Tao of Pauly

Dog Fuckers and Porn Funk

Yesterday a poker player named Young Phan uttered the Quote of the Year after he was knocked out of a tournament on a bad beat. "I guess I'll go home and fuck my dog," he announced to anyone in earshot.

That was enough fodder and material for me to work with today on my poker blog. Yeah, if you head over to the Tao of Poker, I'm live blogging Day 4 of the WPT World Poker Finals where I'll be devling into porn funk and beating that topic to a dead horse.

Covering poker tournaments is grueling. Yesterday I wrote from 11:30am to about 5am, most of that at Foxwoods covering the World Poker Finals. Today I expect another 12-14 hour day. That's what my job entails. I love to travel, but business travel is difficult. The pressure for me to meet multiple deadlines was getting to me and affecting my personal life. They way I wrote and approached my job was affected by my dour mood. I had to take a step back and remind myself that I have a job that thousands of people would love to have (and maybe only a handful can actually do what I do and that in itself in inspiring).

Seeing Jodd every morning before I go to work at Foxwoods is another nice reminder that there is more to life than poker and work. This morning we watched cartoons again and played catch. For a two year old, he has one helluva arm. I told Senor that the Red Sox found their next closer for the 2030 season.

On my way to Foxwoods I ate at the Denny's nextdoor to Crackel Barrel. I ordered the same thing for breakfast... French Toast, bacon, and hash browns. I also got cheese on my hashbrowns and sausages. The Denny's waitress was 317 times better looking than the Carckel Barel one and she brought me refills of my iced tea which I never had to ask for. The bill was $1 more expensive and it was good, although not as good as Cracker Barrel.

For dinner BJ from Card Player wants to eat at Amy Ruth's southern food which is one of the eateries upstairs in the casino.

Last night I was up until 5am. I wrote work stuff until 3am, then wrote for myself for 2 hours. I wanted to keep going until sunrise, but I know that today is going to be long long long.