It seems a shame to relegate Woo’s recent blog entry to second place, but I’ve got issues that need discussing here. Specifically, those issues are: 1. Poker; 2. Weekend just gone; and 3. Three Wishes.

So, number 1. Poker. Poker this week will be at my M&D’s place, and we’re going to try a “cash game” format, where players may leave at any time they feel like, and cash in their chips. Blinds don’t go up, which is also good. 7pm for 7:30 … At the moment, Berny, Steve and myself are in, and I imagine Blacky is also in. Unknowns are Glenn and Leyts. Brenden may also be coming. (That’s an incentive for Glenn to come …. :p)

The weekend just gone was pretty cool - and busy. Friday night was a chilling night, where I played some pretty good online poker. Saturday morning, hit the markets early with Rob and Nadia and crew, and bought some beautiful fish and sausages. Saturday afternoon, Blacky and I had a road trip down the coast, and then came back for dinner with Brek at Jaz, Toowong. Blacky went out clubbing down the coast after dinner, and I stayed home and got rest. Sunday I had a Perf bbq for lunch, which was ok, and then Glara came over for tea at M&D’s. Charlotte was cute as balls with the dogs, which was entertaining. James was quite well behaved, and slept for quite a bit of the time. Foo was delicious and cheap. Ahh, good times.

I’ve often thought about the best “3 wishes” scenario would be, in case I ever met a genie who offered me same. Now, I know everyone’s immediately going to say “I wish for more wishes” but I read somewhere that this makes you turn into the genie, and sets the genie free, so I’m ruling that out.

The first wish that I think I’d go with is “I wish I was the healthiest person of my age in the world”. This way, you’re not cursed with the whole living forever thing, but at the same time, you’re immune from broken bones and other inconveniences. You’d avoid colds, anything. That’s a good wish.

The second wish has to have something to do with money, I think. It’s an essential ingredient for the party-hard lifestyle I crave. You know those ads for the packet of Tim Tams that never run out? If you had that, you could start a chocolate biscuit factory *very* cheap by inverting the packet of tim tams so that a constant stream of them landed on the packing machine, but I’d be scared of losing the packet, or more likely, having it stolen. Same deal with a wallet that always had the correct amount of money in it … great, but what happens when you get mugged and lose your wallet? Suddenly you’re broke for ever.
No, I think it has to be something generic, that can’t be stolen. “I wish everytime I opened a cupboard, it had whatever I was looking for.” This could include the cash purchase price of a new Porsche, a cup of tea that was already made and hot … and it would transfer with you, so if you bought a new house, or were visiting at someone else’s house, you would still have the benifits of your wish close to hand.

The third wish is tricky. It should be something benevolent. I’ve also read that setting the genie free makes you the genie, so I’m ruling that out. World peace or something like that would be cool, but the well-documented-in-movies downside is what happens when aliens attack, and we’re all too peaceful to fight back and defend earth? It would need some kind of arbitration as to which battles were over and which were not. Would I want that responsibility? No, but I also don’t think I could trust anyone else with it. I obviously wouldn’t want to arbitrate on every little mugging/gang ritual kiilling, so I’d set some limits on it too.
“I wish for the ability to change the minds of people as I see fit.”

How would other people use their wishes? Has anyone thought about this as much as I have?

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