jazzypaul

Over 10,000 entries, $100,000,000 prize pool, and if I'm not mistaken, everyone at the final table is an instant millionaire this year. First place is $10,000,000. It's in my five year plan to play some of the smaller events (there are actually 25 or 30 events as part of the world series every year). Triple draw lowball would be fun. 100 entrants and you play for the worst hand (eight or lower) every time. Realistically, I could see myself winning one of the limit hold 'em events. Wish me luck, ha ha ha ha ha...

I want one in the baddest way. Unfortunately, the girlfriend and the drums are both screaming "JEEEEP!!!! JEEEEEP!!!! JEEEEP!!!!" So, a purple Grand Cherokee it will be. At least they're made by the same company. Not a bad deal at all, in my book.

add me to the well wishers for the Londoners on the board. This is terrible, and my thoughts and prayers go out to you.

1) Last I checked, it was the Curse of the Bambino, not the bad luck of the Bambino. 2) How little you know my man. For a team with a pittance for a payroll, a front office that could be run better by monkeys with a GM that has sabotaged his own team more times than I can count, this team has accomplished SO much. And it's not just that they've played great baseball (and that you can't even acknowledge that...I don't know WHAT to say), but they've galvanized a part of town that has been beaten up for FAR too long. I'm not saying that its going to happen, because it probably won't, but if the White Sox actually won the World Series, it would be better for Chicago than another Bears win or a Bulls win. Economically, spiritually, in every way, it would be a fantastic thing for the south side of Chicago. Only a little, and I mean a very little man would want to spite that because of something that happened 86 years ago under extraordinary circumstances that you so obviously don't at all understand. 3) So, how are you going to spin it come the 24th when we eat your beloved Red Sox alive? 4) If I get the chance to talk in October, I'll keep talking until the thread gets shut down, I promise you that much, Dan.

yawn. it's time to show some respect. Here's the stats for the American League, since so many of us are AL fans... 2005 Season Regular Season American League East W L PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST NL L10 STRK Boston 46 35 .568 - 24-14 22-21 16-18 7-3 11-8 12-6 5-5 L2 Baltimore 44 38 .537 2.5 24-19 20-19 20-13 12-13 4-2 8-10 2-8 L2 New York 42 39 .519 4.0 25-18 17-21 13-20 6-6 12-6 11-7 5-5 W3 Toronto 42 40 .512 4.5 20-16 22-24 22-13 6-9 6-8 8-10 6-4 W1 Tampa Bay 27 56 .325 20.0 19-23 8-33 12-19 4-13 8-9 3-15 1-9 L6 Central W L PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST NL L10 STRK Chicago 55 26 .679 - 28-12 27-14 7-4 26-5 10-11 12-6 6-4 W1 Minnesota 46 34 .575 8.5 26-18 20-16 13-5 19-15 6-4 8-10 7-3 W4 Cleveland 46 36 .561 9.5 21-17 25-19 7-6 15-19 9-8 15-3 8-2 W3 Detroit 37 43 .463 17.5 19-22 18-21 9-12 12-17 7-5 9-9 2-8 L4 Kansas City 26 55 .321 29.0 15-25 11-30 8-8 6-22 3-16 9-9 1-9 L4 West W L PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST NL L10 STRK Los Angeles 50 32 .610 - 24-15 26-17 3-3 19-15 16-8 12-6 7-3 L1 Texas 43 38 .531 6.5 24-16 19-22 7-6 14-9 13-14 9-9 6-4 W1 Oakland 40 41 .494 9.5 27-16 13-25 13-18 4-5 13-10 10-8 9-1 W1 Seattle 35 46 .432 14.5 20-22 15-24 10-14 7-6 8-18 10-8 3-7 W2 Who's got the best record? Who could play .500 ball the rest of the season and still win 98 games? Who's on track to win 114 games? That's right, The White Sox. Not some overpriced team from Boston, not the Yankees. The White Sox. Stop whining about how your team is losing and just get used to it. If your team is not the Sox, your team will lose. Please take a moment to remember that Boston's curse was reversed, and now it is our turn. I can't believe that 4 months into the season, I'm the only one talking about these guys. Amazing.

