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Day 3: Blackjack isn’t awful

April 6th, 2008 · No Comments

So Saturday didn’t go any better than Friday.
In fact, it was much, much worse. This one was basically over by the end of the sixth inning. Buchholz didn’t pitch great, and gave up four runs (three earned). But the real damage was done by Snyder and Corey, who gave up six runs in just […]

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Tags: poker · Red Sox · baseball · Canada Road Trip

Day 1: Impulsive beginnings

April 4th, 2008 · No Comments

So Mike and I were planning on driving to Toronto early this morning, checking into our hotel some time around 4 p.m. after leaving our apartment at 6 a.m. But that didn’t happen. We were hanging around in my room around 6:30 p.m. last night, and both of us wanted to play poker.
So we decided […]

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Tags: poker · Canada Road Trip · Turning Stone

Extreme frustration, kind of

August 20th, 2007 · No Comments

If you don’t like poker or baseball, let me save you some time. Click that little [X] on this window, and be done with this post.
Seriously, nothing like having pocket 10s, raising preflop, having the flop come down 2 5 8 and having a very good chance of having the best hand, barring someone hitting […]

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Tags: poker · Red Sox · Tim Wakefield

She got a smile?

August 18th, 2007 · No Comments

This has been in my head all day. It’s a very catchy tune.

Now the song is out of my head and into yours. Enjoy.
I saw Stephen Lynch at Mohegan Sun when I went to the O&A Traveling Virus show with Chris, Nikhil and Kevin, and I didn’t think he was all that great that night. […]

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Tags: poker · Gagne · Stephen Lynch · She gotta smile · video · bars

It’s done!

August 7th, 2007 · No Comments

Car windshield is fixed.
The “failed safety inspection” sticker has been removed, replaced with a big “8″ for my emissions/safety inspection sticker.
Now to get my Somerville parking permit. That’s going to take a few more errands, but the hard part (RMV/Registration/Repairs/Inspection) is done. I’ve already lost $60 in a poker game with Mike and Jeff over […]

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Tags: Somerville · poker · car

Trying something new…

August 5th, 2007 · No Comments

So I left the old site stagnant for a little while, which is a death knell if you’re just getting something going. I would go to update the site, realize I hate the layout, hate the content management system, begin to change it, get frustrated and give up.
So I decided to start working with WordPress […]

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Tags: WordPress · New addition · Somerville · poker