Thursday, October 25, 2012

Comments and gripes


Bit of a blah week despite some decent weather. Managed to do a bike ride last night around the 'hood. The ghetto/industrial bike ride is always fun. Went almost 8 miles, nothing fancy.

I'm getting into that change of seasons funk I get into every year

Saw a great movie over the weekend...Argo. All the conspiracy theorists say it's out now because they are trying to re-villify Iran so we can go to war with them. I don't doubt we'll get involved over there, but I really don't think Ben Affleck is a government shill. Either way, a war with Iran is going to be about 1 thing, as always...oil.

Ate at Pine Garden in Lorain for what I am hoping will be my last time on Sunday. For some reason, Caprice's mom and grandma seem to love that place. I admit their food used to be pretty good, but not lately. The place is NASTY to begin with. I'm not gonna do a full review but my food sucked and the restaurant is completely disgusting.

Played some poker. Did poorly. My own fault. 

My phone is killing me! I'm sooo ready for a replacement although I'm still not 100% into the iPhone5.

Watched the Browns game. Awful coaching. This article sums it up nicely. 

This coming weekend...corn mazes, Halloween parties, football, and who knows what else.

Work is going great again! We are pretty well caught up on tech issues and I'm now able to focus on some projects. We are going full wireless at our HS which should be cool. Holiday season isn't far off. I'm taking the week of Thanksgiving and possibly all of Christmas break off.

Speaking of work, this juicy bit of gossip is rolling around lately. He used to be chairman of our regional tech committee and I worked closely with him on a few tech projects. WTF? What are you thinking when you decide this is a good idea? Very smart guy too.

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

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Zeppelin man!


Celebration Day was pretty damn good for a bunch of old farts. They played about 20 songs, most of them the hard-charging stuff they were most famous for. They even played Stairway to Heaven. I can think of a few other songs I'd like to have seen them do as well. They shortened up Whole Lotta Love and Dazed/Confused. People in the theater (which was pretty full) cheered between songs. Cool.

I want to take my crazy cousin Nick to see it, he'll love the show, and I bet he hasn't been to see a movie in years. 


Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Browns win!


Saw a victory at the Factory this weekend! Great game. We actually scored some points. Weather was great too except for the rain near the end. The Steelers lost Thursday night so it was a great weekend.

We hit the casino at 10:00 am to put in our 30 minutes to get free parking and buffet. I lost $2 at 2¢ slots while Caprice banked $75, so that worked well. The buffet was ehhh...OK but not great. Great price though!

Ray and Brad had the other 2 Browns seats so it was good to see them.

Bowling Friday night (no Louis CK dammit). We went to Cedar Point Saturday but got rained on and only rode 1 ride.

This week, going to  see Celebration Day  Wednesday night at Cedar Lee, cash game at Hip's Thursday. Halloween party this weekend. Made some amazing chicken parmesan last night. Haven't made it in about 15 years but damn it was good!




Friday, October 12, 2012

I love the Cleveland Horseshoe Casino!


Took home $292 last night after 4 hours of solid play. Was on a roller coaster for a while where I was down about a hundo but managed to get it back. Made amazing reads all night long. So much so that people stopped calling my bets later on and I had to change gears a bit. Made a couple nice bluffs against 2 of the tighter players at the table, where I knew for certain what they were holding. Worked brilliantly.

I was only in for a single buy-in which was nice. It's so much less stressful than being $600-800 deep and trying to dig back out. It's really not easy with the heavy rake.

Hip was there and took home another trophy in PLO. Also saw Matt G, T-Way, Colin, Pringle, Keith.

Looking back over my last 20 sessions, I am 15-5, although I think there may be a loss in there somewhere that I neglected to record but can't be positive. .750 is pretty good! It's right around where I usually am when I keep my head on straight, focus, and stay in the game.

Hoping for a nice weekend weather-wise. Browns game Sunday vs CIN. Not expecting a win, but hoping for a watchable game where we don't get rained on. We'll probably play some blackjack at the casino to get free parking and free buffet. Go Browns!

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

OMG


Last night (actually more like very early this morning) I experienced the most excruciating pain I've ever felt. About every couple months, my knee seems to lock up in the middle of the night while I'm asleep, usually on my side. Moving it just a little hurts like hell, but I have to move it a little at a time to get it back to normal. Then it's OK after that. Well this morning was the first time in quite a while that I'd had the problem, but holy shit did it hit me hard.

Moving my knee just a little was the most intense pain I've ever felt. It was a 10 on the 10 scale, and no matter how I positioned it, it was hell, so I had no choice but to keep trying to flex it, although I thought a couple times about calling 911. I was pretty much screaming in pain which freaked out Caprice and my dog.

I did manage to finally get my leg extended and was able to get up, but the pain was so intense it gave me a killer headache and made me nauseous. It was so bad I took a few hours off this morning to get it together.

I think I'll have to get it checked out if it gets that bad again. Before, I figured I could deal with it every few months, but now with the pain that bad...not so much.

Monday, October 8, 2012

Insert blogpost title here :)


Great weekend. Went to see The Master Friday night. Bad movie. Great acting but no plot.

Spent Saturday getting ready for the clam bake/pork roast. Slacks did the bakes and I roasted a while pork loin with mashed potatoes and gravy. Simmered the gravy for hours, it was silky smooth.

We had food everywhere in the kitchen and dining room. An entire half chicken with each bake is WAY too much we've come to learn. Next year maybe we'll do steaks instead, or a qtr chicken. Either way, everything was delicious. The pork loin turned out much better than I thought it would be after sitting in the freezer so long.

Had a great time. We had almost 30 people through the door all night. Stayed up late. Smelled like campfire.

Stayed at home Sunday. Watched the Browns fail in a big way. Wow. I've got tix to next week's game.

First pic below is the minestrone I made last week. Soup season is back!

Neil Young is in town tonight, but I don't have tix. Haven't seen him live since the mid 80's. Still contemplating going to the DET Friday to see Louis CK. Rush is playing this week as well. I've never seen them. I should probably check them out sometime soon, who knows when they will call it quits.





Thursday, October 4, 2012

Casino Win


Played 7 hours last night, won $175. That was the most I was ahead all night. Nothing exciting to report. Saw HH and BC. Found out this morning I missed Louis CK at Severance Hall last night :( He's gonna be in DET next Friday, we might go. I've been watching his show lately and it's hilarious. His stand-up is some of the best ever.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Poker win

Played some poker Thursday night at Hip's. Watched Brad go $2000 deep on some serious tilt. I've never even seen a completely smashed Grayday go that far down the well, especially at a $1-1 game. I've certainly been known to self-destruct on occasion, but this was crazy.

Anyway, I finished up $355 after playing until the wee hours on a work night. Working on 3 hours sleep the next day was no fun, even after a couple big coffees, but I made it through the day. We had clam bakes at work that were pretty good, especially for $7.


Friday night we went out for dinner with some old friends. It was Mike's b-day and we ate at Nemo's in Avon. Excellent food. I had the surf and turf which was porkbelly, lobster, and shrimp, with mashed potatoes and asparagus.  MMMMM... Had some laughs with everyone, good times.

We were supposed to go to Cedar Point on Saturday, but due to circumstances beyond our control, we canceled. Had a late lunch on the patio of El Arrerio mostly just chilled on Saturday evening.

Soccer game on Sunday, short bike ride, and killer chicken paprikas!