I was supposed to go to a meeting today. Two things stopped me, snow and another death in the family. I woke up to a phone call telling me my sister in law died. To be specific, my brothers wife's sister. I met her three times. I have to tell my daughter about it. My daughter thought the world of her.
I hope your day starts better than mine. Be well.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Sunday, January 2, 2011
An Admission
My posts have been weak. I have started playing poker again. A guy that played for a living has been visiting and we have been playing. Two different styles and we both know it.
I like poker. I never play for more than I can afford to lose. Small tournaments. I am in the money most of the time that I play. Once I played for months on the same 30 dollars. I have also won tournaments. Not the millions on television, hundreds or thousands.
I used to play 2 or 3 tournaments a day online. I haven't really played steady in two years. In order to play well, you need to practice and I haven't. I am practicing again. It doesn't even matter if I don't win for six months. It is about practicing against different players. Learning styles again and getting the calculations to be automatic in your head. The first large tournament I played in people were asking my daughter if I was a professional. It was at Binion's (The home of the World Series of Poker). In Vegas I had dealers telling me I should turn pro.
None of this is bragging as my game is not where it was because I haven't been playing. It would take me a good six months to get back to where I was. This guy that was a pro wants us to tutor people on line in our respective styles. Not my gig, but a nice complement for someone who hasn't been playing.
Why do I love poker. I play Texas No Limit, the greatest game the world has invented, even better than 45s (an Irish game). I only play tournaments (that means you will lose more than your original investment and it can be $50 to make thousands. I like those odds.
I pretty much stopped playing two years ago. Nothing online. I played maybe 10 live tournaments, placed in the money all but two and came in on top or second for half of them. Something like that and then I stopped all together except with family and friends. With an extra four hours a day and being near the card casinos I may get serious and begin playing again. I may even bring along my friend that played professionally.
I don't know what my readers may think of this; but, I put it out there. I am no crazy gambler. I play with what I can afford after taking care of all my bills. Not a crazy player by any stretch. I play old school. It is not about money, it is about playing well with good players. It is about the game.
Texas No Limit tournaments are the best because you get paid or you do not. Every hand can take you out and there is no coming back. All or nothing baby. I have a meeting tomorrow so I must go to bed; but, I wanted readers to know why my posts were short. I will improve as the news is going to get a lot my interesting and quickly. 2011 is gonna be very weird and very bad. We shall talk about things as they transpire. In the meantime I am going to play more poker. Be well.
I like poker. I never play for more than I can afford to lose. Small tournaments. I am in the money most of the time that I play. Once I played for months on the same 30 dollars. I have also won tournaments. Not the millions on television, hundreds or thousands.
I used to play 2 or 3 tournaments a day online. I haven't really played steady in two years. In order to play well, you need to practice and I haven't. I am practicing again. It doesn't even matter if I don't win for six months. It is about practicing against different players. Learning styles again and getting the calculations to be automatic in your head. The first large tournament I played in people were asking my daughter if I was a professional. It was at Binion's (The home of the World Series of Poker). In Vegas I had dealers telling me I should turn pro.
None of this is bragging as my game is not where it was because I haven't been playing. It would take me a good six months to get back to where I was. This guy that was a pro wants us to tutor people on line in our respective styles. Not my gig, but a nice complement for someone who hasn't been playing.
Why do I love poker. I play Texas No Limit, the greatest game the world has invented, even better than 45s (an Irish game). I only play tournaments (that means you will lose more than your original investment and it can be $50 to make thousands. I like those odds.
I pretty much stopped playing two years ago. Nothing online. I played maybe 10 live tournaments, placed in the money all but two and came in on top or second for half of them. Something like that and then I stopped all together except with family and friends. With an extra four hours a day and being near the card casinos I may get serious and begin playing again. I may even bring along my friend that played professionally.
I don't know what my readers may think of this; but, I put it out there. I am no crazy gambler. I play with what I can afford after taking care of all my bills. Not a crazy player by any stretch. I play old school. It is not about money, it is about playing well with good players. It is about the game.
Texas No Limit tournaments are the best because you get paid or you do not. Every hand can take you out and there is no coming back. All or nothing baby. I have a meeting tomorrow so I must go to bed; but, I wanted readers to know why my posts were short. I will improve as the news is going to get a lot my interesting and quickly. 2011 is gonna be very weird and very bad. We shall talk about things as they transpire. In the meantime I am going to play more poker. Be well.
It is snowing
As my readers know I live in the high desert. Today it snowed. I watched a young boy experience snow for the first time. Do you remember your first time in the snow? I wonder how many of my readers have never been in the snow.
