In my bedroom, listening to Naty play her older guitar. Hard to get this tuned. Her song, “Peculiar Dream” still always makes me smile.So lovely the words pound, so lovely she loves me after a break down.Got her a new cell phone the other day, because the old one crapped [...] Read more »
For The Door To Open
I was arrogant heading into Sunday. In the words of my friends I was “gassed up.” I couldn’t miss for the last couple weeks. I didn’t play the $2,000 SCOOPs, because frankly I can’t afford it playing on my own. I did register for the $500s and such when I [...] Read more »
He Grumbled And Predicted Dire Things, But He Turned Through The Surf To The Shore
And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. - Joshua 24:12You know what would be a completely original idea for starting this blog? I should discuss how long it has [...] Read more »
It’s Taken Me 50,000 Separate Wrecks To Get Here And I’ve Learned Absolutely Nothing
I always expect something to piss me off when I open my email.The new medication has faltered. I have been unable to replace the one I was on for a few years. The first couple of weeks were exciting serotonin-fueled trips, but now I’m angry all the time and going off [...] Read more »
Convalescence: CR
I wrote a blog that scared me. Mostly because I’m acting holier than thou, like Paulo Coelho. There needs to be a transition. I can’t write the same thing over and over. There will still be more casual blogs, because those are more fun for me to write.I am healing [...] Read more »
Preparing For Your Super Bowl
Live events are the online poker player’s Super Bowl. It’s when you finally get to crawl out of your grind hole and practice everything you’ve been doing online. Finally, instead of a blinking baby icon you get to stare your pimply jackass opponent down when you’re leaning toward a thin [...] Read more »
A Doctor Named Gentles
There is so much in this world worth recording. I only wish I had the time to weave in everything one person could see into some historic piece. Yet, while my capuring 0.01% of what is around me is beyond possible, we are all living this narrative. The impossibility of [...] Read more »
Generation Me
I’ve been fascinated with the idea lately that an attitude of entitlement is what sinks 90% of professional players. My unsubstantiated claim was always supported by the hundreds of MTTers I spoke to daily; the ones from war torn or socioeconomically-challenged countries seemed to last the longest and be the [...] Read more »
The Snow Muffled The Concussion
Everything makes sense in the group hug.My fiance, who will officially change her title to ‘wife’ in eight days, pouts after I answer her distractedly while working. I turn to her and open my arms playfully. Mayo, my poodle, takes a running sprint up to my lap. He buries his [...] Read more »
Official Indulgence
It’s been a while since I popped in here. Almost a couple weeks in fact. That probably wasn’t nice to do to anyone who cared about me. Make a post about starting a new medication, then drop off the face of the Earth.The truth is my medications have been a [...] Read more »