Mark Twain's Predictions...

After a 100 year delayed request by the author, Mark Twain's autobiography comes out this year :-)

With that information, I figured I'd share a prediction he had:

"I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together." Mark Twain (1909)


His prediction was accurate – Twain died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910, one day after the comet's closest approach to Earth.

I don't want this to just become me posting Quotes....but...

"In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take, the relationships we were afraid to have, and the decisions we waited to long to make..." - unknown

I know I have been quote crazy, but I liked this...



And I promise to finish the TWO posts I have started to write...soon.

Random Quote of the day...

The importance of context:

“Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.”

- James Madison

A point to ponder...

Just a quick word...

Yep, It is LATE. I can not sleep.

But, I just realized...


WORLD CUP 2010 is exactly 1 month away...SCORE!

This is the story of my life...

Seriously...luck is always AGAINST me.

Knowing this, maybe from now on I should plan accordingly...



From an online poker game:

PokerStars Game #43897413274: Tournament #271460707
Table '271460707 5' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: lshel (19353 in chips)

(This player has been playing loose the entire tourney)

Seat 3: ithinkchaos (26032 in chips)
Seat 6: CRAZY.DONG (22115 in chips)
lshel: posts the ante 75
ithinkchaos: posts the ante 75
CRAZY.DONG: posts the ante 75
CRAZY.DONG: posts small blind 600
lshel: posts big blind 1200

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to lshel [8h 7c]
Dealt to ithinkchaos [Js 9s]
ithinkchaos: raises 1200 to 2400
Dealt to lshel [8h 7c]

(This is where I raise DOUBLE the big blind)

CRAZY.DONG: folds
lshel: calls 1200

(This is where he calls with 8, 7 off suit - makes sense)


*** FLOP *** [8c Jd 4d]
lshel: bets 16878 and is all-in

(Here he pushes all-in w/ middle pair, NO kicker)

ithinkchaos: calls 16878

(This is where I call him w/ top pair)

When I call him and the cards are shown, I believe I am in a FIRM lead with my top pair to his 8's with a 7 kicker...if only I took in to account MY luck. If only...

*** TURN *** [8c Jd 4d] [8d]

(This is where god hates me and he trips up on his 8's)

The only card that can save me is if a Jack comes. That means there are only 2 cards in the entire deck that can make me win, every SINGLE other card will result with my loss...

*** RIVER *** [8c Jd 4d 8d] [7h]

ithinkchaos said, "hahahahahaha"

This card, however NOT needed to secure the win for Ishel, is proof that there is a god and that he/she/it/whatever is not a huge fan of me.

In other words: This card was a COMPLETE slap to the face.

*** SHOW DOWN ***

lshel: shows [8h 7c] (a full house, Eights full of Sevens)
ithinkchaos: shows [Js 9s] (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
lshel collected 39381 from pot
ithinkchaos said, "story"
ithinkchaos said, "of"
ithinkchaos said, "my"
ithinkchaos said, "life"

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 39381 | Rake 0
Board [8c Jd 4d 8d 7h]
Seat 1: lshel (big blind) showed [8h 7c] and won (39381) with a full house, Eights full of Sevens
Seat 3: ithinkchaos (button) showed [Js 9s] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Eights
Seat 6: CRAZY.DONG (small blind) folded before Flop

Hence, this is the story of my life...

Random Quote of the day...

"Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular, but reason remains ever the property of the few." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The man speaks the truth, n'est-ce pas?


(Just a note: I will be using this quote again in a full posting that I am writing now)

Cinco de Why?

On this most sacred of days, May 5th (more popularly referred to as Cinco de Mayo), it occurs to me that the American people just need an excuse to drink. And what better day or reason than to help celebrate with our neighbors in Mexico on their Independence Day?

Oh, what's that you say? Mexican Independence day is not until September 16th? I am willing to bet if you go to any local Mexican bar/restaurant and ask the people, that are steadily consuming alcoholic beverages there, why they are drinking, they will probably all tell you the same thing: Mexican Independence Day!

Wrong. Nope. Not even close. Any other guesses? Probably not...well, you might get some extremely intelligent people that will say the Alamo. *face-palm*

So what then are these Americans celebrating exactly? It makes perfect sense when you get down to it...or not:

Cinco de Mayo is the celebration of a minuscule victory in a battle of the Mexican army over the French - that, in the long run, did not make any difference in the out come of the war.

(Warning: History lesson in next paragraph, so skip if history bores you.)

Let's go back almost 150 years ago to the year 1861. Mexico was not in the best of economic situations Mexican President Benito Juárez stopped making interest payments to countries that Mexico owed money to. In response, France attacked Mexico to force payment of this debt. France decided that it would try to take over and occupy Mexico. France was successful at first in its invasion; however, on May 5, 1862, at the city of Puebla, Mexican forces were able to defeat an attack by the larger French army.

Although the Mexican army was victorious over the French at Puebla, the victory only delayed the French advance on Mexico City. A year later, the French occupied Mexico.

Viva la Revolution.

American Idiots...

It truly amazes me how so MANY Americans do not have a clue as to the Capital of Canada...ask around...no one knows. Do you???

Random Quote of the day...

"When balancing a bottle of nitroglycerin on the point of a sword, never complicate the task by trying to tap dance..." - Dean Koontz in Life Expectancy

Random Quote of the day...

"I believe things can't make themselves impossible. If they could then there'd be nothing to stop the whole universe from descending into chaos." - Stephen Hawking

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