Today's Quote

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

--Vincent Van Gogh

I don’t believe it.  We did NOT win anything in Tuesday’s drawing.  I think you know that I purchased every even Mega Ball for this group, and normally we will win something at least once a week.  I can NOT believe that every week an Even Mega Ball will pop up that we don’t have!

The good news is that no one won the Jack Pot, so we still have 64 lines for Friday’s drawing (and we will have $40.00 in our bank).

The Mega Millions jackpot for the drawing on Friday, December 15th, 2006 is: $30 million ($18 million cash option)

I get my Cash Option from www.ohiolottery.com.  They tend to have the most accurate.  The Cash Option for Tuesday’s drawing is:

$17,974,830.00

This game has 51 members, but I sold 64 shares ($640.00 in tickets) so I will divide Cash Option by 64 to get our payout.  Please remember this figure is before any attorney fees, taxes or tithes.

We have 4 more draws in this game. This game will be extended, so Game 30 will start on January 2^nd, 2007.

So this means anyone who wants to play in Mega Million Lottery Pool – Game 30 has until Friday December 29^th, 2006 to pay for their share(s) to be in the game.  I should be working on that Friday, so you can pay your dues out of your last paycheck for 2006 (if you work for Citi).

For my out of state members, as long as I have your money in my Post Office Box by Saturday December 30^th, 2006, you can be in Mega Million Lottery Pool – Game 30.

Attached is the Membership List for Game 30.

Smart Cats

Four men were bragging about how smart their cats are.

The first man was an Engineer, the second man was an Accountant, the third man was a Chemist, the fourth was a Government Employee.

To show off, the Engineer called to his cat,
"Tsquare, do your stuff."

Tsquare pranced over to a desk, took out some paper and a pen and promptly drew a circle, a square, and a triangle.

Everyone agreed that was pretty smart.

But the Accountant said his cat could do better. He called his cat and said, "Spreadsheet, do your stuff."

Spreadsheet went out into the kitchen and returned with a dozen cookies. He divided them into 4 equal piles of 3 cookies each.

Everyone agreed that was good.

But the Chemist said his cat could do better.

He called his cat and said, "Measure, do your stuff."

Measure got up, walked over to the fridge, took out a quart of milk, got a 10 ounce glass from the cupboard and poured exactly 8 ounces without spilling a drop.

Everyone agreed that was good.

Then the three men turned to the Government Employee and said, "What can your cat do?".

The Government Worker called to his cat and said,
"CoffeeBreak, do your stuff."

Coffee Break jumped to his feet, ate the cookies, drank the milk, crapped on the paper, screwed the other three cats, claimed he injured his back while
doing so, filed a grievance report for unsafe working conditions, put in for Workers Compensation and went home for the rest of the day on sick leave..