Good afternoon!!!! As the title might suggest I'm feeling a little "blah" today for some odd reason. I didn't feel this way when I first got out of bed this morning. It's just hit me over the past hour or two... since I got to work pretty much. I am sure we all have those days... where you just wish not one single person would talk to you and when they do no matter what they say is going to annoy the hell out of you. That's pretty much how I feel at this moment. I'm even a little tired, but that's probably from eating a fairly big lunch. I was pretty hungry today. Now I'm back at work but don't have to go on my shift for another 2 hours. Maybe not working out is actually fueling my slightly down feelings today, too. I was originally going to work out today, but once I woke up with a headache I changed my mind. I also miss home and my dear sweet wife and the cats, too. I hope the kitties are still doing ok in their temporary home. The last I heard they were doing really well. :) That makes me happy to know I made a good choice for them. They are good kitties. :)
I got to thinking yesterday... I always sign my blog posts "Peace, Love, and Poker". Why is this??? Well... I couldn't answer that question so it got me thinking. Peace... well that's fairly obvious. I think the world is a much better place when it's peaceful regardless of where in the world you might be at the time. So I always am hoping and praying for peace no matter where I'm at or what I'm doing. Why can't we all just get along????
That leads into my second word... Love. If you really think about it what are we without love? We're very lonely for one. If you don't have love in your life then you're pretty much on your own island... isolated from the rest of the world. Now, don't get me wrong, sometimes that's a GREAT place to be but only if it's for a short period of time. Then it's relaxing rather than lonely. But don't you... at some point... long to get back from that place... that "vacation spot" if you may... that is your temporary escape from every day life. Also, during that time I'm quite certain that those are the times you may think of your "loved" ones the most. I am grateful for all the people in my life who love and care for me every day! I don't think I'd really enjoy life at all without love.
The last of the three is Poker... now that doesn't exactly seem to fit with the other two. In the game of poker your main goal is to eliminate your opponents by taking all their money or chips. Sometimes it's not very peaceful, and it's certainly not a "loving" thing to do now is it??? Perhaps that's one of the main reasons I included poker in the first place. It's a stark contrast from the other two, but it's something I enjoy doing... maybe even "love" doing. I have always been a gambler since I was a kid. I definitely get that from my parents. I was fairly young when I can recall my sister and I sitting on the steps outside the casino trying to watch mom and dad play the slot machines in Atlantic City. Of course, we never stayed long. We would wander off to the arcade or the boardwalk for awhile. None of us ever really thought anything of it. I would never let my children be alone like that nowadays. It was a lot different 25-30 years ago than it is now, though. I'm sure we weren't more than 12 and 9 maybe younger even??? My how times have changed over the years haven't they? So back to poker... the big poker "boom" started around 2003 when Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker... and thus launched poker as what many of us now know as a "sport". This is around about the time I started playing the grand game of Texas Hold'em. I started out just like most people do... LOSING... BADLY! But it didn't take me long to start figuring out what I needed to do in order to start winning. In fact, since I started playing... I have logged well in excess of $10K in profits... most likely that's on the low end of the estimate, too!!! I have cashed in for over $1000 three separate times and $870 another time. It's been awhile since I've won a big one... but I know there will be another and many more in my future as long as I continue to sharpen my game from time to time. :) Therein lies my relatively brief history with poker.
Which brings me to this... why again did I include poker as part of my "signature" closing blog line??? Well... now it's easy to figure out... It's a passion of mine! How interesting would Peace, Love, and Passion be??? Probably not nearly as interesting or intriguing as Peace, Love, and Poker. So there you have it... a little more insight into what makes me who I am... and why I write those 3 words (and notwithstanding of course) at the end of each of my posts. Amazingly enough... just writing my blog today has made me feel a little less "blah". :)
Peace, Love, and Poker
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