How many people out of one hundred have an agile enough mind to count cards in the game of blackjack? About two. I recently watched an intriguing movie about the art of counting cards called "21". The object of the game of blackjack is simply to beat the dealer and we all know that casino games are rigged, so actually winning only happens once in a blue moon, to speak figuratively. However there is an alternative to pure luck. Counting cards. And people are making a killing from it. Counting cards is legal, but casino proprietors do not look to kindly upon it because it causes them to actually lose money (OH, the audacity!!). And now, no matter how crude and undignified it sounds, I urge you all to take up card counting and liberated a hefty sum from the casinos (Only if you are at the legal age).

P.S. In answer to the comment on this post, I have no idea how to learn I just think you all should. Sorry!

I was reading my eternally useful "Daring Book For Girls" by Andrea Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz when I came across a section dedicated to Lady Pirates. These ever indestructible ladies struck a blow for women's rights long before that movement began and showed us girls what we can do!!! Some of the more famous lady pirates are Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Ching Shih, and Rachal Wall. Often these women turned against their male counterparts and, though I do not support violence and bloodshed, really put them in their place!!!