Archive for May, 2010
Staying Sane at the WSOP
Playing poker tournaments for six straight weeks can definitely take its toll on your mental state. The emotions you go through from having your dream (of winning that particular tournament) crushed every single day makes a balanced lifestyle and ability to stay on positive emotional footing crucially important if you are to survive the series [...]
WSOP 1,818 Miles Ahead
I’m going to miss the first week of the World Series of Poker. I’m attending a friend’s wedding this weekend in New Orleans. On Monday, my girlfriend, roommate, his girlfriend and I will drive back to Houston. My girlfriend will get on a flight back to New York. Not long thereafter, my father will arrive [...]
Lowest Baseball Over/Under?
I’m going to this later this evening:
The matchup features the league leader in ERA (Jimenez, who threw a no-hitter last month) and Roy Oswalt who has the 19th lowest ERA in the league at a stellar 2.62. No matter how good the offenses are for these teams, the over/under would still be really low on [...]
White Males: Society’s Village Idiot
A few months back a friend texted me, “you ever notice how white males are the only group of people you’re allowed to offend in commercials?”
“Hmm… not really. What do you mean?”
“I mean that anytime a commercial calls for a character to look, say or do something really stupid or come across as out-of-touch, [...]
