Archive for June 2006
Recruiting players for the Big Game
I hit the Big Game last night for a 5 hour stint and brought along two guys: my old poker buddy Chris and a coworker Chad who works at one of our office outside DC. Despite some drama last week involving a Big Game employee skipping town and some missing money, the game went off…
Read MoreNew comic: DMZ
I frequent the new comic book store in Tenleytown, Fantom Comics, next to the Container Store and the Best Buy. The owner is starting to know my tastes, and his recommendations are increasingly accurate. His latest recommendation is "DMZ", from Vertigo. Knowing my love of post-apocalyptic earth, I suppose you’re not surprised to find out…
Read MoreAllow me to state the obvious.
I’ve been at a plateau for a while in my poker career. I felt I just couldn’t get past a certain level of play, and the only way I could get any better was to play a very tight game, and even then I felt like I was being slung around by the statistics of…
Read MoreI get lied to occasionally.
Today I was listening to someone do a reference call for a product I’m considering purchasing. He said, "I really appreciate the experience that upper management brings to the company." Honestly, that the biggest load of bullshit I’ve heard all week. It’s such a nothing phrase. That’s like saying, "I really appreciate that the fireman…
Read MoreNow he’s one year old!
It’s not that I don’t love, you, but I’ve been seeing other blogs. The baby turned one year old right before we headed to Atlantic city for a week. You heard me right, my wife, the most fabulous woman in the world, rented us a beach house adjacent to Atlantic City, home of all things…
Read MoreUnder and Alone by William Queen
I just finished "Under and Alone" and was really blown away. I’ve only met one undercover detective before, but he struck me as an odd guy. I met him at the trial of the operators of the Centreville poker game I used to play at. He really didn’t have to worry that much about getting…
Read MoreBad tv, good tv
The season finale of The Sopranos was particularly disappointing. I was excited to see AJ start to turn his life around, but that didn’t make up for the complete lack of a plot climax. However tonight starts the new season of High Stakes Poker on the Game Show Network. I first heard about High Stakes…
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