I know I missed "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" last week when it was on CBS, but since my 7 and 9-year-old boys like popping this tape in and watching it on occasion this Christmas season, it's time to air some gripes about this "Christmas classic", hrrrumph!

1. Santa is a dick.

Santa, the benevolent one, the kind, the great – actually, Santa's the dick who mocks Rudolph for having a red nose. Are we prejudiced much, fat man? Is this a representation that Christmas is only for those without defects? Then to make it worse, the rest of Christmastown joins in the mocking of Rudolph. So basically, if you're a minority, you can't join in any reindeer games. OK then.

Then, after basically opening the door for Rudolph's departure from Christmastown, who does he come crawling back to Rudolph when a little snowstorm hits? Rudolph should have told Santa to "Kiss my furry brown ass, douchebag - me and the babe have a fifth of Tequila and we're flying to Tahiti."

Oh, if Santa is so great, then why does he continuously disrespect and ignore the Misfit Toys?

2. Quality Control in Christmastown

Speaking of them, what the fukk is up with the Misfit Toys. An elephant with spots, a train with square wheels, a Charlie in the Box, a dolly…what is wrong with her? (More later). What do they all have in common? All are toys, and where are toys made? At Christmastown! Who the hell is running quality control up there?

3. Real Generous, You Flying Lion

The gang reaches the Island of Misfit Toys. They've been riding through the fukking North Pole. It's cold there. It's windy there. Again, people, it's the North Pole. They reach the Island of Misfit Toys. The leader lets them stay for all of, what, one night? Thanks, asshole.

4. Bestiality and Homosexuality

At the Island of Misfit Toys, Rudolph, Hermie and Yukon Cornelius all sleep in the same bed. Then, later, Rudolph leaves. I don't see Yukon or Hermie missing him all that much, do you?

5. Women's Rights

Now comes the big fight, but who saves the day? It's Rudolph's Mom and Clarisse. Oh, but then Sam the Snowman says to "get the womenfolk back to Christmastown." Sure...after saving their asses, the men decide that the women need to get the hell out. Nice.

6. 4 out of 5 Cardiologists Disapprove of this Diet

Santa goes on an eating binge to get all fat within a week? How 'bout them arteries, jolly man? This just in: Santa Has Quadruple Bypass Surgery!

7. More Bestiality

Yukon Cornelius, fresh from doing a Reindeer and an Elf, turns his sights to a giant abominable snowman. I think we know what he's after there, huh. Was it just me, or did Yukon walk a little bowlegged when he appeared back at the Castle?



8. Let's Hide the Mental Illness

What was really wrong with the Dolly named Sue? It's suspected that she suffers from depression. Of course, we don't hear this - they just push mental illness under the table, hoping that we ignore it.

9. Some other miscellaneous shit I noticed

- Santa visits Rudolph after he is first born and Rudolph says – "San-tah." How does he know who Santa is? He was just born!

- Why can't Charley-in-the-box change his name?

- What kid wants a water pistol that shoots jelly? Probably most kids!

- How messed up will the kid who received the cowboy on the ostrich be?

- Why is the lion called Moonraker? Is the lion a James Bond fan?

- Why do all the male elves look the same except for the elf in charge, Herbie and the tall - one with glasses?

- Are all female elves blonde?



- Santa is unprepared for a snowstorm! At the North Pole!!! I bet it hardly ever snows there!

- Trees, animals and birds at the North Pole? Not likely! Except for Polar bears.

- How is Yukon Cornelius going to dig for gold at the North Pole? It's an icecap.

I think I have way too much time on my hands, don't I?

Frustrating day at Dino's

Yesterday was the last tournament before next week's fall finale at Dino's, and since I didn't have to actually do anything in order to advance to next week's game, my job was just to mess around, play different strategies here and there, and see where that takes me.

I liked my table selection at the start - only 22 players this week, and 5 at our table. We have Ronald, who will play any two cards, on my left. Ronald never raises pre-flops, and chases like nobody's business on his 4 outers...pot odds, be damned! Next we have Nicole and Jay, 2 decent players who know my game well enough, then on my right is Pat, a very pleasant lady to play poker with...but who is an uber-tight player. Could be fun.

