Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 21, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas, Personal |
Last night’s wine dinner, featuring selections from Markham Vineyards
Writer’s Note: Today, I’m launching a new semi-occasional column which I’ll update every month, or so. It’s called “Scattershooting.” I borrowed ripped-off this concept from a former legendary sportswriter named Blackie Sherrod, who used to write for the now-defunct Dallas Times-Herald. Blackie wrote a column every Sunday which appeared in the Sports section. He’d post short snippets about what was going on in sports and elsewhere, and then give his opinions. Blackie always began his column with the familiar trademark line, “Scattershooting, while wondering whatever happened to…..” — followed by some famous name that seemed to disappear off the face of the earth. Here’s “Scattershooting” column number one.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 20, 2014 in Blog, Book Reviews, Video 1, World Series of Poker |
Herbert Noble somehow managed to defy the odds and survived. He withstood no less than eight assassination attempts on his life. But Number 9 was the end. Here’s the story of “the Cat.”
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 19, 2014 in Blog, Featured |
FAITH and TRUST are very different things. One may even argue, convincingly I assert, faith and trust are contradictory.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 18, 2014 in Blog, Personal, Restaurant Reviews |
Why do I choose to drink mineral water all the time?
But — rather than ask why I drink mineral water mostly, the rightful question is — why do so many people willingly consume the legal poison known as soft drinks?
To me, that’s outrageous.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 17, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Music and Concert Reviews |
I don’t get nightclubs. I don’t understand them at all. The ass baggers who will pay $750 for something called “bottle service,” which basically consists of a fifty-five dollar bottle of Grey Goose stuffed into an ice bucket with four glasses, wheeled out by a 90-pound waitress who’s now expecting a 25 percent tip. Bottle service — VIP rooms — velvet ropes….it all adds up to a pricey parade of pricks.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 16, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Personal, World Series of Poker |
1990 world champion Mansour Matloubi, watched closely by the poker press corps
If winning a major poker tournament represents the game’s greatest glory, reporting on such events can sometimes be its worst drudgery.
In this column, I look back at poker writing and tournament reporting over the years and gives thanks to those who blazed the trail to the present day.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 15, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, World Series of Poker |
What follows is the history of poker in photographs.
This is Part 1, which covers the period 10,000 BC up through 1975 AD.
Let’s begin.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 14, 2014 in Blog, Rants and Raves, Travel |
“All people are the same; only their habits differ.”
― Confucius
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 14, 2014 in Blog, Personal, Restaurant Reviews |
Mango’s Mexican restaurant, west of Fargo, North Dakota — terrible sign but great food
I love this place!
Who’d guess there’s a terrific Mexican restaurant in North Dakota?
Well, there is. It’s called Mango’s.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 13, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Personal, Travel |
Each of the past ten years, I’ve spent an average of 120 days and just as many sleepless nights staying in hotels. For the math-challenged, that adds up to about 1,200 nights, equal to three-and-a-half years of my life.
I know something about hotels and now wish to share some things that drive me crazy.
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