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It seems like Americans are always hating on America today. I'll be honest, I'm often one of them. It can be so easy to take everything we have for granted and complain about the things that our country doesn't do right. We have some major problems, no doubt, but the truth is though we are all insanely lucky to live in a free country. I know it's so easy to lose perspective at times, especially being so ingrained in the poker world where money has a greatly diminished value. I try my best to keep things in focus, but I'm not always successful at it. I saw this clip today and it reminded me of how well I have it. I ask that everyone take 5 minutes to watch this clip. It's a great speech in honor of MLK and It really helps put things in perspective.

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We officially hired our new Chicago admin today. Her name is Caroline. It was a very difficult process. It came down to two girls that both would have done a great job. After two interviews with both girls, we just felt that Caroline came across as the better candidate. Caroline is going to get involved in the Cardrunners community and I'm excited to see that happen. It will be very interesting to watch someone with no experience with the poker world try to soak in this very unique culture. I'm sure she will be shocked at some of the things that go on (mostly related to how some people treat money aka prop bets and high stakes games). We are going to have her blog about starting her job for Cardrunners and just her integration into the poker community in general. She starts on Monday. The one downside to her is that when I hear her name it gets the Outkast song in my head. I can't stop singing CaroLIIIIINE!!! I also only know that Caroline line and the one about roses really smelling like poopoo. Catchy song that doesn't get out of your head easily...



I gotta stop lying about posting poker hands. The thing is I usually blog on my work computer and play on my bigass laptop that I typically keep at home. No good, I know. I feel like my frequent blogging will be coming back to me very soon.

I'm a little disappointed with the new season of the Wire. I think it's too early to judge it though. Again, watch that show if you haven't yet. Best show ever, even if the new season is starting a bit slow. Taylor keeps telling me Dexter is the best show ever. I know that's not true, but I think I'll still start watching it soon.

I've caught a few of the new American Idol shows. I always like watching the tryouts. Overall, they haven't been that great. There is one guy that stands out though. He made up his own song and it's catchy as hell and hilarious to boot. It's long, but worth watching. Check it out.

I got back from Hawaii fine. We left at like 8pm which worked out well. I was pretty exhausted from the trip and the surfing that day in particular so I was able to sleep the entire 9 or so hours home. I even got in a +$1500 session during my 1.5 hour layover in LA. It's nice to be back in Chicago, especially now that the weather is really improving here. It has been mid 50s the last two days which is great. I love it when it starts to get warm here. Baseball season is starting next week too. It's a good time of the year!

I was still a bit jet lagged on Sunday, so I decided to spend the day on my couch catching up on TV. I also had rented Braveheart from Netflix and I wanted to watch that and return it. Believe it or not, I had never seen that movie all the way through. I had seen bits and pieces on TV over the years, but that doesn't do the movie any justice. I'm pretty angry at myself for waiting so long to sit down and watch it. What a sick movie. It's easily in the top 5 movies I've ever seen. I really loved it. I also had a bunch of episodes of Lost and John Adams (new HBO miniseries) to catch up on. I think Lost has really gone down the tubes and I'm strongly considering quitting it. I'll see how it is for a few more episodes... John Adams is a great show. I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it yet. If you couldn't guess, it's about John Adams life. I've always been one who likes history, so it's great to see a well done HBO series on someone as important to our nation's history as John Adams. I'll admit that it can get a little slow at times, but the historical significance of the show makes up for that.

I've been reading some more blogs on Cardrunners lately and I also noticed a few new ones from some of my friends.

Gordo16: I think his blog is great. I enjoy reading about PLO hands and the swings involved and there is plenty of that here. He also reminds me of myself from a year or two ago when I was still in school. It's always interesting trying to balance being in college with doing really well in poker.

Link: http://www.cardrunners.com/members/index.php?optio...

Empiremaker2: Blake just started this blog. I've always thought he is a really funny guy and his first post lives up to that. I expect this blog to be very entertaining as long as he updates it. I doubt there will be any poker content, but I actually like that. Don't read this if you are offended by people who aren't PC.

Link: http://www.cardrunners.com/members/index.php?optio...

LatestLines2: Another very funny guy. Joe is easily one of the best people I have met through poker. He loves sports and gambling. I assume he'll talk about that stuff a lot and not much poker.