re: #135 Hecuba’s daughter

For the first time in 2 years, I purchased lottery tickets yesterday. Told the store clerk I was wasting some money on the Megamillions. Maybe I’ll get tickets for the Tuesday game — or not. As you say, it’s fun to fantasize for a few hours about a prize that few of us will ever see. As long as it’s money you can spare, there’s probably no harm.

This is my plan as far as gambling in general. Mrs. Fish has never been to Vegas (I have, once, but as a teenager so I couldn’t participate in any activities) and would love to go. I told her the ground rules: We’ll set up a budget. There will be no deviating from that budget; once we’ve lost that money, we’re done, period. It will be treated as spending money for the purposes of accounting. If we come away with some wins, or less losses than the budget allowed, then good for us.