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So I have finally joined the ranks of those online who have their own blog...

I had planned on creating my own blog over a year ago, as a place to rant and rave (mostly rant) about poker hands. Of course, the recent passing of the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) has really curtailed by ability to play any online poker. In fact, I believe I have only $30 in online poker accounts (suffering bad beats at the 0.05/0.10 limit tables don't hurt that much, to tell you the truth).

So what's the purpose of this blog? Who knows? At least it'll give me something to do when I'm not retro-gaming, deal hunting, sleeping, or donking off nickels at UltimateBet.

(By the way, when did these $0.99 bags of chips get so small? I'm munching on some Kettle Cooked Jalapeno chips, and I've gone through half the bag already, and I don't recall eating more than 5 chips!!!)

Some random-ness:
- I can't stand the 167.5 hours between episodes of The Office, and that's assuming there's a new episode next week...I had to wait 335.5 hours for Thursday's episode.
- Andrew Bynum scored 19 points in the Lakers' first game...and Ronny Turiaf scored 23 in their second. If Jordan Farmar scores 20+ in the Lakers' third game, I am declaring the 06-07 Lakers Phil Jackson's best coaching job ever.
- I was trying to figure out if Sony was going to continue naming their PlayStation consoles by numbers, or if they were going to go the route of Intel and start confusing the hell out of consumers. I can't wait for ten years from now, when the Sony Playstation Dual Core gaming console comes out, fresh off the heels of the successful Sony Playstation D. Speaking of which, will the PlayStation 10 be called the PSX? PS10 just sounds stupid.
- To demonstrate how much of a retro-gamer I am, I am waiting for the PS4 (PSIV?) to come up, so I can finally pick up a cheap PS2.
- I can't wait for Daylight Savings to begin again...starting next year, Daylight Savings will begin a month earlier than usual, and end a month later!
- And finally, why didn't schoolyard pick up games require team captains to pick their players like in a fantasy draft? For example, one guy should get to pick first, and the other guy should get to pick the next two players, then the first guy should get to pick the next two, etc.

That's all I've got for now...happy blogging!