I take down the first 2 pots of the night with a little aggressive post-flop play...no great pots, but I'll take my small ones to help me later. Ronald stars winning hand after hand after hand as everything he is chasing is hitting. He frustrating the table because the dude doesn't know half the time what his blind amount to put in is, doesn't understand things like "betting" and "raising", and will merely call your river bet with the nuts (he did this twice on straights last night). He'll also call pre-flop, then merely check-call with pocket queeens (he had this hand 3 times last night, so I got to see it in action)...even if he makes a set.

I did win a nice pot off of Jay early on when my Q-J flopped trip queens...Jay bet out both the flop and the turn, with me smooth-calling, then after hitting quads on the river, I got him to send me 50 more chips after I made the perfect value bet there.

Few hands later, I get Q-6 in the small blind...4 of us see the flop, and on a J-10-9 (2 hearts) flop, I bet out 100 to chase Nicole out of the hand, but Ronald and Pat stay in. 7 of hearts gives me a flush draw, and after a bet and 2 calls, a 4 of hearts hits the river. Only 2 cards beat my Queen of hearts here, so I lead out 200, which Ronald calls, then Pat min-raises to 400....she only does this with the nuts, so I fold. Ronald thought his pair of 7's were good (he was holding a 3 of hearts, too...and didn't even know that he had a flush, either), however. :-\

At 25/50 level, I get A-10 UTG, and raise to 150, where Nicole promptly min-raises me to 300. Ronald actually folds a hand here, which is something he doesn't do a lot of...and he wonders why he "never has any luck in the casino". I smooth-call here, with a feeling that I'm gonna have to suckout here. Ahhhhh, yes....10-8-5 flop, and after smooth-calling Nicole's continuation bet, checked down as she shows A-J.

A few hands later, I raise again to 150 on the button with A-9, and Nicole smooth-calls my raise. After a flop of 9-7-2, I make my normal continuation bet, and promptly get raised to 400, which gives me some pause here. Nicole doesn't make this type of play with K-7, for example...she's got an overpair, I figure, and I reluctantly fold. After the river she shows pocket Queens, so at least my read was right.

Big hand of the night was versus Ronald at the 50/100 level. In the SB I merely call with A-5 - it's a marginal hand, at best, and any raises aren't respected anyways, so might as well get in as cheap as I can. Flop of A-5-J comes out, and with 4 players in the pot, I want to induce a bet, so I check. No one takes the bait, and on the turn a Queen comes out. No flush draw for anyone, so I know I have the best of it now, so I bet the pot of 400, Ronald fumbles his chips around and calls. A 10 comes out, and gives me pause here...could Ronald really have been chasing with a King here? Naw, he couldn't, could he? I bet out 700, thinking I'm getting an easy call here....and Ronald calls with K-6 for the nut straight.

I toss my cards in the air, let out a "You've got to fucking kidding me!" comment, and am now officially on tilt. Pat's shaking her head at everything, and Nicole's got a look of "OMG!" about everything going on. It was after this hand that Ronald makes the "I wish I had this much luck in the casinos!" comment. I'm down to 555 chips at this point.

I take a couple of hands off to cool down, then in the BB jam my K-Q all-in...Ronald insta-calls with Q-J. K-high survives, and at least I have some chips to play with. Since 2 tables were down to 4, we split up to new tables. Nothing of note for an orbit, then with 700 chips UTG I open-jam 10-7 sooooooted, and PJ lays down pocket 5's after debating for a few minutes to call. After seeing his hand, I wish he would have called, actually...I need a double-up somewhere soon.

Lose 400 chips the next hand, then in the SB after it's folded to me, I shove the remaining chips (1100 or so) after seeing a Jack, and called by Mike...who's kind of a calling station and doesn't call all-ins usually unless he has something big. Since his stack is the same as mine, he decides to gamble "for the hell of it", and flips over K-3...has my J-5 dominated. No help to either of us, and I'm knocked out.

Oh well, an early night for me - at least I spent some time with the Mrs. before we both went to sleep for the night. Finale next week...time to plug a leak or 2 and get my A-game in order.

Some random stuff that's ticking me off today

- Those of you normal fukkers who shopped early on Black Friday can relate, but what the heck is up with the trailer-trash coming out of the wordwork and behaving exactly like trailer-trash at them big electronic stores in the suburbs? Fighting over someone cutting in line for TVs and computers in a Dearborn Best Buy? Bowling over little kids and handicapped people (I saw this today at Circuit City) to get that DVD of that shitbag of a movie that you wouldn't normally consider buying 364 days a year, except it's now $5.99, so for this day only it's a must-have for your collection? Whatsupwitdat?

