This is not a man with a blog.
Check out this Washington Post story about the Indian tribes in Connecticut that don’t have casinos, and the ongoing tensions with the ones that do. The door appears to have closed on indians getting federal recognition of their tribes, which is one of the predicates for opening a casino. (and by the way, how cruelly…
Over the last two years I have had several near misses with illegal poker games. Two illegal home games I played in regularly were raided, and a third one I played in whenever I was in New York was raided as a part of the latest crackdown. In one case I simply decided not to…
This is the busy season at work now, so you’re not going to hear much from me. My morning time is spent with Moishe, bringing you that photo on the top right that you see daily and practicing my velociraptor impression. (Apparently that’s the baby’s favorite noise now, and he does it sometimes in response…
If you didn’t see the 60 Minutes piece last night about online gambling, you missed one of the best spokespeople for the industry around. Nigel Payne, who runs UK-based SportingBet.com, practically begged the US to regulate them so he could pay taxes and help legitimize the industry. It certainly what you expect to hear from a business owner, but it makes sense.
Sunday’s Washington Post has a great story about how people who buy the new McMansions have neither the time or money to furnish them, nor the inclination to use all their space. Says one McMansion builder:
They figured that their house, which is still under construction, would
represent the high end of what people wanted — until a client recently
requested a 23,000-square-foot rambler, a size approaching that of the
Taj Mahal, which is about 35,000 square feet.
And now it’s on our continent.. Link: Bloomberg.com: Canada.
First human case of bird flu. We’re all so screwed. Do we really think this is truly the first case? This is just the first one they’ve caught. CNN.com – China confirms first human bird flu cases
In today’s Washington Post, D’Vera Cohn reports that "Most D.C. Property Priced Out Of Reach." 80 percent of the properties for sale in the District were out of reach of the average city household’s income.
On a lark, I posted a humorous account of my friend Eric’s and my attempt at refilling an aesthetic but highly unusable pepper mill. It’s now one of the most trafficked pages on my site. People come to the site constantly to see the photo instructions for refilling the grinder.
Po Bronson is a busy man. He’s also extremely good with people, such that saying Po is a friend of yours is probably something ten thousand people could do today. Po’s new book is about to come out and I want you to buy it. I’m not saying you should buy it because I like Po, you should buy it because Po is a great storyteller.