Just had a flashback to 10th grade math while cleaning up from a "Settlers of Catan" game with the family. In tenth grade math, when faced with probability, I was LAUGHED OUT OF THE CLASSROOM when I asked how many cards were in a deck. Tonight, I was LAUGHED OUT OF THE DINING ROOM when I questioned why the numbers 6,7 and 8 on the board were in red, and considered most desireable when positioning a settlement. Apparently, when playing games with two six sided dice, these numbers come up the most. Makes sense now that I think of it, but where along the way in the general knowledge of life, did I just plain miss out on this? I did not come from a game playing family is one reason, I suppose. I also know that when we did go to my grandparent's house in Buffalo, and card games ensued, people got loud and boisterous, and I just went off and read a book instead. Finally, in my married life, as much as he may enjoy a dice game, it is well known that I am wedded to "The World's Unluckiest Man," so perhaps he kept my naiveté intact in order not to expose his flaw more completely. Well, I am finding out, as the kids get more and more into games, and I am forced, as an older adult, to learn some new tricks, that I better brush up my mathematical logic skills. I was only one well played (and a little bit lucky) move away from winning, so we'll see. Rematch...TOMORROW.