I was sending an e-mail to a good friend of mine explaining why I make some of the choices I do (i.e. quitting a good job to go to Vegas for two months to report on the World Series of Poker). Here is what I said:
Life without hope... well it's not much. We have to have something to look forward to the next day... something that makes us dream and wonder... something that excites us or angers us... something that gets our minds thinking, our hearts racing...
I've always lived life with that in mind. When an opportunity comes, I seize it. I'm not a believer in planning for the future... I believe in living in the moment. I laugh at all the people my age who scrape their pennies so they will have money when they are older. What kind of life is that? Live now I say! I'm not saying that I make bad choices... I don't... I'm just saying that the choices are make are with today in mind... not ten years from now.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Don't know much 'bout...
Golf. But that's a whole lengthy dissertation.
I've been spending the past two weeks with my boys and my Dad. It's been an interesting experience to say the least, 95% enjoyable, but 5% reminding me of why I doubt I'd ever have kids again (I'm much too old anyway). Although I think if I had just one child that could not fight with their siblings that I might enjoy that. Love my boys to death but man their fighting with one another gets old and frustrating and try as I might to contain/control it, I just don't know if it's possible considering I only get them one month a year. We're having fun though and I know that they are enjoying their time with me... as they usually do since I pretty much spoil them rotten for a month and send them off to their evil (well in my eyes) mother (and no I don't talk bad about her in front of the kids).
My Dad lives in a retirement community (55 and over) on a golf course so we have been golfing 4-5 times a week since we've been here. I. Suck. At. Golf. I'm getting better though but it is a challenging game for sure. Many similarities to poker if you think about it, especially when it comes to dealing with your emotions. As with poker and taking a bad beat, you have to be able to move on to the next hand calmly and rationally... same with golf and a bad shot.
Anyway, that's all I really have time for right now. Playing cards/games/golf with the boys keeps me busy... I'm sure once I get back to Minnesota in three weeks I'll start playing more poker and have more things to write about.
I've been spending the past two weeks with my boys and my Dad. It's been an interesting experience to say the least, 95% enjoyable, but 5% reminding me of why I doubt I'd ever have kids again (I'm much too old anyway). Although I think if I had just one child that could not fight with their siblings that I might enjoy that. Love my boys to death but man their fighting with one another gets old and frustrating and try as I might to contain/control it, I just don't know if it's possible considering I only get them one month a year. We're having fun though and I know that they are enjoying their time with me... as they usually do since I pretty much spoil them rotten for a month and send them off to their evil (well in my eyes) mother (and no I don't talk bad about her in front of the kids).
My Dad lives in a retirement community (55 and over) on a golf course so we have been golfing 4-5 times a week since we've been here. I. Suck. At. Golf. I'm getting better though but it is a challenging game for sure. Many similarities to poker if you think about it, especially when it comes to dealing with your emotions. As with poker and taking a bad beat, you have to be able to move on to the next hand calmly and rationally... same with golf and a bad shot.
Anyway, that's all I really have time for right now. Playing cards/games/golf with the boys keeps me busy... I'm sure once I get back to Minnesota in three weeks I'll start playing more poker and have more things to write about.
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