Tao of Pauly

I'm OK!

I find it amusing and touching that if I do not blog within a 24 hour period, y'all get antsy! Within 48 hours of no blogging, I get bombarded with a flurry of calls and messages of concern. Now it's 60 hours, and I figured I'll throw everyone (and especially the loyal readers) a blog-bone!

Thanks for all the e-mails and phonecalls (and voice mail messages) wondering where I was and the reason for my silence. There was no reason!! I was in writing mode, where I turn everything off and tune out the world and focus on working. I got home kinda late from our roadtrip and the KBB show was great. New Hope is a funky little town. The band was impressive. They played covers of Alabama Getaway (The Grateful Dead) and Loving Cup (The Stones). I got to talk almost everyone in the KBB and see and have drinks with Modeski & Holly. Plus I had a cheesesteak! Oh yeah! Senor got wicked wasted, and I had to drive from New Hope, Pennsylvania all the way to Atlantic City after he passed out on me. Atlantic City was cool. I got to smoke a jay on the beach and watch the waves come in and roll back out. Soothing. Got home late yesterday after playing a lot of poker at the Taj Mahal, one of the largest poker rooms I have ever seen. Again I was the youngest one in the game (I'm younger than Senor by 5 weeks!) I lost $49. Which wasn't too bad. As a novice poker professional, I am up for my career, with positive winnings to date. I played a few bad hands and I was carless a couple of times, and had no balls on two hands that would have paid off all my losses for the day. But that's life. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. I'm excited for my second Texas Hold 'em tournament ever on Wednesday at the Mohegan Sun Casino on a Native American reservation in Connecticut. They have poker tournaments every other Wednesday.

I got a busy week ahead of me, behind in my writing, so I pulled an all nighter working on the new novel. This morning I had to get my morning dose of Dawson's Creek before I got back to writing. I finished the first draft of the Kwait Brothers Band review, article, and interview which I'll have up on Good News by the end of the week. Also coming soon are the Pauly's Pub Updates... for the Baseball Pool, the Golf Pool, and the Fishing Pool. And I am about to complete the 11 Texas Questions too. Fucking-A! It should be an exciting week on the Tao! Stay tuned. Time for me to rest up, catch some needed rest and mentally prepare for the tournment on Wednesday.

Oh and some more good news... Senor scored me tickets to another Dead show! Now I'll be going to both nights at PNC in June. Very cool. It was a groovy weekend indeed! Getting Dead tickets always makes me smile. And I do have another trip in the works! Well a couple actually. I'll blog my destination(s) as soon as I confirm my travel plans!

Until then, thanks for tuning in!