Subway breakfast sandwiches

Did you know that Subway sells breakfast sandwiches?  Did you ever notice there’s never a line in a store in the morning to get one?  Do you want to know why? Because they suck. It’s not bad enough that it’s a pre-processed egg unit on a plain tortilla, but the franchise at 15th and K…

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Yeah Yeah Yeah, it’s a love song.

"Wait, they don’t love you like I love you"    The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Maps" from the album "Fever to tell" This song is so heartbreakingly simple that it’s embarassing to tell you how obsessed I am with it.

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Another parental milestone crossed.

At our doctor’s urging, we just got around to forcing Moishe to sleep in his crib all night.  There was a modicum of crying, but not what you’d expect.  Our actions won’t have him in therapy for years during teenagehood, nor will he have abandonment issues because he had to sleep alone. I think the…

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Full Tilt Poker’s No Limit Cap games

Full Tilt Poker recently introduced CAP games.  These games are interesting and require a different sort of aggression style.  Let me set the scene: in a $.50/$1 no limit texas hold’em cap game, nobody may bet more than $30 into the pot.  Once that happens you are considered all in and you can’t win or…

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“Can’t Get No” by Rick Veitch

I am slightly hesitant to make this comparison, but I think I just read the "Howl" of the 9/11 generation.  Generation is probably an incorrect word, as several generations have been affected by 9/11, but I think it’s fair to say that the book I just finished, "Can’t Get No", by Rick Veitch is by…

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I owe Katie big time.

Katie and I hadn’t hung out for a while, so we decided to try a new free NL Hold’em tourney circuit.  There are several of these in the Washington area now, all focused in bars.  On a good night they play two tournaments with 15 minute levels starting at 25-50 with 2,600 in chips.  So…

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Another week at the beach: Poker at the Tropicana

So I just got back from what was nearly a dream week.  Sarah rented a beachhouse in Brigantine, right next to Atlantic City, and we piled ourselves, Moishe, and the nanny into the mommy-wagon and headed out for a week.  Sarah had just returned from Burning Man, so she was still having re-entry problems, but…

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Betting in the dark

Chris hosted our regular $1/$2 limit hold’em with a full kill tonight at his house in the pouring rain of Hurricane Ernesto’s wake.  Everyone at this game is comfortable at higher limits, but everyone plays really hard against each other regardless of the stakes, and it’s a very friendly bunch.  Chris has a tight image,…

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