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Thursday, May 08, 2025

Jetting Up ... Or Is It Jetting Down?

This post actually begins almost 50 years ago. My small group of friends decided that we would all get the same logo t-shirt and have a nick...

Friday, March 07, 2025

Return to Las Vegas March 9-14, 2024 and a Weighty Decision

I almost can't believe that it has now been over six months since I have been to Las Vegas. A variety of circumstances have led to this ...

Friday, February 07, 2025

My Personal Life, Part I: The Gift

How many times in life do we wish for a second chance? How many times do we actually get that chance? If we do, how do things work out? I h...

Monday, January 20, 2025

Hello, Yeah, It's Been Awhile. Not Much, How 'Bout You?

I was quiet surprised to see that my last post had been 2 1/2 months ago. What have I been doing since my last report of Oct 27? Oct 29: Jef...

Friday, November 08, 2024

Of TBC, Dallas Poker Clubs, Oklahoma Poker, and family visits: My Road Trip of Oct 23-27, 2024

For several years, Tony Bigcharles and I had talked about taking a road trip so that Tony could visit his mother in rural Kansas. With Tony...

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Las Vegas Trip Report Sept 2-6, 2024: Outed Three Times at the Poker Table

Prior to September 2 It seemed like this day would never come. I had spent a significant amount of time assisting my wife, who was caring ...

Sunday, September 01, 2024

Back to Las Vegas September 2-6, 2024

For many years, Labor Day signaled a few things to me. With work, it was the end of an intense period that had been going on for about a mon...

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Las Vegas Trip Report: July 9-11, 2024

To go or not to go -- that was the question. My friend, Koala Pete , was going to be finishing his five-week trip from Australia to Las Vega...

Friday, June 07, 2024

Las Vegas, Here I Come -- Again -- June 9-14, 2024

I am sooooo ready to return to Las Vegas this weekend. This trip was scheduled quite some time ago so that I would have some time to visit a...

Saturday, June 01, 2024

Poker: Where I'm Winning and Where I'm Losing in 2024

With the first five months in 2024 now having flown by and with a trip to Las Vegas just over a week ahead, I thought it might be a good ide...

Saturday, May 25, 2024

Survivor Needs Some Changes; Blocked on Twitter by a Survivor Villain

I have been a fan of the television show Survivor since the end of its first season. People might not remember, but both Survivor and Big Br...

Monday, May 06, 2024

In Honor of What Would Have Been My Dad's 100th Birthday: A Reposting of a Dad/Rolling Stones Story

It is with fold memories and some sadness that what would have been my dad's 100th birthday is now almost over. My father passed away al...

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

2024: Another Year of Concerts

A little over two years ago, I declared a 12-month period my "year of concerts." It really was a spectacular year as many musicia...

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Jury Duty Littered with Sex: My Life This Past Week -- Part 2

PLEASE READ PART 1 FIRST FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF PART 2 The FBI agent the case centered around was interesting. She was obviously tryi...

Friday, March 15, 2024

Jury Duty Littered with Sex: My Life This Past Week -- Part 1

This past week, I have had most of my daytime hours wrapped up in jury service. I was originally scheduled to serve in January, but my broth...

Friday, March 01, 2024

Yeah - I'm Still Around. Poker Nonsense and Upcoming Las Vegas Trips

POKER It has been almost two months since my most recent blog post. The results with life, as often with poker, have been mixed. Years ago (...

Thursday, January 04, 2024

Las Vegas Trip on January 4-8, 2024: A New Year Trip to Clear My Head

After taking a five month break (July to December) in trips to Las Vegas in the second half of 2023, I am now turning around and taking this...

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