- Makes you realize that too many people out there think Christmas = "Giftmas". I'm not much of a religious person these days, but there is a reason for the season, after all - try to remember that the next time you act like trash in a department store, mmmkay!

- Well, Lions, nice tease you gave us - better luck making the playoffs next year.

- Am I the only person who, over the last few years, absolutely hates sitting down and actually eating Thanksgiving dinner? Don't get me wrong, the day is actually one of my favorite holidays of the year, since it's a nice, easy day hanging out with the family, watching football, and no kids overnight (my parents watch the kids every year on Turkey Day).

- http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gg5xCtQtLBF6vJqWXStItGEOsJfwD8T39QMG0 - Parents, this is why you need to monitor your kids activities on the computer. But aren't the parents who created the fake profile on myspace amongst the biggest losers on this planet, as well?

- Oh yeah, getting up before 4am on a workday - every year I say I'm not getting up early to do this early shopping garbage, but when 1) it's only 1 or 2 stops early in the morning, and 2) it's for the kiddies at 70% off, it somehow doesn't seem so bad.

- At least I get out early, so maybe I can get in some hands of HORSE and Stud H/L on Stars again - killed the cash tables yesterday morning!

A new milestone for me at Stars

Just sharkscoped myself at Stars, and am over $800 profit for my SnG life...time for me to ratchet it up a notch to the $15+1 SnGs and see if I can get over the $1,000 mark soon. As infrequently as I play online these days, however, that's not a certainty.

Thank God It's Monday!

There's a phrase you don't hear very often, but after the last week, much deserved. Kelley's dad (Don) passed away last Tuesday afternoon after a long bout with numerous ailments, and obviously the last few days have been difficult on the entire family. Soap opera-like stories to follow in the future involving Kelley, Kim (sister) and Don's wife (Janet, or "Satan").

Poker tonight is hopefully a go - need a night out just to feel normal again.

No tourney report tonight

Didn't make it over to Dino's tonight, as Kelley's dad is gravely ill. He has been sick for some time now, and last night he and the family (Kelley, her sister, and his wife) decided to take him off of all medication, except what will make him more comfortable.

At least Don will not be in pain anymore, and will going to see his first wife in heaven. At least that's what we tell ourselves to try to hide the pain when we know our loved ones aren't going to be around anymore, right?

Another week, another Dino's tourney report

Missed last week's game (see earlier post for why) at Dino's, so I was rarin' to go this week. Ate my normal meal of a couple of sliders and a couple of Cokes, small-talked some with the normal waitress, checked out the new waitress in training (I am a guy, after all), then got down and dirty to play some poker. How'd we do this week? Check it out...

Sat down and my table draw was something like this...going to my left is Dennis, Jay, Ron (newer player, not very good), StevO (buddy from the weekly game), and Gary (tight calling station who rarely will raise a pot) to me. 24 of us again to start.

First orbit of the night, and StevO goes on semi-tilt for a while after Dennis, wannabe table captain (I happen to get along just fine with him, however) of the night gets in StevO's grill after Dennis donkey-calls a SPFR with 9-8 and hits trips on river to dominate StevO's 4-4. I don't necessarily faults Dennis's play here, but I can understand StevO's frustration with the hand - I just would have let it slide without saying anything, but that's just me.

Splash around a few pots before picking up a pot against Ron when I flop 2 pair and get called down to the river with bottom pair. Then a big series of folds happens, but I take down a nice pot from Gary after check-raising him on the river when a river 9 gives my A-9 2 pair - I had him beat the whole way, I suspect, but he may have been playing a weak ace here, who knows.

Win a couple of small pots, then get my first elimination of the night when I get Ron to go all-in with A-7 against my pocket queens on a board of K-K-10...10 and brick are of no help to him, and we're at 2900 chips. Chipped down to about 2300, when we get broken down to 2 tables. Some semi-cute buzzed brunette sits down, and after pushing her all-in with 8-8, I survive a race against Q-10 to get up to about 4000 chips. This would be my high-water point for a while, however, as the next hour I go card-dead.

Get down to 9 people, and I continue on my wonderfal streak of card-deadedness while a few players are eliminated as a night of river beats continues. Dennis goes out in 6th against Vic, who starts a nice hot streak by then taking Ronald/Donald (Ron, an uber-donkey who's usually out early) and Jay out in the span of one orbit.

