four, in fact. I was at 7-11 and the guy asked me if I wanted to buy the ticket that got printed out by mistake. I figured it was analogous to someone offering you a breath mint, so I bought it.

I’m entirely aware of the concept of the Poor and Stupid Tax but I have an addendum to that reasoning: a dollar buys a lot of dreams. occasionally I have bought a lottery ticket because it’s a bit of fun to think about what one could do with a large sum of money. also, it’s an occasional opening if the universe wanted to gift me.

I had a friend put a nickel in a machine in Reno and won 200K. one nickel. when asked how she would have felt if the person after her had won she shrugged and said, “I guess I’d figure it wasn’t my time to win.” I think if it’s your time it’s your time. four dollars is probably about half as much as I’ve spent on lotteries in my lifetime but I thought, “what the hell.”