Archive for December 2007
Earnings rates in $6/$12 and the perpetual question of when to leave
One of the questions I struggle with as a poker player is when to leave. Sometimes it’s obvious when to leave… and sometimes it’s not. One of the grandfathers of poker theory, David Sklansky, says that you shouldn’t "quit winners", or at least I believe he said that. For years I have been obsessed with…
Read MoreMy poker career
While on business in DC this week I found out that my favorite underground room (which I will never name here) has started a mixed limit game three nights a week. (While I was at the game, I won a boot.) This is some sort of heaven. It’s $8/$16 rounds of Hold’em and Omaha/8, two…
Read MoreMyriad things
I’ll make a small exception to my rule of talking about grief in order to coin a new concept. Sarah, the pilot light of my oven, has a lot of experience with grief. She lost her dad many years ago, and perspective given with time and the loss of several of her friends parents in…
Read MoreThe digital music market: is there room for anyone but Apple?
Anyone who has read my blog knows that I think that Apple owns the music player business. I’ve said it many times before but I need to add an asterisk to that. Apple has the market share and the momentum but there is room for other viable businesses, and you can see them when you…
Read MoreWhy don’t I have an iPhone yet?
I don’t buy the first version of any product, iPhone included. I owned a Newton, what else is there to say? I’ve been dying to buy an iPhone, though, and this mandatory wait has killed me. But in mid-January 2008 Steve Jobs is giving a keynote at a major Mac conference, and it’s likely that…
Read MoreThe last word
I don’t really need to conduct my grieving in public, so this is the last word. On my next trip home I’ll be scanning old photos of my mother and family to go into my perpetual flickr archive, as insurance against degrading media. If you subscribe to my photos, you will see the ones I…
Read MoreChildren’s readings – Linda Anderson celebration service
[This is what my sisters and I read today at the service for my mother. -Shabbir]Each of us in this room was nurtured by my mom. For many of us, this had life-altering consequences. We wanted to share with you the lessons that had the greatest impact on us. Shab:The most important thing mom did…
Read MoreLinda Anderson biography
[This is what my aunt Debbie, mom’s sister, will be reading at the funeral today. -Shabbir]Linda L. Anderson (nee’ McNeil) passed away at her home on Dec 1, 2007. She was surrounded by her family for her final days, as was her wish. Born in Sullivan, Indiana to a military sergeant and his wife, Linda…
Read MoreMy week as a coma nurse
I have not borne the brunt of care for my mother, that responsibility fell to my pop and my sisters who live in town. So the tiny bit of work I did at the end of my mother’s life was minor. I happily did it because I felt that I owed my mom for straightening…
Read MoreLinda Anderson obituary
Linda L. Anderson (nee¢ McNeil) passed away at home surrounded by family and friends on Saturday December 1, 2007 at age 62 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Devoted and loving wife of Darryl A. Anderson; beloved daughter of Jack and Lois Watson; dear sister of Deborah Fay (Brian); cherished mother of L. Brooke…
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