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Letters From Eddie - Letter #1
I ran across a series of letters from Eddie (a friend for many years) that details his (and my) rise from "just having fun" to "serious and having fun" in game of chance. I'll publish them as I straighten them out.
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A Trip To A New Casino
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Thoughts About On Line Casinos In Michigan
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Online At The Poker Table
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Sitting in the Sunshine
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The Lonely Long Haul Trucker
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Traveling Around - Mt. Pleasant, MI - Slot Palace at Soaring Eagle
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Traveling Around - Little River Casino - Manistee, MI
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Traveling Around - Marshall, MI - American Museum of Magic
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Traveling Around - Michigan - Casino, Elk Herd, and Fall Color
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Casino Stories - Video Poker - Making money at Video Poker
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Traveling Around - Pretty Nice Trip To UP Casino
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Traveling Around - Southern Indiana - A Casino and a family reunion
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Casino Bus Tour in Michigan's Upper Peninsula: My Experience
The author shares his experience on a 36-hour casino bus tour in east-central Michigan and the Upper Peninsula.
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Traveling Around - Kewadin Casinos of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
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Traveling Around - Sault Sainte Marie, MI - A Great Lakes Barge turned into the Valley Camp Ship Museum
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Traveling Around - A Long and Winding Trip Home
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Traveling Around: Shreveport, LA; Three Museums And A Casino
The sprawling area of Bossier City/Shreveport offers a lot of activities and places the go and see.
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Traveling Around: Hot Springs, AR: Gangster Museum of America (Capone, Luciano, Karpis, etc)
Al Capone, Alvin Karpis, Owney Madden, & Lucky Luciano were among the many figures that influenced the expanding of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Politicians abounded and peddled influence. Young politicos were seen - it is said that Bill Clinton attended school there. These stories are at the museum.
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Traveling Around Brimley, MI: Bay Mills Casino
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A Fragmented Travel Week in the Casinos of Tunica, Mississippi
During our time in Tunica, Mississippi, we stayed at a few casinos and hotels, which made the trip fun but fragmented. Find out which casino was our favorite.
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Traveling Around - Hattiesburg, MS - Mississippi Armed Forces Museum
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Traveling Around - Pearlington, MS - Stennis Space Center
Not only a space museum but a research facility that tests the rocket engines used in space exploration.
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Traveling Around - Hattiesburg Zoo - Hattiesburg, MS
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Traveling Around - Mobile, AL - Alabama Delta Resource Center
Wildlife abounds in the confluence of 5 rivers near Mobile. This museum illustrates the wildlife of the area.
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Traveling Around - Casinos - An Overnight In Biloxi
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A Couple Tales of Gambling Times
There are almost always an unusual group of people playing the games in a casino. Some are happy and having fun. Some act ornery and out of sorts. Here's a couple stories.
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Traveling Around: A Long Ago Trip From Florida to the West (That Included Nevada and the Casinos)
Recently I discovered a personal diary from 1985. One of the series of days was about a trip we made to Nevada from south Florida.
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Traveling Around - Traverse City, MI -Day Trip To A Michigan Lighthouse
A small lighthouse on a peninsula in northwest Michigan was a fun trip.
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Traveling Around - Couple Days At Rising Star Casino - Southern Indiana
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Tale of an EX-Hunter
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Traveling Around - The Annual Trip From Florida to Michigan
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Traveling Around - Springfield, Missouri - Dickerson Park Zoo
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Traveling Around - Springfield, Missouri - Springfield Art Museum
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From Egg to Emancipation
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Traveling Around - Bentonville, AR - Crystal Bridges Museum
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Traveling Around - Casinos - Two Night Stop In Tunica
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Traveling Around - Bentonville, Arkansas - Walmart Museum
The Walmart Museum is in the original Walton 5 & 10 on Main Street in Bentonville, AR.
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Traveling Around - Casinos - Natchez, Mississippi - Magnolia Bluffs Casino
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Traveling Around - Natchez, Mississippi - Cotton City On The River
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Traveling Around - Ferriday, LA - Delta Music Museum - Jerry Lee Lewis
Ferriday, LA, a small town boasts a strong musical history.
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Traveling Around - Casinos - Biloxi, MS - Birthday In Biloxi
After spending a couple months in Destin, FL, we spent a couple days over my birthday in Biloxi, MS.
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Traveling Around - Ft. Walton Beach, FL - Air Force Armament Museum
The outside are of the museum is devoted to aircraft rather than the weaponry associated with it and is impressive by itself.
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Traveling Around - Casinos - Biloxi, MS - Another Bus Trip To Biloxi
An afterthought on the trip and this commentary. In rereading it, a lot of it is sort of a rant about the bus trip. If I've veered too far off the subject, I apologize.
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Traveling Around - A Casino Trip To The Fitz
A short term trip with some enjoyable stops at a couple museums and a distillery.
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Traveling Around - Touring The National Corvette Museum
The National Corvette Museum is just off the expressway and down the street the factory where Corvettes are created. The museum is open daily.
