When people ask, "Where were you when you heard Michael Jackson had died?" I can tell them that it was at the PLO/8 tournament of last year's WSOP. I overheard someone say, "Did you hear Michael Jackson had died" and someone said "no, I thought it was Farrah Fawcett ( Read more... )

I was at Foxwoods a few weeks ago for FARGO (the Foxwoods annual rec.gambling outing) when I was playing a 15-30 HOE game with Michelle A. and Bob L. Many of the locals at the table were in a mood of perpetual grouchiness which is one reason I don't play a lot of live poker ( Read more... )

Barry Greenstein showed up late to the 10k World Championship limit hold'em event. His starting stack was down to 15k or so from the initial 20k, and then he proceeded to pick up pocket kings in the first hand he's dealt and won a nice pot. So I guess you could say it was a good day for him, as he missed the start of the limit event because he was ( Read more... )

Yesterday, 
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Once again, it's heartbreak for New England.

It's been raining here in Sydney all day, as though God was shedding real tears.

Several weekends ago I was hanging out at Crane's apartment. While watching a Giants game, someone hit a ball that the SF left fielder (not Bonds this game) made a good play on. One TV announcer said "I don't think Barry Bonds would have caught that" and the two announcers shared a knowing laugh ( Read more... )

To follow up on the previous post which had the phrase "Nutmeg Pride" buried within ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago, I was back in the Bay Area. That Thursday night, I went to a bachelor party for Chris P. He was up in the Bay Area doing some work that day, and his coworkers (some of whom organized the surprise party) had him go outside to help move some boxes. There was an oversized limo waiting when he got downstairs, and inside the limo ( Read more... )

Last week I went to Ben and Kim's for a holiday party. I was pretty excited because I figured there would be eggnog there; I had never had eggnog before and I figured it was About Time. However, I did have an idea of what to expect based on the eggnog shake at Jack In The Box. On the way there, Crane mentioned that eggnog was all right, but that he ( Read more... )

It's been an interesting summer for sports. I've been bad about posting regularly on Livejournal, so here goes nothing ( Read more... )