Lol @ poker - funny because it's true, but, if it matters, I might have picked another game, like Pictionary (although, as it were, I'd like to think that I was at least in for the little blind to see who might raise pre-flop).

Abstractions aside, though, I would just like to acknowledge that this course, last semester's course, and your comments have made me more aware, thankfully, of my apparent tendency to play the role of un-invested question-asker/thought-process-invoker (a quick glance at my papers reveals an inordinate number of question marks). I suppose such a mindset has, and will continue to, come in handy, and "matter" in some sense of the word, but it's certainly a safe/escape route -- a preemptive fold -- in another sense. Cheers to new routes. And many thanks.

-- JonathanBoyer - 02 Jun 2010