Date:	2008-12-24 14:51
Subject:	1 day until Christmas!
Security:	Public
Mood:	hungry

How about a nice holiday treat?

This one is for you Grinches out there.

(This one's a shout out to all my friends who I used to hang out in the cafeteria in the mornings with during high school)

So not technically a Christmas video... it is in a Christmas special though. :)

C'mon... you knew this one was coming...

Date:	2008-12-19 10:11
Subject:	6 days until Christmas
Security:	Public
Mood:	cheerful

This one falls under the nsfw&c area, but it's damn funny (especially if you like Scrubs).

(fried chicken with mac & cheese sounds pretty good right now...)

What's with those dancers??

Date:	2008-11-27 08:14
Subject:	Happy Thanksgiving (to my American friends)
Security:	Public
Mood:	cheerful
Music:	Sportscenter

In the spirit of the holiday, I decided to post 3 clips from one of the Thanksgiving episodes of the West Wing. The episode itself is one of my favorites, hitting on the right balance of humor and drama.

First, President Bartlett finds out about the Butterball hot line and has to give it a call.



Next, Press Secretary CJ Craig had to choose which turkey to have the President symbolically pardon and can't bring herself to turn the other one over (this maybe my favorite humor scene of all on West Wing).



And finally, the end of the episode. Bartlett has been dealing with a group of Chinese refugees who have illegally entered America so they can practice their religion freely. The Chinese want the refugees back. Bartlett's solution is revealed. I personally love the speech Sam writes for the President.



Happy Thanksgiving if you're American. If not, have a great day none the less!

Date:	2008-10-03 11:18
Subject:	Fair & Balanced My Ass!
Security:	Public
Mood:	amused
Music:	War Games "The computer's still playing the game!"

Someone at Fox News needs to learn how to count:

Date:	2008-09-25 01:00
Subject:	Fun time in New Hampshire
Security:	Public
Mood:	happy
Music:	Sportscenter

Got to admit, had a fun time in New Hampshire. I've really grown to love my cousins and I thank Greg & God for that all the time. Big party Saturday, Smores by the fire pit Saturday night. Sunday I sat around the house watching TV and talking (and eating) with cousin Dom. Monday, had a lamb lunch with Aunt Lu (the Godmother), Aunt Pauline, Denise, Abby & Zach (who Grandma Aunt Lu was watching) and best of all, Uncle Paul & Aunt Irene whom I never seem to get the chance to talk to. On the way home, I stopped at Mohegan Sun to play in a tournament. Played well but the cards didn't totally fall my way and I ended 15 out of 39.

Every time I go to NH I think about moving there when I'm able to. I know if I was there all the time they wouldn't treat me as special as they do when I visit, but I love being around my extended family. There's just so much love there.

Isn't it nice though, when someone you love treats you like you're special?

Date:	2008-09-02 13:18
Subject:	Didn't End Well
Security:	Public
Mood:	grumpy
Music:	Quiet day; no tv, no music

My brother came down with Cellulitis Friday night/Saturday morning. As is typical of my brother, he didn't go to the emergency room until Sunday afternoon. They prescribed him medication and said, "Rest your leg and keep it elevated." Mark interpreted that as, "Take the kids back to school shopping, do the grocery shopping and then insist on standing at the stove and cooking dinner, never once elevating your leg even when sitting down." Around 9pm last night, Mark had enough pain to warrant wanting to go back to the ER. He called around 1am to let us know he was being admitted and would be there until at least Thursday, but most likely Friday.

How was your holiday?

Date:	2008-08-30 16:00
Subject:	Poker Adventure
Security:	Public
Mood:	cheerful

So last night, Rich, Drew & I decided to celebrate my birthday by heading up to Mohegan Sun to experience their first night with a poker room. From the word go it was obvious that they were still working out some kinks, especially with the dealers. They were all new and making rookie mistakes (not moving the dealer button, forgetting to make sure blinds were posted, etc.)
I decided to enter into a Sit & Go tournament. Sit & Gos are different from regular tournaments in that they are usually just one table (9 or 10 players) and don't have a set start time; they just begin once the table is full. I ended the tournament in 3rd place, essentially winning back my entry fee. But a dealer mistake cost me, maybe even costing me the tournament.
The dealer for our tournament was actually pretty good. His one fault was in the actual dealing of the cards. He would often (on average once/revolution of the table) deal a card in a way that it would flip up and reveal itself. The casino's rule if this happened was that the dealer would continue dealing out cards, then once done would replace the exposed card and the exposed card would be discarded.
So, we were down to five players left. I was in the first position after the big blind (meaning I would have to be first to decide if I wanted to call, raise or fold). When he dealt me my second card, it flipped over, revealing itself to be the Kc. He finished the deal and then replaced my card. I looked at my two cards and saw an ace of clubs Ac and my replacement card was a 6d. Meaning that instead of having AK suited (the 3rd best starting hand), I now had A-6 off-suit; not a bad hand, but not a good hand if you're first to act, which I was. So I did the right thing and I folded. The guy next to me raised, the guy after him called and everyone else folded.
The flop came down Ah-Ad-9c. Had I stayed in, I would've had 3 aces. I never found out what the other two guys had because one bet and the other folded. But I probably would've had them both beat.
After the tournament was done, I went to the card room boss (who was actually a really nice guy and had been talking with me before the tournament started). I stressed to him that I understand it was their first day and all the guys were new and that I wasn't wrangling for any more money. I then told him the story and gave him my opinion of what should be done in that situation if it happens again (dealing stops immediately and the player must choose right away wither to keep it or not).
After the tournament I went and let video poker take some of my money. Then Drew & I went to Johnny Rockets for some totally unhealthy food (no calories on your birthday, right?). All in all I had a blast and can't wait to go up there again.

Date:	2008-08-19 17:57
Subject:	I feel sorry for him
Security:	Public
Mood:	sad

Having been a collector of something most of my life, this really hits me hard.


The Archive from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

So, one time I was over at Mike & Peg's (back when it was Mike & Peg's) and we were doing something (probably playing a board game), when Peg suddenly went "It's 9:00!" and she & Mike rushed to the TV. Because X-Files was on. Now this was when the show was still in it's first season and Fox was advertising it as a UFO chasing show, so in my head I was like, "Wow, really? You watch this shit?"
Yeah well, I ended up just as obsessed with the show as they were, if not more so. At least until the first film, when the show got waaaaay too caught up in it's mythology and then Mulder left and was replaced by the T-1000, and then Scully decided to get pregnant and only show up for half of the episodes and blah blah blah.

That's a long winded way of saying, "Hey, I went and saw the new X-Files movie last night."

( X Files: I Want To Believe )

Date:	2008-07-25 07:46
Subject:	Hair
Security:	Public
Mood:	annoyed

It seems like every time I'm getting really sick of the length of my hair and I want to cut it off, someone comes along and tells me how much they love it and how jealous they are of it. The other day it was the girlfriend of one of our regular customers.
I just get so sick of dealing with it. All the extra time to wash it; trying to drive with the windows down with it. Oh, and what the humidity does to it. Ick.

GORBACHOV: THE MUSIC VIDEO - BIGGER AND RUSSIANER from Tom Stern on Vimeo.