Archive for November 2007
And why would you move to St. Louis?
I don’t wish to liveblog my mother’s last days, but I know a number of friends and family are compassionately wondering what’s going on and I know you read this blog, so here are some random thoughts about caring for the terminally ill and a little news of our family. My mother’s pulse is continuously…
Read MoreSoon, all my posts will be in the category ‘Life’
That is until I’m dead. I’ll have Sarah make a category called "Death" and post something from ‘beyond the grave’ (cue scary music). I just caught this headstone created by Peter Schipperheyn (link to piece vitals and artist website) that a woman had commissioned for her husband’s grave. I find these extravagant expressions of love…
Read MoreMy best fold ever
I played the Sunday night tournament at Artichoke Joe’s, and got put out when my pair of tens ran into a pair of Aces. I re-raised, and the Aces made a minimum re-raise, and all the money went in and I was put out. Does this sound familiar? I made this same mistake a coupe…
Read MoreApparently Fake Steve Jobs is still brilliant.
When hunky NY Times reporter Brad Stone unmasked Fake Steve Jobs, the faux blog took a bit of a nosedive in quality and I stopped reading. Recently a friend who works at Apple pointed me at this column after an evening discussion, fueled by red meat and decent wine, about how I thought that Google…
Read MoreImportant life lessons learned at inappropriate times.
It’s impossible to be understood by an automated answering system (say, at an airline company) when you’re either screaming or crying (or both). You can spray and treat your house for termites, but you may still get them from your neighbor. (So far so good, though) Even the most benevolent dictators are still dictators. (Photo:…
Read MoreThe value of one boot
So at the end of October I had my first losing session in a long while. After twelve convincingly profitable sessions over about 40 days where I knew I outplayed my opponents and I minimized the random cards I was getting, I hit the double whammy: I got a run of barely playable hands at…
Read MoreDidja see it?
It was so incredibly subtle, and nobody noticed it, but it just happened. Google went from early adopter to fast follower. Instead of bringing out market-changing products that disrupt, they’re reacting to other’s innovations. As evidence I offer: Google Reader, a superior product produced as a response to Bloglines, which I abandoned for the Google…
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