Came home from the casino with money, more than what I started with. Still a little behind for the month of January. (I'd be lucky if I had a little behind, but I digress...)

This morning I lounged in bed and read more of my current library find (soon to be overdue, like all the books I check out), Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness by Lyanda Lynn Haupt (2009). It's full of, well, wisdom. She quotes Louis Pasteur who said "chance favors the prepared mind" -- applying it to the benefits of studying the wealth of written resources about a particular subject you are trying to observe in the wild. The more you read up on crows, the more crows you will see, for example. The more you will see them do interesting things. She cites researchers who state that crow intelligence ranks right up there with that of primates.

So, how can I prepare my mind for favoring my chances at the casino? This is a question that not even Pasteur may have hit upon. A question that may rank my intelligence below crow.