After pushing to steal blinds at 400/800 2 hands in a row, I take out Pat when my A-J holds up against her K-3, and Vic and I are heads-up. To this point, Vic has actually played very well as the big stack pushing players around, and made some good reads and plays against other players. I'd say I have about 7K in chips, which makes me about 5-1 down in chips to start.

First hand of HU in the BB I look at KQ, and shove my chips in the middle when Vic puts me all-in, and elated to see him flip K-10 over. K on the flop, no help on river, and a fukkin' 10 on the river knocks me out in second. Congrats to Vic for winning this week for the first time - well-deserved win based on his final table play.

After this week I'm up to 30 points, more than enough to already be qualfied for the final table sometime in next few weeks, but I want to make a run at overall point leader, and I'm only a couple of points behind, so I'll keep going Monday's nights to Dino's, I guess.

Greatest ad ever!

http://www.splendad.com/ads/show/1481-McDonalds-Cha-Cha-Slide

At least for a couple of weeks (or til Super Bowl, at latest).

This guy didn't follow my Stud H/L primer too well...

Ahhh, yes - I love the feeling of losing a split pot to a 1-outer on the river - if you understand anything about thing game, this you'll understand the total fishiness of it all.

PokerStars Game #13046347619: HORSE (7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit, $0.50/$1.00) - 2007/11/04 - 20:54:48 (ET)Table 'Hybris' 8-max

Seat 1: Soldier ($23.05 in chips)
Seat 2: Antoninus ($20 in chips)
Seat 3: sodapop ($23.80 in chips)
Seat 4: sylance ($14.85 in chips)
Seat 5: scladdy ($17.60 in chips)
Seat 6: vegaslulu ($40 in chips)
Seat 7: BKrywko1 ($21.75 in chips)
Seat 8: Sayers40 ($26 in chips)
vegaslulu: posts the ante $0.05
BKrywko1: posts the ante $0.05
Sayers40: posts the ante $0.05
Soldier: posts the ante $0.05
Antoninus: posts the ante $0.05
sodapop: posts the ante $0.05
sylance: posts the ante $0.05
scladdy: posts the ante $0.05
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to Soldier [Jc]
Dealt to Antoninus [4h]
Dealt to sodapop [3c]
Dealt to sylance [3s]
Dealt to scladdy [9c]
Dealt to vegaslulu [Js]
Dealt to BKrywko1 [7h 7d 7s]
Dealt to Sayers40 [Jd]
sodapop: brings in for $0.25
sylance: folds
scladdy: folds
vegaslulu: raises $0.25 to $0.50
BKrywko1: raises $0.50 to $1
Sayers40: folds
Soldier: folds
Antoninus: calls $1
sodapop: folds
vegaslulu: calls $0.50
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to Antoninus [4h] [4d]
Dealt to vegaslulu [Js] [Ts]
Dealt to BKrywko1 [7h 7d 7s] [6c]
Antoninus: checks
vegaslulu: bets $0.50
BKrywko1: raises $0.50 to $1
Antoninus: calls $1
vegaslulu: calls $0.50
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to Antoninus [4h 4d] [3d]
Dealt to vegaslulu [Js Ts] [Tc]
Dealt to BKrywko1 [7h 7d 7s 6c] [Jh]
vegaslulu: bets $1
BKrywko1: raises $1 to $2
Antoninus: calls $2
vegaslulu: calls $1
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to Antoninus [4h 4d 3d] [2s]
Dealt to vegaslulu [Js Ts Tc] [Ah]
Dealt to BKrywko1 [7h 7d 7s 6c Jh] [6s]
vegaslulu: bets $1
BKrywko1: raises $1 to $2
Antoninus: raises $1 to $3
vegaslulu: calls $2
BKrywko1: raises $1 to $4
Betting is capped
Antoninus: calls $1
vegaslulu: calls $1
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to BKrywko1 [7h 7d 7s 6c Jh 6s] [Ad]
vegaslulu: bets $1
BKrywko1: raises $1 to $2
Antoninus: raises $1 to $3
vegaslulu: raises $1 to $4
Betting is capped
BKrywko1: calls $2
Antoninus: calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vegaslulu: shows [Qs As Js Ts Tc Ah Ks] (HI: a Royal Flush)
BKrywko1: shows [7h 7d 7s 6c Jh 6s Ad] (HI: a full house, Sevens full of Sixes)
Antoninus: shows [6d 8c 4h 4d 3d 2s 5h] (HI: a straight, Deuce to Six; LO: 6,5,4,3,2)
vegaslulu collected $18.10 from pot
Antoninus collected $18.05 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $36.65 Rake $0.50
Seat 1: Soldier folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Antoninus showed [6d 8c 4h 4d 3d 2s 5h] and won ($18.05) with HI: a straight, Deuce to Six; LO: 6,5,4,3,2
Seat 3: sodapop folded on the 3rd Street
Seat 4: sylance folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 5: scladdy folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 6: vegaslulu showed [Qs As Js Ts Tc Ah Ks] and won ($18.10) with HI: a Royal Flush
Seat 7: BKrywko1 showed [7h 7d 7s 6c Jh 6s Ad] and lost with HI: a full house, Sevens full of Sixes
Seat 8: Sayers40 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)

