I’ve been reading Vincent Bugliosi’s Divinity or Doubt and came across his simple demonstration that those who claim that most people are basically good are not only wrong but are also lying to themselves. What he does is ask those people to imagine the scenario where they get up in the morning and find that [...]

What she actually did was destroy the fob. The gizmo with all the buttons. It was my spare but I still was thinking it was first priority to go get a replacement. It took a half an hour before I realized how silly that was. I still had the second KEY. And thus could easily [...]

When you make a bad all in move playing poker, the “punishment” when you get caught is a matter of luck (if there are more cards to come). Your result will probably be a lot different from your negative EV. But it shouldn’t be that way in real life. I was reminded of this yet [...]

There is just too much short term luck in these games. The gold medal winner in other sports will occasionally be the second or third best competitor who happened to get some breaks. But if the game is baseball and the talent is at all close, the best team of the bunch will usually not [...]

If so, its pretty disengenuous for all these Republicans to say it is a tax just because the majority of the Supreme court said it was. If the four most conservative justices called it not a tax and these justices are the darlings of the GOP, why should the politicians pick this time to disagree [...]

Just missed the money in this interesting alternative way to play holdem. The two key differences between this and regular NLH are the fact that if you open for a raise and get called you will always be fiirst to act post flop, and that that you can limp preflop for a very small fraction [...]

In recent days I have encounterd personal aggravations that I realize stems from the fact that most people go to too great a length to make their conversation pleasant. The two best examples involve promises that probably won’t be kept and badmouthing other people. Are you guilty of these things? Do you say you will [...]

If it means the worst teachers are the ones eliminated. Especially if the subject is math. If I was teaching an algebra class of 25 students and they forced me to take on the class down the hallway presently taught by a run of the mill teacher, there is no doubt in my mind that [...]

One of my pet peeves is newscasts that sensationalize a trial by adding up all the maximums that a defendent could be sentenced to if he got convicted on all counts. Even when it is inconceivable that he would get such a sentence. Can’t they at least say that he could “theoretically” get that sentence [...]

Frankly I’m mainly testing to see whether I can once again write on this blog. And whether I have to change my password. (If an upcoming blog accuses all of you of being morons, there is a 60% I was hacked). Right now I am doing a bit of thinking about No Limit Holdem in [...]