Hard-Boiled Poker 2009 Year in Review (3 of 3)

31 December 2009

We are almost there. The last day of the year

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Grab Your Popcorn (Isildur1 v. Full Tilt)

23 December 2009

Spent most of yesterday running around seeing family and doing some last minute shopping. I did, however, try to monitor from time to time what folks were saying about the PokerNews interview with the still-unidentified Isildur1 that appeared yesterday. You know that name “Isildur” is a Lord of the Rings thing, right?

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Loving Life, Defying Death

16 December 2009

Was goofin’ around online yesterday when I saw a story about Oscar Niemeyer, the well-known Brazilian architect, who just turned 102 years old. What did it mean to Niemeyer to have reached such an advanced age? “Turning 102 is crap,” he said

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