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Traveling Around - Touring The Corsair Distillery
A relatively small distillery, they made it easy to follow the process from distilling through the bottling and shipping.
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Traveling Around - Hernando, Mississippi - DeSoto County Historical Museum
Jerry Lee Lewis is featured in this small but informative museum. Mostly pre 1900 information, artifacts, and pictures.
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Traveling Around - Rosebush, MI - Touring Pohl Bison Farm in Rosebush, Michigan
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Traveling Around - Southern Indiana - Chihuly, Atterbury-Bakalar Aviation Museum, and a casino stop
A summertime auto trip to southern Indiana for some culture and a short casino visit.
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A Trip to Rising Star Casino in Southern Indiana
What's it like to go to the Rising Star Casino in southern Indiana? I combined a trip to a family reunion with two nights at Rising Sun to find out.
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Traveling Around - Rising Sun, Indiana - Ohio County Historical Museum
This small, sleepy town on the banks of the Ohio River in southern Indiana houses an impressive collection of memorabilia.
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Traveling Around - Crown Point, Indiana - John Dillinger Museum
Near the scene of his last escape from a local jail is the John Dillinger Museum. Information and artifacts about his career in crime are displayed as well as history of law enforcement at the time.
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Traveling Around - Michigan - Casino Trip To The Upper Peninsula
Two nights in the Upper Peninsula with video poker to keep me busy and a slot tournament for fun.
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Traveling Around - Mt. Pleasant, MI - Soaring Eagle Resort
One of the first casinos in the United States located outside of Nevada, the Soaring Eagle has grown and prospered over the years.
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Stories - The Story of A Mouse That Farted
This is a story about how feelings evolve over time. And if a mechanical mouse evolves, then can we assume that people also evolve.
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Traveling Around - Casinos & Museums - A Long and Winding Road Home
Our annual spring pilgrimage from Florida to Michigan took place. We took a different route this time, though, and saw some different places. Patronized our favorite casinos however.
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Traveling Around - Cartersville, Georgia - Booth Western Art Museum
A comprehensive collection of art works representing the western United States from the days of the cowboys and indians through the current times.
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Traveling Around - Cartersville, Georgia - Bartow County History Museum
This small museum in downtown Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia, is a repository of many items from Civil War times to the present.
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Traveling Around - Cartersville, Georgia - Tellus Science Museum
Tellus Science Museum is one of two museums in Cartersville that are affiliated with the Smithsonian in Washington.
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Traveling Around - Lula, Mississippi - Isle of Capri Casino / Resort
The Isle Of Capri Casino / Resort is adjacent to the Mississippi just outside Lula, MS, on Highway 49. It features 2 hotels, 2 casinos, and a sumptuous buffet.
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Traveling Around - Plains, Georgia - Home of President Jimmy Carter
The small town politician that became president is defined in his home town of Plains, Ga. A museum has been established to illustrate the path he took.
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Traveling Around - Mississippi - Another visit to the IP in Biloxi
After a dark and stormy night with high winds, lightning, and thunder the day trip to the IP in Biloxi, MS, began early but turned out pleasant. There's a couple pictures of good wins on video poker.
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Traveling Around - Mississippi - A Few Days At The Casinos in Northern Mississippi
This article is about the planning a vacation trip to Northern Mississippi from Michigan can be easy and fun to do. It is also about the fun and food involved in that vacation.
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A Lonely Father's Day
The following is a comment about a Father's Day I saw occur.
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Casino Stories - Waiting In The Poker Room
A human interest story before the game even got started for us.
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Traveling Around - Museums, Casinos, and A Wildlife Sanctuary
Our annual trip home from Florida to Michigan meandered through Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi.
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Traveling Around - Tunica, Mississippi - Sam's Town Resort
One of three active resort/casinos in the cotton fields of northwestern Mississippi, Sam's Town keeps changing. From a conglomeration of restaurants, hotels, and resorts, these three are c lusutered.
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Traveling Around - Carthage, Texas - Texas Country Music Hall of Fame
A modern look at the history of country music in Texas. Many Texas musicians are featured. A recent inclusion into the museum is the Tex Ritter Museum.
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Traveling Around - George H. W. Bush Museum - College Station, Texas
The museum shows the life and times of the 41st President of the United States while in office and the history of his life and family before and after the presidency.
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Traveling Around - Kinder, Louisiana - Coushatta Resort & Casino
The Coushatta Indian Tribe owns and operates a large resort complex west of Baton Rouge that includes hotels, golfing, rv camping, chalets, and a casino.
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Traveling Around - Livingston, Louisiana - Wings Of Hope Sanctuary
Accredited Wildlife Sanctuaries are not plentiful. In Louisiana, Wings Of Hope is a standout facility. Animals unable to function are rehabilitated so that they may be released into the wild.
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Traveling Around - Springfield, IL - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum
The 16th President of the United States is memorialized in the small complex of museums in downtown Springfield, Illinois.
