Big Ben

I really hope he is OK. The news is positive, but there are a lot of rumors about knees, etc. If ben is not OK, the steelers have Charlie Batch, who is officially my second favorite QB ever. I loved him with the lions because he was a hometown guy, and he's more than capable as a QB. He could still be a starter somewhere if he wanted, but he's choosing to stay in the burgh. Secondly, I may get a chance to see omar jacobs chucking the rock after all.

I hope ben has a lucky day.

I went to play poker tonight, and I said "I'm playing to win tonight, stella(me) has got to get his groove back". I won the tournament through patience and good playing. Unfortunately, the prize was a gift cert to a bar...and since I don't drink, its no good to me. Doesn't matter, I got to write "big blind" mccracken on the winners board.

I lost my second game(for cash) when I fell in love with a king and a queen and couldn't let go. It was the wicked king of clubs, as townes van zandt would call it, and the queen of hearts. Neither have a good reputation in fictional lore. Maybe if it was the queen of diamonds(townes van zandtz hero) it would have worked out better for me. Of course, playing poker based on drunk men's songs and delusional authors fictional works involving rather logical, yet not helpful cats is a bit silly.

Top 4 hands of the night
4) Queen/10(1) Beat the crap out of Tommy when I caught a 10 on the flop, turn and river. Wham bam, thanks man
3) Queen/10(2) Beat the crap out of shannon when I caught a 10 on the river, sorry about that kid
2) King/2, 3 all ins and I friggin play a king/2? WTF? I was up against a AK, and a KQ. Any K would have walloped me, but a 2 comes out on the turn and noone catches their overcards. Yay for me.
1) Ace/J. Heads up, next to the last hand. I'm playing Ace/Jack, John is playing Ace/10. 9/4/10 flops. Bam, I'm all in. Why you ask? I've got two overcards and I'm in position. I'm low stack and have to make a move. Its now or never, I've got the cards, now I just need the luck. John called me, but he wasn't supposed to, he was supposed to drop to my bet. He had top pair, so he called. emmer effer. The Queen of diamonds dropped. That bitch! She was supposed to be friendly to guys named mud, send out the ace or the jack or anything but the queen! Next card is an 8...of diamonds. The lovely lady gave me a straight.

The moral of the story? Always play the queen of diamonds, and have a lucky day.