Monthly Archives: August 2003

The room is slamming with noise, microphones run a nonstop war from all directions, people waiting to get on the list, people on the list waiting to get a seat, conversation, and body heat build the pulse of poker, stretched … Continue reading →

Just when you think the situation couldn’t get any more ridiculous… Karate Don and Marty C. in the same game, $40-$80 Stud. Don in the 1s and Marty in the 8s. Primal Scream….arghhhhaieeeeee!!! Stereo, it hurts in two places at … Continue reading →

I made it! I was starting to wonder, about 1 a.m.ish, if I could drag through the next two hours and finish my first day back in the box. I’ve been on the ‘up at 6:30 – 7 a.m. and … Continue reading →

B-l-u-e M-o-n-d-a-y! Tomorrow’s “D” day. Deal Day for those of you that don’t get it! I’m going back to the battle of the green felt after three blissful weeks of total escape from the real world. Real World? Umnnhhhh…. It … Continue reading →

This is it for two weeks at least, maybe closer to three…the annual, festive, family rendezvous is at hand. I instantly turn into a food grazing, wine drinking, camp slut. No computers, no city lights, no traffic, no noise and … Continue reading →