Another Billion-dollar jackpot came up. Tonight's Powerball jackpot is $1.0 Billion dollars (maybe a little higher). Do i think anyone will win the jackpot tonight? No (I'm thinking Monday or Wednesday for a jackpot winner). But i do have a ticket just in case.
Even a virtual statistical impossibility needs a hand.
What is the line in the Richard Marx song "Remember Manhattan"? Something like "there's no wishing well that comes through without the dime". Is $2 the new dime?
MegaMillions has got to be struggling with their new $5 ticket. Their big justification was bigger jackpots - that have yet to materialize. i hated the increase to $2 (led by Powerball). The more than doubling of the price to $5 was a much bigger mistake. What do you expect when the head of the Mega Millions coalition is from WA. WA has the most useless/incompetent government employees of any state.
Slightly better odds should partially negate the possibility of much higher jackpots. It slightly increases the velocity of jackpot growth (well at least in theory). But it might actually lower the jackpot ceiling (lower maximum jackpot potential).
UPDATE: 2 winners split $1.8B TX, and MO.
This year for my alleged birthday, i got another castle. One that i have to use a spell checker to ever spell correctly. Go figure, i actually spelled it correctly on the first try. Germany and their compound words...
Introducing newest installment in the Just Saying series
Neuschwanstein Castle (famous as the inspiration for Disney's Cinderella's Castle and various movies including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Great Escape, and Monuments Men). Unfortunately, King Ludwig II died before the castle could be completed. Of course, my pictures all cut off the top of the highest tower.
If i were rich and much younger, i would love to have my own castle. More like a mini castle. King Ludwig II's scale was too ambitious. Maybe a mix of multiple styles a little from Neuschwanstein, a little from Himeji, some other castles, and modern conveniences. A secure outer perimeter, large open courtyards, a living area with a grotto and waterfall, towers/turrets, undercroft, and a great hall/ballroom.
Well, i almost survived another year*. My alleged time of birth was 8:23 or 8:32 PM (i can never remember which one) local time, so not at the time of this post. Maybe next year is when i finally beat my pesky oxygen habit. i'm sure the second anything goes right is when the final curtain falls.
i still suspect my "life" was a biggest bomb on this annual day (yes that includes Nagasaki "Fat Man")
Unlike some entity i wrongly convinced myself i knew, at least i won't be turning 50 this year.
* Survival connotes non-cessation of core bodily functions, does not connote any form of happiness or fulfillment. After all, Paul Young was right "happiness is just an illusion filled with sadness and confusion".
How old am i? i am essentially 15.77 years old. Though i might have a few years of experience being that age. Even though, physically i sometimes feel like i'm in my 60s (kind of hope i never actually am in my 60s). i am not an, what do you call it, adult. In terms of life experience, 15.77 might be an overestimation.
When you are younger, people ask your age, you can say it off the top of your head. When you get a little more calendar experience, it becomes a math problem. Let's just say "i love the 80s", "i survived the 90s" (but wish i hadn't. If only i had the guts/tools to do what i should have done in 99), and f* the new millennium (nothing redeeming about it).
Anyway, what did i get this year for my alleged birthday (still believe the i'm an alien stranded on this planet theory. The alternative is far too frightening to consider.)? A few dollars, a castle i bought myself (just saying), and a Powerball (save me Powerball, you are my only hope) ticket.
This date, X years ago my alleged father died of cancer at home. It was right before my 16th birthday. Trust me, the image of your father's naked corpse being wiped down by a hospice nurse is not something you want to remember.
There is a big chance here i'll give you a little too much information.
Should the doctor have caught the melanoma sooner? Definitely. He had a disgusting large and misshapen mole on his left arm. When he originally asked the doctor about it, she said something to the effect of "don't worry about it". Of course, she never even wrote his concerns in her notes. A few months later, he bumped the mole and it started to bleed. He had the mole removed, and of course it was cancerous. Then you get the whole 75% chance they got it. All well and good until it made it to his lymph nodes. Another 70% chance they stopped the cancer. Wrong again.
Now, for some thoughts on one of my favorite active anime. i'm talking about Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in A Dungeon (otherwise known, and i'll refer to it here, as Danmachi). Though the universe also includes a spin-off Sword Oratoria (and several other set in the same universe, some prequels).
One of the tropes i like in anime is a weak character becoming strong (i "grew up" playing JRPGs). Other examples of this include Arifureta and Black Clover.
Seasons 1-4 are available on Hulu.
One of my favorite ongoing anime is It is Wrong to Try and Pick up Girls in a Dungeon (otherwise known as Danmachi). Yes, i'll admit to first watching it on Hulu somewhat for its name. But it is a series with mutated mythology and a weak adventurer, originally rejected by the big players, becoming one of the strongest.
This is musings about the future hero Bell Canel's familia (adventurer family of a god, kind of like a faction/guild in something like Black Clover or Fairy Tail). Hestia (Vesta) was a virgin goddess with no children (adventurer followers) until Bell. As Bell grew, so too did the familia.
Keep in mind, i've only seen the anime through season 4. Come on Hulu get Season 5. i have no intention of ever reading the light novels for Danmachi, Sword Oratoria, or its spinoffs.
So, what does this familia need:
