Bankroll update.

I made a quilt over the holidays. I still have to back it and sew it up. That'll make a nice weekend project.

I've been playing much poker again. I missed the game, but it's taking too much of my time.

• I went up to The Lodge Casino this weekend, I came out 50 dollars ahead but spend 12 hours on the tables. My wife and I are thinking of going up there this weekend.
  
• I also started playing on Full Tilt Poker. I only have 3 cent in my account, but I have a lot of FTP points. My strategy is to play freerolls, FTP point tournaments and sit and go's until I have a bank roll again.
• On Pokerstars, My bankroll was down to about 5 dollars, but I've built it up to $13 on 2/4 cent Limit Hold'em and Limited Hi-Lo Omaha. I won't play No-Limit Ring games until I can put in only 5% of my bank roll on there. (cf Chris Ferguson strategy). I found a 10 cent NL tournament with 360 folks there and got pretty deep.

Current bank roll
Full Tilt Poker: $0.03
Pokerstars: $13.18
Live: $44.00

Political predictions

1. Barack Obama will win the election by a landslide in 2008.
   
2. Barack Obama will disappoint many in his base by passing a piece of legislation in early 2009 favored by many Conservatives.
3. There will be a domestic terrorist attack in 2009 or early 2010.
4. The Democratic Party will continue to win in 2010.
5. The housing market and economy will not fully recover until 2011.

Weight Check in.

I started back at work yesterday. Between Cardio Rehab and doctor's appointments, I intend on only working 28 hours at week until the end of the year.

I've been plateauing in my weight loss, I only lost about 2 pounds in the last 2 weeks. I'm not far away from my target weight loss. It'll be simpler to not snack now that I'm at work.


Weight: 247 lbs (home scale)

Weight Check in: Anniversary Edition

Today's my wife and I's wedding anniversary, We've been married for 8 years.

I lost about 4 lbs this week. I'm more concerned with my blood pressure because it's higher than it was last week.


Weight: 251 lbs (home scale)

Definition of Maverick

Being a maverick just means having a temper.

Weight Check-in: Post Heart Attack

I lost 5 lbs this week. I spent two nights in the hospital, but I managed to get down a few pounds.

I'll have more to tell from my hospital visit, but I don't have quite the energy to discuss.

Weight: 255 lbs (home scale)

My Heart Attack

Wednesday night, I had a heart attack.

I woke up a little after midnight with discomfort in my should and I was sweating a lot. I thought I slept on my shoulder wrong, so I took some Tylenol and a shower and tried to sleep. I also had a heighten sense of smell and could smell my body odor. I also tried to stretch a bit. I then tried to sleep again, but I was in too much discomfort. I went downstairs and looked for a card in my wallet that described a heart attack symptoms.

I realized I had two of the four and decided to call 911. I found some aspirin and chewed them and told my wife and then waited for the paramedics.

I wound up in the emergency room at the hospital. They gave me nitro and that didn't help. They gave me more aspirin and that didn't help.

They rolled me into a x-ray room and they gave me morphin, so I don't remember much of the night. Eventually, they decided to give me an angioplasty and a stent in my heart.

DNC Frenzy

Walking around downtown Denver, the DNC crowds are frothing into a frenzy.

A Denver Cappuccino.