BoDonkey Winding Down

You don't have many chances left to get in, but one deep run can get you up on Nadia's leaderboard.

$mokkee took my lead, so I guess I might be playing Tuesday if I get a chance.

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Play The Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series!

Join poker bloggers from around the globe to play in the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series this Tuesday December 2nd and Thursday December 4th at 9:05 PM ET.

This tournament series is comprised of 15 qualifying tournaments that run on Tuesday and Thursday evenings with the final qualifier taking place on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008. At the completion of these 15 qualifying tournaments, the total points of each player will determine who will move on to the Final Tournament of Champions (TOC). Players within the top 15% of all participants on the tournament leaderboard will then receive an invitation via email to participate in the TOC on December 18th, 2008.

There is also a Last Chance Tournament to make it into the final TOC for those players that join the series late or can't make it to play all the qualifier tournaments! All that is required to play in the Last Chance tournament is that you play in 3 or more qualifying tournaments. Those players will receive an invitation to play in the Last Chance Tournament on Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 and the top 3 finishers of this tournament will win a seat to play in the final TOC!

Qualifying Tournaments Prizes

Buy-in: $10 + $1
Prize Pool is distributed as per Bodog's standard multi-table payout table.
1st place: T$109 + $25 Casino Credit ($100K Guaranteed Buy-in)
2nd place: T$75
3rd place: T$50
3 bubble players: T$11 (entry refunded)

TOC Final Tournament Prizes

Entry: Free for the Top 15% on the TLB and the top 3 Last Chance Tournament finishers.
Grand Prize: T$2,000 + $100 casino credit
2nd place: T$500
3rd place: T$250
4th place: T$100
5th place: T$50
Note: You must have a poker blog to play in the TOC

Tournament recaps and details are available at the official tournament series site at http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com

The blogger series leaderboard is available at http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/leader-board.jsp

So what are you waiting for? Sign up for this series at http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/

Good luck and may the best poker blogger take this series down!

The Bodog Poker Blogger
Yahoo ID: bodogdirectory


Tune into Buddy Dank Radio for live tournament recaps and updates while you play at buddydankradio.com

Christmas Tree Decoration

The season is upon us - as soon as classes end, we'll probably put up our tree too.

By the way, I let Alex put up the picture. I'm sitting here coding, and let him try to do a post. Yay for tiny coding!


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Even Better Thanksgiving Video

Because the kids will love it.



Happy Thanksgiving. Was it funnier than the Charlie Brown video?

Happy Thanksgiving

Enjoy it with a classic from Charlie Brown.

Re-posting from Railbirds - one of you might find this fun.

Do you want to assist Railbirds in taking over the world? We are looking for skilled professionals and amateurs to help us develop the site, make it look better, and extend it to other languages than English as well. All applications are equally welcome - Railbirds is going to be the BEST site for any poker content, the BIGGEST poker community in the world, and a place where EVERYBODY wants to be!

Programmers needed
We need programmers to fix bugs and to code new features for us. The site is in dire need of new tech staff, and if you have what it takes, don't hesitate to apply! Full-time positions available, as well as on-demand positions.

You need to be skilled at object-oriented php5, MVC, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, caching and htaccess rewriting.

Ideally, you'll also have knowledge of some framework, complex databases, Linux, Subversion, Samba, and (S)FTP, but these skills are not necessarily required.

Send an email to railbirdjoe@gmail.com with your Railbirds user name if you want to apply or if you have any questions. Include a description of yourself, and your CV detailing your experience and skills.


Graphic artists needed
If you are a skilled graphic artist, this is for you. We need experts to create new images for every new feature, promotion, graphic update, etc. that we make here on Railbirds.

You need to be able to work quickly, and to deliver easily changable graphics in multiple formats. Choice of tools is up to you. We need designers to create designs for new features and parts of the site, as well as promotional artists to make promo images, icon sets, and many other things for us.

Knowledge of CSS and XHTML is a big merit.

Send an email to railbirdjoe@gmail.com with your Railbirds user name if you want to apply or if you have any questions. Include several samples of your work, a description of yourself, and your CV detailing your experience and skills.


Beta testers needed
Are you good at spotting errors? Do you enjoy blaming tech for obvious mistakes? Is your activity on Railbirds enough to qualify you for Railoholics Anonymous? If you are, we want you to beta test for us!

Beta testers get access to all new features earlier than everybody else. They get to play around with the site - and they get lots of influence over the look and feel of new additions.

Send an email to railbirdjoe@gmail.com with your Railbirds user name if you want to apply or if you have any questions. Include a short text on why you think you would be a good beta tester. No novels please.


Translators needed
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Parlez-vous Français? Czy mówisz po polsku? Railbirds is going multi-lingual!

Yes, that's right. Finally, those of you who don't have English as your first or preferred language will be able to access Railbirds in your native tongue. The site will need translation of menus, instructional texts, the FAQ, and everything else.

