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The Best Gifts I Ever Received — a Blanket, a Cat, and a Silver Charm

Posted by on Dec 24, 2013 in Blog, Personal, Travel | 10 comments

 

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What are the best gifts you’ve ever received?

Truth is, our most precious gifts are the things we often take for granted.  Things like good health, our family, and our friends.  These are priceless treasures, far more valuable than we realize — until they’re gone.

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2013 Poker Person of the Year: Daniel Negreanu

Posted by on Dec 20, 2013 in Blog, General Poker, World Series of Poker | 0 comments

 

Daniel-Negreanu

Photo courtesy of www.poker.co.uk

 

Daniel Negreanu is my selection as the 2013 “Poker Person of the Year.”  [see footnote below]

Although several people made significant impacts on the game over this past year, no one matched Negreanu’s overall influence as a player, advocate, and outspoken critic — always with an independent voice.

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Highway to Hell: The Florida Turnpike

Posted by on Dec 20, 2013 in Blog, Personal, Travel | 3 comments

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Remember the tragic story of the pilots who took off from an airfield in Florida many years ago?  They got lost during the flight and then disappeared, presumably ending up somewhere in the Devil’s Triangle.

At least the men who went missing and were never found had some legitimate excuses for veering off course.  After all, they were flying World War II-era planes.  They lacked sophisticated nautical systems.  They didn’t have global tracking devices.

Such a thing couldn’t possibly happen today, could it?

Well….it did.

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