Res Ipsa Poker

Back from vacation. Four days of golf, five and a half rounds - it would have been six and half but it was really wet and muddy in Greensboro on Sunday and five hours of carts paths only is enough for one day. 30 some hours of driving. No internet. No poker. Almost no work. It was great to break out of the routine. Life couldn't be better ... it's such a shame that reality will be administering a hearty bitch slap as soon as tomorrow.

Because this is a poker blog, not a travel blog, I'm going to just hit the highlights list style:

1. First up, poker content. This is the public service portion of this post. If you happen to be in Marietta, Ohio, you can find live Texas Hold'em at the Comfort Inn, just east of the interstate, on Tuesday nights. On Thursdays, play at the Holiday Inn just across the street. I was there on Wednesday, so I can't vouch for the quality of the games.

2. Ahh, there is nothing quite like coming home to 1,531 unread posts on Bloglines, 71 emails (and counting), five newspapers and a three inch stack of junk mail.

3. If I had allergy problems, I think I would be dead right now. I've never seen so much pollen in my life. I'm not exaggerating - my car was literally green. I was going to take a picture to prove it, but we hit rain somewhere near the Ohio line. If it's not already, Claritin should be the official state drug of North Carolina.

4. Speaking of Ohio, I'd like to extend a hearty fuck you to the Ohioan in the Ford Fusion who ran me off the Interstate just north of Toledo this afternoon. Check your mirrors before you change lanes next time, you moron. We're both darned lucky that nothing bad happened.

5. I'm off to go sign up for tonight's Riverchasers. I've got a few bottles of Bell's Oberon and plan to keep the vacation theme rolling for a least a couple hours longer...

6. I thought you could find a Waffle House in any small town in the South. It appears that I was wrong and that Waffle Houses are mainly found along the interstate. That just seems wrong.

Speaking of which, did anything happen while I was gone? Hell freeze over? Did Waffles win something?

7. Last, but not least:

Here are at least 20 people that I am smarter than:


It was about fifty degrees with a cold wind.