Archive for February, 2008

FOX Gets Stupider Every Day

Friday, February 29th, 2008

I’ve always hated the Faux News Network. Bill O’Reilly makes my skin crawl and John Gibson is just some weird albino dude with paranoid fantasies of Rambo Claus needing to fight his way through Christmas.
But this takes the cake.
Not only is the whole thing hogwash, (C’mon a drone aircraft with GPS for $500? Sure [...]

Weight Loss

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Current weight: 196 lbs.
Starting weight:  215ish lbs.
 So I’ve lost around 20 pounds so far, which is right in line with my goals.  With the workouts, I’ve managed to keep my muscle, too.  I’ve probably lost more than 20 pounds of fat, I’ve just added back some pounds in muscle. 
I’m really enjoying the way my body is [...]

Going To The WSOP

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Im going to be playing in a World Series of Poker event this June.  It will be event #27 on June 14th-June 17th.  Last year’s winner was Phil Helmuth, Jr. and it paid him over $600k.  I’m both incredibly psyched and scared to death.  I realize that it is close to stupid to be nervous [...]

Yes We Can

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Via email, one of my old college roommates, Joe Joyce, sends this link.
He makes me feel something that I long ago thought I would never feel again, hope.  That’s worth something, in and of itself.  Whether he succeeds in his quest or not, he has hit me with the sparks that he throws off and [...]