Send an email to railbirdjoe@gmail.com with your Railbirds user name if you want to apply or if you have any questions. Include a short description of your language skills and how you would be able to participate.


Foreign language prorails needed
With new languages coming, we need people to moderate them as well. Are you a good pick? Do you log in on Railbirds a lot? Is being a prorail one of your biggest dreams?

Fluency in English and at least one other language required. Communicational skills are a must, and previous moderating experience is a welcome merit.

Send an email to railbirdjoe@gmail.com with your Railbirds user name if you want to apply or if you have any questions. Include a description of your past experiences as a moderator and a short text describing yourself.


Questions? Want to apply?
If you have any questions regarding this or would like to apply, please contact RailJoe at railbirdjoe@gmail.com! I would prefer to discuss things over email, not over PM, and I would be grateful if you'd oblige me in this.


So...
I have HUGE plans for 2009 - they're absolutely 100 % magnificent! I have plans for ranking, for loads of freerolls and guaranteed tournaments, many promotions, an enormous amount of new features, and of course some long-awaited bug fixes. And much more!

Join the Railbird army today!

Stockpiling

Maybe stocking up on non-perishables and ammo might be a bit more necessary than you thought, once hyper-inflation hits.

U.S. Prepared to Lend up to 7.4 Trillion Dollars

AFAIK, only two ways to pay for it:

1. Massive injection of capital, lots of newly printed money, and resulting inflation that would make Jimmy Carter blush.
2. Higher taxes or some other grab of nontaxed revenue - like, say, a 401(k).

This is not going to end well.

Anyone have a gulch they would like to use?

H/t Ace.

I'm taking the weekend off from any writing whatsoever. Hopefully on MOnday I'll feel recharged, or at least relieved if I'm able to finally crank out some assignments for my Thursday class.

Peace.


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Way Behind

I have 3,571 unread items in my reader aggregator, and 135 unread recent items in my e-mail.

I haven't done too many original posts over on the Examiner lately.

I've actually been working from home on occasion because the items I need to complete are items that can only be done when no one is logged in to the servers.

But I am now done with two of my classes. Only the programming class remains.

Hopefully, that means I can get some sleep soon, and begin to get the energy back into posting a bit more like I had been doing for the past couple of months on all the sites. Right now, though, I'm very tired and burnt out from many things going on all at once.

One thing I did add (for those who read this through an aggregator) was a link splice and sidebar box for Digg. It seemed like a good way to highlight stories written by other examiners or stories which I found funny but didn't have the time or energy to re-post. So, if nothing else, you'll continue to see those fresh stories, even if I don't write very much.

In the meantime, I'll be reading more stories about the Hooker Bar.

Not quite a Mastercard commercial

Tickets for Georgia Aquarium through Georgia State: $15.00 apiece.

A shuttle to the aquarium from the parking deck: $0.00.

A taxi back from the aquarium to the student center for games such as "build your own fishtank": $12.00.

A trip to the pet store to get supplies for a real fishtank: $50.00.

Giving the kids some joy and responsibility: Priceless.

Georgia Congressional Oversight Examiner: GOP searches for fresh leadership in new Congress

Georgia Congressional Oversight Examiner: GOP searches for fresh leadership in new Congress

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Someone will have vengeance

But now you'll get an extra $109 for it.

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It's Payback Time! Think You Can Take Out The Infamous Sir Waffles?

On Thursday's November 20th Bodog blogger tournament, there will be a bounty on the head of the biggest donkey of them all, the notorious Sir Waffles!

Don't miss this opportunity to take revenge on or even up the score with Waffles! If you are the lucky poker blogger to knock out Waffles, you will receive a credit of T$109 to play in Bodog's $100K Guaranteed Tournament occurring each Sunday at 4 PM!

Just what is Bodog's 100K Guaranteed Tournament?
With one of the biggest overlays in the industry, the value of this tournament is literally unbeatable!
Find out more at http://poker.bodoglife.com/tournaments/100k-guaranteed-tournament.html

This blogger tournament series is open to poker bloggers worldwide and runs on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 9:05 PM ET.

More details are available at the official blogger series site at http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com

So what are you waiting for? Sign up to play this tournament at http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/

Good luck and may the most unforgiving poker blogger stack the "worst poker player" ever and pocket T$109!

The Bodog Poker Blogger
Yahoo ID: bodogdirectory


Tune into Buddy Dank Radio for live tournament recaps and updates while you play at buddydankradio.com

Go Time

Let's see if I can survive the donkey killing fields - it looks like there will be almost 7,000 people in this thing.

FTOPS X Event #24: $120 + $9 NLHE w/Knockouts (100 to tourney, 20 for KO). Starting stack is 5,000 with blinds starting at 10/20.

I'm hoping this will be a long day.

