I learned a lesson today: even those who seem to be well-adjusted, upstanding members of the business community can be complete psychopaths who will threaten you with bodily harm for the slightest perceived insult. Not everyone, it seems, is fully equipped to read and understand Standard Written English.
I’d say more, but I’m afraid of [...]

Posted in Not Poker Comments Off

I’m not the kind of person to ask for much from the poker community, but because of extraordinary circumstances here in Nashville I’m putting out this call for any assistance that any of you can offer. My city is drowning.

Posted in Not Poker 2 Comments »

According to a new NHL Fans’ Association poll, it’s time for NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to go. I suppose that this means I was ahead of the curve.
The NHL decided to lock its players out for the 2004-05 season about two months after my buddy Charlie Tuttle and I purchased season tickets. Needless to say, [...]

Posted in Not Poker No Comments »

An internet friend today linked to a Talking Points Memo post featuring emails from people in Australia with their reaction to seeing American media coverage of the health care debate. “Everyone is puzzled by our retarded outrage,” my friend wrote.
The lunatic fringe has indeed been given the opportunity to show up in force at town [...]

Posted in Not Poker, Uncategorized 8 Comments »

It’s been nearly four years since my good friend Charlie Tuttle died. Since he left us, it’s been impossible to miss that his presence is still here in the form of all the people he touched.
With that in mind, I’m putting together a gathering of all the people who loved Charlie at the site [...]

Posted in Not Poker No Comments »

Happy Memorial Day to everyone out there. When you’ve got a spare moment today, check out this article about Rachel’s show with fellow APSU alum Brad Reagan in Clarksville, TN. It’s too bad the Leaf-Chronicle didn’t get to it earlier, since the show will be coming down at the end of the week, but if [...]

Posted in Not Poker No Comments »

Posted in Not Poker 1 Comment »

One Day at a Time
I count myself lucky because I’ve worked pretty steadily since I first started writing for a living in 2005. All that time I’ve been able to avoid Cubicle Hell, where I worked before and aim to never see from the inside again. The last year was my best year yet, as [...]

Posted in Not Poker, Poker 1 Comment »

I plugged an antenna into my television so I could watch the inauguration today. As a student of history, I realize it’s a pretty big moment and I figured I’d be lax if I didn’t watch.
For the first time in my life, I’m ecstatic to see a US president leave office. George W. Bush has [...]

Posted in Not Poker No Comments »

Hey everybody – my good friends in Agua Trip can use a little bit of help tonight, and it won’t take much of your time. They’re trying to stay in London Garcia’s Music Boxx for the next quarter. Here’s how you can help them:
Dear Friends,
We still need a few more votes before midnight pacific time [...]

Posted in Not Poker No Comments »

There’s been a lot going on lately so I haven’t had time to write on the blog. I have been writing an awful lot for PokerListings, though – you should check out the Year in Review series I’ve been writing for the news section. Here is the July article, and you can link to the [...]

Posted in Not Poker, Poker 1 Comment »

Rachel and I will be in Las Vegas this December for blogger festivities with whomever happens to be there. We’re flying in on Thursday 12/11, leaving Sunday 12/14, and staying the whole time at the Imperial Palace. So, who else is going to be there?

Posted in Not Poker 3 Comments »

If you live in a rural area, or just in a geographically isolated area near a major city, you probably don’t have access to broadband internet because cable companies don’t think it’s worthwhile to lay cable and phone companies don’t have DSL-capable switches near you. Chances are that at some point in the last couple [...]

Posted in Not Poker 6 Comments »

The time until the release of Agua Trip’s Genetics keeps getting shorter. With only 14 days left until the album drops, it’s time for another spotlight on the artists who have contributed to its visual songbook.
The first artist for this week is Raymond Patrick, a photographer originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, who is now based [...]

Posted in Not Poker No Comments »

Only 21 days remain until my friends in Agua Trip release their new album, Genetics, along with its companion visual songbook. This week their website spotlights two more artists who contributed to the project, Jon McAuliffe and Chip Boles.
Jon McAuliffe is an artist from Walpole, NH. In addition to working in the US, he has [...]

Posted in Not Poker No Comments »