8.1.10 - Massive Grand Tichu

Today I walked up to All Saints with Mom. Fr. Don gave the homily; his homilies are nearly always out of the park. This one was about greed vs charity, and it was well done. After church Mom and I walked to First Watch cafe to find a 25 minute wait, and we continued on to Bread Co (woot) to find a 0 minute wait, as well as calories listed up front on the menu (awesome). We had a small breakfast and walked home.

I already forgot what I did this afternoon, although I probably worked out because Everett has a new elliptical machine and I've used it nearly every day. Not only that, Everett has a 50" tv with surround sound, so when I work out I just set up a Youtube playlist of music videos and the time flies. It's stellar. Someday, when I have money, I'm going to get the same set up, I think.

Tonight Troy texted me asking if he could come over to play Tichu (the madness is spreading!). He and Erin came by and brought everything needed to make spiked fruit smoothies while we played cards. I quit in the middle of the game because Eddie came by to visit and I wanted to talk to him. While he and I were downstairs watching old home movies we heard the continued Tichu game upstairs. There was muffled shouting and roaring laughter and then a loud, ominous thump. We were curious how they managed all that within a card game, but not curious enough to get off the couch. Later Everett came downstairs and explained that they had invented a new rule called "massive grand Tichu". When you call "tichu," you see all your cards and make a 100pt bet that you will go out first. When you call "grand tichu" you see 8 out of 14 cards and make a 200pt bet you will go out first. Well "massive grand tichu" is when you get to see none of your cards before betting 300pts you will go out first. It's an act of desperation, to be sure. In any case, Erin called it and then won, after not winning a single previous hand. This lead to chaos, apparently.