Blackjack
Went with Alvin tonight in his new G35 to *drumroll* Cache Creek. I could tell you the longer version, but I'll sum it all up with what we got in the end: $125 per person (net). We could have gotten more than this but my luck started petering out. Our strategy was this, pool our money to one person and bet big. This way, you can (in theory) make a lot of dough in a short amount of time. I played (but at the advisement of Alvin behind me). Blackjack is interesting, but I feel it's still a game of luck and there's not a whole lot the player can really do. I mean, I just watched a lady lose a ton of dough on one hand just by following the rules on when to double down and do some splits! I think I should get into Poker now.

Before going, we went to Davis to tour the campus. We were really surprised by all of all the construction going on. I swear, there's LOT more buildings going up in Davis than when we left.

Had some interesting talk about everything and nothing along the way. Most notably, with Alvin driving his car well in excess of 100mph on the 505! The funny thing is that we got to 130 without feeling the engine working all that hard. If it were my Corolla, the car would probably disintegrate and all that would be left of me would be some shreds of clothes along the freeway.