poker: Sometimes you encounter a hand where you’re up against a single player and you both have great reads on each other and it comes down to luck or a kicker. I was at the final table of a no-limit holdem tournament Saturday with my friend, Ryan. He was getting pretty low on [...]
Background: I’ve been playing Texas Holdem for close to a year now. I started playing online last Summer. I deposited $100 and experimented with a variety of formats including large multi-table tournaments, cash games, and single-table tournaments. By December 1st of last year I had close to $300 and had more or less [...]
My thoughts and prayers go out to my friends Jim and Brandy Kruta. Brandy gave birth to Ean last night. They both spent some time with Ean and then he died in under an hour after his birth. He was born without kidneys. They knew of his terminal condition in advance, [...]
Joe: King’s isn’t the only bowling alley in the United States built after 1981. In St. Louis we have this place called Pin-up Bowl. Nelly has the high score (257) record so far. It’s an interesting place. Besides having 8 lanes, it has a good sized bar/martini lounge and the walls [...]
blogging software: WordPress 1.5 is a pleasure to use. I particularly love the settings for dealing with comment spam:
The main reason I switched from Movable Type to WordPress was due to the restrictive license changes for MT. So I switched for philosophical reasons. But now I’m enjoying the practical benefits.
sushi: On Saturday [...]
Well I finally got rid of Movable Type and made the switch to WordPress. I evaluated WordPress 1.4 and wasn’t terribly impressed but WordPress 1.5 is slick. It only took me about 8 minutes to download, install, and import my MT entries. There are some broken links and that sort of thing, [...]
I don’t work at Novell so I’m not going to post a Hula Logo image, but I am pretty excited about the announcement. We definitely need some innovation in this area. I hope in particular it solves the one bloody annoying problem I’ve had for ages: I am unable to access (read and [...]
I spent Valentine’s evening beating Lord of the Rings: The Third Age.
It was love at first sight. But now I’m ready for something new.
I’ll be in New Orleans March 9th through the 11th. I’m going for pleasure, not business, but if anyone from the area wants to meet for a drink or some local cuisine, let me know.
Mardi Gras:
Although I spent nearly the entire weekend in Soulard for Mardi Gras, it was a bit more subdued than last year. I mostly stayed on the outskirts and avoided the really huge crowds in the heart of Soulard. Friday night we were at BB’s to celebrate Annie’s birthday. The music was [...]
