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Because I was the owner of the game and I had previous poker plans for Saturday night, I grudgingly agreed to play Twilight Imperium from 10 AM - 7 PM Saturday and, given its tendency to run between ten to fourteen hours, resume the game Sunday from 1 PM until the bitter end ( Read more... )

Lately, I have developed the crackpot conviction that my luck has taken a turn for the better ( Read more... )

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This morning I dreamed that I was asked by presidential hopeful John Edwards to warm a crowd up by portraying him in his youth (in my dreams I am perpetually sixteen). I did my best impression of his southern twang but for some reason my throat seized up and I could barely manage a whisper. Even without the accent, my extemporaneous introduction ( Read more... )

By the end of today's five-hour Sprint Planning Meeting, I had signed up for 96 hours of work over the course of the next month. Four weeks times five days times eight hours is a total of 160 man-hours that I should have available (assuming no meetings or holidays); so that's basically 64 hours total or 3.2 hours per day during which I am free to ( Read more... )

( Poker was a roller coaster last night. )

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In the dripping cold of our parking garage's basement, my manager put to rest any concerns I had about our public friendship adversely affecting his willingness to give me big fat bonuses. Assuming I can figure out how and when my Restricted Stock Units vest, the total value in cash and prizes is significantly more than I paid for my car, which ( Read more... )