Saturday, September 30, 2006

 

How to Kill Your Political Career

This is how Republican Congressman Mark Foley did it.

1. Win election into the House of Representatives
2. Get re-elected 5 more times
3. Get appointed as Chairman of the House Caucus of Missing and Exploited Children
4. Send email to a Congressional page (high school interns of the House of Representatives) asking him what gift he wants for his birthday and requesting a picture of the page
5. Have IM conversations with other pages. Ask them "Do I make your horny?" and say "Cute butt bouncing in the air"
6. Get reported by ABC News
7. Resign

On the poker front, SNGs have been incredibly frustrating in the past few days. I've bubbled on about 35% of my SNGs. So sick. Anyway, busting out on the money bubble is one of the most annoying things about playing poker. There's a disconnect between your brain and your feelings. Almost all players would feel great anguish when they lose after getting their money in as a 3 to 1 favorite while they would feel ok/slightly disappointed when they play badly, get their money in as a big underdog and predictably lose. Yet, we know that we should feel good about making the right decisions...

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