flop small :: Bet Big

I played two pretty interesting hands on Friday, both against a new player. Maybe I just remember them because I tend to make a lot of mental notes with new players. Either way… (more…)

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I can’t profess to be the movie adept my friend Wade is, but I know what I like and now and then I do hit a couple points that make sense to others (rare moments).

My wife and I were driving down the road to meet up with friends last night and The Killers comes on the radio with All These Things That I’ve Done. Immediate visions of the closing scene in The Matador come to mind: the couple visiting their son’s grave with the unlikely friend of an assassin walking away posting an airline ticket on their windshield. Great scene, great song. (more…)

I think most everyone has heard of this film. When I first heard about it and that Al Gore was in it, visions of Micheal Moore came to mind. I had no interest in seeing a film with Al “I invented the internet” Gore in it. And anything he might have to say I considered suspect. So I dismissed the film all-together.

About a week ago, I put the movie in my queue for Netflix and I couldn’t now say exactly why I did. But if you, like I did, have any reservations about watching this film put them aside and do yourself a favor and watch it. Watch it by yourself or with people you know aren’t quick to throw sarcasm at things that evoke uncomfortable moments of reflection (mea culpa, I wouldn’t have made a good movie buddy for this one).

I’m a born cynic, so while this film paints very clearly the major environmental issues of our time (albeit glossing over population in about 30 seconds), I’m hesitant to believe people will wisen up to the facts to arrive at timely solutions. But it starts on an individual level.

So epic in fact: