Jeb Bush in 2008

George H. Bush (Bush '88) wants his other son, the Governor of the Great State of Florida, to run for President some day. I guess that is just one more sign that apocalypse is coming. Watch out for toads and locusts raining on your car tomorrow on the way to work.

Also, Barbara Bush predicts that Hilary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee in 2008, something I already predicted 2 months ago. So, I'm thinking just like Barbara Bush. Won't my Mother be so proud?

Poker

I just finished playing a "Sit-and-Go" Poker Tournament over at
Pokerroom.com. I came in first. My "play" bankroll is up to $13,840 - it started at $1000 about 2 months ago. Too bad it's not real money. The play at fake money tables is pretty loose, almost like if you were playing in a home game where everybody comes into every pot, no matter what they have in their hand.

When these people get a "real" hand, like a good pocket pair, or A-K, they don't play it correctly. Limping into the pot with 2 10's when you are the first person to act makes Baby Jesus Cry, especially when I have 7-6 suited, and the flop comes 7-6-2. When you have 2 10's and you're the first to act, you gotta raise it up so that people with marginal hands like 7-6 don't see a cheap flop and bust your booty out of the tournament. I've read on the other poker blogs that the play at the "real" money tables is much better (as one would expect).

Dude Looks Like a Lady (Part 3)

OK, if you want to see what I'll do to help eliminate cancer, click on the following link...
Dude Looks Like a Lady

University of Kentucky Joke

Q. How many University of Kentucky fans does it take to return a book to the library?

A. None - U of K fans can't read.

Dude Looks Like a Lady (Part 2)

We just arrived home from the Dude Looks Like a Lady Cancer Benefit at Tom Sawyer Park. Jenny's friend Michelle is a cancer survivor, and she told me I did a great job. Blush, blush. There was a great turnout, with a ton of tents set up and lots of folks there with their families. Thanks to all my friends and Jenny's friends who showed up to cheer me (aka Virginia Ham) on to a solid 3rd place finish. My daughter didn't know quite what to make of Daddy when I showed up. After about 1/2 hour, she warmed up enough to let me hold her hand.

I got beat out by a guy wearing Daisy Dukes with a toy horse, handcuffs and guns, and, by a guy in a gorilla suit dressed in drag. Freakin' novelty acts - I just went old school on the lot of them and wore a short skirt and lip synched a Diana Ross tune.

Monday at work should be fun. I'm sure that I will have a picture or two posted in the office of me in all my glory. Charity sure can hurt sometimes.

When I get some pictures from the folks who took them, I'll throw them up on the web site for all to see.

I am out.

Dude Looks Like a Lady

So what's a young attorney with a promising legal career doing dressing up in women's clothing? It's for charity I tell ya. Friday night, 8:00 p.m. at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer Park I make my appearance. It's to benefit cancer research - my wife's friend, Michelle, is a cancer survivor, and I'm her dude that will look like a lady.

If (who am I kidding, there will be) there are pictures, I will post them (maybe). If you'e in the area, come check it out.

Now, if I can just find a purse to match my shoes...

Orange

Did you know that no word in the English language rhymes with the word "orange?" Think about that a while. Be sure not to write any poetry where you need to rhyme with the word orange, otherwise you might hurt your head.

Projectile Vomiting

Well, my little 20 month old angel gave Mommy and her 2 little cousins a little present tonight on the way to dinner at W.W. Cousins - projectile vomiting. Poor little trooper, I think it surpised her more than anything else. She didn't know what to think. She's sitting their fine in her car seat one minute, and then, wham, she's off like Carrie Fischer from the Exorcist.

We drove back home, hosed down the car seat, hosed down the child, and gave her a bath. She doesn't have a fever, must be just a little 24 hour bug.

Does Spelling Count?

A friend of mine sent me this. English teachers of the world, you better turn your head - this is not for the squeemish.

It's a little cerebral workout for your brain. Just what you may need for a Monday. Believe it or not you can read it ....

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Michael Jackson is Going to Walk

I know I wrote a post a little over a month ago that said Michael Jackson was going down. I'm not so sure now. This case is taking too long. The prosecutors in this case are falling victim to the same disease that the prosecutors in the O.J. Simpson Trial suffered from - which is an allergy to the KISS method (KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid). The prosecutors are afraid that if they don't put out every little piece of evidence they have (even if the evidence is irrelevant to the charge or only loosely related), then they aren't doing their job.

The prosecutors have forgetten that real live human beings with limited attention spans are sitting in the jury box. The longer this trial goes on, the greater the chance is that they will lose this jury, and Wacko Jacko will walk. The prosecutors have lost their focus, and they are going off on these side tangential issues like the prior accusations against Jackson. I agree that they should have brought the past up if they could, but it looks like they had no plan to simply and effectively deliver the message to this jury that Jackson was a child molester in the past, still is a child molester, and always will be. The longer the prosecutors allow this trial to go on, the more reasonable doubt they create for Jackson.