Poker Perambulation

I stopped by Falstaff’s site the other day. The lad has been blogging up a bunch. Included in the story line is a rough month. What a tale three characters (-EV) throws into our lives. It is a constant theme. It also leads to blogging a bunch to try to pick up a referral or two. That is an honorable reason in poker blogdom – falling into improving the variance by hook or crook.

Among the disclosures on the site is that wifey had provided him with a new kilt. Now, Bond – James Bond – has been seen in a kilt. If I recall the scene, the shot were fairly long when his legs were included. As Martha Stewart would remark, “This is a very good thing!”, as God’s plan for men’s legs tended more toward functionality than aesthetics.

JBHarshaw shares our site and shares Falstaff’s passion for Scottish dress. When Linda finally met him in the flesh she rapidly queried me about my knowledge of JB’s appearance. I knew immediately what she had seen. Rather than ask if his kilt had caused her to be struck blind, I played the innocent.

So, Falstaff is not alone in his taste. But, I do want to warn this 40ish fellow what is in store 10 or 12 years down the road.

We can also take from this that while The Watusi may still be around it won’t be appearing a lot on MTV. Hopefully that also extends to a Poker Stage near you.

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At the Material World show in Miami Beach, Paxar Corp. demonstrated it’s ‘Magic Mirror’ product. This gem looks at the RFID tag for the person’s changing room try on and suggest accessories. In Change100 or Kristy Gazes world that might lead to some nice $500 pumps and maybe a bit of accessorizing from the high end jewelry counter adding to the sale.

Like the joy of canned answering machines that also plague our lives, I live in fear of what it would suggest for our two, intrepid kilties at Target’s changing room. Faux pearls necklaces with faux pearl studs and matronly shoes just don’t seem any more appropriated for our lads than press 2 for Spanish.

ADDENDUM:

It is seldom in this life or universe that I applaud Harrahs. CC has an article up about them spreading the wealth a bit better at the WSOP this year. Well done Harrahs — even if it is long overdue. You remain the master of too little and too late.

Do poker bots scare you? Foolish fellow! It is much, much worse. Take a look at this years old article by some high end computer scientists. And two of the guys involved in the discussion have impeccable credentials.

Falstaff has an article up on how registrations won online will happen. As a comment honoring the flavor of the above blog, I’ll agree with Falstaff’s thought that ‘A bird in hand beats two in the bush’ and fewer online winners will be showing up in Vegas. Although, I’ll bet a lot try to find a way to take the 1K and clothes and then don’t play but have a fun Vegas trip.

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