Poker progress
Well, it turns out that the Party bonus situation does require that I play 1700 before next Thursday. Fortunately, I was able to get enough work done last nigh
September 2004
17 posts
Empire makes good
Well, the saga of the Empire bonus continues this morning. I received an unprompted email from Empire support saying they realized that they prevented my full
Congratulations again
Well, it seems that Felicia is on quite a tear recently. She just finished second in the Stud event at the first WPPA tournament at the Orleans in a small but
Good poker tale
Well, I may be having trouble finding my groove writing about poker here at my site, but there are folks out there who have no such problem (just check any of t
Less giddy
But I suppose I am not entirely without gid. You remember that nice match bonus I mentioned from Empire yesterday? Well, apparently they have rescinded it. S
I'm giddy
It's a bit sad, but I am actually a bit giddy at the thought of all the bonus money I currently have to unlock. There's the $140 left at Absolute that I've be
Here I am
Just got settled in my hotel room in California. I'm going to be here for the rest of the week for some work. At least the internet is working in my room. Mi
Arrrr...
I missed International Talk Like a Pirate Day again! Each year I mean to get in at least one good Arrrrr!, but invariably I only remember it on both sides of t
Poker
Well, I've been a bit behind on finishing up my post about the cottage, but that's mostly because as soon as my work deadline passed, there was poker to play.
Go Canada!
Well, there may not be an NHL season this year, but there was one last night of hockey tonight. Canada defeated Finland 3-2 to take the World Cup of Hockey. C
Odds & Ends
Due to a looming deadline at the office, I'm not going to be able to put much of a post together for the next couple days. I have a post about my vacation on t
Home again, home again
But I'm too exhausted to write anything now. I think I'm just going to collapse into bed.
I'm off
My bags are packing and I am just waiting for the phone call letting me know that my ride is downstairs. I'm heading northwest of the city for nice 4-day weeke
Pinball and poker
The other night I got the craving to play a little pinball. It's probably related to the book I'm reading now, Lucky Wander Boy, but whatever the source, it co
Killing Monsters
Before my one night stand with Just a Geek I spent much of the week reading Killing Monsters; Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence
Congrats Felicia
Congratulations to Felicia for her great finish in the Stud 8 tournament at the 4 Queens Poker Classic in Vegas. Outstanding result and great write-up.
Writing
I haven't been posting as much recently (duh!). I'm been suffering a bit from blog and poker burnout. As any of my fellow bloggers can attest to, both activit