I won a radio contest today, first time ever. I was driving to get a haircut after dropping off Sarah at a friend's birthday party, and through the drone of DJ talk, I caught "10th caller at blah blah blah", so I dialed the number on my cell phone since I was waiting at a stoplight. First time busy, second time, the DJ picks up with, "Hello?" I knew I was the 10th caller, so I did the small-talk thing and went on hold, heard myself on the radio, then the DJ came back on to get my info.
First thing the guy asks for is my social security number. Huh? I guess they have to make sure that I'm eligible to win (or file with the IRS if the prize has much value). They got my address, date-of-birth, etc. to confirm everything, too. It's not much, really. Four tickets to the Arboretum for some kind of festival. I have to pick them up at the radio station, which is a bit of a beating (but also on the way to the Arboretum), but this will give us all something to do during Spring Break. I'm also eligible for a drawing tomorrow morning for a $1000 gift certificate to some landscaping company.
With Cody scoring his first goal of the soccer season yesterday and Justin coming in a solid 4th in his two-mile run, too, plus Michelle winning $50 on a two-dollar bingo scratch-off, maybe we're getting some luck back for the bad February (which is mainly just Daniel's broken leg). If I win that drawing tomorrow morning, statistics be damned, I'm going to buy a lottery ticket.
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Feff wonders if he can interest Observer in a nice game of martingale.
BTW, I had dinner with a faculty member in our old department the other evening... turns out they are doing a bunch of fantasy sports activities now, the Yahoo head-to-head stuff, and *she* has won the all-department all-league titles.
Posted by: Feff on March 7, 2005 01:33 PMWell, I didn't win the $1000 drawing. Oh well. And I'm terrible at fantasy sports, but I did purchase a copy of Baseball Prospectus 2005 the other day for old times' sake.
Posted by: Observer on March 7, 2005 02:03 PM