I broke my elbow in February of 2014. I've been lifting totally fine with it since Summer of 2014. I started playing in a dodgeball league on Thursday nights, and now I'm having issues.

It's just sore/aching after I'm done throwing aggressively. Is this me aging, or the injury, or both?

For those that are curious, I fractured the coronoid tip. I was snowboarding -- I did a backflip, over-rotated, put my right arm down to brace the fall then out popped the elbow, and it popped back in on its own then that's how it the tip cracked.

relax, baby. it's just the tip.

I was in my room and I was just like staring at the wall thinking about everything
But then again I was thinking about nothing
And then my mom came in and I didn't even know she was there she called my name
And I didn't even hear it, and then she started screaming: CALLI! CALLI!
And I go:
What, what's the matter?
And she goes:
What's the matter with you?
I go:
There's nothing wrong mom.
And she goes:
Don't tell me that, you're on drugs!
And I go:
No mom I'm not on drugs I'm okay, I was just thinking you know, why don't you get me a Pepsi.
And she goes:
NO you're on drugs!
I go:
Mom I'm okay, I'm just thinking.
She goes:
No you're not thinking, you're on drugs! Normal people don't act that way!
I go:
Mom just give me a Pepsi, please
All I want is a Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me
All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me.
Just a Pepsi.
Evidently 2p2 has had to deal with issues of this nature before. I wonder why?

Note that if you were the right sort of crazy the no-identical-posts rule would not be an obstacle:

"I'M NOT CRAZY" != "I AM NOT CRAZY" != "I'm not crazy", u.s.w.

If you really want to fill a page, you can always add random stuff to make the post non-identical, e.g. "I'M NOT CRAZY 0x4B872A39"

Yeah, but that's not realistic. Whether you do or not, at least some of your opponents want to gambol.

Because other people are crazy?

It is also silly to state "unlike some of you, I don't want to gamble" and then say you want to play poker (or invest in the stock market or real estate or whatever). These things are exactly gambling with an edge. The reward comes due to the fact that you invest capital and take risk.

What chillrob wants is a job.

No gamble. No future

Big gamble? Also no future

Medium gamble? Future

So good. On related news, I found the local radio station Live 105.3HD2 which is like this hidden station only fancy new radios can receive. You know you're old when the music you listen to (Alternative) is now called "Classic Alternative".

Classic, WTF. I'm old.

I want a job, with flexible hours, playing poker (or even another game).

It's just not the gambling aspect of poker that I enjoy. I love playing games.

Why does minimizing short term fluctuations matter so much to you, then? In the long run, it should all work out. The gamble part of it is an illusion. Even the 0 EV spew parts are really to help tilt the bad players and the mediocre ones -- those are the parts where I think you say, "all of you like to gamble so much". That, and some of the +EV stuff you avoid to "reduce variance". The game part says that you should make the best play you can, and not try to avoid gambling at every point.

Buying real estate works just the same. You're trying to profit in the long run. Day 1 you're out realtor fees, startup expenses, and the like. The darned thing can quickly be worth less than you paid. Same game.
You just always say negative things about central aspects of gambling for a living. There are jobs that include flexible hours. Thus I wonder.

How is Doug the one talking about gamble?

Doug has his own business. That's probably as big a gamble as 100/200 3-handed.

I open A 9 HJ, unknown fish that's luckboxing cold calls BTN. Nit calls SB fish calls BB

Flop J 8 6 I x/r after BTN bets. Everyone calls

Turn 7 and I bet because now I'm open ended. Everyone calls

River Q BTN pays off K 4

I'd like to enter the minds of these guys, but I'm afraid that it'd be a dark, empty world.

It doesn't feel like so much of an illusion when you have been running like **** and losing for over a year.

However, I do know that really it would be better to be risk neutral, and many of the world's best poker players even enjoy extra risk. But I have always been risk averse by nature.

If I knew of a part-time job that paid well, with fixed pay but flexible hours, I would likely take it if they would have me. I sure don't know of any though.

How much do you want? I'll pay you to play poker with me. You can have flexible hours and I promise to gamble minimally.

If the tip could actually crack I might stop trying to put it in there.

A) Jesse is right, he should be the one talking Gamble Gamble.
B) Agree, not having a day job is its own thing. Poker helped me with that, and coming to the understanding of how to live with "hey, I haven't worked any billable hours this month and no money is coming in". Confirm having taken 6 figure year to year swings. Just part of being self employed.

I might be crazy. I thoroughly enjoy gambling (like, in the pit) but when I play poker, it's typically in a very non-gambly style.

I play with your money, and you pay me a salary? I'll take it!

chillrob discovers the world of staking!

(Plays ominous walking dead music)

I think you misunderstood, we play poker (like we compete) and I'll pay you a salary. You would play with your own money but that can obviously come from the salary.

Give it up, I don't think Chillrob will ever understand. He thinks he's been running bad for a year.