As I was typing this up and most likely while you are reading it, I was and still am chuckling. I can’t help but be amused. I know you’d like to know what’s so funny. Well, it’s nothing, really. I mean, it’s no big deal. It shouldn’t even upset you. Everybody loses the Game at some point, right? Your time had to come.

What Game? I bet you didn’t even know you were playing a game, did you? There are a ton of people right now playing the Game, and quite frankly, most of them are doing better than you. Now, I know it’s not really fair of me to tell you that you lost the Game when you don’t know the rules, so I guess I should lay them out for you. Don’t worry; there are only three of them.

1. You are always, always playing the Game. No exceptions. Everyone in the world is playing the Game in some capacity, really.

2. When even the very thought of the Game comes into your head, you lose it.

3. When you lose the game, you HAVE to announce it.

There is a varying grace period after the Game where you don’t lose it if you think about it; the usual amount of time is about an hour. That means you have one hour to stop thinking about the Game. And there are ways to win the game while still making others lose. One of my favorite tactics is to write “You just lost the game” on dollar bills, or on a napkin to leave on the table in the cafeteria.

Now, I should really go try to stop thinking about the game. You probably should, too. You don’t wanna be a loser, do you?