Word: gambler
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Right now cars competing in a "Gambler's Race." One car will spot the other a head start, then play catch-up. A long, narrow, rocket-like dragster, the kind that often has to spit out a parachute to slow down, lines up beside a red Camaro. "Now this guy's going to give the Camaro a huge lead, but he's got a 400 to 500 cc engine there putting out about 2,000 horsepower. He'll still win." We don't get the chance to find out; jittery Mr. Camaro takes off too early and is disqualified...
...kill himself. Next! Dietl goes to a dinner party with the mob. Next! Two very angry FBI agents (not unlike Fox Mulder and Dana Scully of "The X-Files" in appearance and manner) are out to get Dietl. Next! Duke comes out as a debtor, an alcoholic, a compulsive gambler and a holder of $11,000 in parking tickets. Next! Dietl is in bed with his best friend's girlfriend...
...first to admit it: Gambling can be bad. It is potentially addictive and destructive for the gambler, and as a visit to Las Vegas will reveal, its consequences in the community are considerable. But as for the "Casino Nights" in the Houses, dances with live jazz bands where students play blackjack with imaginary money for non-monetary prizes: Are these the latest sources of moral depravity in the City of Cambridge...
...confession I do not imply that I live life on the edge or participate in "extreme" sports. Nor did I watch "Dead Poet's Society" and decide, carpe diem, that I would drop out of school to pursue an unlikely acting career. No, when I describe myself as a gambler, I mean it in the most base sense of the term. I wager money on the outcomes of random phenomena...
...this Friday the 13th, while the rest of the world goes about its business, my gambling kin and I must pause in religious devotion. Lady Fortune is the gambler's muse, and we cannot disrespect her holy...