I can only read so many HuffPo articles and FARK doesn’t update quick enough for me. I-Am-Bored updates too slowly as well. FailBlog is pretty funny, but again, updates are few and far between. Same with LOLCats and dogs.

So I’m pretty much left with poker. I only play for small stakes, usually sit-and-go’s and tournaments. I’m not trying to make a living playing poker, even though that would be fun, I’m just doing it to kill time. Really, it’s to have my way with time. Time is a bastard that needs to be taught a lesson.

Still no job, although I think I’ve applied for 50 since I became unemployed. Finding a job in this economy really sucks. I thought Obama was supposed to fix that? (That was just troll fodder.)

Why is this donkey raising with 10-7 off-suit and then getting mad at me when I call his stupid raise with KQ and 10 times the chips he has?

I should probably start working out again. I should start getting up early and running.

Can’t wait until Monday. Isabel’s first basketball game. That will be a great time.

I need to find and charge up my iPod.

I’ll leave everyone with this little nugget of wisdom.

If you can’t beat them, join them. THEN beat them, it’ll be easy because they won’t be expecting it.

That was courtesy of Stephen Colbert. He probably got it from someone else though, but I didn’t care to check.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWQhq8NveIY[/youtube]

I think Ranger got hurt during the event too. When we got had a slight limp and he was licking his left paw the rest of the night.

Anyway, out of the 14 teams, we came in second place. The scoring was different than the normal way you score this event because it was just a bunch of novices. (I assume they mean the dog was novice, because most of the tossers were also entered in the intermediate and advanced divisions with different dogs.)

These were the final scores for the top three teams.

1st Place: Walt Swaggerman and Ruby round 1- 3.5,3.5,4. 5,3.5 (15) round 2-3.5,3.5,4. 5,4.5 (16) Total (31)
2nd Place:David Lester and Ranger round 1 – 2.5,3.5,4.5 (10.5) round 2- 4.5,4.5,4.5 (13.5) Total (24)
3rd Place:Debbie Swaggerman and Rascal round 1- 3.5,3.5 (7) round 2-3.5,3.5,3. 5,2.5,3.5 (16.5) Total (23.5)

We had a great time out there and hope to do it again soon!

Talk to you next Wednesday.

[edit: Pictures gone, but it said I was going to make some money soon. It lied.]

So since things are about to pick up for me, what would you like? I’m taking orders.

You can find them here.

I’m not talking about any of the meeting stuff. Just the poker I played.

The first night I got there, we had stuff planned until 9:00PM so I didn’t get to the tables until about 9:30. I signed in to play on the $1/$2 no-limit tables since there was a waiting list. It didn’t take that long though, so I sat down to play at about 10:00PM. I started with $200 and played pretty tight. It was pretty uneventful. I made a couple of moves here and there, won most, lost a few, but by the end of the 3 hours, I was up $300. That’s when I cashed out.

The next night, some of my co-workers decided to play a game in one of the suites. The problem is, we didn’t have any chips. So all ten of us went to the cashier in the casino and each got $20 worth of quarters. Long story short, my laptop bag had to be examined again at airport security on the way back because the $120 worth of quarters was blocking the view.
The last night there was again a waiting list for the $1/$2 no-limit game so I decided to sit down at the $2/$4 limit game. This game also has $1/$2 small/big blinds, but the maximum bet/raise starts at $2 pre-flop and flop, and goes up to $4 on the turn and river. I only sat down with $100 at this game, but cashed out $186 at the end of the night.

My flight didn’t leave to come back home until 5:00PM, and the last shuttle from the hotel to the airport left at 2:00PM. Since our meetings ended at 11:30, I had a couple of hours to kill. So what do you think I did? I went and sat at the $2/$4 limit table of course! I started with $100, and cashed out $160 two hours later.

Overall, it was profitable. I spent a few bucks in the slot machines killing time, and wasted $20 on the blackjack table.

I’m glad to be back though. I did splurge and upgrade my seat to first class on the way back. That was sweet.

Pam and I took Ashley to get her hair done on Sunday. We dropped her off and we took Isabel to the AMC theater nearby to catch Deck the Halls. It was slightly amusing, at least one part. I don’t think I’ve seen Danny Devito in a movie in ages. Pam couldn’t stand it and took advantage of Ashley’s quick finish on her hair to bolt out early while Isabel and I stayed to finish the task.

Today I volunteered at Isabel’s school. Helped with the morning drop off, helped in some classes and P.E. and got attacked by all the kids during recess. But it was fun.

Tomorrow’s another day at work. Yipee.

Gatorland was on fire today.

We visited Gatorland last November when we took a trip to Disney World with the kids and most of Pam’s family. Hmm… well, actually, all of Pam’s family. At least the immediate ones.

Anyway, I read today that Gatorland was on fire. I remember that mouth. It’s supposed to look like this.

I’ve got a picture of the kids right in it, I’ll post that later. I walked through it myself. At least it was just the gift shop and they didn’t have to deal with any crocs or gators.

Party over.

Oh, and I had soccer practice tonight too. I’m so out of shape it’s not even funny. Although it did feel good to work the ball with my bro again.