I’m dead tired today. I got to the “final table” poker tournament last night at the Silly Goose, and host Poker Jon informed us that “we’re going to do this WSOP style, with big stacks and long blind levels. Get comfortable, you’re going to be here for a while.” Uh oh, I thought, on a school night this doesn’t sound good. Still, with a cruise as the grand prize I had no intention of dropping out.
Play started at 8 PM. Tournaments at the Goose usually take a couple or three hours, but not this one. All nine players were still there at about 10:30, and I looked at my average-sized stack and it was still more than 60 big blinds. Not long after that, I eliminated “Satellite” who had won a tournament the week before to reach the final table. By 1 AM it was down to two others and me. I hadn’t eaten, I needed to get to bed and I surely wasn’t playing my best poker by that point. I called an all-in and lost, finishing third.
So, no cruise for me. I was trying to figure out who I’d take with me if I won… I was thinking maybe Brittney from the Saucer. Not because I enjoy her company, but because it’d be a good chance to throw her overboard.
Poker Jon had a really cool program on his netbook that manages poker tournaments. I’ll try to find it when I get home and post a link. He said it’s freeware.
Ready for another themed pub crawl? There’s going to be a “Jersey Shore Pub Crawl 2K10” (search for it by that name on Facebook) on Saturday, January 30 with stops at Wet Willie’s, Silky’s, Club 152 and Republic. “Get your spray tan, your blow out, get “juiced” and join us for a crazy night of fist pumping and battling,” the event listing reads.
The Peabody deli is selling “King Cakes” this week in celebration of Elvis’ 75th birthday. Chocolate cake with peanut butter and banana filling. Here’s a pic.
MPACT Memphis is doing a Healthy Memphis Outlet on Tuesday, January 26 at Pearl’s Oyster House. You can get plugged into a healthy lifestyle there. YMCA, Church Health Center, and the Memphis Farmers’ Market will be on hand to give presentations, and you’ll be able to join MPACTive, an active lifestyle group for MPACT members. I definitely plan on showing up for this. Of course the Saucer is on the way to Pearl’s so it’s possible I may just go there and drink beer instead.
Couple of useful items on Lifehacker today… if you are job hunting, there’s a service called Better Talking that will help you practice job interview skills. It will call you and ask canned interview questions, then send you a link to your interview transcript. You can then show the transcript to friends and colleagues and get their advice.
If your company’s firewall blocks my blog, Lifehacker has a post about a service called Flexamail that lets you surf websites and social networking sites using e-mail. They may be able to block sites, but it’s highly unlikely they’ll block e-mail. Yay for Flexamail for sticking it to the man. I can understand blocking Facebook or something like that, but my blog is a valuable public service that should never be blocked. I mean, how else are you going to keep up with what the Nuh-Uh Girl has been eating?
If you’re a fan of marketing guru Seth Godin’s blog, it’s now available as an iPhone app.
Eating a bacon double cheeseburger from Burger King as I type this. Mmmm bacon. All right, I’m getting mustard on the keyboard so I’m going to hit Publish and be done. Trivia tonight at 7. I hope Brick is working so she can share more of her knowledge with our team.