Backgammon is probably the best thing that has ever happened to me...I'm pretty sure it's my soul mate. I dream of being a Backgammon savant. I wear a neon pink spandex glove and I have flaming dice tattooed on my forearm...not because I'm rockabilly but because even the most skilled players, the aged, big, hairy, mediterranean men momentarily trip out of their (Al Pacino,I'm eating this dolmada while I gesture flamboyantly about nothing in particular,I'm wise so don't screw with me kid) repose as my dice fall like John Travolta's career post 'Look Who's Talking' pre 'Pulp Fiction'. The rest is your formulaic 'zero to hero', I win 'em all and retire in Cuba.