One of my favorite blogs to read is “Riding the F-Train,” written by an old college friend who became a lawyer, quit that, and writes about poker. His posts are usually great because he is writing about poker games and things actually happen. There’s a lot of narrative there.
Recently, he had a post about what [...]
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Bluffing versus Rolling the Dice
To Be 17 Forever
Last night, the Missus and I went to go see Drive-By Truckers and The Hold Steady at Terminal 5. Jesse’s crew was also there, but they were closer to the front of the stage. (Kids!) I’m waiting to steal pictures from someone’s Flickr account when they go up. I’ll add one here.
It was the only [...]
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Comfort in History
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been looking at historic results trying to predict what’s going to happen on Tuesday. I know that it’s swinging Obama’s way, but I just don’t believe it. And then there’s this from a NYTimes op-ed:
There have only been two upsets in my lifetime. And, Obama is clearly going [...]
This makes me laff . . .
. . . It was mentioned in a Cheers & Jeers on Daily Kos:
History and Cynacism
So, I was thinking Thursday . . . , remember Thursday?
The commentary at the time was that this was “historic,” and it got me thinking about periods in history. The only moment where I felt history was as jets flew over my head as I walked off Manhattan and into Queens on September 11. Whatever [...]