Well, Dan, shouldn't Walgreens be on a location specific ban list until you've had a chance to complain up the ladder a bit? I only say this because Walgreens is a Chicago based company and therefore you should bow down to their greatness. But, joking aside, I've been in some Walgreens around here that have people that will bend over backwards to help out. Incompetent management can go a long way, as you've just seen, and therefore, it should be pointed out and corrected, not fussed about because one manager was a nincompoop. There's only one place that's on my permanently banned list for incompetence, and that's Pizza Metro right down the street from me. Absolutely the worst pizza of all time. I'm with Mark on the Wal-Mart/Sam's Club thing though.

you are high on crack as we speak, Mark. ← Spending too much time in the Politics forum, are we? ← maybe, maybe...

you are high on crack as we speak, Mark. Those were pure fucking genius. To each his own. My own loves that show the way that a fish loves those little underwater treasure playthings in aquariums.

Also on the needs to be released pile: Get a Life. did two years on Fox. The show where Chris Elliot is a 35 year old paper delivery boy who lives with his parents. That show was a riot. Right now, there are 4 episodes available on DVD. That's a travesty.

As long as you stay away from those cheesy ass 3 gram chips that you can find in drugstores, anything is alright. I mean, you're not going to play better with 11.5 g chips than you will with 8g chips...it's just a personal preference. I like the way the heavier chips feel, and that way, you're used to a certain weight of chip when you start doing chip tricks at the casino to freak everyone out. That's why I bought 11.5g chips. Because I refuse to wear sunglasses indoors, but I wanted to look cool. ha ha ha ha ha...

I'm partial to 11.5, but if you look around enough, you can get printed 8 gram chips for a little more than the price of 11.5 gram chips (you could get them all emblazoned with Aric's face or something...). KEM is the company that everyone recommends for the plastic cards. I have an off brand (and saved a ton of money) and they're just as nice. For online, I really like Pacific. They have sit and go tournaments every 5-10 minutes, and people actually take their bankrolls seriously in the tournaments, so you can freeroll and get some realistic play in. I'm seriously itching to get back on the felt (I haven't played for serious money with people in a couple of years). Even my girlfriend is trying to talk me into just going and hitting some low limit games at the local casino, probably just to shut me up.

btw, make the chiropractor the second stop. Get to a real doctor first. Chiropractors are great, but if it's serious damage, they're just gonna send you to a "real" doctor first anyway.

As a man who's done more damage to his back than should be allowed in a lifetime before the age of 30, I suggest the following... 1) When the wife gets home, get to the doctor. No excuses. It's your back, it houses your spine, and you mess your back up, you're done. End of story. Get them to prescribe some muscle relaxants and some heavy duty pain killers. I actually request xanax at this point. 2) Icy Hot, hot baths, and if you have seat warmers in your car (I've got em in a $19K GTI, they're not that ridiculous of an option anymore), use 'em. Anything to keep your back warm, and at that point, at least a little looser. 3) Don't lift anything that you don't have to. If you have to stand, stand with a foot elevated. Keep your knees bent when laying down on the couch and when you're in bed. Put a pillow between your knees to help facilitate this. If you do #1 once or twice, and it's just a muscle spasm, you'll be fine. If it's something more serious, they'll at least be able to figure out what it is, and they can do whatever needs to be done to make things better. Hope all goes well, man...

Once again, I agree with 1ngram. 1ngram...we need to make a deal...let's never talk about anything but poker and jazz. I think the conversations will be a lot better. My personal choice is getting chips in the same traditional colors as the casinos. That way, white chips are always $1, red chips are always $5, green chips are always $25, and blacks are always $100. so, in my home games, the black chips never get used, and green chips are basically used for money that's being pulled out of play. But, I've got a couple thousand white chips and five hundred red chips ready if the money is really flowing. I always grab at least one chip from every casino I play in, too. I have a $100 chip from Horseshoe, and that's my dealer button. The $25 chip from Bellagio is the straddle button, if people so desire. Also, while you're at it, BUY PLASTIC CARDS!!! They're easier to work with, don't get worn, and if someone pukes on them after a bad beat, they're dishwasher safe.

two words: apple jacks.

Yeah, but I can listen to the clips from Off The Wall, Thriller and Bad and jam. Say what you will, but the man's best music is absolutely timeless. Thanks for the link.

You're 16. You're supposed to play with shitty musicians who want to play metal. That's the way it works. Unless you find deadheads. We'll play anything if Jerry liked it. And Jerry liked jazz.

