Poker Perambulation

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No, not the one with the deadly hat sailing at Bond -- James Bond. Jobs these days are headline items. Seems there aren't enough of them and it is causing the politicians problems -- to say nothing about the guy down the street. The solution has been to spend money on a variety of pork barrel items. Read more...

Sorry! I meant insure you. I've mention in a blog or three that a big part of the health insurance racket is based on state controls. This is outlined in great detail in a blog I'll list for you if you'll only give me another page click. Read more...

It a mine field out there. I tell ya it is a mine field. And, I'm loving it; although, it only been a marginal success. Playing cheap tournaments isn't going to earn one a living. Read more...

The talented Haley Hintz has grabbed hold of UB's hair shirt and continues the cheating saga. She is doing the grunt work on a messy reporting of what transpired. Frankly, it is making me ill but not for the reason you might suspect. Read more...

Enjoy this non-C-Span view of our recent budget debate!

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Well, the Blogger event on P* is gone and the bad beat stories and runner-runner silliness is slowly wending its way to the Blogger's archive. Recently I've read three blogs that add some perspective – if that is possible – to our MTT endevors. Read more...

Somebody stole my name. Well Grump really is inadequate at this point. The Internet is the home of the village idiot.* No staring at me. Stop it right now! I'm not going to take any more abuse – however accurate. Read more...

Yesterday, Full Tilt did a system upgrade where the servers were down for a period. It then provided a new version of the application. I played there fine yesterday. Today, it is nothing but problems. Read more...

I got into blogging by accident. I'd written a little article and posted it in the PokerWorks forum. Linda read it and asked me if I wanted to do some articles for the site. That started me toward this time and place. (PokerWorks forum is slow but I don't know why. It'd make a nice meeting place for the current gang.) Read more...

I've had it and haven't had it – insurance wise. What I did have was referred to as “Major Medical” – which is out of favor. The three times I needed it, it came with a thousand deductible that smarted. There was no Health Savings Account involved. I paid off those bills with after tax dollars. Read more...