This is not a man with a blog.

visiting mindshift

By Shabbir | June 29, 2004 | Comments Off on visiting mindshift

..hanging out

Conversations with Gamblers: The Hannibal Lecter chapter

By Shabbir | June 26, 2004 | Comments Off on Conversations with Gamblers: The Hannibal Lecter chapter

He’s widely regarded as a far superior poker player to anyone else in the home game circuit at the levels I play at. Therefore it’s pretty much impossible for him to play there. Sometimes he deals cards at games. Sometimes he plays in AC or Vegas. Mostly I think he plays online where an alias…

From my Metro car..

By Shabbir | June 25, 2004 | Comments Off on From my Metro car..

…I pass the fools who aren’t lucky enough to have planned their trip better.

Playing the Long Game

By Shabbir | June 21, 2004 | Comments Off on Playing the Long Game

Basic math is a wonderful thing. Entire industries are built upon convincing people to ignore basic math and probability. Take the DC Lottery for example. Your odds of hitting all five numbers of the Powerball are 14 billion to 1. (They’re actually slightly worse, but the exact number is unwieldy) This means that if you…

Poker Winnings 6-21-04

By Shabbir | June 21, 2004 | Comments Off on Poker Winnings 6-21-04

All amounts in US$ This month This year Online +147.00 -743.84 Casinos +11.50 -879.75 TTL +158.50 -1,623.59 All I’ve done this month is play online tournaments of Limit Texas Hold’em. I’ve played in about 52 of them, so my play time is about 60 hours. With a profit showing of $158.50 thus far, I’m making…

Old actors in DC ….

By Shabbir | June 19, 2004 | Comments Off on Old actors in DC ….

…give tours for a living at Air and Space.

Chatty Cathy..

By Shabbir | June 19, 2004 | Comments Off on Chatty Cathy..

..this B&B offers a free breakfast. The staff can’t wait to talk about where everyone’s from and find out more about you. I’d rather have a tooth pulled than have idle chit chat at this moment.

It’s all about the bins…

By Shabbir | June 18, 2004 | Comments Off on It’s all about the bins…

..we all need a place to keep our stuff, if only for a moment.

No smoking outside our building..

By Shabbir | June 16, 2004 |

..so everyone goes to the next building and smokes outside it. No death sticks for me, no thank you…

In the jungle, the mighty jungle…

By Shabbir | June 13, 2004 | Comments Off on In the jungle, the mighty jungle…

..the lion sleeps tonight.