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Guess Who’s (Not) Coming to Dinner?

Guess Who’s (Not) Coming to Dinner?

Posted by on Mar 7, 2013 in Blog, Personal, Restaurant Reviews | 7 comments

 

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When someone with impeccable taste in food and dining invites me to dinner, I usually accept.

However, after a recent debacle, I’ll have to re-think this policy.

This “friend” invited me to dinner at a restaurant I knew to be fantastic, but which I hadn’t visited in years.  He casually mentioned to me that some of his other “friends” would also be there.  Fine.

I showed up on time.  My next vision was right out of a horror movie.  I was astounded to walk in and see twenty strangers sitting at the table.  Strangers!  His friends!

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Touched by an Angel: How I Borrowed $120,000 in Cash on a Freezing December Night

Touched by an Angel: How I Borrowed $120,000 in Cash on a Freezing December Night

Posted by on Mar 6, 2013 in Blog, General Poker, Personal, World Series of Poker | 11 comments

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The Scene:  Atlantic City, New Jersey

The Date:  December 5, 2005

The Problem:  I need to raise $120,000 in cash by the following morning.  It’s midnight.  

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Catholicism Goes Up in Smoke

Catholicism Goes Up in Smoke

Posted by on Mar 4, 2013 in Blog | 1 comment

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Imagine the possibilities.

The script reads as follows:  Cheech and Chong win a free trip to Italy.  While traveling, the old Pope resigns and a new Pope gets picked.  The two dope heads somehow stumble into the Vatican.  When the new Pope finally gets chosen, white smoke is traditionally released to the crowd gathered outside in Saint Peter’s Square, and a billion cheering worshipers watching worldwide.

Cheech and Chong.  White smoke.  You can pretty much figure out the rest.

At least the plot for “Cheech and Chong Visit the Vatican” would make sense.

But nothing makes sense in Catholicism.

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