Nahhhh, I don't really care. Just wanted to get out a post.
Nahhhh, I don't really care. Just wanted to get out a post.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Happy New Years - Lets Get Hammered
Just kidding, I don't get hammered on New Years. I barely celebrate it at all. This year I will spend it at home with a couple of friends. We will probably listen to music and joke around.
Next year is going to be worse than this year for most people. Unemployment checks running out and houses in foreclosure. More business failures to be sure. Still, there is always opportunity.
For me next year is a year of promise. I don't know exactly what will happen but I do believe I will be in a better place. After I move into my new apartment I will have less to deal with, fewer bills and more peace and quiet. Less travel time which gives me four extra hours a day to do things that I want to do. With more free time I intend to begin dating again. Wish me luck with that.
In some ways I feel as if I will be on my own for the first time in my life. Let me put that another way. I won't be responsible for everyone around me, my time will be my own. I can barely comprehend it. I will have time for leisure and ease. I won't have any money but that never really mattered, I could use some peace.
Another interruption. Had to step away for a moment, lost my choo choo.
To all of my readers I wish a Happy New Year. I also ask all of you to refrain from drinking and driving. Use a taxi, walk, have a designated driver or stay where you party, don't drink and drive. I would hate to have fewer readers because they killed themselves by drinking and driving, I would rather you stop reading because I am boring.
Next year is going to be worse than this year for most people. Unemployment checks running out and houses in foreclosure. More business failures to be sure. Still, there is always opportunity.
For me next year is a year of promise. I don't know exactly what will happen but I do believe I will be in a better place. After I move into my new apartment I will have less to deal with, fewer bills and more peace and quiet. Less travel time which gives me four extra hours a day to do things that I want to do. With more free time I intend to begin dating again. Wish me luck with that.
In some ways I feel as if I will be on my own for the first time in my life. Let me put that another way. I won't be responsible for everyone around me, my time will be my own. I can barely comprehend it. I will have time for leisure and ease. I won't have any money but that never really mattered, I could use some peace.
Another interruption. Had to step away for a moment, lost my choo choo.
To all of my readers I wish a Happy New Year. I also ask all of you to refrain from drinking and driving. Use a taxi, walk, have a designated driver or stay where you party, don't drink and drive. I would hate to have fewer readers because they killed themselves by drinking and driving, I would rather you stop reading because I am boring.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Moving soon
I saw the apartment that I am going to be renting today. It sort of makes it more real. My old life is ending and with this move a new life will begin again. A unilateral action by my ex has resulted in everyone's life changing.
For most of the past decade I have lived in a five bedroom, 2,700 square foot home. I will be moving into an 800 square foot apartment. I sort of like that, something I can furnish as I wish and not as others wish.
I have all sorts of people that want to come to visit me when I move in and even more that want to have dinner with me when I move. Since age 24 I have raised children and been with the same woman. When we separated I rented an apartment a few blocks away, it was different. This time there is no coming back and I will be living in a very urban environment.
Change of subject. I just read an article from newsmax.com, I am not familiar with the publication. It states that Apple has pulled an app from their I-Phones that has certain Christian teachings known as the "Manhattan Declaration". They wont allow the app on their phones because it says that homosexuality is a sin.
I wonder if they have also removed Koran or the old testament as they both say homosexuality is a sin? I don't care how you feel about homosexuality, bigger issue at stake here kids. The issue is one of free speech. This year more electronic books were sold than were books made of paper. What happens when publishers stop making paper books and all books are electronic if the manufacturer of the electronic books refuses to allow the technology to be used to read the bible?
A little history, while we can still know history. When the Kindle came out it deleted two books from every Kindle in the world. It deleted George Orwell's "1984" and "The Animal Farm". Both books were about totalitarianism. You know, what we are increasingly living in.
About two weeks ago a man was arrested that wrote a book about the way to have sex with children without harming them. A lot of people thought that was a great thing, I did not and I wont even date someone in their 30s.
Please read through everything I write before forming an opinion or having a position. The man that wrote the book had been a pedophile and claimed he no longer engaged in such things and they have not arrested him for such a thing nor did they arrest him for having child pornography. There are few things lower than pedophiles but they do exist.
The man, it is said (Didn't read his book nor do I intend to) wrote the book so that people who were pedophiles would understand how to do it with the least amount of harm to the child. I know and agree that any harm is too much and they should not have sex with children. But there are pedophiles and they do pray on children. IF he wrote it for his stated reason and the children were harmed less because of his book, should he be allowed to write it without going to jail?
