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This Afternoon is Gonna Suck

Friday, October 7th, 2005

Two hours of volleyball last night on a hard, hard floor. Hyperextended a knee. Three beers, two wings, a slice of pizza. Five hours of sleep. And after staggering through the morning I just had a fish sandwich along with mac and cheese for lunch. I tried to resist–I was weak. Now I have to…
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More Frustration, That’s What I Need

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

Hockey’s back, yay, and my Penguins get stoned by Martin Brodeur. Crosby looked good, and other than the 57 penalties called the game flowed a lot better. First game out of 82, no need to overreact. I find I have no interest in the baseball playoffs whatsover. Don’t care who wins. Don’t like a single…
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How to Tell a Bad Beat Story

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

Is what my latest column at Barstool Sports is about. Of course, you never have to tell bad beat stories, because bad beats only happen to ME. Actually, that’s the sort of attitude I argue against. Just making a little point there. The young woman on the cover is rather fetching, too. The last issue’s…
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Whipping My Game Into Shape

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

Played a (very) little SNG last night, and managed to bluff off my chips and finish 8th. You’d think that I’d be a bit more careful while playing against a collection of remorseless calling stations. So would I, actually. It’s a bit frustrating sitting down to play against opponents who don’t have a clue…until you…
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Hear the Thunder

Saturday, October 1st, 2005

Bloglines has a…thingy, that tells you what are the most-linked to items of the past 24 hours. Coming in at # 2, astonishingly enough, is Poker Stars’ Online Poker Blogger Tournament. 94 links. Impressive. We got more links that Bill Bennett. I actually played a little poker online last night, a site threw me a…
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