Entries Tagged as ‘BOTW’

June 2, 2008

The Smartest Guy in the Room

The Smartest Guy in the Room…
About me? I wish. Talking about my dad.
Bob Jones - Graduated with a Math degree on GI bill after WWII. Could answer almost anything off the top of his head, or using one of a handful of sliderules he owned. Worked most of his life in Aeronautics Engineering, then finished [...]

April 8, 2008

Dear Mom: Forgive me for this, but it’s true…

Dear Mom
I don’t know how to tell you this, but you know that prosperous job I told you I had playing piano at a whorehouse? Well, I lied. Please forgive me. I figured I oughta tell you this before you saw the truth in the papers. I’ve been working with a bunch of low-lifes… Bldarter, [...]

March 2, 2008

Playing Poker: “Why I’m Now Officially Afraid of Rob Schmid”

Have met a few interesting characters lately in the process of doing a little uncharacteristic activity (”work”). A while back I saw that one new acquaintance, Rob Schmid, one of the infamous “BOTW boys”, placed highly in the Vegas PubCon poker tourney. Being an addict and occasionally a fair player, I figured “Hey, I [...]