Well, sort of anyway. No pot odds or how to play whatever from wherever. I want to talk about culture. It started on Bill Rini’s site. Bill, of course, is more like a shift manager. Being a simple brush isn’t an apt description. The recent discussion is about the problem and tribulations of raking money from pots. That is an obvious problem when your numbers are in decline. So, the scramble. Read more…
Larry was a friend. Not a really close one but I’d see him at the trap shoots and a gang of us would always grab a bite and drinks after. Larry is a neat guy. He became a D.O. out of the service using the G.I. bill. He loved being a doctor. He had two offices and was on the run. Besides, he’d work the E.R. a few nights a week. He was comfortable to say the least. The E.R. was because he was an adrenalin junky. If you wanted to see him step it up a conversation notch, just ask him about that. He loved the challenge of critical care. Read more…
Are poker players gamblers? Certainly not in the classic sense. That’s why we keep mumbling “skill” in our beer/pain. For those that like to gamble and play with numbers, there is an article you might enjoy. Read more…
The President is interested in being green. After his Solyndra idea backfired. He tried to drive off into the night in his Fisker Karma — an about 100K luxury sports car. The first has been delivered to Leonardo DiCaprio. Read more…
Let the drums roll out
Let the trumpet call
While the people shout
“Strike up the band”
Hear the cymbals ring
Callin’ one and all
To the martial swing,
Strike up the band
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We’ve all manage to be annoyed by how support can go with them asking us personal detail after personal detail. The reason at the online poker sites was they needed to protect our money so that it’d be available to us. What a reasonable thing we all said. And aren’t we all grateful for that. Read more…
I guess this is the fourth time I thought that the Comcast mess was resolved. You know me. The eternal optimist, right? The trip stayed convoluted right up to ComcastSteve’s last promise. I class that with a Bill Clinton bodily fluids guarantee. Read more…
AND I AM HERE TO HELP. As poker players we have encountered those folks. It is laughingly referred to as Level One Support. It isn’t new. As a geek trying to get something from the monolithic version of AT&T the key was, “Let me speak with the Group Chief Operator.” That was a term that transcended function. There wasn’t a magic phrase that worked at the poker sites. I don’t think there has been a online person that hasn’t had their turn in the barrel. Read more…
Today you get a helpful (hopefully) geeky hint. It is so simple to implement that even a total Luddite Josie was able to do it. The site is Gravatar. This weird name stands for Globally recognized avatar. OK, that is pretty geeky squared. What is it all about? Read more…
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