Here's another example of how unique-minded I am. When I hear someone's first name, I always associate with one particular person with that name. In some cases, it's the first person I ever met with that name, and in other cases, it's the more famous person with that first name. It doesn't mean I find them the most popular or unpopular. Here are some examples: ANGELA Dirsa. Maybe the most pleasant...

Back in Vegas. Tomorrow is the 1500 NL shootout, which is the event I'm most looking forward to this year. I can't play the other shootout. Being so excited pretty much guarantees I'm going to hose out instantly. Southwest was uncharacteristically late today, our flight was delayed by about 45 minutes. I was the first person off, though, and got to the Bellagio at around 6, thinking I had tons of...

As of 1/25 at 5 pm CST, here are the "torture music" posters and clips, with their YouTube links. If I've missed one let me know and I'll add it. andysaunders : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPh12Q7cpeE (Bilbo Baggins) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpsbj0OoeNo (Blackout Band - Video Games) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCP8kiL3jhA (Atom and His Package) blue_shadows9 : http...

Tournaments played: 15 Tournament games: 223 Tournament record: 140-82-1 (431-310-1 lifetime) Spread in 223 games: +7214 (32.6 per game) First-place finishes: Salado TX main event (Texas State Championship), War in Waco (Austin vs. Dallas shootout), two Dallas one-days Other money finishes: Dallas Open, fourth; Mid-Cities (Dallas/Ft. Worth), second; World Players Championship, fourth; Austin, second...

First off, thanks to everybody for their input on the NOPRSTT rack. It's one where you can make an argument for any one of about 20 plays. Like I've said, my problems are not with racks like that; my problems are when I have ABEEINS and think it's a no-go because I miss the obvious -S hook, and I need to work on the multitude of double-digit errors before the debatable 2-point errors. But at least...

Thanks to walterzuey , I had to confirm. Here are the results from the Blog Gender Analyzer : We think http://sneakyofverb.livejournal.com is written by a woman (66%) We have strong indicators that http://sopraffina.livejournal.com is written by a man (99%) Dang. I guess it's time to get angrier in my posts. Grrrr. Grrrr. Grrrrr. Was that angry enough? :)

Let's make it 15 to pare the list down a little: Ira Cohen: 18-21 Been playing Ira for over 10 years. I snapped a brutal 7 game losing streak against him at the CA Open. Always a tough opponent, regardless of how far his rating drops due to his frequent play. Mike Baron: 15-13 Didn't expect him all the way up here at number 2. I've had some fun games against Mike. drbing  : 12-15 Well, that's...