Erica and I just finished an exciting game of Oregon Trail....yes, the original Oregon Trail. We played using an Apple IIe emulator and a site that had a ROM of the original game. It was just as exciting as I remember from my days of computer class in elementary school. Two members of our party did not make it - unfortunately, Murray and Ezekiel ( Read more... )

Flight on Southwest...CHECK
BARGE Registration...CHECK
Begging people to sleep on their floor...IN PROCESS

I will be attending my first BARGE!

From what I remember, people try to compete to see who has registered for BARGE the earlier. Well, the registration page does seem to be up (don't know if this is on purpose or an accident, since I haven't seen an email to the list).

From PokerNews.com Updates ($1500 NLH final table ( Read more... )

I played in a noon tournament today at Fort McDowell to try and win a seat in the WSOP main event. It was a $60 entry with a max of 2 $30 rebuys. They ended up with about $23,000 in the prize pool, so they gave out 2 seats and split thr rest between 3rd through 10th. I played really well in the rebuy period (never rebought and worked form T5000 ( Read more... )

Schilling was so close! One batter away from the no-hitter. I'm a Yankees fan, so I don't like to see the Red Sox win, but even I was rooting for him in the ninth. I can't even imagine what that would feel like.

Hopefully on Sunday, I'm going to play in a $60 (+$30 rebuy) tourney at Fort McDowell to try and win a main event seat. They guarantee one seat for the tournament, at this past Sunday, they had about $19,500 in the prize pool, so the payouts for 2nd-10th were good. Considering the turnout they had, they may get 2 seats out of this Sunday's ( Read more... )

Headed to Vegas for the weekend - I'll be at the Luxor with a friend from school tonight and tomorrow night. Hopefully I'll do well enough to afford to go to BARGE (I'll be going either way, I'd just like to be able to pay for it a little easier).

So, there is a good chance that I'll be headed to Vegas this weekend, from Saturday until Monday. However, my friend who normally gets some decent deals on hotels is having some trouble finding a place to stay. Does anyone have a suggestion, or have a connection that help us get a room at a decent price? Thanks!!!

1. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
2. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
3. ???
4. ???
5. ???

I'm looking for suggestions for 3-5. They need to be related to business, personal development, or sports.

(For anyone else looking for a good sports read, I recommend "The Blind Side" by Michael Lewis)