Should have let it ride

I dunno she risked 25$ and could win quite a lot.

Some of you may be aware that I spent my formative years as a science-fiction fan, and SF fandom's community of writers, editors, artists, fanzine publishers, convention runners, hangers-on, and so forth have been the bedrock of my social life.

There was a man named Terry Carr who came up through the ranks of fandom and transitioned into professional life, a writer of beautifully crafted short stories (and, alas, but a single novel), and one of the very best editors to have ever worked in the field. He boasted of being, during the time he lived in New York, the very best copyeditor in the city, and it was not an idle boast. He was a major-league grammar nit, which is an essential trait of a copyeditor.

And there was an artist named Bill Rotsler who, at one point in the late 70s or early 80s, made for his friends special calligraphed badges, like unto namebadges, with pithy or funny sayings tailored to the people to whom he gave them. For Terry he made a badge that read, THANK YOU FOR NOT ABUSING "HOPEFULLY" The misuse of that word was one of his particular pet peeves.

There are times when I remember this, and wish I had to wear at poker players's social occasions like BARGE or the 2+2 annual meetup, a similar badge, prepared by one of my artist friends, that reads THANK YOU FOR NOT ABUSING "OPTIMALLY."

Seems your pain threshold is higher than mine.

Debating on flying out to merce this weekend, on the plus side almost everyone I know is there. On the flip side, everyone is running g** awful, ranging from stories of "got ravaged for 100+ bets at 2/4" to "br at all time low" and "I seriously think someone out there hates me."

I would only get there Friday night, and play until Monday night... hrmm...

I'd just like to comment on some LOLness. My wife has published two novels. The first was overwhelmingly well reviewed, the second one has been reviewed favorably to date, but it was released very recently so, you know, small sample size.

Some of the reviews make me just shake my head. One gave the ebook version 1 star because she had trouble downloading it to her reader. I'm pretty sure that is something outside the control of the author, but, hey, thanks for the 1 star review.

Another review takes the book to task because it involved something that the title would tell you that it involves. For example, if the book was called All-In, A Tale of A Poker Pro's Rise to Fame, the analogous review would be "I thought I would like this book, but there was a lot of discussion of poker players in the book, which I didn't enjoy."

Just makes me shake my head.

Off the cuff I cannot think of one that competes.

I did this for sailboats the other day, except he had like $2005 or something and was trying to lose the flip. I didn't go off for $400 though.

you play so good.

Family, religion, friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business.

This is my favorite.

It's funny cause it's true.

Too long to ever use irl but this has always been one of my favorites

The year was 1968. We were on recon in a steaming Mekong delta. An overheated private removed his flak jacket, revealing a T-shirt with an iron-on sporting the Mad slogan "Up With Mini-Skirts". Well, we all had a good laugh, even though I didn't quite understand it. But our momentary lapse of concentration allowed Charlie to get the drop on us.

I spent the next three years in a POW camp, forced to subsist on a thin stew of fish, vegetables, prawns, coconut milk, and four kinds of rice. I came close to madness trying to find it here in the States, but they just can't get the spices right --

"People, we are all frightened and horny. But we can't let killer dolphins keep us from living and scoring."

You simply can't read reviews of anything from online nobodies. Not only because of the sample size and selection bias, but because most people are dumb. It's really the worst thing you can do both as a husband and for her as a writer. I learned the hard way.

BAHAH!

frogurt

you guys have epic taste in Simpsons quotes.

Women will like what I tell them to like.

Steven Wright: I finally got around to reading the dictionary. Turns out the zebra did it.
[the entire audience, except Homer, laughs]
Homer Simpson: I don't get it.
Lisa Simpson: Dad, the zebra didn't do it, it's just a word at the end of the dictionary.
Homer Simpson: I still don't get it.
Lisa Simpson: It's just a joke.
Homer Simpson: Oh, I get it! I get jokes!

I think the dolphins quote mat win. The family guy where Lois boxes and they have a disfigured boxer talk incoherently for 30 seconds at a time is also amazing.

I walked in the door today after a horrific night shift and found my 3 girls sitting in the kitchen eating breakfast. I didn't want to have to tell any white lies today so yesterday I went shopping and had wrapped awesome surf clothing picked out for all which was presented to each with a single red rose. I asked them "will you accept this rose" and they all laughed since they got the reference. Of course I just want to make it clear at this point that I do NOT watch the bachelor. I repeat, I do not. Nope, not me. Never, ever. Anyway, off to sleep I went and now that I am up my wife and I will head out to a movie for the afternoon but all the romantic comedies, ie "the vow" are sold out. What a shame. So, I guess we are stuck seeing action thriller and Denzel's "safe house" looks like the best option. Trip report to follow. After that off to sushi. So far running good on Vday.

"Marge the doll is trying to kill me and the toaster has been laughing at me"

"This is the greatest case of false advertising I’ve seen since I sued the movie “The Never Ending Story.”

"Well, he’s kind of had it in for me ever since I accidentally ran over his dog. Actually, replace “accidentally” with “repeatedly” and replace “dog” with “son.”

"Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs."

"They call them fingers but I never see them fing.....oh there they go"

Surf you're a class act all the way.

That time has come again. Trying to book wsop stuff early get at me if your interested

Color me interested allstarrt. It would be nice to have a real bed this year, but I'll likely be in and out like last year.

gotta add in quimby:

1. on "do what you feel day" Quimby says: "I am, ahh, here with this woman who is, ahh, not my wife because I am, ahh, ok with my womanizing."

2. when given a cash bribe by fat tony for allowing mice milk in schools: "fat tony, i, ahh, appreciate your, ahh, generosity; however, in the future, i'd prefer a non-descript briefcase to the, ahh, bag of cash with a dollar sign."