So for the last couple of weeks I’ve been completely stressed out.
We’ve got a big project on the horizon here at work… an October that looks like it could be an all-time ballbuster… not to mention all the usual stuff…
… and I haven’t been able to concentrate on any of it because I’ve been in [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Staying Put!
Posted in Work on August 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Zalen on the School Bus!
Posted in Family and Friends, Uncategorized on August 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Zalen is officially in kindergarten!
Our baby boy stepped onto the school bus for the first time this morning with his big sister and was whisked away to school… Mommy and daddy, for our part, took lots of pictures and video at the bus stop before rushing off to the school to get more pictures and [...]
Bronze… No Bust!
Posted in Poker, Uncategorized, tagged Bronze Ironman, Full Tilt on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I officially reached Bronze Ironman status at Full Tilt… more importantly it was a profitable endeavour (despite my horrific MTT play) capped off by my final night in which I earned 1 1/2 buy-ins, including the beauty below… I was starting to get fearful that I wasn’t going to get any action on my BB [...]
Remembering Joe (Again)
Posted in Family and Friends, Uncategorized, tagged Joe Fontana on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night we had a barbecue with a few families from Sidra’s school… and at one point the conversation turned to Joe and Becky Fontana. For those of you new to my blog, you can catch up on this story at my old blog with the following links.
http://team67.org/blogs/producer_2/?p=40
http://team67.org/blogs/producer_2/?p=41
http://team67.org/blogs/producer_2/?p=44
http://team67.org/blogs/producer_2/?p=46
It was an important reminder for all [...]
Back to School!?!?!?
Posted in Family and Friends, Uncategorized, tagged Knockout Kings on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wow, where did this summer go?
Sidra got on the bus this morning for her first day of 2nd grade! She’s in midseason form though. When asked how her day went she responded with “Good.”
“What’d you do?”
“I don’t know…”
It’s like she’s already a teenager.
Zalen starts next week and he’s very excited. Also, because Zalen’s been a [...]
Scary Moment at the Hospital
Posted in Family and Friends, Uncategorized on August 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Sky and I took the kids today to the hospital to visit Sky’s Aunt Joni… and ended up with quite a scary experience.
After stopping and picking up our visitor badges, we went to the elevator to ride the 16 floors to the Joni’s room. I got on the elevator, as did Sidra and Sky. But [...]
RAW live from Chicago Trip Report (w/pics)
Posted in Sports, Uncategorized, tagged Allstate Arena, Batista, Triple H, Vince McMahon, WWE on August 19, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Got a call from the new GM of WWE’s Raw yesterday afternoon Mike Adamle, asking me if I wanted to go to the show that night at the Allstate Arena. Now I don’t really follow wrestling anymore but it sounded like a blast (a couple of my friends were already going) so I said “I’m [...]
Tourney Woes
Posted in Poker on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just past the half-way point in August and I’m having a bizarre, bizarre month. I’m approaching the $200 mark in cash profits… and approaching the $100 mark in money given back via MTT buy-ins. I now have a remarkable, inconceivable ONE cash in 24 MTTs this month. It’s baffling. And, like any good poker player would, [...]
Today’s family notes!
Posted in Family and Friends on August 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A quick family update…
I took Sidra to sparring today… it’s just awesome watching her put together kick/punch combos. Which reminds me I still have to edit the video of her winning her first sparring tournament back in April.
Zalen has started talking quite openly about death… which I guess isn’t a big surprise… I think this [...]
Just Manny being Manny
Posted in Sports, tagged Jason Stark, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez on August 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A little known fact about me (I guess unless you know me well) is that I’m a lifelong Dodger fan. How that came about, I guess, is a story for another time, but needless to say, I’m thoroughly enjoying the Manny Ramirez era in L.A. He’s simply been amazing since joining the Dodgers… and may [...]
