Well, I ran the first two of my WSOP sub-satellites this past weekend. Haven't been that unlucky in a long while. Pocket kings busted by a set of 7's. AK busted by a set of 7's on an Ace high board. Got my own set of Jacks, lost with them. Twice. In some ways it was amazing that I was able to last as long as I did either day, but in the end, I just couldn't get lucky at all. Skill was on my side, especially Sunday, when I knew right where I was every time. Unfortunately, the luck part of the equation didn't come through at all. C'est la vie, no WSOP for me this year. On the bright side, of the four seats that I awarded this weekend, two of them went to students of mine, who both played very well.
The one bright note for poker would be that I did cash at "The Rob" for the 9th straight week. Really quite amazing. But I'd gladly give them all up for a seat in the $1K, and a couple of cashes at AIPCO instead.
Lots of other news this week that struck me as interesting....
Ever heard of Robert Harrison? Google the name, with "Icarus" project, and check it out. Dude is pretty amazing. He takes weather balloons, and duct tapes on a used Canon camera that he bought off of ebay. He reprogrammed the camera to wake up every 5 minutes, take 8 photos and a video, and then shut off for a rest. The pictures are amazing. NASA said that it would take them about $450 million to do what this guy has done. His total cost: $750. Um, I'm thinking this is someone that should be in charge of something, rather than doing this as a hobby.
Speaking of space, saw a story this week that there are a few billion more stars out there than we had thought. Um, I'm thinking it's a whole lot more than that. Hubble doesn't even scratch the surface of what all is out there, folks. That whole Carl Sagan "billions and billions" of stars that so many people made fun of... looking pretty solid now.
Bill Maher was fantastic this week. Bill: "Remember a couple of months ago, when Sarah Palin came out asking 'How's that whole hopey-changey thing working out for you?' 'Great. How's that whole hooked-on-phonics thing working out for you?'"
He also brought up the quote from John McCain this past week, and how much his partisanship has diverged from the guy who gave such a classy concession speech 16 months ago. In that speech, McCain came across as a person who really did put "country first" and wanted to work at joining together both sides of the aisle. Compare that to the person who this week came out with the "No co-operation the rest of the year" speech. Is this the same guy?
Science story this week about the world's phosphorous reserves hitting their peak in the next couple of decades. I'm sure most of you could care less about that, but you should. No phosphorous means no fertilizer. No fertilizer means agricultural crops drop 15-25% annually. 30 years from now, the world population will have grown by a couple of billion people. With less food. Do the math.
In other "feel good about the future" news, Social Security was in the red for the first time this year. Yes, folks, that tipping point has been reached, and we'll now be losing money until it runs out. Good thing I've got such a solid job that I don't have to worry about th... Oh, wait a minute....
Speaking of... Now looking like I won't be getting the TSA gig. At least not for a while. I'm finally in the system, but they stopped looking to hire anyone right about the time I started this process. I can stay in the system for two years, and hopefully something will come along before I run out of unemployment.
Remember last week, when I was talking about how I hoped that the good weather wouldn't end just in time to rain out my first 10 games? Well, game one was tonight, and it was rained out. Game two is Wednesday, and not looking so good. Game three is Thursday, also not looking good. Hmmm, wish I had been wrong.
On the bright side, my pitchers are starting to look GOOOOOOOOOOD. Like, unhittable good. I now have four that I have no problem throwing out there, and feeling pretty confident with. And a fifth who will be fine once he gets a little more practice. He was out for a week with illness, and then went on vacation for spring break, so he lost two weeks of work. But my top couple of kids, I don't think there's more than 5 or 6 kids in the whole league who will be able to hit them.
So, tell me, someone who knows movies better than me, how did Midnight Cowboy win best picture, and Dustin Hoffman not win best actor? I thought the movie pretty much sucked, but the one thing that kept me watching it, the ONLY really redeeming quality in my eyes, was Hoffman's portrayal of Ratzo Rizzo. Honestly, the reason he didn't win is because he really should have been nominated as supporting actor, which would have made him a slam dunk. But the movie beat out Butch Cassidey and the Sundance Kid, which amazes me. This was the first of my "classic" movies that I've been renting from Netflix that I was really disappointed in.
Finally caught up on the new series Justified. Think this one is going to be a winner.
Not much else new or wonderful going on with me. Wish me luck in poker, as I go for 10 in a row at "The Rob" tomorrow night.
Thank you all for making my life a better place.
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