Dear Reader,

Today there is no advertising, no jokes, no forum highlights, nothing but a couple of thoughts I'd like to share with you.

The last time I decided not to publish the "normal" Casinomeister newsletter was when the Second Gulf War kicked off on my youngest daughter's fifth birthday. http://www.casinomeister.com/newsletter/2003/20march2003.html
I felt it was inappropriate to pretend that something serious wasn't happening.

Today is the same sort of situation. I can't pretend that over one hundred thousand people were killed this week by the tsunami, and this is affecting hundreds of thousands of families directly, and the rest of us vicariously. It's a tragic example on how powerful nature can be, and how fragile we really are.

I wish to thank Ted Loh on the excellent website he put up for those of you needing information on the tsunami: http://www.onethailand.com/. And I hope that instead of throwing your money at some online casino this week, that you will instead choose to donate this money to one of the following organizations here: http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/tsunami.aidsites/index.html. Thanks!

Peace