My tournament life is on the line as I shove my short stack all in with 9/10 suited. The big blind snap calls and turns over American Airlines. This is me getting my poker fix. It’s the annual foray into the heart of Nevada for some Texas Hold-em. That’s the extent of my trip. Despite [...]
What does it take exactly? What does the region want from the Centre in the Square? Here we have a critically acclaimed Broadway musical mining the era of guilty pleasure, hair metal music. It’s a Poison video brought to life that’s warranted enough attention to deserve a big budget motion picture set to release next [...]
Another great evening at Ignite Waterloo. Thanks to Stephen Heron – an Igniter since the beginning and my talented co-MC. The event, as it exists today, would not have been possible without his involvement since the beginning. Once again had the good fortune of interacting with our varied speakers. Whether it’s discussing the vagaries of [...]
The running shoes I bought to kick off my jogging career sat unused for a full year. Typical aspirational spending. That was after a year of quitting smoking where I had adopted that smug, non-smoker readiness to embrace some new, healthier lifestyle. I’ve been on the verge of ready for a while. I probably would [...]
The text message said to meet at the parking lot of Mill and Parliament for 6pm. So here I am in my car, dressed completely in white, feeling like Mr. Roarke making his morning commute to Fantasy Island. The weather had glowered all day and the forecast was nothing but rain making me more than [...]
The smell! We had just entered the barrel room where 40 Creek sits and mellows. The place was infused with what they refer to as the angel’s share, the scant bit of every barrel that evaporates during aging. Instead of the tight, high smell of alcohol the air hung with the rich, warm notes that [...]
Born in 1972, Ernest Cline is of my generation and his novel Ready Player One is peppered with all the touchstones of our youth. Raised in a world of orange shag carpeting and wood paneled dens, we were there for the advent of home computing with the TRS-80 making way for the Commodore 64. We [...]
JMDrama’s production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” was the most fun I’ve had at the theatre this year. Do yourself a favor and check out the remaining three shows on August 18,19 and 20. Tickets are available here. Held at the Registry Theatre on Frederick Street, it’s a tiny little space, no [...]
In the aftermath of the Korean war my mother’s brother left an enigmatic note on his pillow before stepping out for school. He never returned and the family lamented his apparent suicide. A half century later a list of names is published in Koreas’ national paper. Part of the warming relations between North and South [...]