Great title for PBS and Frontline, if it were about an individual less idolized. Although, their base isn’t overly excited with the Libyan police action. I return to police action with the thought that words can avoid the truth. e.g. Korea was only a police action. The term war has become antiquated in political circles. Read more…
I got new glasses yesterday. I could tell I needed them as the squinting and eye fatigue was starting to show up above and beyond. There is a Vision Quest in our area. I used them the last time. Overpriced but handy. They screwed up the prescription twice and didn’t have them ready when said; but finally got it right. I went in the day before yesterday and there were arguments with two people holding glass cases going on. I turned around and went back out. (Stick with it; I think this will get better.) Read more…
Myths abound. Today lets return to one of our all time favorites. “Click on a mouse and lose your house.” That was said by one of those Iowa idiots. No, that guess is not even close. Guess again. Yeah, second times a charm — Jim Leech. Of course what was being misrepresented was the skyrocketing number of pathological gamblers and the Internet making that all too easy. Read more…
A lot of my posts have started with a dictionary definition. I like words. I inherited that from my mother who was uncompromising in many areas. Being uncompromising in an area is often more revealing about one than the other side. As poker players, compromise can equate to soft play or other unattractive activity. Compromise in the political arena is being defined as a good characteristic by many. Is it or is it part of the reason for our problems? Read more…
No, not overplaying AJ. And, strangely enough, this isn’t about me. I wrote about this once before. Today, I read some more about this remarkable site. If you are a parent and home school or think your child is in a mediocre school. Here is help. Read more…
Be very much afraid. Why, you ask. Because you are likely a U.S. citizen. (That’s far from 100% but it is certainly the majority.) Read more…
I so envy politicians. They have such a clear view of what is right and proper. Poker obviously doesn’t qualify in that. I envy some friends. They can take our joint bias to staggering new heights with and without validation. When you add in that I am very prejudiced, I should give up blogging and offering an opinion. Read more…
Contrary to popular media representation, this guy did not kill off the dinosaurs. He may be killing his blog by sloth but a lot of that is going on post Black Friday. However, we have been around for a lot of other extinctions besides online poker. Read more…
As a youth, I would occasionally join my grandfather on his rounds. He was a butcher by trade and an entrepreneur with ups and downs. Part of his business was wholesale and a great many taverns bought their meat from him. So, I’d schlep a 30# box of paper wrapped items in the back door of several taverns along the route. That business would be denied him these days. Strict health standards and license requirements would even shut down any meat market of that era. Throw in wholesale and forget about it! You’d need a million bucks to start. Read more…
Those of you with children recognize that battle cry. Those of you with only one, encounter it just before naps. But if you are a Minnesota dad with a love of the Captain and approaching litter status, it seldom leaves the conversation. Of course someday they grow up and he gets his revenge by spoiling grandchildren and watching them cope with what is his present lot. Revenge is a dish best served cold. Read more…
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