Boy am I glad that the kids were gifted a copy of Harry Potter the deathly hallows. What a bore that was. I would of been mad if I had plunked down my own money.  Now I admit I am not a professional book reviewer or a super Harry Potter fan but hey I did enoy the other books.

This one however is different, yes I know it ties up lots of unanswered questions but it does so in an almost monotonous fashion. The same stuff over and over. I got to thinking the 400 or so pages describing the never ending camping trip really will get cut down to about 3 seconds when they make the inevitable movie.

In order to avoid spoiling anything or anyone, I will refrain from making suggestion on how this book could have been made more exciting, I know for sure it could have been a lot shorter and might then have been a pleasant read. Farewell HP !

Have you ever wandered into a casino and looked at the craps table. It looks fun, it looks exciting but it also looks really intimidating. On a recent road trip we stayed in the Sands hotel in Reno Nevada. As usual I am an early riser and so headed down to the casino floor around 6 am. As the title suggest I am not really  a gambler but I was really intrigued by the craps table.

Luckily at 6:00 AM there was no one on the table and I approached the craps dealer and asked how difficult it was to learn.  He offered to guide me and so I was willing to plunk down a $20 for this unique experience.  After about 15 minutes I was up  a whole $4.50 and figured that was enough and I could walk away a winner. Which I promptly did.

Afterwards I realized this was  a really fun game and I simply had to know more about it but I don't like learning the hard way and being an Internet junkie I soon found an answer to my quest to learn ...