I finally made it back to a casino after a LONG hiatus. I think the last time I was in a casino was in May of 2007 when I went with my friend Phil to the Horseshoe casino in Council Bluffs. Well, Phil was back in town this past week, so we went [...]

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Here are reasons #1 and #2 for being a member of the Indy Downforce Fan Club! I had enough points build up from the first part of the season to earn two FREE tickets to the Bombardier LearJet 500k at the Texas Motor Speedway.

My brother and I left at 0600hr Saturday morning and started [...]

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As usual, Saturday before the race, my bro-in-law Ryan and I went to Muncie and met up with my friend Steve. We enjoyed our traditional Greek’s breadsticks, and weird beer downtown at Herot. Herot is a pub devoted to all manner of beer from all over the world, and like its literary namesake, [...]

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Rain, rain, and more rain. That was the theme for the day and it sucked. We did get to see about 15-minutes of practice before they threw the yellow for moisture in T4, so the day wasn’t completely without action on the track. The Freedom 100 was postponed, though, which sucks. [...]

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Thanks to Mstabbycat for the props for my Evening With The Stars presentation.

She also has a pic of me in a hat that she thinks I need. Check it out! I’m kinda on the fence about it. Let her know what you think, and if y’all think it looks [...]

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The mailman finally brought something good instead of his usual packet of bills.

I missed this race last year, and was bummed. This will be my first race of the season, next will be the Indy 500. More importantly, though this will be Tab’s first IndyCar race ever! We’re volunteering for the [...]

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The Gambling Geek has served me well for a couple of years, but its starting to become a bit defocused. In an effort to refocus this blog back on gaming, gambling, and the occasional science tidbit, I’ve created a new blog for Tab and I, Tall Tales from the Patterson Ranch. This [...]

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About four months ago, I lost my wedding ring. I thought I’d set it down somewhere on my workbench downstairs. Tab gets on me if I have it on while working with power tools. When I went to look for it a couple of days later, I couldn’t find it. I’d [...]

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The Gambling Geek has a new home. There were a number of problems with the old server, but my good friend Robin who manages many domains for a variety of businesses and friends (Tab and Mike among them) has found a new provider, and things back up and running. There’s some interesting [...]

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Well, race weekend was a lot of fun. My dad and I went to Carburetion Day (not that there are any carburetors except in the museum any more). It was a great day to be at the track. We ended up sitting just to the left of the yard-o-bricks (start/finish line) and [...]

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