Food, Poker, And Animals…and Contest Goodness.
November 29, 2006
Food
First things first, Baja Burrito is good stuff. That’s official. Rachel and I just ate there after finishing up an errand (which I’ll get to in a second). Think of Subway, only with burritos instead of sandwiches. Yum. Extra thumbs up for the tangy tomatillo salsa.
Poker
Second, the recent run of good results with poker continues. Won a single-table SnG and made another MTT final table this morning, a $3 turbo on Full Tilt with 171 runners. Sure, those turbos are more luck than anything, but octupling quadrupling your buy-in is always nice whether it’s because of luck or skill. All in all I’m up about $45 for the day. That represents something in the neighborhood of a 33% bankroll increase. Woohoo.
Animals
Back on the errand tip: So we have this cat. Rachel and I aren’t cat people, really, but this poor thing showed up at the house hungry looking rough absolutely skin and bones and we couldn’t turn her away. She’s a lot healthier (and happier) since we started taking care of her. We tried to find a home for her, but giving away a stray cat is as easy as, well, herding cats. In the absence of any better option we decided to keep her, and Rachel took her to the vet last week to get her spayed. Today we took her back to Value Vet (which is not in the back of a station wagon owned by a man with fuzzy, photocopied veterinary degrees from an unaccredited Central America school, as the name might imply) and got her stitches removed.
It’s apparent she lived with people at some point because she’s very well-adjusted inside the house and isn’t fazed a bit by the dogs. The vets guessed she’s about 2 years old, which was squarely in the range I’d predicted to Rachel when we first took the cat in. She’s been living in the house while her incision healed up but will be going back outside from now on because litter boxes stink. We plan to bring her inside when it’s cold out, though, because she gets along with the dogs just fine and who are we to let a cat freeze?
Anyway, the cat doesn’t have a name other than “Cat,” and we haven’t been able to come up with a suitable one. Because no corporate sponsors have stepped up to buy her naming rights for the $5M we’re asking (and yes, our lawyers say that’s more than a fair price), I’ve decided to have a little contest to get his poor creature a moniker. I’ll be posting a picture or two of the cat here later today. Once you’ve gotten a good look at her, I encourage you to leave suggestions for a name in the comments here. Rachel and I will choose the best name, and the winner will earn the opportunity to play a heads-up no-limit hold’em freeroll against me at some point in the near future. We’ll keep the contest open through the weekend at minimum.
PHOTO UPDATE
All right. Here are some pictures of the cat. Those of you who get all antsy just thinking about the prospect of whipping me in a heads-up hold’em match, get your animal naming hats on and get to it.
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November 29th, 2006 at 10:58 pm
It’s a little rough, she wears black leather from the looks of it and she’s OK with dogs.
What about….Motorhead?
Motorhead, after all, wrong a song called Ace of Spades….
Or you should call her Spade.
November 29th, 2006 at 11:42 pm
Looks like an Otis to me.
November 30th, 2006 at 12:55 pm
Rusty, definitely Rusty
November 30th, 2006 at 1:19 pm
You’ve named her Cat. I’m not really sure, but think you have mis-spelled the name. Shouldn’t it be Kat?
November 30th, 2006 at 2:20 pm
I have always said if I get another cat, I would name it Cat. Hell, I call my cat now Cat most of the time than I do its real name.
Your cat reminds me of a cat I knew as a child. It was my friend’s brother’s cat. Same coloring. His name was Spooky.
If not spooky, go with Alli. Alli Cat.
November 30th, 2006 at 2:47 pm
Starvin Marvin
November 30th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
Bonus Code Iggy
November 30th, 2006 at 4:01 pm
I’d go with “Smudge”, personally.
November 30th, 2006 at 5:13 pm
1. Glad the blog is back!
2. I’m going with my gut (not cat-gut, mind you) on this one – inspired by your vet:
Value Bet (Val for short) She’s beautiful – a real sweetie!
3. Gracie – *I’m* going to win
8-)
November 30th, 2006 at 8:42 pm
I once had a guinea pig named Valujet: http://www.sheverb.com/000210.htm
There are some good suggestions up there. I’d better get cracking!
November 30th, 2006 at 10:41 pm
Has “Fuckface” been suggested yet?
December 1st, 2006 at 3:36 am
gotta go with Champ.
December 1st, 2006 at 5:27 am
As I have met thet cat, I’ll have to go with what I know of her personality. And that is, she’s really good at chasing pumpkin guts. So I vote her name should be Pumpkin Guts or PG for short. My second choice for her name is Ass Jr.
And welcome to the Baja addiction!
December 1st, 2006 at 2:05 pm
Strech
December 1st, 2006 at 2:21 pm
She’s a beauty. I’m casting my vote for Mocha. Although tortoise shells are generally verbose, known for their uber-meows, so perhaps Kajagugu’s “Iggy” related tag – or a variant aka Ally McBeal – is appropriate.
December 1st, 2006 at 2:27 pm
Champ.
December 1st, 2006 at 5:20 pm
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a cat that looks more like a “Roscoe.”
December 1st, 2006 at 10:17 pm
Hammer.
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:22 am
I vote for Shawntiqua.
“It’s just me, my wife Rachel, our two dogs, and our cat Shawntiqua.”
I also vote for Chim Richaldson.
And Dr. Rosenpenis.
(Glad you’re back on a fancy new site)
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:23 am
I just realized that I meant Chim Richalds.
Not Richaldson. I repeat, not Richaldson.
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:50 am
Superfudge
Scattered & Smothered
Dante
Alice
December 3rd, 2006 at 1:03 pm
I’d go with Pavement.
December 4th, 2006 at 9:43 am
That cat is clearly “the nuts”.
December 4th, 2006 at 7:08 pm
I’d go with Jopke, but I’ve never in my life seen a cat that reminded me more of Wil Wheaton’s spleen. So that is my entry. Wil Wheaton’s Spleen.
December 5th, 2006 at 3:56 pm
I like Kodiak for a name.
December 11th, 2006 at 2:56 pm
I nominate “Analog as opposed to Digital” or Annie for short
December 14th, 2006 at 8:36 pm
I’ve thought long and hard about this. In fact, I even had a dream about it… the name of your kitty shall be…
Stratego.
(Teego for short, this tortie controlled the pieces on his tiny fluffy-footed battlefield and with his furry cuteness alone, successfully won your territory. He owns you now. In short, he has caputured your flag. Teego wins! Now pet your fluffy Stratego and tell him he’s cute.)