tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post4888628790251089100..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Chipmunk ChroniclesJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-21507508568384254932012-05-29T22:50:52.124-04:002012-05-29T22:50:52.124-04:00It's the same in Alberta. Whatever goes to the...It's the same in Alberta. Whatever goes to the arts, and to the other groups, is considered covered and taken out of the provincial budget. In my humble opinion, not a good system at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-36130281183492119532012-05-29T18:21:13.981-04:002012-05-29T18:21:13.981-04:00You get the same sort of rush from winning at gamb...You get the same sort of rush from winning at gambling as you get from a really good drug. That's what you get addicted to: the chemical changes in the brain. It's as inborn as, say, alcoholism.<br /><br />If you don't have the "gambling gene", so to speak, and see spending $X on a day's gambling as the equivalent of spending that same $X on a couple of good seats at JJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13404985455733545060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-87458759432680095972012-05-29T13:48:34.286-04:002012-05-29T13:48:34.286-04:00The American Psychiatric Assn has defined compulsi...The American Psychiatric Assn has defined compulsive gambling as an addiction and therefore a mental disorder. I've always wondered what makes a person a gambler -- is it an inborn trait or the result of experience? <br /><br />State lotteries are also a form of gambling, and the proceeds fund environmental programs, education, etc. What many people don't realize is that lottery money Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.com