I need a haircut. For most people that’s no big deal–you go to the barber/stylist, he/she does his/her magic and you’re done. For me that’s not so simple. I have a long history of horrible haircut experiences, the last of which has made me consider the possible connection between, of all things, hair and poker….
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I have a bad habit of starting things and not finishing them. Part of my personality, I know, and something I’ve been working on. So from now on I’m not promising any monster posts that I don’t think I can pull off. Like the David Sklansky screed I promised. Let me explain a wee bit:…
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I have like a mega-uber post in the works, but can’t I just break it up and do a bunch of little ones? I mean, I have to write about the wine festival I went to, a David Sklansky meltdown, the importance bad hair holds in poker, and I’m even considering re-entering the race for…
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I’m only two weeks behind the times in writing about the very sudden and premature death of Andy Glazer, poker writer extraordinaire. Andy’s passing last week from a blood clot saddened the entire poker world, and I think the pokerblogging community has an especial reason to miss him because, let’s face it, Andy was the guy…
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One of the reasons I keep this blog, besides the groupies, is to write about my own play and, hopefully, learn from my mistakes. In a recent post I wrote about how I lost a ton of chips in a tournament by misplaying my pocket nines. Well, went away with friends this past weekend and…
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I actually wrote this Monday night, but Blogger crashed and it didn’t post. I post it now, and will post again soon. MG A quote from the classic Britcom Black Adder there. Yes, tomorrow I end the carefree life of the unemployed and go back to work. I’m about ready. There’s only so much daytime…
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In other words, I got a job. Had the interview Wednesday, got the offer Thursday, start work on Tuesday. It’s another temp job, but the work seems much more interesting that what I was doing before, a lot less stressful, and I’m making a third again as much money as I did in my last…
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Because the goddam cardinal rules are there for a reason–to keep you from losing money you shouldn’t lose. The cardinal rule I broke recently is one I read this very day in Cloutier and McEvoy’s No-Limit book. Let me paraphrase, since I don’t have the book handy–they say that the stupidest thing you can do…
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