Cards as a metaphor for life – The Cannon Beach Gazette

Cards as a metaphor for lifeThe Cannon Beach GazetteThe storyline is deceptively simple: two lonely residents of an old folks home become gin rummy partners and get to know each other while playing cards. But what happens over the course of those card games is anything but simple.

Life and gin at Bunbury [Theater] – Louisville.com

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Life and gin at Bunbury [Theater]Louisville.comby Brian Kennedy Gin rummy is like life. Find out how in The Gin Game, now playing at Bunbury Theatre. The Gin Game will take place on Feb. 10, 11, 15-18, and 22-25 at 7:30 pm each night. Matinee shows, meanwhile, are to go on Feb.

Beyond Strategy and Winning, How Games Teach Kids Empathy – MindShift

Beyond Strategy and Winning, How Games Teach Kids EmpathyMindShiftCouldn't stand poker, pinochle or gin rummy. Bored out of my mind by Sorry! and Stratego. Never understood the appeal of chess, checkers or backgammon. But once I had kids, games took on a new appeal. Apart from entertaining my kids on rainy afternoons …

Card Games: The Classics – DS – Spong

Card Games: The Classics – DSSpongClassic card games: Select from Hearts, Spades, Euchre, Bridge, Gin Rummy, Canasta, Cribbage, Crazy Eights, Go Fish, Romme, and Skat. – Solitaire games: Select from your favourites like Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, Golf, Yukon, Beleaguered Castle, …

Coaster Theatre antes up for ‘The Gin Game’ – Coast Weekend

Coaster Theatre antes up for 'The Gin Game'Coast WeekendCANNON BEACH – At an old folks' home, senior citizen Weller Martin meets fellow resident Fonsia Dorsey and teaches her the game of gin rummy, a charity that wins him no end of grief. Over a deck of cards, these two lonely, quirky people exchange …
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Cloverdale Playhouse stacks deck in ‘The Gin Game’ – Montgomery Advertiser

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Cloverdale Playhouse stacks deck in 'The Gin Game'Montgomery AdvertiserThe play depicts an ongoing gin rummy game between an elderly man and woman, both lonely and both living in a nursing home. As Weller Martin, an old hand at gin, teaches newcomer Fonsia Dorsey the ins and outs of the card game, the two learn about [...]

Party, party, party with the Bacardi family business – Campden FB

Party, party, party with the Bacardi family businessCampden FBFrom launching a limited-edition rum bottle worth around $2000 to holding parties around the world throughout the year, the American family business is going all out to make 2012 rummy. But there is good reason behind it as the rum and gin-maker marks …
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Norma (Chao) Warner – Mail Tribune

Norma (Chao) WarnerMail TribuneShe loved life, being with her family, having fun with friends, laughing, fishing, camping, bingo, garage sales, playing gin rummy and a good practical joke. One of her favorites was to wad up a small ball of thread and secretly dangle it on your …

Friends lobbying for Ben Agajanian, oldest living NY Giant, to earn spot in … – New York Daily News

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Friends lobbying for Ben Agajanian, oldest living NY Giant, to earn spot in …New York Daily NewsAgajanian's memory is as strong as his right foot, and he beats most everybody in his daily games of gin rummy at the Mission Hills Country Club, though he had no idea about his Giant longevity [...]

What is a Lipoma? – EmpowHer

What is a Lipoma?EmpowHerI couldn't help but notice it each time he reached for a card as we played Gin Rummy. It was firm but moveable, the size of a quarter and did not hurt him at all when I pushed on it. He told me it was nothing, a fatty spot that never bothered [...]

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