A Stud H/L primer

Played 3 tables of .50/$1.00 HORSE over at Stars last night for about 90 minutes, which is a pretty good session for me lately. I cleared about 110 FPPs in that span, and made $55 last night...great run! When you sit down with $20 per table and come close to doubling up at each table in a limit game of this sort, either you're catching cards or playing very well...and a little luck sure never hurt anyone.

Where's the biggest money to be made in these games? The Stud games - one round is Stud (best high hand wins) and the other is Stud H/L (High and Low hands split the pot). If you don't have these games down, don't bother playing HORSE, since you'll get killed.

Basic Stud H/L strategy that I picked up from another forum from a very successful player - stick to this strategy, and you'll be a Stud H/L winner:

Starters: The basic starters are:

QQ or better
3 to a low
3 to a high flush
3 to any flush if only 1 out is counterfitted.

When you get that down, add these starters:

Any pairs with an A kicker if 4 of the outs are open
Any pairs if all 5 outs are open.
Both of the above you need an instant hit, if not get off the hand to any bet.

These above hands are on the aggressive side, BUT with a solid table image and the understanding you need to improve or get off you can get away with these hands. Remember straights are still UNPLAYABLE, it is much easier to fold AKQ or 789 than 223.

Playing 4th st and the Paint Rule (If you hit paint on 4th straight, fold!): We all know the Paint Rule by now, if you dont improve on 4th st when 3 to a low, GET OFF THE HAND TO ANY BET. There are a few exceptions:

When 3 to a low AND 3 to a flush, I will see one more card to hopefully improve both sides, if not one. EX- [2♣][4♣][6♦][K♣]....The [K♣] doesnt help our low, but it does give us a high draw as well. I will check this hand if UTG, but I will also call a single bet to see the next card. A low club would be ideal, but any club or any 4th to a low would keep me in the hand. If I dont improve at least one aspect of this hand, I am folding to a bet (one side note, if your flush suit is all over the board and you have only a few outs, get off the hand to a bet on 3rd st).

Betting your hands: Once you are 4 to a low, 4 to a flush or have a high pair you need to bet your hands. This game is about weeding out the competition, we dont want to be ahead and give free cards to our opponets. If you miss 5th st, and you are the last to act, I would bet as well. Betting on a missed 5th is key, I dont like to give a free card here.

If you missed on 6th st as well, you have a choice, look at the boards and play accordingly. If you missed with a 3rd low on board, but you paired a hole card (ex, [2][3][7][4][K][3]) you have to bet this hand. by checking you are letting every solid player know you paired that card. ANYTIME I see 3 to a low on board and the hand is checked to me, I BET IT, it means that your opponet has paired a baby. You might get a solid player off the hand with your board alone.

Feeding the rake: When lo: A big mistake players make is feeding the rake when low. If you are only low and your HU opponet has a good board([K][K][7][J], do not bet the river, you will only lose money on the rake. If your opponet has a crappy board ([8][J][Q][2]), bet away. There is a catch here...if you have a good draw board and a locked low, I will bet/raise a solid player with a so-so board. If you have a solid image as well, you are saying, I have a scoop...you may STEAL the high as well. On the chance you get called, you will surely get a few extra bets from this player later in the game because he thinks you will always try to pull this. Do not attempt this against a weak player....he will ALWAYS call you and you will just chop, but at the same time you alerted the solids on the table you will try to steal a high here and there. They will now be more apt to call you on a river steal attempt.

When hi: Always bet a weak opponets shaky board if you are strong, a board of [3][J][9][7] is screaming of a fish...bet here every time. You wont often go wrong betting your high hand on the river, the only time I wont do it is when a solid player as a strong low board...95% of the time we will chop and those bets are raked.

