Archive for November, 2006

Junkies Poker Open, Part II

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

I'm leaving right from work to go to The Borgata. I'm feeling a little uneasy about the whole thing. The cost to play in the tourney is $300. I'm probably going to end up spending 2 nights there, so that's another $200+. If don't cash, that's over $500. Is this ...

Junkies Poker Open, Part I

Monday, November 27th, 2006

For those of you not in the Baltimore/Washington, DC area, The Junkies (website, My Space) are 4 guys who host a morning, drive time radio show on WJFK 106.7 and WHFS 105.7. They are in their mid-thirties and grew up not too far from where I grew up. I don't ...

A Steal on Kiss Alive! (1975 – 2000)

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

Kiss has just released a live box set that contains Kiss Alive! I - III and a previously unreleased Kiss Alive! IV. I'm sure this must be a mistake, but it's available on iTunes for $1.49. That comes out to about 2 cents a song! I wondered if I should buy ...

Poker Chat Gets to Me

Monday, November 20th, 2006

When you play online poker, there is a chat window that you can use to communicate with others at your table. I don't tend to chat much. When I chat, I am typically complimenting other players on their play. As with regular IM, there are several abbreviations for common phrases: gg ...

Why I Hate My Motorola DVR (aka Why I Love Tivo)

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

Last night, I scheduled my Verizon supplied Motorola HD-DVR to tape the 2-hour premiere episode of Daybreak. It started at 9. I sat down at about 9:45 to start watching it and noticed that the red recording light was not on. I pushed the "List" button on the remote to get ...

Runner-Runner, Run Me Over

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

It's about 35 minutes into a 1-table sit-n-go. There are 8 players left. I lost a couple of big hands early and spent a good deal of the time as the short-stack, but I was able to claw my way back into 3rd when I find myself with [9h As] ...

Trip to the ER

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

When you have young children, a trip to the ER, while not common, is not that surprising. I was at work this morning when my wife called me. She was on her way to the ER with my son. We weren't sure what was wrong with him. His pre-school teacher ...

My Second’s First Number 2

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

I apologize in advance if this post grosses you out. For the past year or so, we've been putting my son (my second child) on the potty occasionally. We're at a point where he goes pee pee nearly every time we put him on the potty. That's a great thing, however, ...

Van Halen: Keeping it in the Family

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

It seems that Michael Anthony is officially out of Van Halen. This isn't too surprising, since Mike didn't have many nice things to say about his role in Van Halen (and the state of Van Halen in general) earlier this year. So, who's the new bassist? It is none other than ...

Verizon FiOS in the House

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

Yesterday, I had my Verizon FiOS service installed. Nothing really eventful happened. Although I did have to cut a large whole in the bulkhead in my newly finished basement so that the technician could fish a wire from the outside of my house to my office, which is on the ...