The stuff of dreams....

“The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that’s the way to bet.” Damon Runyan

In the race between the tortoise and the hare, the smart money was on the hare, of course. Problem was, the hare lost. Smart money says if you don’t play the lottery, you can’t win. Wise money says if you don’t play the lottery, you can’t lose.
Now I was reminded of this old homily in a telephone conversation with an old friend who told me that he had considered the purchase of a summer home in Solvang...
he went on to tell me that they had found a fixer-upper for the low, low price of a million, two-fifty which convinced them they should stay in Arizona....unless, of course, they should win the Powerball....I told him that if I could but win the California lottery, I’d pay off my debts ‘n consider rebuilding my aging deck if the price of construction-grade redwood didn’t go too high.....
Remember, rather than being jewel-encrusted gold, the Maltese Falcon, underneath the coat of black paint was pure, solid lead....the ‘stuff of dreams’....at least, according to Sam Spade.....
I’m just sayin’.......