ROSHAMBO

There is a winery in Napa Valley, California called Roshambo which caters to a young, "hip" crowd. The hosts and hostesses are pink-haired, tattooed, gay/straight, punky- and whatever-looking. The owner claims that there is a certain kind of person who needs this kind of winery, a place to go and feel comfortable while wine-tasting. My experiences in wine-tasting, I guess, have been marred by the seemingly normal-looking and -acting hosts and servers. Damn.

Anyway, each year the Roshambo winery sponsors a Rock/Paper/Scissors Championship.

Which sounds interesting in a quirky way. But what puzzles me is this, and I have not thought aboot this before... There are die-hard participants in the games that claim luck has nothing to do with the winning of the games. They claim to have some sort of psychological edge or skill that enables them to win the games. One guy, a one-time accountant has quit his job and travels around acting as a commentator for these games. He claims to be an expert player. I'm thinking, wtf? Is it the same dynamic as in, say playing poker and being able to read an opponent's face and body language? Is there some sort of psychological intimidation involved? Can the opponent's next move be anticipated somehow? Someone needs to give me some insight here. Is it like tic tac toe? This stuff is all out of my sphere of comprehension.

I know, let's have an online game of Rocks/Paper/Scissors. I'll start and then you all can join in.

Ro! SHAM! Bo! *thrusting out hand* PAPER!. Your turn...

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Let's see what can annoy us today...

421. Waking up from a 2-hour nap at 10:18 pm. (That'll do it every time!)