Las Vegas' little cousin

We had a guest speaker in Creative Writing class today; an author by the name of Mr. Lorne Niemi. Apparently he and Ms. Homan - our professor for the class - know each other.

He was an interesting guy. He told us about the ten types of story plots and went into some discussion about points of view and tenses - general writing tips, but it was nice to hear about them. He's got a book out talking about these things. I might have to buy it off of Amazon some time.

One of our classmates mentioned casinos as part of an assignment, so he told us a story about how he went out to Reno with either his sister or his friend (I forget which, or if it was even one of those two), and they went to a bar with a bunch of slot machines, and they got several of them to pay out. The bar wouldn't give them cash for all the coins they received, so they had to cram them all into whatever pockets and spaces that they could find. When they went outside, they found a crowd gathering around two Elvii fistfighting, and then a third one walked up to them (Lorne and the others, not the Elvii) and said how he was better than both of them.

9/10. Would attend again.

Also, before I forget - when gambling, keep the money you win and the money you're going to spend separate, and when playing slots it's better to spread your attempts out over a number of machines rather than focusing on just one. Your odds are better that way.

And yes, I do expect compensation if these tips lead to anybody hitting it big. Comment me and we'll discuss meeting times.