Do you like to gamble?
Las Vegas may be for you.
I was once in a masters program writing class at the University of San Francisco, and a couple times that semester the professor would have us read one of our latest works to the rest of the class. The guy reading his story one day seemed a nice enough fella, but when he shared his story about how he liked to cruise up to Lake Tahoe at a leisurely pace in his old Toyota, my blood boiled.
He was one of those sons-of-bitches that tied up traffic on Highway 50 while I was rushing to get to the Lake Tahoe casinos to get down on a football game. I hated those slow travelers, and it sometimes took more than one passing lane to get them in the rearview mirror.
Now, you might think that as long as I was rushing up to make a bet on a football game that I like to gamble. Truth is, I don’t … at least not on football. Now I may enjoy a cocktail and time sitting next to my wife pulling on a slot machine … and that certainly would be gambling. But gamble on a football game?
No.