Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 26, 2013 in Blog, Travel |

For unknown reasons, this flight is absolutely packed with children and infants. A couple of dozen. You’d think a flight between New Orleans and Las Vegas – the two most hedonistic cities in America – wouldn’t have many kids. But this one does.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 26, 2013 in Blog, Travel |

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Note: I’m spending eighteen days and nights in New Orleans.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 26, 2013 in Blog, Travel |

Note: Stories from my eighteen days and nights in New Orleans.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 26, 2013 in Blog, Travel |

If you can be in love with a city, then New Orleans is my mistress. Here are some stories from my eighteen days and nights in New Orleans.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 25, 2013 in Blog, Las Vegas, Personal |

Here’s a story from the Binion’s Horseshoe era that happened in August 2003.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 23, 2013 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas, Personal, World Series of Poker |

This is the sixth in an extended series of articles about Chris Moneymaker’s victory at the 2003 World Series of Poker and what went on behind the scenes at the legendary Binion’s Horseshoe — before, during, and after, where I worked as Director of Public Relations.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 21, 2013 in Blog, Essays |

Does the imaginary sky daddy known to millions of human beings as “god” have lousy cell phone service?
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 19, 2013 in Blog, Rants and Raves, Restaurant Reviews |

Starbucks makes strong coffee. I love strong coffee. So, I love Starbucks.
Quod erat demonstrandum.
But Seattle, we have a problem.
Your pastries suck!
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 18, 2013 in Blog, General Poker, Personal, World Series of Poker |

This is the fifth in an extended series of articles about Chris Moneymaker’s victory at the 2003 World Series of Poker and what went on behind the scenes at Binion’s Horseshoe — before, during, and after.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on May 17, 2013 in Blog, General Poker, Rants and Raves |

In response to all the hype about tomorrow’s $500 million jackpot, I have a comment.
Any poker player who buys a lottery ticket is an idiot.
Ooops. Allow me to revise that.
Anyone who buys a lottery ticket is an idiot. However, poker players deserve to be singled out as a special class. They should know better.
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