For all of those out there that don’t know the answers to all of the stupid Obama rumors:

My 20 year (!) class reunion is coming up Friday.  I’m really excited about it and have been prepping for it for months now.  I’m down to 190 pounds and I’m in the best shape I’ve been in for years.  So other than having to admit I build tires for a living, I shouldn’t embarrass [...]

Slusher Family 2008

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Here is our obligatory family photo for 2008.
I’ve got a good-looking family and I know it.

I’ve noticed that most Republican mouthpieces string words together like they are always writing an 80’s pop music song.  They have these loaded words that evoke emotion from you, but once you string them together they actually make no sense.  In a way, this nonsense is almost exclusively the reason for their political successes.  You [...]

I’ve said this before, but it is worth repeating.  I rarely, if ever, hear nice people complaining about having to be politically correct.  It is almost exclusively the domain of jerks who don’t want to feel peer pressure to not be jerks.  If you can’t speak of others in basic terms that aren’t insulting, you [...]

Poker is a funny game.  There are all kind of games in this world and most of them have a single optimal strategy that if followed all but guarantee a high rate of success.  Tournament No Limit Hold Em Poker isn’t really like that because of several complicating factors.  First, there are up to 10 [...]

My brother talked me into downloading the PokerStars software a few weeks ago.  It’s okay, the GUI is a little weird and I hate not being able to move my seat around on the table so I end up forgetting where I am at and losing track of when it is my turn.  Those are [...]

I honestly don’t know what to say about this.