Memorial Day
A photo taken by my grandfather after his unit, the 82nd Airborne, took back Nijmegen from the Germans during Operation Market Garden. (1944) Me on a much less heroic mission to Nijmegen…
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The archive
A running collection of ideas, detours, and things worth remembering.
Bad Beat on Cancer
The other night we went down to to Hollwood for Phil Gordon's charity event. Phil is a big supporter of the Bad Beat on Cancer cause and so he hosts these events in an effort to raise…
Read the articleHow Can You Be So Wrong?
Ran across this beauty the other day and I couldn't help but tear it apart. "Lawless" Internet proving costly for gamblers By Kate Holton Wed May 24, 8:01 AM ET Scary headline that grabs…
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I'll likely write more on this at some point but for the moment I thought I would just throw this out there: PartyGaming founders quit board Two of the founders of online poker site…
Read the articleBill Rini, Professional Poker Player
According to Top Gambling Blogs, I can now join the ranks of fellow blogger, Chris Halverson, as a Professional Poker Player. That's gotta be good for something, right? I love the…
Read the articleShould you ever buy rental car insurance?
Kim Scheinberg posted a really interesting article on BARGE that she found on Slate regarding the wisdom of buying insurance. While interesting by itself, if you look at the implications…
Read the articleVegas Wrap Up
So I wake up Saturday morning and head down to the spa where I had made an appointment. Courtesy of the Imperial Palace I treated myself to a Swedish massage, a detox wrap (and in Vegas,…
Read the articleMore Pics From Hanel's Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Hanel Chris and April Mike Chow Ephro The Smashing in the Face of Cake Ceremony Three Bums and a Lady Franklin Advertising His Seminar "How to Make Friends and Influence…
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Okay, so in my rush to get posts out I've left out a few details. Let me correct that error. The tuxedo shop sucks ass. We all went to get fitted about two weeks ago and they measured…
Read the articleBachelor Party at MGM
Our little Chris Hanel didn't want to do the stripper thing for his bachelor party so I was pressed to come up with something. I put feelers out and Mike Chow came through with a phone…
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