Poker
Since I can’t seem to win lately, I dropped down a level to the 0.50/1 NL until I make a little turnaround.
I thought I was in for a good night, I was holding about even when I flop top set. Not only am I check raised on the flop, but am called in a third place. No flush or straight possible, so I’m loving it. Turn seems harmless (low card) and first guy goes all in for like $20. I min-raise, thinking I’d like to maximize my profit if the third guy has a higher pair or something. The river, once again seems harmless, so I bet half the pot to hopefully get a call when he min-raises me. WTF? I call only to find out I lost to runner-runner straight. The guy calls decent sized bets and a raise drawing to the hopes of hitting a miracle. Which hits.
I swear, I’m not sure what I’ve done to piss off the poker gods, but whatever it is: I’M SORRY!
Home Improvement
I’ve talked about my total lack of ability when it comes to home improvement or any other task that involves tools (Drizz can relate). Therefore you can imagine my excitement when Mrs. H informed me that we are going to replace the shower surround in one of our bathrooms. We had just planned on regrouting it, but it appears that it was worn enough that water had got into the sheetrock (it was the greenboard) bad enough that we’ll have to replace the rock too.
Woo hoo! What a great way to spend a vacation.
The upside is that she is intimately aware of my lack of tool usage and therefore has relegated me to making sure that she measures twice and cuts once. The Mrs sometimes gets a little enthusiastic and eyeballs things.
Cats
Since I know people like Felicia love to hear about people’s cats and other mundane non-poker things, I offer up the latest in the cat saga.
I got a couple of comments regarding declawing my new cat. It seems that the women say not to do it, and the guys say go ahead. My wife is pretty well set on getting her declawed, so there it is. We took her to a checkup today and she’s in perfect health and perfect weight which is pretty unusual for a humane society adoption.
How about some pics?
Tank, the 17 pounder.
CJ, the new one.
How’s that Felicia? 
Holy crap Chris, that’s a huge orange cat. It’s also got freaky glowing eyes.
The skinny one looks kinda mean and has big ears.
Gotta deflate cat’s egos whenever possible, the creatures are too damn proud.
I also thought you’d be more of a dog person.
The orange one is pretty damn big. She’s got a big gut that hangs down and is on low cal food.
The skinny one is actually really friendly. I woke her up when I started taking pics and she wasn’t quite awake yet.
I agree, gotta show ‘em who’s boss. The claws are coming out and I’m bringing her in to do it. That’ll show her.
I have a dog too, a 12 year old, 17 pound Lhasa Apso. That’s pretty damn big for that breed. He’s a mutant. He’s not fat at all, just “big”.
Have to say I’m one of those adamantly against declawing. It’s essentially amputation and if not done properly, can leave the animal in perpetual pain. But since you’re going ahead - please, please, keep the kitty an indoor kitty. They are precious little purr-pretties (said in that inocuous voice saved for all things furry…)
You need to send CJ’s pic to http://www.mycathatesyou.com
Dude, your cat weighs 6 pounds more than my dog.
And he’s a BEEFY Chihuahua named Jackpot.
We too found the sheetrock wet behind the surround…. a month ago. Now my wife has gone from just replacing the surround to redoing the entire bathroom (new vanity, painting the wall, new floor tiles, etc…)
I think she said sometime in mid-2006 I’ll be able to shower in there again.
Drop me a line if you’re up for a Canterbury run on Thursday night
That is one HUGE tank!!! I’m having bathroom issues too - but not quite as major. Gotta replace the faucets. I can just unscrew ‘em and put new ones on… right?? (My boyfriend is also inept with the power tools, so that makes me Mrs. Villa over here…)
Hey- not sure where you’re playing, but I’ve found UB’s .50/1 NL tables to be continually fishy and I recently had a great run clearing a PokerStars bonus at .50/1 NL as well…good luck!
I replaced our tub surround about a year ago and IT SUCKED. I can only recommend you get a multipiece one. Ours was one piece and had to be pushed evenly into the corners and glued in. It’s pretty tough to keep it straight and even. Good luck.
Oy vey. Between you, Heather, Gracie and Glenn, my head is pounding.
I told Heather she is definitely going on “the list” by posting those dog pics. She asked, “what list?” I said, “I don’t know, I just made it up.”
So you’re on the list, too!
I’m… I’m… honored… what else can I say… I’ve never had a cat named after me!
CJ: Hahaha, well, after Vegas, what do you expect?
Of course, it’s my first initial and my son’s first initial.
Felicia: Sweet! I knew it’d work!
Wait until I get some pictures of my 17 + pounder posted. Your cat looks smarter than mine though!
As for the declawing comment, I just wanted to educate, it’s one of the few subjects I know something about and rarely get to talk about so I took advantage of the opportunity.
I just can’t figure out why your luck hasn’t gotten better yet. I made all the appropriate sacrifices in your honor. I guess the poker gods have some explaining to do!
And definitely don’t take out the back claws.