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Posted by on Jul 24, 2014 in Blog, Personal, Rants and Raves, Travel | 3 comments

Rental Car Hell

 

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Each time I cut corners, something really bad seems to happen which makes me blow a fuse and I end up writing and ranting about it.

So, here I am.  My story begins two hot and sticky summer nights ago when I arrived in humidity-drenched Dallas at way past midnight, long after the rental car location was supposed to close.

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Posted by on Jul 17, 2014 in Blog, Personal | 2 comments

My Pet Bed Review

 

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Our oldest cat needs a new pet bed.

At age 13, Alex is a senior now.  So, he has special needs.  He’s what we call a special needs cat.

Unfortunately, we can’t ask Alex his opinion about which type of pet bed he prefers.  Soft or firm?  Cotton or foam?  Circle or square?

The only sound he makes is “meow,” which in cat language basically means one of three things:

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Posted by on Jul 8, 2014 in Blog, Video 1, World Series of Poker | 4 comments

Andy Rooney Never Had to Do This

 

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Thirty-six hours ago, my cell phone rang.  Or chimed.  Or whatever cell phones do.

It was Todd Anderson on the other end, the brains behind “Poker Night in America,” the new show which debuted last week on CBS Sports.

“We want you to film a segment which we’re going to insert at the end of each show,” Todd said.

Great, I thought.  What does he want to film?

“We want to film you,” Todd insisted.  “We want this to be like an Andy Rooney piece at the end of 60 Minutes.”

Wait a bleeping minute.  Isn’t Andy Rooney dead?

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Posted by on Jun 30, 2014 in Blog, Personal, World Series of Poker | 0 comments

The Blue Bunny Machine is Back!

 

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Who’s the evil trickster responsible for bait and switching the Blue Bunny ice cream machine?  That’s the refrigerator full of frozen tasty treats inside the employee breakroom here at the 2014 World Series of Poker.

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Posted by on Jun 17, 2014 in Blog, Personal, Wine Reviews, World Series of Poker | 3 comments

Drinking Brown Wine from a $5,000 Bottle

 

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Anonymous Eccentric is such a wine tease.

Yesterday afternoon, she called me and announced a rather ostentatious master plan to crack open a classic bottle of vintage 1982 Chateau Margaux, one of the world’s premium Grand Cru’s.  One bottle retails for something in the neighborhood of $5,000,  According to my bad math that comes down to $150 a guzzle.

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