Skip to content

Our Digital Dust

Reflections on three fathers' experience and lives for our kids

August 19, 2017 – As Good As I Once Was

admin August 20, 2017 No Comments

So, the three of us are in Las Vegas and held our fantasy football draft today.  This whole trip has reminded me of a few things that I sometimes seem to forget.Given the tardiness of this post, I figured I would share them in no particular order.

First, this was about as unprepared as I have ever been for a draft, yet I think my team will be all right because I have learned to trust the analysis of the software I use and i allow it to inform my ultimate selection.  This is somewhat akin to what Kasparov was talking about when reflecting on his analysis that good chess players with good chess programs generally performed better than great chess players with good chess programs, because the good players trusted the data analysis while the great players tried to shape the analysis to fit their plan.  I am not saying I have the best team, in fact I am a little uncomfortable playing the strategy that the data analysis led to, but it will be interesting to track through the season.

Second, I am a man of different tastes, desires and pursuits than I was 25 years ago.  While Las Vegas has changed, so have I. Most of our efforts were spent seeing how many steps/miles we could walk and seeing what eating options were nearby.  We did visit the historic Atomic Liquors where they used to watch the nuclear tests go off and where the Rat Pack used to hang out after their shows and we ended up staying up all the way to about 1am Eastern.  Overall, though, the crowds, the heat and the expense combined with the unbridled pursuit of overindulgence has really turned me off of the town.  The fountain at the Bellagio are pretty cool, though.

Third, watching sports in the sports book of a casino is a lot of fun.  There are tons of screens showing pretty much any and every sport available.  The chairs are comfortable, the air is cool and it is one of the quieter places.

Finally, there are a lot of people so intent on maximizing every second to squeeze out as much artificial pleasure as they can, that they miss out on the real pleasures around them.  The fun of this trip wasn’t sum total of the events and locations we visited, but rather the time walking and talking; laughing and discussing.  It wasn’t about the where or the what, but the who.

So, while I move a little slower, need a little more rest and could stand to drop a few pounds, as the song says, I may not be as good as I once was, but I’m as good once as I ever was.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Related

Daily Post

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

August 2017
M T W T F S S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031  
« Jul   Sep »

Recent Posts

  • Welcome to a New Year?
  • January 3, 2021 – We are back for 2021!
  • April 18, 2018 – 51 and still a child
  • February 23, 2018 – If I Were the Devil
  • February 9, 2018 – That Forever Person

Recent Comments

  • Bob Hale on Welcome to a New Year?
  • ROBERT HALE on January 3, 2021 – We are back for 2021!
  • Sharon M Hale on January 3, 2021 – We are back for 2021!
  • Bob Hale on December 23/24, 2017 – Merry Christmas
  • Bob Hale on December 22, 2017 – Winter Soulstice

Archives

  • January 2021
  • April 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017

Our Twitter Feed

Follow @@ourdigitaldust

Digital Dust
@ourdigitaldust

  • We have a new post at #ourdigitaldust! New post: Welcome to a New Year? https://t.co/xdeWTPs78Q
    about 1 week ago
  • We have a new post at #ourdigitaldust! New post: April 18, 2018 – 51 and still a child https://t.co/USQ29VbhSu
    about 3 years ago
  • We have a new post at #ourdigitaldust! New post: February 23, 2018 – If I Were the Devil https://t.co/frPKB0lwdh
    about 3 years ago
  • We have a new post at #ourdigitaldust! New post: February 9, 2018 – That Forever Person https://t.co/SXqcfSebuz
    about 3 years ago
  • We have a new post at #ourdigitaldust! New post: February 7, 2018 – Digging Archaeological Trenches https://t.co/FuXWyqpBE3
    about 3 years ago
  • We have an updated post at #ourdigitaldust! Post Edited: January 26, 2018, Natura naturans https://t.co/va0zxj1jF3
    about 3 years ago
  • We have an updated post at #ourdigitaldust! Post Edited: January 26, 2017, Natura naturans https://t.co/va0zxj1jF3
    about 3 years ago
  • We have a new post at #ourdigitaldust! New post: January 26, 2017 Natura naturans https://t.co/va0zxj1jF3
    about 3 years ago
  • We have an updated post at #ourdigitaldust! Post Edited: January 21, 2017 – Book Review, The Leading Brain https://t.co/b3CxiiLaui
    about 3 years ago
  • We have a new post at #ourdigitaldust! New post: January 21, 2017 – Book Review, The Leading Brain https://t.co/b3CxiiLaui
    about 3 years ago
Copyright © 2021. Our Digital Dust
Powered By WordPress and Silver Quantum