Vegas

I’ve been in Vegas on business since Thursday, and haven’t stopped moving since. Thursday started with an early morning flight from the East Coast, a 6:00pm dinner meeting followed by a 9:30pm dinner meeting. I finally had some time to play poker on Saturday,…

Update

Been traveling the last few days. David was released from the hospital a few hours after my last post on Wednesday. Just antibiotics to clear up pneumonia, no blood clots. A welcome relief. More to follow later….

David Update

Don’t you love it when doctors agree? David is feeling much better. The chest pain has resided, and he is noticeably more animated. But his doctors can’t agree on what ails him. The pulmonologist and infectious disease specialist both agree on a rare strain…

David’s In The Hospital

For those of you that know me personally, you know David has been my best friend for my entire adult life, dating back to our days together at Osborn school in the 3rd grade. Well, David returned from a business trip on Thursday and…

Will the New BlackBerry Create a Storm?

Okay, a bit punny, but BlackBerry is about to release it’s first device to compete directly with the iPhone, the BlackBerry Storm. What does this mean for veteran BlackBerry users? Well, that depends on why you like your BlackBerry. The Storm features a touchscreen…

AA Buys Boeing Dreamliners

I’ve been a lifelong AA flier, accruing almost 2 million lifetime miles. So, when I got an e-mail from AA a couple of days ago saying they had secured a bunch of options on the Boeing 787-9, I was elated. First, the Dreamliner has…

Let’s Go Giants!

There were a couple of spots where we didn’t play as good as we could have, but the G-Men played fairly impressive throughout. A safety at the end sealed a convincing win against the 49ers. While the Redskins narrowly avoided losing to the Browns,…

Someday, Apple will rule the world!

SUBTITLE: Apple ProCare is the nuts! So, my “D” key stopped working on my laptop this morning. This had potential disaster written all over it. I drove to the Apple store near my house, and used my ProCare card to get on the standby…

Poker Friends in The Money

I have two friends who had significant cashes yesterday in poker tournaments. Neither did as well as they wanted, but both achievements are very notable. First, Matt Matros finished 7th at the WPT North American Championship in Niagara Falls. The tournament had 454 entries,…