This is not a man with a blog.
This Saturday many of the groups that organized the "teabagging" anti-tax day protests are going to stand in front of the local offices of members of Congress and protest anything having to do with reforming healthcare. This isn't a difference of opinion (public option vs no public option? funding children's healthcare?), the groups organizing these…
The healthcare reform debate is becoming very ugly, even by Washington standards. Believe it or not, not all of our elected officials can be assumed to be pro-healthcare reform. If you live in the Bay area and want to make a difference, letters to Senators Feinstein and Boxer would be a great help, along with…
If you live in the East Bay, specifically in Rep. Pete Stark's district (CA-13), know that he's being targeted by the opponents of healthcare who have vowed to disrupt his town hall meetings this Saturday. To see an overlay of the district on Google maps, look at Rep. Stark's interactive district map. He could really…
So to recap, as I work on improving my Limit Texas Hold'em game, I concocted an experiment with my coach. I used my calculations of each possible preflop hand against tables containing one to nine opponents each. I then built a very solid preflop strategy, taking into account position and opponents, and set out to…
So for several weeks I've been doing an experiment that Andrew and I came up with. I ran the math on all limit hold'em hands, and then constructed a set that I thought were playable for one bet, and another set playable for two bets. With a roughly repeatable preflop and postflop strategy, I set…
I signed up for OneCause, a group that claims to capture rewards from your purchases and give them to the school of your choice, in order to support my preschool. Sadly, they don't even pretend to be obeying my email preferences, and are now spamming me for their new toolbar. I recently got this e-mail:…
The Bank of America chat help line is in fact, incredibly helpful. They managed to transfer my chat window between two departments without losing me, and then they answered my questions patiently and solved my problem. The survey I was given at the end made me laugh though. What kind of meaningful suggestion fits in…
[See update at bottom for Enterprise Rent-A-Car's response.] Be warned. If you ever have to return a car to Enterprise Rent-A-Car "at the JFK airport", here's a few things to note: Staff at both the Newark Penn Station Enterprise facility (where you might rent a one way rental and pay the $175 one way drop…
This is the last serious thing I will say publicly about the healthcare debate for months.
August 7, 2009 Dear Rep. Speier, I am very happy to see that you have come out strong for a public option in healthcare. Thank you for doing the right thing. If you don't read the rest of this letter (it is long) please know that you have my support in pushing for universal healthcare,…