So here we are on New Year’s Eve, it’s a great time to reflect upon all that was this year. Personally it was a gratifying year overall. I have my health and a great family. That’s a great start. After that, truly everything is gravy. Tangible or not, there seemed to be a lot of [...]
Archive for December, 2007
2007 – The year that was Stock-style
Posted in Life in "LA", Uncategorized on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Borgata – NL$230 – one last tourney in 2007 – final table chop!
Posted in Poker on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Am in the NY/CT area for the holidays and as come tradition the last couple of years I’ve trekked to both Foxwoods and Atlantic City. Foxwoods was a non-event which produced a whopping $100 win, but it was after being down $700. Went with Lou R and John B to AC and stayed at the [...]
Another East Coast visit – NY, CT, and the Xmas-time
Posted in Life in "LA" on December 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m bracing for the cold weather. Living in LA affords me the luxury of mostly immaculate weather (the last few days are more exceptions – rainy). I’d say that out of 365 days – 340 are mostly sunny. It’s kind of boring but certainly one of the reasons people live here – I guess.
So am [...]
Financial Responsibility – Americans are irresponsible – Coupons are good for the wallet!
Posted in Life in "LA" on December 17, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Living in LA and ‘having some time on my hands’, I’ve taken up the addictive quality of coupon clipping. It’s funny, because I’ve always used coupons, but it’s interesting how much more into I’ve been lately. I’ve always been a saver and investor. I’ve always been shrewd with money. We’re a rarity in America having [...]
The 11 day diet, Part II concludes – results
Posted in Life in "LA" on December 11, 2007 | 3 Comments »
So last night was the end of my second trip through the 11-day diet. The results were about the same as the first go around, a loss of 6.0 pounds, net 4lbs after the last day of the diet’s first go around (gained 2 lbs during the 3-day recovery period). This time I ensured I drank [...]
Holiday Giving
Posted in Life in "LA" on December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Tis the season. It’s unfortunate, but most individuals wait until December to make their charitable contributions. In following the lead of another blogger who listed Childs Play as his charity of choice, I’m listing and petitioning one of our favorite charities – Make-A-Wish. First beyond being just an amazing charity – Mindy’s been a wish granter for [...]
Poker – Upcoming trip in February – The Wynn Classic (Feb 28-Mar 2)
Posted in Poker on December 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For anyone interested, I’ll be out in Las Vegas from Thursday February 28th through Sunday March 2nd for the 2nd annual Wynn Classic. I played in last year’s event in the very first event and it was fun. I didn’t cash, but it was fun. It was a $500NL with 4,000 in chips and I [...]
Poker – NL$335 – Holiday Ho Ho Hold’em @ The Bike – Event 15 – 15th place
Posted in Poker on December 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So the poker year is winding down. The last ’series’ of tournaments in Los Angeles is at The Bike and I think that attendance swoons this time of year due to tired players, the holidays and there’s a big tournament going on in Vegas at the Bellagio. So there was only 113 entrants for this [...]
Update on the ‘bet’…at least on one end…
Posted in Life in "LA" on December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On my second tour of duty with the 11-day diet and so far so good. Started this version at 195.2 after packing on two pounds during my 3-day mandatory sebatical from the diet. I’m now on the 12 cups of water a day routine in addition to trying to keep as strict as I can [...]
Poker – the $3,000 dollar donkey at Commerce
Posted in Poker on December 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
So I played one of my very best sessions last night. I won $500. It does not sound like a lot, but I truly played very solid poker and am please with the results. Not just winning the money but also in being disciplined enough not to lose a lot of money. I played for [...]
