MegaMania
Hi ho, MMMLOGerinos!
Do you play the lottery? Besides rolling out of my garage in Red Therapy everyday into Seattle traffic, buying lottery tickets is my only real gamble. Here in Washington State we have all sorts of opportunities to officially "play and win"--card rooms, Indian casinos, state lottery in all its forms and the multistate Mega Millions game.
Mega Millions is up to a whopping $310 million dollars for tonight's drawing and according to hindsight here's how it will go: some geezer with a rustic accent and a whole bunch of married kids, grandkids and shirttail relatives will spend ten bucks and win the Megajackpot. Then by this time next year he'll be featured on a TV magazine show as the world's most miserable loser of family, friends and anything else he might have valued. Damn that easy money!
But such sad tales do not daunt me, for I am a writer, an observer of the human condition looking for hope in all the wrong places. Even Mega Millions. My mom says winning the lottery would be so much fun because she could share all that money with us kids. Nothing about world cruises on the QEII or gold plated bidets--she just wants to help her three grown children and their children. The fascinating thing is that may just happen as my mother has the most uncanny luck and has won many things over the years. But these days her health keeps her close to home and those possible winning tickets go unbought. Though I am not a geezer with a rustic accent, I shall sally forth in her stead and purchase my dream Mega winning ticket. And I will share my vast winnings with Mother and take her with me on the round the world cruise. Oh, and I shall have her TV remote gold-plated, which I suspect she would enjoy most of all.
Ciao, ciao, MMMMMMMMMMMMelinda
Do you play the lottery? Besides rolling out of my garage in Red Therapy everyday into Seattle traffic, buying lottery tickets is my only real gamble. Here in Washington State we have all sorts of opportunities to officially "play and win"--card rooms, Indian casinos, state lottery in all its forms and the multistate Mega Millions game.
Mega Millions is up to a whopping $310 million dollars for tonight's drawing and according to hindsight here's how it will go: some geezer with a rustic accent and a whole bunch of married kids, grandkids and shirttail relatives will spend ten bucks and win the Megajackpot. Then by this time next year he'll be featured on a TV magazine show as the world's most miserable loser of family, friends and anything else he might have valued. Damn that easy money!
But such sad tales do not daunt me, for I am a writer, an observer of the human condition looking for hope in all the wrong places. Even Mega Millions. My mom says winning the lottery would be so much fun because she could share all that money with us kids. Nothing about world cruises on the QEII or gold plated bidets--she just wants to help her three grown children and their children. The fascinating thing is that may just happen as my mother has the most uncanny luck and has won many things over the years. But these days her health keeps her close to home and those possible winning tickets go unbought. Though I am not a geezer with a rustic accent, I shall sally forth in her stead and purchase my dream Mega winning ticket. And I will share my vast winnings with Mother and take her with me on the round the world cruise. Oh, and I shall have her TV remote gold-plated, which I suspect she would enjoy most of all.
Ciao, ciao, MMMMMMMMMMMMelinda
posted by MMMelinda at 7:47 AM
