By Matthew E. Milliken
MEMwrites.wordpress.com
Jan. 28, 2023
The first Sunday in November, I drove to Atlantic City to play some poker. Over parts of two days, I played Texas holdem at all three local casinos that offer live poker. I stayed overnight at a fourth property, the Golden Nugget.
I came away from the Nugget with a free souvenir: A pair of lacerations on my left shin. Like many hotel beds, the one in my room at the Golden Nugget rested atop some kind of solid pedestal that was firmly attached to the floor. For reasons that aren’t quite clear to me, the mattress atop the pedestal didn’t really line up with the supporting structure. As a result, I repeatedly banged my left leg on one corner of that pedestal.
These violent encounters between my lower leg and the pedestal caused me only a few fleeting moments of pain. But my skin is still regenerating in the area.
Every so often, I’ll glance down and notice the slowly healing red patches on my shin, and I’ll remember that room and the misaligned mattress. Two and a half months later, the sight reminds me of that trip seemingly at random.
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