Trip Report
by Bill Chen
[Sorry for the length of the post, and to Neil since
he may have to read through some stuff he doesn't care
about to get to the part that affects him, hmm...]
The rumors of my closeting have been greatly
exaggerated. I didn't make it over to ATLARGE until
Saturday afternoon--I mean the tourney was at 11am.
At 9am in bed after a hectic week and three hours
sleep, it was time to decide whether to get up, take a
shower, and drive down to AC. I didn't yet have the
Geek Logik book [1], so instead I went with my gut
which said "if you get out of bed, I'll kill you."
Anyway on Saturday met up for dinner with Patty,
Jerrod and Michelle, Terrence Chan, Matt Matros and
Ivy and later that evening with Nick Matros and Jodi
Neufeld and her beau.
So like in the late afternoon Jerrod was on the
computer and shouted over "hey, you know Neil says the
bet is off!" So I must have responded, and Jerrod
diplomatically translated. My thoughts are
essenitially what Jerrod wrote and what I posted from
my Treo. That I feel the bet was on when we both said
"the bet is on," and that Neil can decide whether it's
for $800/1200 or $1000/1500.
So Jerrod and Michelle skipped karaoke at Planet Rose
and went to their room to "turn in" after dinner
(which apparantly after you're married is code for
going to sleep). Anyway after Tomatoes, Planet Rose,
Red Square then to the Borgata checking out Murmur and
Mixx I decide to send a message on the Treo to the
list, sorry for top posting. My excuse, good wine at
dinner, 1937 port for dessert, shot of Louis XIV at
Murmur, I'm turning into Ice--I may never drink cheap
booze again (this will actually save me money, BTW).
Then of course the Stud tourney, where our fearless
leader Goldie presents me with a T-shirt and the Geek
Logik book, which apparantly he already gave another
copy to Jerrod. It's awesome BTW, formulas for some
of life's more important questions like "should you
quit your day job" and "do you have a snowball's
chance in hell with her/him." As expected my
coworkers and fellow quants are having a blast with
it. One of them just returned it to me with the page
turned to "Should you date a coworker" with some of
her values penciled in. I didn't think too much of it
before realizing I should have changed the page before
giving it to my supervisor.
BTW thanks to Goldie for organizing this year, sorry I
wasn't able to make it to most of the festivities, see
you all at BARGE.
