haha, I was about to say somebody's getting a nice bonus this year! Congrats maeng. My company is doing pretty well this year too, although I just got promoted so my bonus/raise will be based on what is likely to be a "meets expectations" rating. Napsus 1, me 0

i'm mostly happy about the prospects for the future. our business is making a killing, easily the best year coming...basically freerolling already and we have 8 months to go

but also i got my bonus in march, part of which was deferred.
1/3 cash (this is the only one i saw in my account)
1/3 bonus bank
1/3 to be paid in 2-3 yrs

so i'm fairly sure to get 1/3 - 2/3 of march bonus this summer after we have repaid the bank. not counting on it, but would be lovely.

Glad to hear !

I need to get in this IB thing.

You guys seen the Hitler poker videos? Pretty entertaining, though maybe not for all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-yj7uf28Lk

yeah naturally the risk of getting fired increases if i don't deliver...

to be honest i consider myself a loser working for a bank like that. Provotrout 1, Napsus 0. i'm just gonna cash out for the hours i've been putting the last years and then one morning...

Well if anything you can rest assured knowing you pushed yourself and succeeded. Until then gl with the grind (poker too obv).

My brother is much happier these days now that he left the lawfirm, lots more time with his kids, etc. He talks fondly of the firm paychecks of last year though

have you ever seen it performed live?

the difference between reading it and seeing it live is amazing, i live in dublin so i've had a chance to see it several times and i've always loved it, it doesn't really come across how funny it is until you see it on the stage.

in terms of reading beckett,i really enjoyed his first novel murphy as well as first love and other stories. molloy is fairly weird and intense but absolutely incredible once you get inmmersed in it.

I agree. I really did not like the underlying message from this part, "It is impossible to see Cates and Griffin sitting side by side in their apartment, backlit by three monolithic computer screens, and not wonder when Cates’s day of reckoning will come. Was the million-dollar loss to Gus Hansen the beginning of the end for jungleman12?"

I think his point is less about Cates and more about winning poker players in general, that we are all on upswings which will someday end...


I liked this part though... "Hansen asked Cates if he would like to play some Pot Limit Omaha (P.L.O.), a form of poker known for its wild swings and even wilder betting patterns."

Nope I have just down... bough movie from it. Most of live performances I go look are operas I definetly read those other books later when I have more time.

good work boys.
not too many full moons ago the lc thread was only 2-3 pages long

Musicals > Operetta > Theater Play > Opera

Imo.

which operas u have seen

Hans Fallada: Jeder stirbt fur sich allein (or Alone in Berlin in English) and/or der Trinker
Firts listened to it on BBC Radio then bought the book.
(BBC is the nuts btw)

None live
But I've seen on TV and they bore me to death.. I've seen the three others live tho

He is not talking about Oprah Winfield.

my fav operas I havent seen live are example La Traviata with Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon. My fav. opera singers also. La boheme is goodie also





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRvNL-A9gGs

Not boring at all atleast for me

I'm having a hard time reconciling the standard (US, perhaps) perception of an opera-fan with someone that would choose to use that avatar.

Who said Oprah Winfrey is boring?

i'm with tsajajajajajaja, nice pics too.

in the same direction is andrea bocelli....love his music.

anyone up for nhl11 on ps3, $10 a game?

I wnt to opera with the bro in Italy, gave me goosebumps,was surprising I always thought It would be boring

all people from uni going out tonight just me sitting at home playing pokers
and even worse im running rediculously bad... lets see if i can stick to my dont look at the cashier rule

Next time I'd advise you to go out as well. Socializing is something poker players like us always run the risk of running low on.

Ok every single one of you should do this.

Will not take many minutes from your day and is relatively easy. I have done this like 1½ years ago and got to a hundred but slacked alot after that so I'm starting again from week 3 or 4. Gooooooo!

http://hundredpushups.com/

2 months ago I tried 100kg from bench, 3k from cooper and 100 pushups in dif. days. I did it

brag

100 pushups was hardest for me, last 20 I probably "cheated" a bit

swap hundred pushups with handstand from crouch imo... I'm not strong enough yet to push myself up completely but I can last like 12 seconds of trying per rep without my knees supporting, when I started it was only a few seconds, I figure couple of months Ill be able to do it properly then i will start to learn 1 handed and fingertip variations, then onto walking on my hands and one day jumping. Also important to do loads of stretches and boxing exercises so you can punch people in the eye with your knuckle or key real quick if need arises.

why stop at 100 also, its a bit dumb imo, and wouldn't take long unless your overweight in which case you are better of doing cardio. ONly doing push ups is a bit stupid also, put some dips and pull ups in there aswell