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Traveling Around - Biloxi, MS - Destin to Biloxi on a Bus - A Day Trip To The IP
A fun way to spend a day at a reasonable cost is a bus trip to one of the Biloxi Casinos. This is my experience with one.
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Casino Stories - My First Experience At Craps
I'd always been a little intimidated by most table games in a casino. Card games were not as difficult for me as others because card playing thrived in my family. So, I usually played blackjack or video poker. Occasionally I would venture into a...
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Traveling Around - Opelousas, LA - Evangeline Downs
Evangeline Downs Hotel and Casino - Opelousas, LA Don Rust Three very different looking buildings are the pieces that make up the Evangeline Downs Racetrack, Evangeline Downs Casino, and Evangeline Downs Hotel. They are clustered just east of...
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Traveling Around - Ft. Worth, TX - Museum of Science and History
Memorabilia from old time cattle drives to the modern oil industry are on display in this ultra modern museum that caters to both children and adults.
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Traveling Around - Dallas, TX - George W. Bush Presidential Museum
George W. Bush Museum - Dallas, TX Don Rust On the edge of the campus of Southern Methodist University is the George W Bush Museum. We arrived shortly after opening on a Saturday morning and parking was not a problem in a paid lot just across the...
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Casino Stories - Playing Blackjack with friendly dealers
Some dealers augment their paychecks in an unsavory manner while some dealers just allow you to have a good time.
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Traveling Around - Rising Sun, IN - Casino on the Ohio River in Ohio County, Indiana
Casual, laid back fun can be had at this remote location in southern Indiana.
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Traveling Around - French Lick, IN - Indiana's First Land Based Casino
This land based casino was originally designed as a riverboat but with changes in the law became Indiana's First land based casino.
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Traveling Around - Biloxi, MS - A Few Hours and Lots of Fun from Destin, FL
Several bridges that we cross between our winter residence in Destin, FL, and the resorts of Biloxi, MS, have long intrigued me. On this trip I attempted to get some answers.
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Casino Stories - A Winning Craps Experience
An unusual run of luck provided a happy experience for a newbie.
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Traveling Around - Bentonville, Arkansas - Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Great American Art on display in the western slopes of the Ozarks courtesy of the Walton family and Walmart
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Traveling Around - Kansas City, Missouri - Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
Honoring the Negro Baseball Players of the past, this small museum is crammed full of memorabilia.
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Traveling Around - West Branch, Iowa - Hoover Museum
The home of the 31st president of the United States and the library / museum dedicated to his memory.
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Origins Of Basketball
Basketball as a modern game was created in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith. The game, however, has roots in a much earlier time. The Olmec people as far back as 1,000 B.C. played a version of a ball game that was a combination of a soccer-like game...
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Traveling Around - Ashland, Nebraska - Strategic Air & Space Museum
The Strategic Air And Space Museum is located in east central Nebraska just off Interstate 80. It is home to quite an array of Air Command Memorabilia.
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Traveling Around - Tunica, MS - The Fitz Resort
On the banks of the Mississippi River in northwestern Mississippi has been built a resort on land that used to house cotton fields.
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Casino Stories - Biorhythms - Their Use In The Casino
In theory Biorhythms can help predict lucky and unlucky periods in one's life. This article is about that assumption and how to put it into practice
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Traveling Around - A Florida Winter In The Planning
After several winters in the United States Southwest, we decided to make Florida our winter destination. Here is how we planned it.
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My Sojourn Into A Morphine Nightmare
After falling on frozen ground, my femur was broken and I was hospitalized. This is the account of that nearly catastrophic hospitalization.
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Dallas, Texas: John F. Kennedy Assassination Site Museum
The site of the John F. Kennedy assassination has been preserved in the Book Depository as a museum. The assassin's firing site is set aside as an exhibit as are many other artifacts.
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Traveling Around - Winnfield, LA - Louisiana Political Museum
Five governors of Louisiana were from in and around the Winnfield, Louisiana, area. This museum exhibits information about all of the political figures in Louisiana history.
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Traveling Around Brimley, Michigan: Bay Mills Resort and Casino
The first casino in Michigan was located in Brimley, MI. This is a modern version of that original casino.
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Traveling Around - Paradise, Michigan - Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
A historical museum dedicated the men and the ships that were lost in the turbulent waters of the Great Lakes.
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Casino Stories - Playing Blackjack With A Pro At The Table
While playing blackjack in Las Vegas, I accidently found a professional blackjack player at the table with me.
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Casino Stories - A First Timer's Win at Video Poker
Watching newcomers play the video games in a casino can be a lot of fun.
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Traveling Around - Dallas, Texas - The Dallas Zoo
A pleasant sunny afternoon amongst the animals of the world at the Dallas Zoo.
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Casino Stories - A Blackjack Hunter
The Blackjack Table in a casino offers many stories. This is one about wildlife and hunting.
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Traveling Around - Cheyenne, Wyoming - Museum of the West
Dedicated to the wild, wild West and the rodeo, the museum highlights that history.
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Casino Stories - The Arkansas Blonde
A true story of a Hold "Em game in Tunica, Mississippi.