Archive for April, 2004
Playing against God: Lessons from The Blackjack Table
“Patience, and shuffle the cards.” Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Spent the last couple of days recovering my strength, and I’m feeling much better after a couple nights of good sleep. Haven’t been able to get much poker in, as I spent the last two evenings painfully trying to set up my wireless router at home [...]
Start me up
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest. The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.” –Alexander Pope Beat. Not as in bad beat, as in exhausted. Mentally tired. My blog output has been way down recently, and hopefully it’s just [...]
The Water’s Fine
“Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing.” –Billy Shakespeare Apologies for the dearth of posts, but [...]