It's been a month since I've written anything here. There's no good reason for it, really. I've certainly had stuff that I could talk about, but just didn't have the motivation to do it. I don't right now either, but figured I should, and waiting for a project to build seemed as good a time as any.

I've been pretty obsessed with poker lately. I went to Commerce Casino again last weekend, and while I still lost as much money as I was willing to lose, I think I played much better poker this time. I got hit with some really bad luck, and I think if I keep playing like I did, I will make money most of the time. Bad luck is defined as getting pocket aces twice, pocket kings and pocket jacks once, and having them not hold up. Getting pocket 5s, flopping the set, and still losing. Getting a full house, fours over threes (with pocket fours, a pair of threes on the board), and losing when a third three comes on the river to give someone four threes. Yeah, that's bad luck. All in one weekend. Maybe that's normal, and I really didn't play well, but I enjoyed myself either way.

I plan to go at least once a month, and have set a monthly limit on how much money I'm allowed to lose. Winnings carry over, so if I somehow win, I'll have more to lose next time I go. Next time, I might go to Bicycle instead of Commerce, just to see what it's like there. I'd like to get into a cheap ($50 or less) buy-in no-limit tournament, but there don't seem to be any around that I can make it to.

The build is done, so that's all you get for now. Hopefully, it won't be another month before I write something else.

A Dubya clone tells me I missed my connection and puts me on a flight the
next morning.