So true. I think Maren's suggestion of a social work department, patient advocate or ombudsman is a solid one. And never EVER be afraid to get in their face. The squeaky wheel gets the grease in these places. Don't be afraid to be rude. Demand respect and attention. ← Agreed. My mom's a hospital administrator, and she'll be the first one to tell you this. Even if the nurses and everyone start to think that you're overreactive/a jerk/whatever, they'll still get everything done just so they don't have to deal with you, and they'll probably dot every i and cross every t to make sure they don't get hit with a lawsuit. Also, use everything you have at your disposal. If there are names you can drop, do so (my mom actually suggests this to all of our friends when they need medical help at her hospital. Get to the registration desk and start dropping her name at the beginning and end of every sentence. It almost always works. Of course, when their job depends on my mom thinking they're doing their job, it helps...). Add me to the list of well wishers that will be praying for you.

I'm so scared of the Uno's franchise that I won't go even to the original. Due's is untouched though, and right up the street (I believe it's on Ohio...) Malnati's is awesome, but man, that stuff will stop you dead in your tracks. You can't move after a couple of slices of that stuff. Gino's is good, and so is Father and Son (the aforementioned place in Jeff. Park). Uncle Tony's (in Wicker Park) is pretty good, but their veal sammich is way, way, way better than their pizza. There's a place that I just checked out on Madison and Wabash that was really good. They claimed that their pizza would kick Due's ass any day of the week, and while that's a stretch, it is damn good, and for the address, cheap as can be. meanwhile, the greater Humboldt Park/West Bucktown area gets stuck with Pizza Metro and Pizza Hut. Those bastards!!!!!!! I actually had it really good in the suburbs, pizza wise. Pal Joey's (named after the movie) was consistently ranked in the top 10 pizzas in the chicago area, and Luigi's (a mob owned joint with the worst location on the planet) was also damn good. For my money though, the place when I was growing up was a greasy, nasty, noisy joint called Dominick's that had the best stuffed pizza I have ever eaten. When I went back to play that town's arts festival last year, I was bummed, as they changed owners and recipes. On a side note, my favorite Chinese place ever (which, ironically, was owned and run by Mexicans, and right down the street from Dominick's) closed down and turned into a sub-standard hot dog joint. That was a crushing day my friends...

Y'all are high. The best pizza comes from Chicago. Although, living on the near west side, I'd never know it. But, damn I've had pizza from all over the country, and there ain't no place that will top some of the pies you can get here, especially in Old Town and Lakeview. Unfortunately, I must also confess to living near the WORST freakin' pizza place ever. It's balanced by living within walking distance of Dusty Groove, but damn, I'm forced to call a place up in Jefferson Park to get good pizza delivered to my door (this is about 33 blocks north of me).

Old School is a riot, but I don't think he's all that funny. Actually, I think with the exception of Vince Vaughan, none of them really acquit themselves all that well. But, the movie was filled with little tidbits that are just hilarious in spite of the actors involved. I would have loved to have seen that movie done with some truly great comedic actors.

Yeah man, happy birthday!!!!

man, I'll tell you what, splenda is just awful. It's a necessity on the atkins diet, but man, that shit is awful. It's like 14 sugar packets and a sacharine all together in one handy pouch. Ass in a little yellow packet.

what what you say? Chicago WHITE SOX first team in the majors to 30 games. If they keep up this average all season long, they'll have won 120+ games. And, they just bent the cubs over this afternoon. Boston is next.

1ngram's dead on right here. My only issue with free play internet sites (except for Poker School, and you still end up having to pay -- kinda -- for that one...) is the way people play when they're playing for free. In most cash situations, no one would wait around with a pair of twos with an ace and a king on the board waiting to spike a 2 on the river. However, in freeroll situations, they will, and that doesn't teach you anything about the game except that people will play anything when they can play it for free. I mean, it was good for me because it really taught me to play tight, but that's not everyone's style, and if you can't make playing tight work for you, you're gonna get steamrolled over time. if you've got the money AND you're interested enough, Poker School is a brilliant idea...pay a nominal monthly fee, get to play as much as you want, and you can have your playing critiqued by some real badasses, AND if you start winning a ton, they'll start subsidizing you at tournaments. And you WILL get better using their site. I dig them a ton, but $150/year is a little pricey for someone that owns the books by everyone writing for their site. 1ngram, sometime when you're in the states, we'll need to play a few hands...