Speaking of gambling . . .
It's interesting to periodically take up the books we read as children and teenagers. Lately, I've been revisiting some of Robert Heinlein's juvenile titles. The one I'm reading now is "Podkayne of Mars," which has, among other things, a skewering of capitalism run amok ala Las Vegas. There is a certain Dom Pedro Casino on Venus that claims to have "EVERY KNOWN DIVERSION IN THE UNIVERSE." It has the following sign outside the gambling sector.
HELLO, SUCKER!
All Games Are Honest
All Games Have a House Percentage
YOU CAN'T WIN
So Come On In and Have Fun --
(While We Prove It)
Checks Accepted. All Credit
Cards Honored. Free Breakfast
and a Ride to Your Hilton When
You Go Broke. Your Host,
DOM PEDRO
If those advocating a casino for Fort Wayne were half that honest, I wouldn't mind their efforts half as much.
By the way, the kids today who have been devouring the Harry Potter books -- aren't they going to have a grand time as grizzled old geezers reliving their childhoods with those adventures? Reading the first book i
