Busy few days

Went to the CIA on Thursday night to watch the Premier League Darts and what a fantastic night out. The atmosphere was akin to a Football match and when Phil "the power" Taylor and Barney went toe to toe it was awesome. Felt sorry for the Welsh guy, Webster, who got stuffed 8-1. I really think the occasion got to him. Bread of Heaven was being sung by the majority of the crowd and it felt like a Wales v England International. Here's a few photos.







As you can see we were quite high up. In fact we were as high up as you can get seeing as we had been given tickets to a box with a free bar. Lovely jubbly.

Next day I was playing Golf with a load of mates from my local. We usually play Christmas time but because of the snow we had to rearrange and this was the earliest we could all get together. I shot 32 points playing off 17, not bad seeing I haven't hit a ball for close on two years. Again a great laugh and quite a few beers afterwards.

Back in work next week for God knows how long.

Happy Mothers day to all my Mom readers, hope you have a nice relaxing one.

Laters.

Sssshhhhhhhhhhh

Don't tell them I bought these three masterpieces for £1 at the local car boot sale.



I also bought these as well. Not sure if you can make them all out but there's a load of reading material so should keep me occupied for a while. Plus a few recent film releases which were £1 each.

Meh

Out of work yet again.
Seems the Company I worked for have a container full of hard drives coming into the Country and they've been held up somewhere which means I have nothing to format. Shit happens.
Back to playing Poker allthough I do have to see a man about a job later. Probably going to work with Dave next week which should be fun.
Played Poker on Tuesday night at my local and some random guy sits down and asks if he can join in. As we had only just started and a few of the boys vaguely knew him we let him buy in. The game was self dealt and the first hand he deals he gets Aces! And so it went on. He hit flushes, full houses, everything you can imagine. Spookily though, only on his own deal. He also had the annoying habit of continually asking what denomination the coloured chips were. After about ten minutes it was obvious that he was fleecing us. I watched him like an hawk but couldn't work out if he was cheating or not. Normally we play until two in the morning but after this guy sat down we ended after the first game, which he won, at about ten thirty. After he leaves the Landlord says to one of the boys, "So, how did the magician do"?
Turns out the guy has a part time magic act and he specialises in, wait for it, CARD tricks. What a fucking wanker. It was just as well we found out after he left because if someone had mentioned that fact whilst he was playing I guess he would have had the shit kicked out of him. Hopefully he turns up next week where I'm sure he will have a warm welcome.
Wales play England in Footie on Saturday and latest news is Gareth Bale is out. Fucking great. Our one decent player is side lined. Looks like my 11-0 correct score bet for Wales is doomed but I just got 6-0, Bellamy first scorer bet matched at 1.8. Seems a massive price to me against a piss poor English team. Here's the latest betting for next England manager which could happen as early as Sunday.
David Beckham 10.7
Lord Stephen Fry 186.0
George Osborne 17.5%
Prince William 29.04
Jamie Oliver 250 calories
Colonel Gaddafi 4.2
Cheryl Cole 36/22/34
Sir Alan Sugar 1.6
Silvio Berlusconi 69
Chief Wiggum 911
My money is on Capello and Berlusconi doing a job swap next week.
Laters.

Cheltenham day 1

I guess most of my readers know I like a flutter so here's my placepot for today. Follow them at your own peril.
1. 11
2. 2, 6
3. 4, 11
4. 10
5. 1, 6
6. 3, 4

Good luck if you're having a bet today.

Edit... 4 out of 6 races so a load of crap to be honest. Am working with Dave today so wont be able to post one up later. Probably saves me some money.

Where did February go?

Jeez, it's been a while!
So what's been happening recently I hear you ask? Not a lot.
Played poker in January and made $2k but the disheartening part was making $1.8k in two days and $200 in the next twenty nine days. My sleep patterns were all to fuck. I was getting up at 15.00 to pick my Daughter up from school. Getting home and cooking her Dinner, me breakfast. Doing fuck all until 20.00 then playing a few tourneys through til 6.00am the next morning. By the end of January I'd had enough.
Luckily, I was offered a job with a Company I used to work for and took them up on their offer. This coincided with my Daughter opening up a spam e-mail and downloading a load of viruses onto my laptop. After fixing those she then went and done it again.
Then she managed to break the power cable so I couldn't get on the laptop until I bought another. Then she opened another spam e-mail and fucked it up again. It may come as no surprise to find that she is now banned from my laptop. Little cow.
So I've had an enforced break from Poker and am now chomping at the bit to play a few tourneys. I've also had an enforced absence from reading peoples blogs so I have a bit of catching up to do.
Anyhow, I've been trying to get on that fish, Amatay's, blog but for some reason it's turned into an "invite only" blog? I sent him a text about it and he sent one back saying he'd had a bit of bad news and had some stuff to sort out but would get on the case as soon as he could. It transpires that his new girlfriend out in the Far East has testicular cancer. My thoughts and prayers are with you Bud.
Later.

Change of career?

Since January 1st I have found myself in the unenviable position of being a Pro internet poker player! This isn't because I'm any good at it. Far from it. Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan are hardly quaking in their $25k loafers. Amatay isn't ringing me up for lessons (though he probably should). It's more to do with the fact that poker winnings are now my only source of income.
After getting made redundant I worked with Dave for a while and did some temping but since Xmas I haven't bothered. Winning $2k in the first week or so of January didn't help. The last two weeks though have been rather sad. I wont bore you with the bad beats because you've read them in a million blogs and they get worse each time. Tonight I cashed for the second time in 10 days. I actually played worse than I have recently but managed to final table mainly because some guy went on a massive heater and took out about ten people in a row. Anyway, I have a week to make $1k and I'll carry on for the time being. If not I'll start looking for a proper job.
In other news I'm also doing a bookkeeper course. Unfortunately I have another eight weeks to go before I pass. I have worked in Accountants before and I wouldn't mind setting up a little business. A few of my mates, Dave included, have their own businesses and have intimated that they would be happy for me to do their books. Anyone know what the going rate would be?
Haven't been around too many blogs recently but will definitely be looking in on everyone soon.
I'm on twitter "rubbish2407" if anyone fancies being bored on a more regular basis.
All the best.
Later.

Feeling urgh

Struggling at the moment with Man flu. Was supposed to go up my Mums who has been snowed in since the 17th but both me and the Daughter have been knocked for six. Obviously had to put in a Cricket metaphor with England retaining the Ashes down under.
Haven't done much this Xmas. Just the three of us on Xmas day although my Daughter does eat for Wales. Had a couple of mates over in the evening where we had a few beers and watched the Royle family. For those who haven't seen it then click the link below pronto. Best TV over Xmas by a mile. Without spoiling it I'll just give you one sample gag. Joe's wife Mary has died so he brings her urn over for Christmas dinner. Whilst they all reminisce about Mary someone brings up the time she won the fancy dress down the Feathers.

Jim: Yeah she made a great Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu.
Joe: Actually she went as Shaun Wright Phillips.


















You can watch the whole episode here
Enjoy.

Right, off to give my Daughter a kicking on Mario Kart. Later.