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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Apr 4, 2015 in Blog, General Poker, Personal | 1 comment

How to Tell if Someone Really Understands Poker and Poker Players

Right then and there, Parkinson basically said, fuck it. “This clown doesn’t have a fucking clue what poker is all about,” Parkinson thought to himself. “Anyone who thinks any poker player is getting up for a meeting at 8 am might as well be someone working a regular job asking the loan manager to come into the bank and fill out an application at 4 in the morning. Now, how crazy would that be? I really thought he was joking.”

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 25, 2015 in Blog, General Poker, Travel | 5 comments

A Day with Mickey Appleman in the West Village

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Mickey Appleman is a professional gambler. I spent a day with him in his native New York City.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 22, 2015 in Blog, Personal, Travel | 0 comments

A New York State of Mindfulness

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We all need a park. Each of us requires our own particular park bench, that profoundly personal place where we run off to, that temporary asylum away from it all, that emotional hideaway uniquely our own, that haven assuring some calm and comfort when we need it most.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 10, 2015 in Blog, Politics | 4 comments

“All the News that’s Fit to Print”….and other trivial bullshit

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Let me be clear. The right to artistic expression must be defended. In all cases. No matter what. At any cost. No compromises. Without exception. Artists are either free to express themselves, or they are not. There’s no purgatory.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 30, 2014 in Blog, Movie Reviews, Politics | 10 comments

Ava DuVernay Should Apologize (The Atrocious Lie of “Selma”)

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When necessary, Hollywood must be permitted to apply dramatic license in order to tell a good story. That usually makes for a better movie. However, no filmmaker should blatantly lie about the historical record and get away with it, without scrutiny. That’s precisely what movie director Ava DuVernay has done with her grotesque portrayal of President Lyndon B. Johnson in the film, “Selma,” which has rightfully ignited lots of controversy among both historians and movie critics.