JetBlue

So, JetBlue recently starting flying out of Austin, but, currently only to and from New York or Boston.. so... me being me... sent this to thier custom service:

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Message:
thanks for setting up shop in Austin Texas...

now if you can get a rt flight to/from vegas for like 100 bucks... you'll
have me flying once a month... more depending on my poker skills.. :)
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to which they replied:

Dear Mr. Vowell,

Thanks for your interest in JetBlue Airways and contacting us in regards to suggesting a new route for Austin, TX.

As a growing airline, JetBlue is continuously evaluating new cities to serve where our low fares and high quality service will be well received.

Although Austin, TX to Las Vegas, NV is not currently a JetBlue route, we will let the right people know of your interest. Please check our website often for announcements of new flights, new planes, and new cities!

We'd love to see you on one of our upcoming JetBlue flights, and wish you the best of luck at the tables!

Regards,

Jason
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I found it quite satifying that he would personally wish me luck at the tables... that tells me he actually read my email, and that perhaps, he is a poker player himself..

Peace

Shame on me...

I am sorely lacking in the blog department of late..... it's a pokerish blog, and I just have not played much poker, lately..... and any poker I have played.. simply has been 'nothing to talk about'.

Does this beg the question, why? Well, even if it doesn't, I am going to tell you anyway...

2 main reasons... one being sorta selfish...

1) Since about the 1st of the month, I have been playing Dark Age of Camelot... it is an online role playing game, of the massive user type... I had played this game for 2 years, then quit for about 2 years.. and now I am back in it.. I have always stayed in contact with the friends I made online, thru our guild website... and some changes to the game made it appealing for me to come back...

2) been spending more time with the ex's grandkids.... I pretty much considert them grandkids of my own... but, technically, they are not... not by blood, but certainly by love.



Watched alot of movies since my last entry... any stand out? Hmmm.. let me think..

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The Island was not half bad, which I guess makes it not half good as well.... interesting choice of words there Slayre boy...

Saw most of Casablanca ( never seen it before ) and had to miss the last 20 minutes.. so I put it on my online rental queue.. got it yesterday.. just haven't watched it yet.

Oh.. Saw the IMAX version of Polar Express.. way cool... good movie too....

4 Brothers.. not bad, not bad t'all...

Wedding Crashers.. too much hype from friends made me not laff as much as I prolly would have had I heard nothing about it... Vince Vaughn is incredibly funny in pretty much any movie he is in, and this is no exception..

Cinderella Man -- liked it alot...

Exorcism of Emily Rose - I don't like scary movies.. even if they aren't all that scary... this is based on a true story, and had they set it in the country and the time it actually took place, it would have been a phenomenal movie, as opposed to so-so.....

Well... sorry for such a big gap in entries... and I humbly admit, there will be more.......

Peace

blergh

I really don't have anything to write about... bloglines is down right now.. and I didn't check it all weekend.. so, that would make me behind on my blog reads... and since it is down, and I have no 'secondary' list of blogs to visit... I will fall further behind, until they come back up...

contingency man!! contingency...

Hope everyone had a safe new year celebration.. I drank 3 beers and ate a giant hersheys chocolate bar with almonds....

Still breaking even with the poker.... altho.. I am making strides towards the breakaway huge profit end of the whole deal... whatever the fuck that means...

blergh

The Melancholy Poker Blues..

I missed the WWdN last night.. on purpose.. I was sitting right there, with the tourney window open... checking out who was all registered and what not.. but, I asked myself 'Do I really feel like playing poker?'.. and since the answer was 'No', I chose not to.. imagine that.. I figure I saved myself 11 bucks....to be lost at a later date, I am sure....

Then ofcourse, at about 7pm, one hour after it started.. guess who feels like playing poker... doh!!! Gonna have to remember that next time....

I have been taking some serious kicking of the junkage lately.. I mean, really bad calls to my raises, and then being sucked out on... prompts me to come up with a saying such as:

'We don't remember the good sessions because the bad sessions hurt so much'..

There are two distinct kinds of bad sessions.. those that just bring you no cards whatsoever to play with... and then the other kind... the kind that would make even Freddy Krueger cringe.... you know, bad beat after bad beat, after bad beat... those sessions where you do get the cards, you do make the right decisions, you do end up with all your money in the pot with the best hand, and yet, you still end up with a losing session..

..well, the latter has been my bane of late... perhaps this is partly why 'I did not feel like playing poker'.

I am ready to go back to Las Vegas now.. so whoever is going to make all the arrangements.... get to it... ;)

I promise to play in mixed games with bloggers this next time, and I hope some or all of ya'll hold me to that promise.

peace

Today is Christmas day...

... in the world of Poker Christmas, I got the best gift you can get, from Absolute Poker.... (I would link to them, but, as you will soon read, I am upset with them again)... anyhoot.. A Royal Flush.... diamonds..... I take that back.. not the best... it was during a fun money game.. so, a real cash game would have been better... I requested the hand history, and as usual, got let down again.... but.. I held Qd8h in the BB checked to me.. I raised a pussy min raise, both of the two remaining donkeys called..... flop came KdAdTd... I min bet.. 1st guy folds.. second guy min raises, and I call.. turn is 8s.. I check.. he checks.. river is Jd..... I bet 300... which is 5X's BB.. he calls... yay me....

My niece got me a Hand Held Electronic WSOP Hold'em game.... sweet.....

That 5K Christmas Freeroll at doyles was a bust.. I was like 8th in chips out of 400 or so left.... a guy I have covered by 2k is in BB to me in SB.. I raise 3XBB with KK.. he goes all in, so, I call... he has J8o...... flop is JJJ..... I am crippled.....

..... few hands later... I am UTG with AA.. 1700 in chips.. way at the bottom of the 300 or so left.... I push... one caller, he has 1900 in chips.. T8s.... flop is J97 rainbow... I am out....

i didn't even get mad.. How could I.....???

My brothers new girlfriend is quite the looker.....



This carnivore was hanging outside my apartment the other day...



Watched 'Bad News Bears'... the remake.. not too bad.. not quite the spirit of the first one.. but, I recognized I was judging by the first one.. so.. I suppose if you never saw the first one, you would say it was pretty darn movie...

Watched 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith'.. wasted my time....

Watched 'Sky High'.. cute movie.. kids will prolly like it....

Just got done watching The Tournament of Champions... yay Mike... he kinda grows on ya.... don't he? I cracked up when Steve and Mike gave Phil the stuffed donkey for a christmas gift.... way funny....

If you got this far.. I suppose I should reward you faithful readers with some really good news I got the other day......

I got a promotion at work.. 6% yearly increase in my salary.. will certainly come in handy... looking foward to seeing more of me in the bigger games online and in Las Vegas.....

ok, thats it for now.....

Peace