My brother asked me what I was doing on this St. Patricks Day and I think he was taken aback by my violent repugnance of the day.
It is coming up to that time of year again – everyone goes green and guzzles gallons of Guinness. Time for my all new tirade against celebrating this sham of a day. Are you ready? Here goes…
Found this really intersting short video interview with Moby talking about his story of sobriety. Pretty easy watching.
Really pleased to bring you a great interview with poker pro and online poker legend Alexander “Assassinato” Fitzgerald. He talks about his battles to overcome his daemons and how it has affected his life. His is a really compelling and inspiring story. Enjoy the read.
1. Who are you and what you do?
I am a professional poker player. I run a consulting company for professional poker players. We currently have 300+ clients.
I have been in this business since I was 18-years-old. I’m recognized as one of the better educators and writers within my field. My work is widely published and I have a number of speaking engagements each month. I’ve visited 40 different countries and lived in three different continents. I’ve been on television on four different continents. I’ve earned $3,000,000 in my lifetime from poker tournaments. Four times in my life I have made over $100,000 in one day.
Was walking to catch a local train here in San Fran and bumped into this guy. He was holding a placard up over a footbridge on a highway during evening rush hour traffic. He wanted to draw attention to the case of a native American who was charged with murdering 2 FBI agents in the 70’s.
Ok I am pushing out a new idea here. I wrote a load of poems in Cuba and I am going to put them together with some nice pretty pictures and put them together in an eBook. Hope to then have that here on the site for one and all to purchase??? Is that possible? Would somone pay .99c for 20 poems and pictures written by me? Who knows..but there is only on way to find out.
Ahh. Just a quick thought for those scanning through and looking for a quick titbit of information. Drinking and taking drugs does not give you confidence. Neither do they give you an ability to express yourself. They make you THINK that you have confidence. They let you BELIEVE that you are more able to self express.
There is nothing worse than somone who is pumped up on juice and thinks they are Hugh Heffner in a Ferrari. Behind the