One other thing....if a player has a heavy draw board, DO NOT BET THE RIVER WITH ONLY A HIGH, its a sure fire way of losing 2 big bets...if he missed he is folding, if he hit, he is raising, just check/call there.

When you have a scoop possibility: ANYTIME I have a scoop hand....a locked low AND [A][A] or better I will bet/raise every time.

Good luck!

A frustrating week

Grumpy Old Crank writing today:

This week seems to have been nothing but headaches for me, since the week started. Oh, sure, my beloved Lions had a great win to start the week, and the Sox (2nd favorite MLB team) came through to sweep the Rockies later on, but after that it's been all downhill.

Monday went fine enough, save for wasting 7 hours of my day at the office taking care of trivial, minutia-type issues and shit. After leaving a bit earlier than normal because Kelley was getting stitches taken out of her mouth, I walk in the door just before 6 (after running to 3 different stores with 2 kids and not having any issues), about 5 minutes before she came home. Sweet, I'm thinking, I get to play poker tonight, after all - Kelley's appointment was at 6, and I wasn't gonna make her race home just so I could play cards.

After saying that I didn't want to eat because I was going to eat at poker (and spend some more of that phat gift certificate, in the process), I got one of "the speeches" that I'm used to hearing around the house:

"GREAT! Now I get to stay home and do all the kids Halloween bags! You need to prioritize here, Brian - your kids come first!" - not wanting to ruffle any feather any further, I decided to stay home Monday night.

About 7:50, however, I noticed Kelley getting on her pajamas, and getting her nail stuff out. "Aren't we putting bags together?", I asked. "I'm too f'n tired, Brian - let's do them tomorrow". Needless to say, this did not exactly endear herself to me for, oh, the rest of the evening. If this was a dude doing something like this to another man, this would be what us men would call a "dick move" on Kelley's part.

About 8:45 or so, after stewing on the chair for an hour, I got up, got my smokes, my keys, and my cell phone, and told Kelley that I was going up to the bar for a couple of hours to play some video games, i.e. "blow off some steam"...which turned out to be quite a fruitful night, free game wise (I was on fire with the high scores on the silly Megatouch game). At least when I got home and woke Kell up from the couch to go to bed, she apologized to me for "being such a bitch earlier" about the poker game...I didn't say anything - no need to jerk that chain tonight.

Last night I get stuck handing out candy to the little brats in our subdivision, yet again - at least this year I was stylish in my fleece jacket and jeans. The last 2 or 3 years have been very cold, so it was nice to not have to wear a jacket outside yesterday. On my block, from the 13 houses (26, if you count both sides) from my house to the main, a whopping 2 houses were handing out candy. The rest of the subdivision was quite hoppin' last night, but I still ran out of junk to pass out before 8pm. At least the kids bussed in from Detroit actually wore Halloween costumes this time around, which I can't say is the case every year.

Other shiznit on my mind:

- Stevo, you shoulda skipped the donkfest known as the cash game, but at you're showing your charitable side by allowing someone else to get final table points this week at Dino's!

- After watching bits and pieces of the DemoTard debate the other night, I've come to the conclusion that Hillary Clinton has already cinched the nomination for the Dems...all without having to give one substantive statement (other than "I'm married to Bill!") about why she really should be President. Obama is nothing more than blowharded empty-suit, Edwards is a total joke (mega-millionaire lawyers can't play populist with a straight face), and the rest of the field should just quit now.

- Go back and listen to her unscripted response to the illegal immigrants getting driver's licenses in New York again, and ask yourself if that's the kind of squishy politician you want running the country next year.

- Oh yeah, Hillary and her minions are now crying that moderators Tim Russert and Brian Williams were "too tough and unfair" to Mrs. Clinton. The feminist movement is a joke - they expect women to be treated as equals with men in every respect of life, and ignore obvious differences between the sexes...yet when they actually are treated as equals as men, what's the first complaint by these same women? "You were fighting unfairly against a woman!" :-\

- Played 4 $6+.50 SnGs at Stars yesterday, and made a whopping $1 in profit - I just don't have the time or patience anymore to play for a couple of hours at a time, but I enjoyed that time yesterday afternoon. Made $5 or so at the HORSE table in the 10 minutes I was there. Might have to play a couple of $15+1 tonight and HORSE tables tonight - fishies aplenty at the cash games lately!

- God, I have no motivation to write today - I'm out!