Sunday, June 25, 2006

Off the snide...

PokerStars Tournament #27070934, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
9 players
Total Prize Pool: $45.00
Tournament started - 2006/06/25 - 21:15:39 (ET)

Dear RandomSam,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $22.50 award has been credited to your Real Money account.


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

It ain't much, but I'll take it!

Saturday, June 17, 2006

A Random Road sign.


Does this hurt anyone else head? I think it is just wrong. Aneurysm...!

I found this little tid bit in a friends journal at okCupid. The post also had others but this is my favorite. It even has one that was taken in Columbus Ohio. Look at the one of Taco Bell and I can show you right where that is. =)

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Signage


From the Boing...

(Thanks to Gretchen for the link.)

(And to Jamie who passed it to her...)

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Thinking about Poker...

So, I'm signed up to play in the World Blogger Championship of Online Poker or at Least Those Bloggers that Signed Up and Didn't Miss the Memo and Who Just Happen to Have a PokerStars Account on Sunday. (Seriously, the name for this thing does NOT roll off of the tongue.) I need to prepare, but I'm not sure how.

I haven't played online poker in weeks, save a few random hands in the cash games. I can't play in the WWdN, because Tuesdays are no longer good for me. Methinks that I should try some big tournaments on 'Stars, but I'm not sure what time I'm going to have. I have been playing solidly in our home games, with a 1st, 2nd, and 4th the last three weeks. So my question is...

Can I get by with home game practice against a decidedly random field of good, bad, and horrendous poker players in the WBCOPLTBSUDMMWJHHPA?

I don't really know. On the one hand, I'm pretty refreshed when it comes to online poker. I have no real expectations regarding my play because I'm not sure where I am with my online game at this very moment. I'm also making good reads and trusting them in our home game, and I'm mostly getting my money in with the best hand. Trusting your reads is essential, so I'm ahead there.

On the other hand, online poker is a different beast. There's a skill set there that you must use more than you do offline. You have to recognize betting patterns. There are no facial expressions and chip tricks to look at, so the betting patterns are key. While I'm doing well there offline, I don't know if I'm up to par for the online world.

So what am I going to do?

I still don't know. Any suggestions?

Monday, June 12, 2006

And now...

The One Line Movie Review!

From time to time, we shall now bring you the shortest (probably) and most definitive (probably not) movie reviews right here at RandomHumans.com. Here goes...

Next on the list: Superman Returns! Josh, Justin, Gordon, and I are seeing it on June 27.

Hope everyone enjoys this...leave feedback in the comments!

Saturday, June 10, 2006

Diet Coke, and Mentos, and the Bellagio?



Today I found a link in my del.icio.us network from fellow Random Human Justin. Showing the creative and inspired use of mentos and diet coke. They re-create the famous Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas in this spectacle of carbonated beauty! I found this rather amusing, and also disturbing at the thought of the cost, and the amount of time they must just have on their hands.

Monday, June 05, 2006

Randomness with Random Battles Group.


As many of you know I went to ColossalCon this weekend and I found a group that thrives on Randomness. Trust me after seeing them in action I am surprised it works at all. What they are is a group of entertainers who host battles using the Final Fantasy battle system. You don't actually hit anyone. What you do is line up on opposite sides of the room and then play it out like the game You step forward and do your move and the other side reacts acordingly. It is very heavy on the Cosplay aspect. It is riotous. I can't wait to see the RBG again. I think they might be at Origins, I will look more into it and post an update later. I had a chance to chat with Kyo from the group after the con and he was nice enough to tell us about what they do.

this is an audio post - click to play


Friday, June 02, 2006

pants


pants
Originally uploaded by voidmstr.
Pants -- It's the law!

(Thanks to Tom at work for the phrase.)