Archive for February, 2008

A Sick Month, Now What?

I laid in bed this morning listening to the birds chirping on the patio adjacent to my room. While they chirped, I reflected on the month of February. It’s been a sick month for me. I made roughly $35,000 from gambling alone. Of course, “sick” is a relative term here. There are those who could [...]

General Gambling, Non-Poker

Final Table

So I made the final table of the Oklahoma State Championships of Poker. Nine of us resume tomorrow at 1:00 pm Central. Unfortunately, I only have 41,000 chips. Blinds will be 2,500/5,000/500. The good news is that the field is absolutely awful. I mean… I feel bad saying that… ’cause what if some of them [...]

Poker Commentary, Poker Travels

A New Base To Leave From

Michael and I just spent all week moving into a townhouse about two miles away from our previous address. For you Houstonions, it’s just east of Kirby and just north of Bissonnet on South Boulevard. I had forgotten how overwhelming and exhausting it is to move. I haven’t even begun to unpack yet, and I’m [...]

Non-Poker

I Haven’t Seen A Movie In Over Two Months

All two of the avid readers of my blog know that I watch a lot of movies. I believe the last one I saw was Flags of our Fathers, sometime around last Christmas. That was certainly a good movie. Since then, I haven’t been able to justify spending the time to go see a movie. [...]

Non-Poker