Lets continue to look at this rather than jump to emotions. The man that was arrested for writing the book will win in court and will be released. Heck, you can write books about building bombs and that is okay. Yet, the teachings of Christianity regarding homosexuality can be deleted.
We have to see down the road to understand how we lose our rights. Today people publish hard copies of books and pamphlets, tomorrow they will not. At least not many. Hold on to your bibles because they are at risk. You might even try reading them.
Ray Bradbury wrote a book called "Fahrenheit 451". It is about a totalitarian government that burns all books. Paper burns at 451. Across the United States libraries are closing. What happens when all books are electronic, the government doesn't need to censor, the tech companies can simply refuse to distribute.
What we are being presented with is a false choice. We can allow everything to be printed or restrict things based on personal criteria. We have laws against molesting children and posting naked pictures of them anywhere. Pedophilia is a crime, thinking homosexuality is wrong is not a crime. We don't have to agree with everything. There was a time when homosexuality was a crime, I don't believe it should have been illegal. They are adults and are quite aware of what they are doing.
You are being played by the media and the government. A lot of it has to do with the openness of the internet. The solution will be that people have to say who they really are when on the net in order to protect children and that sites will be age specific. They are already working on this. The news stories are so that you will accept the solution.
I was taken away from my room and lost my train of thought. Sorry. Be well.
For most of the past decade I have lived in a five bedroom, 2,700 square foot home. I will be moving into an 800 square foot apartment. I sort of like that, something I can furnish as I wish and not as others wish.
I have all sorts of people that want to come to visit me when I move in and even more that want to have dinner with me when I move. Since age 24 I have raised children and been with the same woman. When we separated I rented an apartment a few blocks away, it was different. This time there is no coming back and I will be living in a very urban environment.
Change of subject. I just read an article from newsmax.com, I am not familiar with the publication. It states that Apple has pulled an app from their I-Phones that has certain Christian teachings known as the "Manhattan Declaration". They wont allow the app on their phones because it says that homosexuality is a sin.
I wonder if they have also removed Koran or the old testament as they both say homosexuality is a sin? I don't care how you feel about homosexuality, bigger issue at stake here kids. The issue is one of free speech. This year more electronic books were sold than were books made of paper. What happens when publishers stop making paper books and all books are electronic if the manufacturer of the electronic books refuses to allow the technology to be used to read the bible?
A little history, while we can still know history. When the Kindle came out it deleted two books from every Kindle in the world. It deleted George Orwell's "1984" and "The Animal Farm". Both books were about totalitarianism. You know, what we are increasingly living in.
About two weeks ago a man was arrested that wrote a book about the way to have sex with children without harming them. A lot of people thought that was a great thing, I did not and I wont even date someone in their 30s.
Please read through everything I write before forming an opinion or having a position. The man that wrote the book had been a pedophile and claimed he no longer engaged in such things and they have not arrested him for such a thing nor did they arrest him for having child pornography. There are few things lower than pedophiles but they do exist.
The man, it is said (Didn't read his book nor do I intend to) wrote the book so that people who were pedophiles would understand how to do it with the least amount of harm to the child. I know and agree that any harm is too much and they should not have sex with children. But there are pedophiles and they do pray on children. IF he wrote it for his stated reason and the children were harmed less because of his book, should he be allowed to write it without going to jail?
Lets continue to look at this rather than jump to emotions. The man that was arrested for writing the book will win in court and will be released. Heck, you can write books about building bombs and that is okay. Yet, the teachings of Christianity regarding homosexuality can be deleted.
We have to see down the road to understand how we lose our rights. Today people publish hard copies of books and pamphlets, tomorrow they will not. At least not many. Hold on to your bibles because they are at risk. You might even try reading them.
Ray Bradbury wrote a book called "Fahrenheit 451". It is about a totalitarian government that burns all books. Paper burns at 451. Across the United States libraries are closing. What happens when all books are electronic, the government doesn't need to censor, the tech companies can simply refuse to distribute.
What we are being presented with is a false choice. We can allow everything to be printed or restrict things based on personal criteria. We have laws against molesting children and posting naked pictures of them anywhere. Pedophilia is a crime, thinking homosexuality is wrong is not a crime. We don't have to agree with everything. There was a time when homosexuality was a crime, I don't believe it should have been illegal. They are adults and are quite aware of what they are doing.
You are being played by the media and the government. A lot of it has to do with the openness of the internet. The solution will be that people have to say who they really are when on the net in order to protect children and that sites will be age specific. They are already working on this. The news stories are so that you will accept the solution.
I was taken away from my room and lost my train of thought. Sorry. Be well.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
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