Another Silly Stoopid Blown Call
November 10, 2008
Well the Eagles lost a tough one, 36-31 at home to the Giants on Sunday night on national television. But the real losers in the game were not the Eagles, but once again the referees, as well as one of the two key announcers on the Sunday night games….
Recession-Era Unemployment
November 7, 2008
Well, just like that we are already higher in U.S. unemployment than the peak unemployment of the 2001-2002 recession. The Labor Department announced on Friday morning an absolutely dismal report of not only 240,000 jobs lost in October — surely the …
Obama and the Market
November 5, 2008
Well, glad to see the stock markets are having a nice, rational reaction to the election of Barack Obama. I have too much going on for a proper post today, but I thought I would check in to note the situation in the market again this week. After a 32…
Election
November 5, 2008
What a day in America.Anyone looking for a measure of just how much the people despise what George W. Bush has done to this country, anyone wondering exactly how disappointed and let-down the American people feel, got their answer in a big way on Tuesd…
Cash Game Question — Conclusion and Analysis
November 4, 2008
Wow! What a set of responses to my actual real life poker question yesterday. Guess maybe I should post a little more about poker, huh? I will see what I can do about that. I am definitely still very interested in the game, and I’m still reading an…
Cash Game Question
November 3, 2008
And out of nowhere we’re back to a poker question about a cash game hand I recently ran into. I am interested in any of your thoughts on this because there was some disagreement around the table as to the right play to make in this hand. And I will n…
2008 Phillies in Review
October 31, 2008
As I put the bow on the 2008 Phillies season, I have a lot of reflections and a few interesting questions. This championship, perhaps more than any other in recent baseball memory, really was a full team effort. So many of the “little guys” made big …