Man, right now television is on fire. This past Sunday might’ve been the greatest Sunday in all of television history. There were like 8 shows that I wanted to watch: Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Family Guy, Bored to Death, Californication, Dexter, Amazing Race (Go Tiffany and Maria!), and Sunday Night Football. It really made my DVR work to it’s limits. It’s so tough to keep up with all of it but I must say after a long Sunday of endless online grinding, it’s so refreshing to have all these shows to watch.

If that’s not enough for you, there’s still Monday and Thursday for some more amazing shows. Two years after the writer’s strike it appears as though television has been restored back to what it used to be, if not better. One show that’s on Monday that I absolutely adore is How I Met Your Mother. The show features Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Segel, and Alyson Hannigan and is about their friend Ted (a previously unknown actor named Josh Radnor) who is shown telling a story to his kids twenty years in the future about how he met their mother. The chemistry between everyone in the show is really great, the character development is superb, and the dialogue is fun and witty. It’s almost like a newer, fresher version of Friends.

In last night’s episode Ted goes on a blind date with a girl who he happened to go on a blind date with seven years before. On the blind date, they realize this after a while and discuss why the first blind date didn’t work. One of the things they discussed was that the girl didn’t even attempt to pick up the check and that irked Ted. This is something that I have had endless discussions about with guys, girls, animals, whoever. It’s a tough situation because some girls expect to not even have to attempt to pay for the meal. Some guys feel the check should be split and some even feel they shouldn’t have to pay at all. There are many different takes on this situation.

Now, I want to bring up a way that will end this discussion and no longer cause the social awkwardness of what was referred to on How I Met Your Mother as “the check dance”. I say we require everyone to play credit card roulette on a date! Yes, CCR! Why you say? Well, CCR is the best way ever to resolve any type of check dispute. Also, it saves time. Instead of the usual bickering and divvying up over who got what, you just throw in your card and whoever gets picked pays. It’s fun! It’s easy! It’s credit card roulette! Now you must be saying, well that’s not very nice to the girl to have to gamble for the bill. Well, there are ways to approach this. You can rig it so you lose or put 3 cards in to her 1 card.

Honestly, if credit card roulette was instituted around the world as a way of figuring out who pays, the human race as a whole would save 10 minutes every time they eat out. Just think how much time that can save in a lifetime! So while yes, sometimes you get footed with the entire bill, there will be weeks, sometimes months where you never pay. Also, it spices up things a little bit and we all could use a little spice in our lives.

I do find it funny just how risk-averse the average person is. If I had never played poker and learned what is considered a good bet, a bad bet, and a neutral bet I probably would be against doing CCR. But thankfully I did play poker and learned how to have a little extra fun. The thing with credit card roulette is, it’s a completely neutral bet. People are scared to pay the entire bill when in reality you are just changing it from paying for a portion of the bill every day to, paying for the entire bill sometimes and nothing the other times.
This is my proposition America! CCR in 2k10! CCR in 2k10!

Hope you enjoyed this rather lighthearted blog and see you guys in Aruba. YEA!!!!!!!
–Adam “Roothlus” Levy