levels of a  Poker abyss....virtual every hand if not an all in....then a crazy high raise....I played miniature war-games for years from medieval to WWII & chess as well....and was known as a defensive player....in poker I've always preferred a "small ball....trapping" style....I know the money ain't real....but I am what I am....maybe a bit to stat conscience....okay maybe more than a bit....but tables like the one I got today....I just can't play "my game" on them....and I'm a gimpy, grumpy, old codger....and just can't or probably won't change my ways....did manage on one of the all to infrequent lulls to flop "Trip Nines".....and a decent pot....but was the  only hand I won during the entire session....not that I didn't have some really nice pocket cards....or that I would have flopped/turned/rivered some good hands....and won a few pots....provided I hadn't folded....but would have lost probably more than what I would  have won....just a too chaotic for my nature....ergo....27 minutes played....39 hands played.....average 5 players....left with an extra 1,800$....600$ from the table & 1200$ from 3/7 at the slots....
[17:57 UTC-5]
[Summary of the Other Games Played Today]
[On Facebook]
1] Video Poker Live: Start Bank: 1.019'B....End Bank: 1.044'B....
2] Blackjack 21: 10 minutes played....4 or 5 players at table....12 hands...3 wins....3 dealer busts....down 90$....can't beat a hot dealer when all you get is shmattah....Start Bank: 567.5'K....End Bank: 570.8'K....
3] Mahjong FRVR: two puzzles solved including puzzle of the day at the "challenging level"....
4] Fall Spades: two games played....[game one]....7 hands played...."we" 566 pts. + 6 bags + 1 nil bid made....vs...."they" 155 pts. + 5 bags + 1 nil bid made....set thrice....[game two]....9 hands played...."we" 637 pts. + 17 bags [-100 pts.] + 2 nil bods made....vs "they" 108 pts. + 8 bags + set twice + 1 nil bid failed....
[On Just Solitaire]
1] Crescent: 6 games played....only halfway deceit one....86/104 w/3 of the 8 foundation piles completed....
[On World of Solitaire]
1] Aces up[relaxed]: failed to clear any of the six games played today....best game....45/48....
2] Tri-Peaks[hidden]: only one of the 6 games played today cleared....52/52....
3] Klondike[turn 1]: only two of the 6 games played today cleared....52/52....
4] Fan[relaxed]: cleared all of the six games played today....52/52....
5] Eight Off[relaxed]: cleared all of the six games played today....52/52....
6] Josephine[relaxed]: cleared all of the six games played today....104/104....
[20:45 UTC-5]
[Day's End Poker]
Total Bank: 209.4'M / Net Gain Today: 527'K / Drops[7]&Roulette[2]: 525'K /
Table[1]&Slots[7] +1,800$ / Hands Played Today: 39 / Total Hands Played: 24,778 /