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Jan 5 22:15 UTC 2006

 Tangentially related (at best..):  Last night I wound up stuck in Seattle
 overnight after United badly screwed up the first leg of my cross-country
 return from Christmas vacation.  Since I got in too late to shop or dine
 at one of my favorite restaurants but didn't feel like sitting around in
 the hotel room, I took a taxi to a card room about five miles from my hotel
 and played High/Low Omaha for three hours or so..  And as much as I think
 it's a matter better left unlegislated, I have to admit that I very much
 enjoyed the smokelessness of the card room, thanks to Washington's sweeping
 new anti-public-smoking law.