Friday June 24, 2005

circus novice announcement! I'd been a little bummed that it looked like I wouldn't make the WSOP this year. In past years I've gone and played side games. Several times I've thought about playing one of the tournaments but thats never really been interesting to me and has taken a back seat to playing ring games. This year my schedule was such that I couldn't get away until after July. Then Widespread Panic announced shows at Caesars Tahoe on July 5th and July 6th. No way I'm missing those. As it turns out Harrah's moved the WSOP from later in the year to an earlier date such that the final event (with the first day broken into a, b, and c heats run over 3 days) started on July 7th. So there wasn't any way for me to make it to vegas, play some satellites, and play in the main event. I messed around with the idea of buying into the main event but without knowing which day I would start that means I'd have less then a 67% chance of being able to see both panic shows. I couldn't quite both pay up front for the event and miss the panic shows!? Well, I'd been haphazardly playing some of the online satellites. I won a seat and hotel package from Party earlier this week. I don't know what day I start so I might still miss the panic show. But for a less the logical reason that seems ok at the moment. With the size of the event this year this should prove to be quite a circus. I'm excited to be able to see if from the inside and have a shot at what looks like a lot of dead money. ( Jun 24 2005, 08:48:55 AM PDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

summer good, summer bad Summer is a double edged sword when it comes to weight loss for me. On the positive side I get lots of exercise. On the negative side is an increase in opportunities to eat. We didn't go to weight watchers last week mostly because we were upset with the interim person leading the affair. As it turns out there was road work on US50 through town so we wouldn't have been able to make it anyways (it was taking an hour or more to go from round hill to the keys). This week there were two new women running the show and they seemed to be far less interested in asserting authority and far more interested in helping us find the right way to lose weight. I pulled a weak 2.6lbs loss over the two weeks. Father's day at Grover Hot Springs in Markleeville, CA didn't help. But I am getting closer to a good weight for me. ( Jun 24 2005, 08:40:06 AM PDT ) Permalink Comments [1]