I just finished reading an excellent book about professional gambler Amarillo Slim.
Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People: The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived by Amarillo Slim Preston
This book has stories that will have you laughing out loud. Stories about pool hustling and poker playing are there for sure, but [...]
I’ve got some good news and bad news. The good news is my Power Blocks are repaired and I now have a fully functional workout section in my office. It’s a mini-home gym. The bad news is that by canceling my membership to 24 Hour Fitness, I won’t have any new Tales From the Glitter [...]
Last evening I was invited to the grand opening of the second Trabant location in Seattle’s Pioneer Square. In a previous post I mention that Trabant is one of my favorites. The primary reason I left my house and ventured to the new location was the speculation that they would be serving Panama Esmeralda. [...]
Almost a year ago, I responded to a question posted on the SanDiegoBlog web site. From San Diego Real Estate Prices - Done Rising?:
What are your thoughts on the San Diego real estate market? Can we expect that prices will level (have they already?) or decline in 2007?
Instead of responding with emotion or even [...]
Three of the books I read recently are biographies.
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World’s 14 Highest Peaks is by Ed Viesturs. It is the story of the first American to climb all 14 mountains higher than 8,000 meters. Ed did them all without supplemental oxygen.
What I found most impressive about Ed [...]
I made it to the 50 day mark without TV. Not quite a decade, but it’s a start. Having a Netflix account and renting TV shows almost makes it too easy. During the last 50 days, I actually watched all 4 seasons of Star Trek Enterprise. Not exactly an Amish lifestyle.
The biggest change [...]
I was born and raised in Central Ohio. There was never a doubt that I would attend The Ohio State University. I am a Buckeye by birth. One of the great things about Columbus, Ohio is that it doesn’t have a professional football, basketball or baseball. The love of Ohio State unites the city.
Seeing someone [...]
The streak will end at 12 years. Looks like I won’t be attending Guavaween this year. Since 1995, I’ve spent the last Saturday in October in Ybor City, Florida celebrating Halloween.
Every year the cost for me to attend the event gets greater and greater. In the 1990s, I would drive in [...]
For the last year or so I have been waiting to attend my 20 year high school reunion. Since the 10 year reunion took place in the summer, I expected the 20 year would also be in the summer. This summer I kind of mentally blocked out a weekend that I would fly back to [...]
This past weekend I went to two Meetups. Saturday was for the Seattle Area Tea Meetup and Sunday was for the Seattle Coffee Club.
The Tea Meetup was my first tea tasting and it was held the Teacup in Queen Anne. It is similar to a coffee cupping. Although my palette for coffee is [...]
