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Posted by on Aug 29, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Personal, Sports Betting | 1 comment

How PokerStars Almost Offered to Buy the NFL’s New Orleans Saints

 

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Here’s a fun story from my days working for PokerStars.com, where I served as Director of Communications between 2004-2006.  After Hurricane Katrina, we seriously considered making a bid for the NFL’s New Orleans Saints. 

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Posted by on Aug 26, 2014 in Blog, Las Vegas, Personal | 8 comments

Is Las Vegas Still a Good Place to Live?

 

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Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky,
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same.
There’s a green one and a pink one 
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.

— Peter Seeger (“Little Boxes” — 1962)

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Posted by on Aug 9, 2014 in Blog, Personal, Rants and Raves | 5 comments

A Customer Service Pet Peeve

 

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Yesterday at a local Firestone Auto Center, I encountered something way too common.

While standing at the counter and explaining what repair services needed to be done, my time was poached and my man-space was violated.  I’m talking about being hijacked by the all-too-frequent alien invader phone call.

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