Revisiting poker as a h...

For the past few months, I have played remarkably little poker. Yes, I play in the monthly tourney at my house, but other than that, not too much. I don’t know if it’s the fact that summer is approaching which means the World Series of Poker is about to descend upon Las Vegas...

Rock Band Foot Pedal Re...

Last Friday I got home from work and played a few songs on Rock Band. Right as we were finishing up the rock star ending on a song, the foot pedal on my drum kit broke in half. It was a sad, sad day. Over the weekend I made a half-assed attempt at finding a replacement drum kit. When that...

Almost rock stars

Thank you Todd for another great recommendation! Air Guitar Nation was a fun movie to watch. You absolutely forget how ridiculous it is and get hooked on the competition. I asked my mom if she wanted to watch it and she says, “I may pop in for a few minutes.” she sat and...

I need to work on that

It has become apparent that I need to work on the way I respond to people when I’m a slight bit agitated. It seems I have pissed off (and hurt feelings of) a few people that I love recently with the way I reacted to a seemingly infinitesimal event. Some details, if you please. This...

Pinball Hall of Fame

  Recently my son found out about a place here in town called the Pinball Hall of Fame and has been asking us to take him there for a couple weeks. After some quick research we found out that it’s not that far away from us [it's on the corner of Trop and Pecos]. So yesterday we...