Atlanta Games Examiner: Guitar Hero: Metallica rumored for 2009 release

Atlanta Games Examiner: Guitar Hero: Metallica rumored for 2009 release

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A visit from Mike Huckabee

Georgia Congressional Oversight Examiner: A visit from Mike Huckabee

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Mike Huckabee is coming to town on Sunday to stump as another big GOP gun tries to save the seat.

Early Presents

I've had my current cellphone number for six years through the same carrier. The phone unit I've had, however, has been beat up terribly through the years.

In addition, we started getting tired of the limited features available, and I wanted a phone with more fun features to use.

I've looked at iPhones and third-party dealers, but the need wasn't too great until last month when Kim's job situation went a bit kaflooie.

Yesterday, we finally fixed the problem, and decided to get a new plan with AT & T (which has the rest of our communication stuff anyway). Since we both needed new phones, we went ahead and got the last two phones they had in stock of the Samsung A767 Propel.

This was the phone as we first got it, six years ago. Smiple, did it's job, but not too sturdy and not a lot of bells and whitsles.

This is the phone we switched to, under the same plan, with several years of heavy wear, lots of tear, dropping, tossing, and chewing by two-legged and four-legged creatures. I'm still learning how to use the camera, so blame me for the meh quality. It lasted a long time, and had the ever-loving shit kicked out of it, but it mostly served us well.

This is now my new phone - with the same number as before.

This is Kim's new phone, with a brand new number.

The geek in me is very happy. I sat down with it last night to work on a deal and was actually able to type a halfway decent message with it the new phone - in my e-mail - and for some bizarre reason I was incredibly pumped.

I think it must have been the keyboard, and not the fact that there's a demo of Guitar Hero III on the phone. Or the fact that it seems really shiny and we like shiny things.

I might test out doing a post from it this weekend, or test out uploading pictures from the aquarium tonight - Georgia State is having a special aquarium night for students, staff, and family with discounted tickets, so we'll get to show the beluga whales the new toys.

Alex, though, is still too young for the phone, even though both of the kids wanted to grab them immediately.

At least it's one thing taken off the must-do list for us.

As for the color - I like green. Shut up.

Beauty of a bounty

Come play the BoDonkey tonight.

Bust the lovely lady to the right, Evelyn Ng, and win a $109 bounty.

Evelyn is one of Bodog's resident pros.

She will probably kick your ass if you do try to take her out, so watch out.

Take a shot at 9:05 PM tonight.

WPBT Details

RSVP with this guy.

1) Tourney details:
Private Blogger Tournament
Venetian Poker Room
Saturday, December 13th
3PM
$135 ($100 buy-in, $25 juice, $10 toke)

2) From what I read, folks should be around anywhere between Thursday to Monday.

3) The fun part: Some of you might have gotten some hotel offers from Vegas if you have frequent player cards, hotel numbers, or anything else. I've gotten a bunch. I'm listing them here.

• Luxor starts from $59
• MGM Grand 149/night, third night free for a luxury suite
• Mandalay Bay starting from 89
• Excalibur: $81 weekend, $29 Sun-Thu
• Bellagio from 169/night with the third night FREE

That's just from this week.

Flights, however, still royally suck, so I'm not sure yet if I'm able to pull it off.

Odds are, I will only be able to entertain the possibility if I cash in FTOPS #24 this weekend, because I am NOT touching any other expenses to do this, that would be too irresponsible even for me.

Atlanta Moronapalooza

Saturday, Nov. 15, meet around 5:30-6:00 PM
Right Wing Tavern
251 E. Main St. Woodstock, GA

Hoping to see a bunch of you fellow morons from Ace's then.

Vengeance shall be mine

First, I donk off my chips within ten minutes to the worst break-even poker player ever.

Then, I find out he won the BoDonkey last night after I donked off said chips.

Then, I find out he won the Skillz game last night too.

This reign of waffling terror must be stopped in its tracks.

Travel plans

Next week is Study Abroad week at Georgia State. For 2007-2008, I started looking at a study abroad trip pretty late in the game - almost into March of this year before I began looking at going to China for a two-week study abroad session. It would have been a nice China tours, including one day in Beijing on the day of the Opening Ceremonies - on 8/8/08, it turned out to be bigger than any other China holidays.

I'm making plans to go next week at some point to get more information on what sessions are available. Even though I am planning on finishing in May, I am still eligible to participate in one of the programs, so it's worth a listen, if nothing else.

They will be having Globe-Trekker sessions all week, so I might make time to stop in for one on the same day as the Bill Curry meetup posted earlier. Robinson offers a lot of different trips which might be interesting: South Africa, France/Spain, France/Belgium, Hungary/Czech Republic, Modern Paris, Italy, Greece/Turkey, Buenos Aires/Rio, and Germany/Switzerland.

No trips to anywhere in Asia this time around. No special opportunities like a boat ride on the Yangtze or Rhine cruises. Jobwise, the most relevant would probably be the Rio and Buenos Aires trip given how we are trying to expand in Latin America.

Still, it's an interesting list of trips and some are worth considering, even if it doesn't count for credit any more.