The Guy You Don’t Want to Be…
Marty January 27th, 2009
…is the guy standing at the door of the adult book shoppe waiting for it to open. That’s just weird (and yes, saw it this morning walking to work).
Archive for January, 2009
I am NOT a Rounder
Marty January 27th, 2009
Well, I played my first poker tourney in almost a year yesterday and … well, let’s just say that I’m not going be known as Marty “Aces” DeAngelo anytime in the near future. I actually did okay in terms of finishing – 21st out of 42 – but never really had a chance to get into a groove. I had some pretty miserable cards — in over 60 hands, I only had 4 pairs, none of which were better than a pair of 7s. My non-paired cards were almost always mixed high/low cards (K-5, Q-3, J-6 and the like), and almost never suited. It’s hard to play that way unless you are a better bluffer than I am. And bluffing isn’t a great option when you have guys at the table who are betting on nearly every hand – something you can do when you are deal FOUR A-A hole card pairs in the same span as I was there.
Still, it was 3 hours of poker and I had a good time. I’m not sure who won yet (other than NOT ME), but it was good to see some old friends and to play some poker again. I really need to get back to doing our monthly game because I miss the shit-talking, crude-joke-making, beer-swilling guy bonding that we do there. And heck, I even win some money on occasion.
In the meantime, back to iPhone Hold ‘Em to get my style into whack.
Best of 2008
Marty January 27th, 2009
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while but just haven’t had the time to do it with work kicking my ass. But finally, here are the things that I found to be the best of MY 2008. Continue Reading »
2008: The Year in Review
Marty January 6th, 2009
Well, let’s take a look at how I did on my list of 2008 resolutions … I’m sure that it will be interesting. On the surface, I had 23 goals and 19 sub-goals, including 9 ’stretch’ goals (*). The scorecard: Continue Reading »
Why I Hate Local Radio
Marty January 5th, 2009
Let me preface this by saying, “Yes – I am a little OCD, it seems”.
Okay, now that THAT’S out of the way, let me explain. I don’t listen to radio very often around here, almost exclusively when I’m in my car. But when I do, the radio is usually tuned to WXPN, a local station that focuses on more independent (read: folk and singer-songwriter) music. However, there are times when WXPN is playing some programming (such as Kid’s Corner or during their pledge drives) that I have had to turn elsewhere, and my first two choices have been two rock stations – 93.3 WMMR and 94.1 WYSP. Continue Reading »
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Green-tailed Towhee
Marty January 3rd, 2009
We got a little surprise yesterday when the JerseyBirds list announced that a Green-tailed Towhee (Papilo chlorurus) had been sighted in Collingswood – right down the road from me! Unfortunately, the poster didn’t know if the owners of the house were willing to let people know where they lived so I had to wait for word before I went over to see this rarity – at least for the east coast. Continue Reading »
2008 Birding
Marty January 1st, 2009
Well, it was definitely a slower year of birding this year than last. My job took up a LOT more time, and mother nature stepped in with a long string of bleary weekends during fall migration to limit my time even further. Continue Reading »
