Just got home from Walgreens with cold medicine… what a terrible day to wake up with a cold, on Friday! I had a fever so I called in, just in case it turned out to be H1N1 (which I’m not almost positive it’s not). They don’t make Dimetapp anymore… that was what always worked best for me. I got what seemed to be the closest Walgreens brand approximation.
Tomorrow (Saturday) is Brunch with Santa at the Majestic Grille. Yep, you can eat the Majestic’s delicious brunch, and the kids can tell Santa what they want for Christmas.
I think reservations for Brunch with Santa may be full, but there’s still an event Sunday you can get in on – Brunch with a Bunch of Local Drunks at the bar at the Majestic at 11 AM. That should be a good one too. Here’s a preview: Otto will flip through the Best Buy ads; John D will flip through RSVP Magazine and say, “there’s my boss;” Mikey will run down the details of what happened at Calhoun’s Saturday night; Pete, who is back in town for Christmas break, will comment, “well I guess after this we’ll hit the Saucer, where Pauly will probably whoop my ass at pool again.”
You’ve probably read by now that Bob Knight can’t understand why John Calipari still has a job, after two schools ended up on probation under his watch. He says integrity is missing from college basketball. Wow I agree with Bob Knight about something, never thought that would happen.
ESPN updated their Bracketology this week for the first time since the pre-season. The Tigers had previously been listed under “first four out,” but in this week’s update their projection improved to a 9 seed. Two other C-USA teams were projected in – Tulsa as a 7, and Southern Miss as a 12 via winning the C-USA tournament. Of course, it’s still early in the season, but it’s nice to see the Tigers and the conference getting a little more respect.
The Peabody Place post office has been spared from being closed down.
Congrats to Carlos, Thang, and JJ on a fine article on Rehab Disco in the Memphis Business Journal today. Can’t wait to see the place. Well, I actually have seen it, but 4 PM on a Sunday afternoon is not the time to accurately judge how a nightclub is going to be.
Come on cold medicine work… if it does its job I need to step out tonight and see some friends for about an hour. If it doesn’t work, it’ll be an early bedtime. “Warning: Consult a doctor before taking this medication if you consume more than 3 alcoholic drinks a day.” Uh oh.
I spent most of today in a NyQuil daze. Late in the afternoon I felt well enough to play a little poker… I love people who lose big hands and then go on tilt and cuss everybody out in the chat box. “F—ing moron,” said one player as he berated his opponent to whom he lost the hand. “Only on JokerStars do f—ing idiots suck out on hands they never should have been in. F— you. Idiot.”
Normally I don’t get involved in poker room chat, but when the same guy lost another hand, I typed “hee haw” in the chat box, implying that he was a donkey, which is poker slang for a bad player. That really set him off. He started cussing me out, which was exactly what I wanted. I figured if I could put him even more on tilt, he’d try to get me involved in a hand and then play it out even if he didn’t have good cards. Unfortunately, I didn’t get good cards for a while after that, and another player relieved him of his chips before I could. If you have anger management issues, poker is probably not the game for you.
That’s all for now… back tomorrow with more, probably.