Calistri's Corner

The punch bowl has been taken back to the kitchen.  My coat is at the door.  It’s been one hell of a party, but it’s time for me to go home.

Back in the day when I did a short stint as editor at PokerPages, I had a vision of providing a collective home for poker bloggers; a place where a diverse and irreverant group of writers could ply their trade.  I was disappointed to leave before that vision was realized.  When Linda Geenen approached me with her idea for PokerWorks, I knew I had met someone with the same shared vision. 

While this experiment, of sorts, is coming to a close, I am still left encouraged.  Although we each wrote about our separate rants, raves, bad beats, and personal victories, I felt part of something different - something united.  It was sort of like my second dysfunctional family.  I suspect it was not just the idea of the collective that made me feel this way.  A collective is made up of individuals and on this front I had hit the motherload.  While I had always respected and enjoyed the work of the “new bloggers,” Joe Speaker, Maudie,  Change100, and Grubby, working alongside them in this venture gave me a renewed appreciation of their talent and dedication to the poker blogging ideal.  I also enjoyed getting to know Ken and Craig, who were both so gracious and made me feel welcome in “thier home.”  And then of course there was Linda.  Many people have a vision - few have the fortitude and drive to see it through.  And I’m sure dealing with our little group of bloggers was akin to herding cats on quaaludes.  Thanks darlin’.

So I’m heading back to my home, AimlesslyChasingAmy.  Y’all are welcome to come by and visit.  I’ll miss my little corner here at PokerWorks, but I promise I won’t be a stranger.            

This entry was posted on Saturday, September 29th, 2007 at 7:12 am and is filed under Uncategorized.