Like a Rolling Stone..

Looks like it may be time for a change of career.I saw the full page advert in the Metro the other day for a Comic Relief t-shirt featuring those old comedy favourites,Morcambe and Wise with red "comic relief" noses painted on.Retro t-shirts are popular at the moment ( I like my own "Mr Messy" one from Next),but what caught my eye was that it said at the foot of the advert that the Morcambe and Wise design was the work of top clothes designer,Stella McCartney.Easy peasy.I have found a suitable photo of those other comedy legends "Little and Large" ,bought some plain white t-shirts and I'm now ready to become a top clothes designer!

As I approach nearly 1000 posts and 4 full years of blogging I'm wondering what direction this blog is taking these days.I called it a "poker and life" blog when I began in order that I wouldn't be restricted to writing about poker and I've enjoyed being able to go off on other tangents at times.I also read most other blogs via a reader and don't get to comment as often as I'd like on some of the excellent stuff being posted by the bloggers linked on the right of this page.

I reckon I'll stick to poker,daft rants,a bit of personal stuff and of course excellent advice and lifestyle tips...like don't attempt to shave your unruly sideburns after smokin' da herb.I ended up with a cut nose and sideys about as even as a Heads Up match between Ivey and Tuff-fish.

On the poker front I finally got back to winning ways last night and hopefully I can stay on that track.I ran a bit better than I have recently and I was also determined to "grow a set" and stop feeling sorry for myself.I did sleep well last Saturday night but I can't say losing over $500 in one night didn't affect me at all.With a bit of luck my gulp limit ( the amount I can lose in one night without wanting to top myself)has risen and the next time I'll cope better.

Ok,the ex Mrs A is away visiting her brother down South and I have Nacho until next Wednesday.The s-man is popping over shortly and the Nach needs a walk!

Here's an old Paul Simon classic...

Friday Moan

So Chris Moyles and other celebs are climbing Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief.Call me a grumpy old man, but it would certainly be a relief if he fell off and took a few other z-list celebs with him.Seems a shame to me that they can't just donate the no doubt enormous cost of the whole operation straight to charity and get their numerous sad fanboys/girls to support a sponsored silence instead.Still I suppose that wouldn't allow them to make a personal journey of discovery...the tossers.

As regular readers may know,I don't have much respect for today's celebrity worshipping culture.Having said that, I came across a couple of top UK celeb blogs recently (via the Sunday Times best blogs list) and after a few smokes I thought it may be an idea to invite them to play in the Brit Blogger game.I wonder if Paul Daniels would be as good with the virtual cards as he is with real ones or if Juice's political hero would be interested in a game.

On to the poker and I've probably mentioned here that I don't have a rakeback deal and very rarely take advantage of deposit bonuses.I don't ever need to put money in,I like being able to move between sites at will and this time last year I was only playing one or two tables at once which made clearing bonuses difficult.I have accumulated 4600 Party points and with 1500 points paying $50 in cash and 12000 paying $500, I've decided Party will be my main site for the foreseeable future.Even with the improvment in Pokerstars VIP programme I reckon I can make more $ at Party.I'm going to stick to Party for single table games and try and play some more 45/90 player turbos on Stars when I do play there.

Party are offering double points this week and despite feeling dog tired most nights,I'm still trying to play 10-12 games to try and get closer to the 12k points I need for the $500 cash payment.

I've had a decent start to the month, although I'm a bit frustrated by Sharkscope after they missed recording another winning $22 from the other night.I know they've not been covering Party sngs for long, but if they're going to do it they need 100% coverage or at least the option to submit any sng's they miss, otherwise it becomes useless as a tool for tracking my results.

Ok,thanks for reading.Back soon....