It occurs to me that I haven’t posted anything since, uh, 2009. That’s effed up. So let me briefly recap the last six weeks. I: turned 41 got engaged set my wedding date put a bid on a house Other than those life-altering events it’s been pretty slow. Picked up some additional writing work and…
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Checkout from my hotel was at noon and I planned on going for a walk on the beach, maybe take a dip. But I felt so bloody awful when I woke up that I almost reset my alarm for eleven. Colds are always worst in the mornings and I was sweating and shivering under the…
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I realized the other day that I haven’t been writing that much about poker on these pages. That’s in large part because most of my poker writing goes on the UB blog, but I figured I’d post what I wrote today here as well as it was a piece in the Post-Gazette that inspired it….
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I challenge anyone to explain the Pirates insane decision to acquire Matt Morris and his TEN MILLION DOLLAR contract. When I heard about the deal I said, "Can’t be THAT Matt Morris." I mean, why are the Pirates trading prospects (not that the Pirates really HAVE prospects) for a 33-year-old pitcher? Of course, that was…
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I posted this over at the UltimateBetBlog as well, but I figured I’d let yinz read it here too: One of online gaming’s most powerful opponents, Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, published an article yesterday in the National Ledger titled, "Online Gambling: Will New Law Be Repealed – Don’t Bet On It". The title’s ghastly…
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I just read Allyn Jaffrey Shulman’s latest column over at Card Player. Headlined “Write Your Congressman”, it discusses the news that Barney Frank, the new chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, plans to introduce a bill to repeal the UIGEA. We’re OK so far. Thing is, after identifying Frank as the chairman of the…
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Sigh, another day, another half-assed (well, quarter-assed) article about the dangers of gambling. As I’ve said before, I’m not saying that gambling addiction doesn’t exist. I’m not saying it isn’t a potentially destructive vice. I’m not saying that it’s OK for 13-year-olds to play blackjack. But if we’re going to discuss the issue, we need…
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Funny, I always thought that ESPN would be against the government trying to restrict online poker. After all, how many programming hours has ESPN filled with the World Series of Poker? A zillion? But after reading Mark Kreidler’s hackjob, it looks like ESPN has it in for poker too. Kreidler’s column is such a sneering…
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I have a bad habit of hiding important documents inside books. I probably got this idiotic idea from, yes, a book, probably some junk mystery novel where the hero finds the final clue tucked between the pages of some forgotton (but somehow symbolic) tome. I think the first time I tried this myself was back…
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I worked the early shift on September 11, 2001, arriving at my desk a little before 7AM. My friend Scott was there already, listening to something New Wavy on his CD player. I’ve mentioned several times that I don’t like heights, but having worked on the 38th floor of the US Steel Building for over…
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