Category: Personal
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Lois is Always Right
OK, the title might be a slight exaggeration. In the 26 years that Lois and I have been together, I am reasonably sure that she’s been wrong at least once, perhaps even twice. 😉 Of course, being a man, I still argue (like a blithering idiot), until (yet again), she ends up being […]
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Rhonda Vincent at Joe’s Pub
Friends of ours were coming into town this week from Vancouver. They were free Monday night (last night) so we suggested an early dinner followed by a concert at Joe’s Pub at 9:30pm. Rhonda Vincent and The Rage were performing. She’s the queen of Bluegrass Music (which I love). We sent them a […]
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Poker Update
Interesting few days of poker… In my last post on poker, I mentioned that I felt ripped off by my site for not allowing me to use my Tournament Dollars (TDs) to register in last Sunday’s big tourney. This was the first time ever that TDs weren’t an option. I also mentioned that […]
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Rascal Flatts at Madison Square Garden
Last night we finally saw Rascal Flatts at Madison Square Garden (MSG). I have written a number of times about the company that owns MSG (and also Radio City Music Hall and The Beacon Theater). That company is a subsidiary of Cablevision. They run their concerts like clockwork, and I think that is […]
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CMA Writers Series at Joe’s Pub Featuring Rascal Flatts Songs
In November, we attended our first CMA Writer’s Series event at Joe’s Pub, and covered it in this post. As mentioned in that post, we purchased tickets that night for the next in the series, which was last night. Whenever we can, we reserve the same table for two, and last night, we […]
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Lost Season 3 on DVD
Well, mid-January has arrived, and as predicted, we found some time to hunker down and watch Lost Season 3 on DVD. We started on Sunday, and with a push to stay up much later than we typically do, finished the entire season at midnight last night. There are 23 episodes in season three, […]
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Bill Cooley Now More Accessible
I am very happy to announce that Bill Cooley now has a MySpace page. I have raved about Bill ever since seeing him live with Kathy Mattea at Joe’s Pub. The only problem was that spreading the word about how great this guy is was difficult, because his CDs weren’t as easy to […]
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Candyrat Records
I have written twice now about Magnatune as a real leader in the new age of publishing music. I am completely impressed with their business model and operation, and if you missed the first post, here it is. Candyrat Records is another cool online music label, but they don’t quite measure up to […]
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Jeff Wahl on Magnatune
In this post, I wrote about a wonderful online record label called Magnatune. I mentioned that I had downloaded three albums by a specific artist, but wouldn’t mention that artist in the post. His name is Jeff Wahl, and he’s another great acoustic guitarist. In my next post, I’ll finally tell how I […]
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Rethinking Online Poker
I started playing online poker in September 2004. It instantly became an obsession. For the first 10 months, I believe that I missed only one single day where I didn’t play. I still play a ton, but it’s definitely well beyond the obsession stage. In the past year, I have gone two weeks […]