Miscellanea

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Rebuilding Credit

I just saw an ad (on TV) that deserved a comment. In the commercial, a woman, who maxed out multiple credit cards – even after getting new cards to do balance transfers – over a great period of time, claimed to have solved all her credit problems (or at least her credit management problem) by […]

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Why I Like Playing a Short Stack

I have played a fair amount of poker, this weekend, since I’ve got little else to do; I resolved to avoid work, this weekend, and I don’t know anybody, nearby, so I might as well play some cards. I had a very good night, on Friday, and again last night (cashed out with 18x and

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Today’s News

Today, I received the poker chips and table top I ordered several days ago. All in all, they are very nice – the table top, in particular, surpassed my expectations. I bought both chips and table top at 5StarDeal. The downside: while I ordered 250 white chips and 200 red, I received 450 white and

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Cool Meta Tag and the Most Concise Blog, Ever

Found in the Whois Source website code: <meta name=”jedi-mind-trick” content=”You will bookmark this site and use it a lot.”></meta> John Graham Cumming‘s blog (the one and only entry): Blog May 26, 2005: I don’t have one; I don’t have the time

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Requiem

One of the most brilliant people I have ever known, a dear friend, and a graduate of Rice University and MIT, Neal Jameson, III, passed away on March 10, 2005. I am not sure what the circumstances were, but I know that Neal wrestled mightily with many issues on this earth. I am glad to

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