I’ve had a pound of bacon in my freezer all winter and when I woke up this morning I licked my chops and said, "Today’s the day". Made some coffee, defrosted that sliced-up piggy, preheated the hot box. I can hear it sizzling as we speak. While it was cooking I checked my email and…
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So a few months ago the U.S. made a deal with the European Union, Canada and Japan over the WTO complaint those countries filed against our online gambling laws. The thing is, the U.S. Trade Representative refused to divulge the exact nature of the deal. Like, what concessions were made to keep American citizens from…
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I’m playing in Dr. Pauly’s afternoon PLO tournament (why start it at 4:20, me wonders?) and I’m sitting at the bar of my neighborhood brewpub disposing of fish ‘n chips and some excellent suds. I plan on getting heroically drunk while I take this down, so if my play, and my chat, gets more erratic…
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I spent quite a bit of time in Costa Rica fighting off a feeling of deja vu. I’d wake up to an alarm clock, shower and get dressed in a semi-rush, and race out the door so I wouldn’t miss my bus to the office. OK, I didn’t take the bus to work–Mario or Edwin…
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