Posts Tagged “jeremiah”

My wife Sara just had her one year blogiversary on IbbySkibby.com She was so excited to be able to write all about a year of writing.

Then it occurred to me “why wait a year?” I’ll have my anniversary now. HAPPY 169 DAYS! or HAPPY !^( DAYS (if you just hold the shift key too long, rather then using caps lock.)

So in honor of this momentous occasion, I figured I’d go back and reflect like an old man telling war stories. Mostly lies.

First I’d like to thumb my nose at all those people who said a blog was too much work. That I’d never have the follow though, to make it to my first Blogiversary. In all ya’ll’s faces. Here I am blogniveraryin’ it!

Next I’d like to thank Eric Lowry who host’s my page. Thus allowing me to be a part of the real blogging world. Not one of these people who posts on all those other free services like blogspot.com, or wordpress.com. Thanks to Eric, I’m a real live blogger. I don’t make money worth a damn, but damn I have a real web address.

Next I’d like to thank my loyal fans. The ones like my wife, and Jeremiah. They are my favorite kind of fan. The ones who fear divorces, and broken friendships. Good job guys, keep reading or else.

I’d like to thank Archimedes. Thank him for all the cuteness, bitterness, and awesomness. Its your relentless pestering that allows me to have some reason to hide from you and write my blog.

I’d also like to thank Whinne the Pooh for babysitting Archimedes while I write my post.

Thanks Pooh.

The other night, my friend Jeremiah came over to eat my food. Usually, Jeremiah tries to escape before Sara asks him to help with the dinner dishes. I caught him off guard with a game of Mancala.

Right when he was getting ready to go I said “wouldn’t you rather play a game with a real live person?”

Out of guilt for eating for free, Jeremiah decided to play “ONE” game.

Well his one game, turned into more like eight hundred.

You see, Mancala is very addictive. It has such an easy learning curve, that anyone can be an expert within 5 minutes, and almost everyone has beginners luck. Because of the luck, most people win within their first few tries.

For Jeremiah, this is a problem. Jeremiah loves to win, he loves to win so much, that if he’s winning, he can’t stop playing. Jeremiah also hates to lose. He hates to lose so much, that if he’s losing, he’ll keep playing until he wins. It’s a catch 22. if you want to know more about catch 22’s go here.

Anyway, the game went on for hours, and finally in the end Jeremiah left having lost 3 times in a row. He would not admit he was leaving on a low note, because he’d said “I’d better be going” 15 games ago, when he was in the lead.

So, I guess that’s when the losses stopped counting. Of course it was Jeremiah’s idea to keep playing, but who’s counting anyway?