Month: June 2011
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The Unexpected Joy of Motorcycle Riding
I may have to add an asterisk to the saying that buying things can’t make you happy. I bought a motorcycle, and I’ll be damned if it hasn’t made me one percent happier than I used to be. Then again, we all know that spending money on experiences can make you happy. A motorcycle isn’t…
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A Random Week in Iceland
My favorite way to travel is to land in a new country with no plans whatsoever, improvising as we go. That’s what we did in Iceland. I’ve always wanted to go to Iceland, probably because it’s remote and I perceived it to be a weird place. With clever routing you can go there for free…
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Playing in the World Series of Poker as an Underqualified Amateur
To my left is Barry Schulman, the owner of CardPlayer magazine, and a professional poker player. At the next table over is Jennifer Harman, considered to be one of the very best limit hold’em players in the world. As the dealer starts flinging the cards around our table, Jennifer stands up. She’s just been busted…
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Why I Don’t Read Your Blog, And Why You Maybe Shouldn’t Read Mine
Roger Bannister ran a four minute mile in 1954 because he didn’t know that you weren’t supposed to be able to run a four minute mile. If he read running blogs, talking about how impossible it was to run a mile in four minutes, he probably wouldn’t have done it. I don’t read running blogs.…